Dominic Blue, right, has his hand raised after winning a match at the 45th annual TarHeel Classic Freestyle in Chapel Hill back in April. Blue qualified for the 16U National Duals at the event.
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LOVES PARK, Ill. — Scotland High School wrestler Dominic Blue competed with Team North Carolina at the 2023 16U National Duals on June 6-10.
Team North Carolina participated in the Greco-Roman and Freestyle sessions of the tournament. They were a part of Pool B and advanced to the Green/Yellow pool in the Greco-Roman session while they were also a part of Pool B in the Freestyle session but only advanced to the Purple/Grey session.
Team North Carolina finished in eighth place in both pools for Greco-Roman but didn’t place in the top eight in Pool B of the Freestyle session and came in fifth in the Purple/Grey pool.
Blue, who was Team North Carolina’s wrestler for the 170-pound weight class, went 11-4 overall in his matches at the tournament.
Blue’s full results are listed below.
Greco-Roman Pool B
Junior Bumanglag (California) over Blue (Technical fall 10-2).
Blue over Nate Poss (Kansas Blue) (Technical fall 10-1).
Charlie Herting (Team Colorado) over Blue (Decision 10-7).
Blue over Brody Buzzard (Team Oregon) (Fall 0:37).
Greco-Roman Green/Yellow pool
Blue over Zach White Jr. (Team Indiana) (Technical fall 8-0).
Blue over Evanangelo Mercado (Florida) (Decision 10-5).
Blue over Pasquale Maurici (Team Texas B) (Fall 0:16).
Blue over Parker Wilson (Team Alabama) (Fall 1:29).
Freestyle Pool B
Frederick Hammond (Michigan Blue) over Blue (Decision 8-3).
Blue wins by forfeit.
Freestyle Purple/Grey pool
Hugh Myer (North Dakota Blue) over Blue (Decision 8-4).
Blue over Octavian Ashford (Team Virginia) (Technical fall 10-0).
Blue over Ian Locklar (LA) (Technical fall 11-0).
Blue over Pasquale Maurici (Team Texas B) (Technical fall 12-2).
Blue over Trey Smith (Team Idaho) (Decision 12-6).