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Hunter Hawkins brought a 30-0 record into the
Trey Culotta. Only Holy Cross' Cameron Frost was really
troublesome for him in the finals of the Brusly 8, in which Hawkins won
6-4 in a Sudden Victory period. Three weeks later he soundly
defeated Frost 11-6. In Friday's pools he scored three falls, a
technical fall and a major decision to win with a 5-0 record. In
Saturday's quarterfinals he scored a 13-3 major decision over Catholic's
Andrew Evans and then pinned Parkway's Carson Sanders in 1:15 to make
the finals.
Peter Dazzio of Vestavia Hills scored three falls and a technical fall
on Friday to win his pool with a 4-0 record. In the quarterfinals
he scored a technical fall over Reginald Barnes of East Ascension and
then scored a 12-4 major decision over Zachary's Caleb Mickelson.
Hawkins started off well by scoring two takedowns and allowing one
escape by Dazzio in the first 90 seconds of the first period. But
with about 30 seconds remaining, Dazzio reversed Hawkins to his back for
two nearfall points, and the round ended with Dazzio ahead 5-4. In
the second period Dazzio quickly scored an escape point, and it appeared
the third round would begin with Dazzio ahead 6-4 and Hawkins on the
bottom. Dazzio dashed that possibility by scoring a takedown with
seven seconds remaining in the second period and took 8-4 lead into the
third period. Hawkins scored a quick escape, but neither wrestler
would score any more points, and Dazzio claimed the title with an 8-5
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