By Gary Ahuja
Special to VarsityLetters.ca
LANGLEY — Following 10 hours of wrestling and 602 bouts on Monday, the finals are set to determine which wrestlers will be crowned provincial champions.
Day one is in the books at the B.C. Secondary Schools Wrestling Association provincial championships at Langley Events Centre and the field has been whittled down from the original 414 wrestlers who began the competition.
Twenty-nine champions will be determined Tuesday afternoon on the final day of the high school wrestling championships. The consolation matches to determine third place and beyond in the various categories will also be on Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Female:
40 kg – Lakiesha Jacob (Lillooet) vs. Tanisha Johal (Burnaby Central)
43 kg – Round robin between Gina Bolognese (Burnaby North), Ayesha Mian (St. Thomas More Collegiate), Toni Medeiros (Notre Dame), Erna Armstrong (Burnaby Central) and Charmaine Stuart (Prince George)
47 kg – Zena Shew (South Islands Distance Education School) vs. Marley Jackson (Burnaby Mountain)
51 kg – Ivy Threatful (Maple Ridge) vs. Kiana Shew (South Islands Distance Education)
54 kg – Marquesis Heintz (Maple Ridge) vs. Clara Scagione (St. Thomas More Collegiate)
57 kg – Victoria Seal (Mission) vs. Kaily Pattison (Kelly Road)
60 kg – Kenna Wells-Flanders (Guildford Park) vs. Mikaela Trolland (W.J. Mouat)
64 kg – Jade Trolland (W.J. Mouat) vs. Stephanie Mould (Cowichan)
69 kg – Paige Maher (Alberni District) vs. Kaitlyn Jinda (Carihi)
75 kg – Mackenzie Boudreau (Alberni District) vs. Keisha Nagarr (Riverside)
90 kg – Haley Florell (Prince George) vs. Zenze Stanley-Jones (Kelly Road)
110 kg – Amanda Silveri (St. Thomas More Collegiate) vs. Emily Reid (Chemainus)
Male:
38 kg – Hayden Lazar (Shuswap Middle) vs. Evan McLeod (Alberni Valley)
41 kg – Jagvir Grewal (W.J. Mouat) vs. Kalub Scaiano (Lake City)
45 kg – Matt Drope (Elphinstone) vs. Emmitt Giesbrecht (Wellington)
48 kg – Rohit Bal (Tamanawis) vs. Sehijvir Sandhu (Tamanawis)
51 kg – Owen Martin (Surrey Academy of Innovative Learning) vs. Dylan Duggan (Burnaby Central)
54 kg – Elijah Lazar (Salmon Arm) vs. Talon Hird (Cowichan)
57 kg – Parm Sidhu (D.W. Poppy) vs. Prabjhot Mander (Queen Elizabeth)
60 kg – Gagan Grewal (Abbotsford Traditional) vs. Jasdeep Dhillon (Abbotsford Traditional)
63 kg – Ehsan Hafizi (Guildford Park) vs. Ryan Hicks (Maple Ridge)
66 kg – Rebi Hafizi (Guildford Park) vs. Devin McCrae (Heritage Woods)
70 kg – Jovan Dhaliwal (McNair) vs. Joseph Hunter (Heritage Woods)
74 kg – Cory Haberman (University Hill) vs. Amaan Malhi (Yale)
78 kg – Karanpreet Gill (Tamanawis) vs. Karmveer Rai (Panorama Ridge)
84 kg – Summitt Mann (Queen Elizabeth) vs. Gurek Dhesi (Guildford Park)
90 kg – Baltej Mundi (Tamanawis) vs. Jayce Clayton (Alberni District)
110 kg – Chiragpree Mattu (Delview) vs. Sam Steele (St. Thomas More Collegiate)
130 kg – Harjind Grewal (Enver Creek) vs. Arjot Gill (Lord Tweedsmuir)
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