James Wood wins Max Horz wrestling tournament

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — For the fourth straight year, the James Wood wrestling team won the Max Horz Border Wars Invitational that was completed on Saturday at Berkeley Springs (W.Va.) High School.

The Colonels scored 341.5 points to win the 17-school tournament by 106 points over runner-up Woodgrove (235.5). Clarke County placed 16th with 23 points.

Leaders — James Wood: 132: Chris Nuss, 1st place (won in final over Cole Morris of Berkeley Springs 4-2); 195: Luke Roy, 1st (won in final over Cameron Sweet of St. Stephens & St. Agnus 2-1); 106: Braden Sitton, 2nd (lost in final to Zach Maisus of Heritage-Leesburg 6-1); 113: Vince Caruso, 2nd (lost in final to Dylan Tachoir of Martinsburg 8-2); 120: Aidan Barton, 2nd (lost in final to Don Nguyen of Heritage-Leesburg 6-0); 126: Joshua Arce, 2nd (lost in final to Derek Starkey of Bridgeport 4-2); 152: Blake Sandy, 2nd (lost in final to Vaughn Shaw of Berkeley Springs 12-4); 182: Jared King, 2nd (lost in final to Gage Abrecht of Hedgesville 5-2); 170: Walker Powell, 3rd; 220: Jonathan Addison, 3rd; 285: Brayden Patterson-Campbell, 3rd; 138: Dean Ritter, 5th; 145: Matt Alderman, 5th.