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Wando High Graduate Has Chance to Win Junior College National Championship
Trent Williams walked on to the wrestling team at Spartanburg Methodist College and on Saturday will compete with the final eight at the NJCAA national championships in Rochester, Minn.
Wando High School graduate Trent Williams, a non-scholarship wrestler for Spartanburg Methodist College, reached All-American status Friday by making the final eight at the NJCAA national championships in Rochester, Minn.
Williams is a freshman walk-on who never even made the state finals in high school, according to a blog on GoUpstate.
On Saturday, Williams has a chance to win a junior college national championship.
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Seeded No. 19 in the 165-pound weight class, according to the NJCAA website, Williams beat No. 12 W.V. Meyer of North Idaho College, 16-3; No. 4 seed Darnell Thomas of Lincoln College, 10-6; and lost to No. 11 Bryce Lewis of Colby Community College in the round of eight but moves onto to the finals.
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