West Virginia State High School Wrestling Tournament, 1997-98

AA/A 152

Regional Key: C = Champion; R = Runner up; T = Third place; F = Fourth; # = Region
Example: C4 means "Champion from Region 4"

Name/School Quarterfinal SemifinalFinal Champion
C1- Jason Jones, Oak Glen, jr, 37-7 Jones, F4:52 Basford, 19-15 Basford, 8-6 Purpura, 5-4
F4-Stephen Payne, Big Creek, so, 14-12
R2- Chris Basford, Grafton, sr, 41-4 Basford, F5:57
T3-Jake Dauch, Ravenswood, sr, 20-18
C4-Marshall McClung, Greenbrier West, jr, 26-7 McClung, F3:29 Widmyer, F5:27
F1- Chad Murphy, St Marys, so, 19-16
R3- Rhett Koslasky, Ritchie County, so, 24-13 Widmyer, 5-2
T2- Tommy Widmyer, Berkeley Springs, jr, 33-12
C2- Sam Stewart, Braxton County, sr, 41-1 Stewart, F3:26 Purpura, 6-2 Purpura, 3-1 ot
F3-Dewy Bostic, East Bank, jr, 10-4
R1- Chad Purpura, Bishop Donahue, jr, 28-5 Purpura, 8-1
T4- Daniel Blevins, Iaeger, jr, 24-11
C3- Danny Drennen, Wirt County, so, 8-1 Drennen, F3:22 Drennen, F3:54
F2-Kent McBride, Petersburg, sr, 28-15
R4- Kevin Coulter, Independence, so, 31-8 Coulter, 18-6
T1-Howard Melrose, Williamstown, jr, 22-12


Consolation Bracket -- AA/A 152 lbs

Loser champ round 1 Loser champ quarter vs winner cons round 1 Cons quarterLoser champ semi vs winner cons quarter Cons finalThird place
Widmyer, BS Stewart, 6-3 Jones, 13-2
Stewart, Brax Stewart, F3:43 Stewart, 5-3
Payne, BC Payne, F0:56
Dauch, Rav
Coulter, Ind Coulter, F2:09
Murphy, St M Koslasky, F3:42
Koslasky, Rit
Drennen, Wirt Jones, F2:45
Jones, OG Jones, 24-14 Jones, 8-2
Bostic, EB Blevins, F2:38
Blevins, Iae
McClung, GrW McClung, 14-6
McBride, Pet Melrose, 5-2
Melrose, Will


Fifth Place -- AA/A 152 lbs

Loser consolation semiFifth place
Widmyer, BS Widmyer, 6-4 ot
Drennen, Wirt


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