Hornets Compete at Conference 5 Wrestling Championships

From Herndon High School: The Herndon wrestling team begins post-season play on Friday when it competes in the Conference 5 Championships at Westfield High School. The first round begins at 12:30pm. Herndon will be aiming for its twelfth team title in program history and first since 2003.

Conference 5 Championships Schedule

12:30pm Quarter Finals

1:30pm Semi-Finals

3:00pm Consolation Semi-Finals

4:00pm Consolation Finals

5:30pm Finals

Herndon Lineup (Conference record/probable seed)

106: Caleb Clayborne, So. (2-3, 4th)

113: K.T. Elston, Fr. (2-3, 4th)

120: Caleb Calderwood, Fr. (1-0, 5th)

132: Bilal Estwani, So. (0-5, 6th)

145: Daniel Lyons, Sr. (2-3, 4th)

152: Patrick Reilly, Sr. (1-4, 5th)

160: Trey Passmore, So. (3-1, 3rd)

170: Patrick Vedova, Sr. (1-0, 4th)

182: Jonathan Lopez, So. (2-3, 4th)

195: John Proctor, So. (2-3, 4th)

220: Cole Cooksey, Sr. (3-2, 3rd)

285: Chris Estrada, Jr. (5-0, 1st)

Regional Bids at Stake

The conference will send the top-four finishers in each weight class to the 6A Northern Region tournament. The region tournament will be contested February 10-11 at Fairfax High School.

Hornets at the Conference Championships

Herndon has won eleven conference champions – 1982, 1991-94, 1996-8, 2000-01, 2003. Herndon finished fourth at the 2016 Conference 5 Championships, sending seven wrestlers to the regional tournament. Gabe Pike was Herndon’s last individual champ, winning the 126 lbs. class in 2012.

Upper Weights Boost Herndon Lineup

Chris Estrada sports a perfect 5-0 conference record and is poised to make a run at a conference title at heavyweight. Cole Cooksey has placed in every tournament he’s wrestled this season, and looks to be in the mix at 220lbs. At 195lbs., John Proctor has been steadily improving throughout the season and took the 2016 NOVA Classic Champion, Centreville’s Gabriel Brooks, to the limit, before falling 7-5 in overtime. Trey Passmore also has the firepower to make some noise in the tournament.

Photo credits: Deb Reilly