By Wendi Reardon Price
Staff Writer
wprice@mihomepaper.com
DETROIT — Five Wolves finished as All-State during the MHSAA Division 1 Wrestling Individual State Championship at Ford Field, March 1-2.
“It was a great weekend for us,” said Brian Gibbs, head coach for Clarkston Varsity Wrestling. “I am extremely proud of how all six of them competed.”
Senior Brock Trevino finished his high school career as state champion in the 190-pound weight class. Junior Archer Anderson finished in first place and junior Preston LeFevre finished in second place in the 120-pound weight class. Nate Carter (132) finished in sixth place.
Sophomore Paisley DeNault finished in second place in the girls division in the 135-pound weight class.
Trevino, who finished the season with a 25-1 record, won three of his four matches with falls. He defeated Forest Hills Northern’s Harrison Bailey with a fall in the time of 1:57; University of Detroit Jesuit’s Joseph Stachelek, a fall at 2:52; Saline’s Fedototszkin, 6-1; and Stoney Creek’s Adam Bazzi, a fall at 1:57.
“He had an amazing year,” said Gibbs. “His one loss of the year, I don’t like to make excuses, but came with a banged up ankle who won a state title at 175-pound, obviously no slouch and don’t know how that match would go completely 100 percent healthy. He kind of went unscathed during the state tournament. No one came close to beating him. No one really came close to scoring on him. Hats off to him, he was steadfast through the whole thing.”
Anderson (32-5) went 4-0 for the tournament, which included a sudden victory win over teammate LeFevre in the championship round, 10-8.
“It’s always a unique dynamic with those two,” Gibbs said. “They have been in the same weight for three years now, both All-State three years in a row and finally getting the job done and meeting each other in the state finals. It’s kind of where we expected them to be with their level of competitiveness and their level of talent. It’s always hard as a coach to make those decisions to put wrestlers in the same weight but ultimately it was what was best for them. They handled it like true champions. Obviously, you aren’t going to be completely happy losing in the state finals but I thought Preston handled it with class. They were both fierce competitors and took it serious. We have a great year ahead of us with them as seniors and hope to be in the position to win a state championship themselves.”
Anderson’s three other wins were over Fraser’s Stanley Anderson with a fall, 3:14; Detroit Catholic Central’s Mack Moscovic, 9-1; and Romeo’s Owen Youngblood, 4-2.
LeFevre (33-6) went 3-1 for the tournament with wins over Anchor Bay’s Colin Choranziak with a fall, 2:18; Detroit Catholic Central’s Nathan Walkowiak, 4-0; and Allen Park’s Santana Ramon, 10-7.
Carter (35-8) went 2-3 for the tournament with falls over Salem’s Gavin Holcombe, 5:09; and Utica’s Hunter Thomson, 2:54.
“Now he is a two-time All-State as a sophomore with potential to be four-time All-State,” said Gibbs. “I continue to be proud of him. He is not happy with where he finished, but I think that will ultimately drive him to work the off season and come back stronger next year.”
DeNault (28-2) went 3-1 for the tournament with winning all three matches by falls over Tawas Area High School’s Jasmine Voss, 1:56; Clinton’s Faith Blackburn, 1:16; and Bronson’s Mackenna Webster, 3:05.
“She continues to be the most consistent wrestler we have on our team,” Gibbs said. “Day in and day out she continues to provide great work ethic and pace in the room. She has only lost to two different girls in her high school career. One girl twice last year and one girl twice this year. She has a 52-4 record in her career and two of those losses are in the state tournament, one this year and one in the semifinals last year. She is an amazing competitor and an amazing wrestler for someone who is a 3-4 sport athlete. It’s tough to be best of the best and she is. I am extremely proud of her.”
Freshman Gavin Culloty (106) finished his first visit to the state championship with two losses, ending the year 24-15.
“Gavin being our lone freshman was in a tough bracket,” Gibbs said. “He is a kid who has the potential to be All-State the next three years and could have been this year. He had a great match with two of the kids who ended up placing. I am proud of him and how he competed especially the back half of the year.”
Gibbs added it was a good year overall for the program.
“We knew we would be young this year,” he said. “A lot of them rose to the occasion and rose to that challenge especially with our tough schedule.”

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