by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi
Lancaster High School had two gold medalists and scored 225 points to win the Northern Neck District wrestling championship before a home crowd on Saturday, January 29.
River Diaz pinned Trequan Veney in the final bout and went 4-0 to win the 150 championship. Joseph Harcum of Lancaster was the only wrestler in the 106 weight class to earn a gold medal.
However, the Red Devils had four silver medalists and five bronze medalists to beat out four other district teams for the team tournament trophy.
“We came into the district tournament with eight sick wrestlers who had not practiced….
