Poulson Finishes in Sixth Place at 6A Northern Region Championships

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Herndon’s Jonah Poulson finished his wrestling career Saturday with a sixth-place finish at the 6A Northern Region championships at Fairfax High School.

After losing his first round match to Fairfax’s James Fisher by a 7-3 decision, Poulson reeled off three straight victories in the consolation bracket to reach the consolation semi-finals.

He defeated Patriot’s Adam Tucker 3-1 in a sudden victory overtime thriller, and he followed that performance with a hard-fought 11-10 decision over Battlefield’s Nick Kash.

Poulson then won a tight 5-3 overtime win over Lake Braddock’s Royce Renzi to secure a spot on the podium. In the match to qualify for the state tournament, he lost to South County’s Francis Ahenkora in a tough 7-0 match.

He concluded the tournament with a loss in the 5th place match to James Fisher of Fairfax.

Although qualifying nine wrestlers, Herndon had a disappointing tournament, scoring only 16 team points and finishing in 25th place out of 27 teams.

“Obviously, we’re not too happy with the way we finished the year. We really thought we could get 3-4 guys through to the state tournament. But to only have one placer from this group is really disappointing,” said Head Coach Mike Gonzales.

Herndon at the 2016 6A North Region Championships

Andrew Synnott (120lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Constantin Carayiannis of Battlefield
• Cons. Rd. 1 lost by 9-3 decision to Naol Abera of Hayfield

Daniel Lyons (138lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Alex Joya of Annandale
• Cons. Rd. 1 lost by technical fall 18-2 to Nicholas Choi of Fairfax

H.T. Elston (145lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Andrew Major of W.T. Woodson
• Cons. Rd. 1 lost by fall to Tanner Doverspike of Langley

Sam Milligan (152lbs.)

• Did not participate due to injury

Robert Davey (160lbs.)

• Rd. 1 won by major decision 13-2 over Camron Nader of South County
• Q. Finals lost by 10-6 decision to Chris Ferrill of Battlefield
• Cons. Rd. 2 won by major decision over Brendan McCarron of Hayfield
• Cons. Rd. 3 lost by 4-0 decision to Azamat Israilov of Annandale

Josh Poulson (170lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Gavin Legg of McLean
• Cons. Rd. 1 won by 7-4 decision over Brian Wise of South County
• Cons. Rd. 2 won by 1-0 decision over Brandon Whitton of Westfield
• Cons. Rd. 3 lost by fall to Brian Brooks of Robinson

Nate Shirey (182lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Antonio Agee of Hayfield
• Cons. Rd. 1 lost by 7-2 decision to Douglas O’Donnell of Stonewall Jackson

Francis Adomako-Mensah (285lbs.)

• Rd. 1 lost by fall to Gabe O’Donnell of South Lakes
• Cons. Rd. 1 won by fall over Stephen Gayton of West Potomac
• Cons. Rd. 2 lost by 8-6 decision to Zackery Albertson of Battlefield