Matt Deitz, Evan King, Zac Roberson and Jeff Sloney are making a return visit to The Palace of Auburn Hills.
They guaranteed their spot for the MHSAA Wrestling Individual Finals after placing in the top four in their regional meet at Howell.
Matt Vandermeer is joining them for the competition after placing in third in the 171-pound weigh class. He defeated Ryan Erps from Pinckney, 6-2. Deitz finished first place in his 140-pound weight class. He pinned Portage Central’s Adam Fahs, 2:22 into the match. King (160) , Roberson (112) and Sloney (125) took third place posting defeats over their competition.
King scored two points on William Royster from Kalamazoo Central. He kept Royster to only one point.
Both Roberson and Sloney kept their opposition to zero points. Roberson scored seven points on Hartland’s Ross Kantola, and Sloney scored four on Devin Boria from Milford. Deitz and King will make their third appearance to the finals, set for March 4-6.
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Clarkston took down North Farmington in the MHSAA Team Regionals, 50-9.
But in their next battle they lost to Hartland in their quest to make it to the state finals, 42-19. Matt Deitz (145) put the boys on the board after posting a victory over Jordan Franklin, 12-3
Next to score was Evan King (171) in a defeat over Matt Ostermiller, 8-3. Matt Vandermeer continued from King’s momentum as he took on Nick Long in the 189-pound weight class. He toom him down with 1:14 remaining in the last period. The team finished their season with a 22-8 record.