BOONE, N.C. — The annual Appalachian Open wrestling tournament will be held in Varsity Gym on Saturday, with competition scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and continue for most of the day.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for youth. Doors open for admission at 8 a.m., and fans attending the tournament can gain reentry (following a lunch break, etc.) by showing a valid ticket stub.
More than 150 wrestlers from a combined 16 schools are entered, as 17 members of the current App State team will wrestle in attached and unattached capacities.
The Mountaineers' attached entries are
Andy Richard (125 pounds),
Laken Cook (157),
Joe Accousti (165),
Michael Elliott (165),
Taylor Jackson (184) and
Demazio Samuel (HWT). The unattached ones are
Thierry Washington (133),
Bradley Irwin (141),
Anthony Brito (141),
Jonathan Millner (141),
Miller Clark (149),
Christian Beach (149),
Matt Zovistoski (157),
Carl Guess (157),
Garrett Church (174),
Paul Carson (197) and
Zack Willard (HWT).
App State alum
Denzel Dejournette, a 2017 All-American, is listed as an unrostered entry in the heavyweight division.
The other schools set to be represented are Ohio, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Campbell, Virginia, West Virginia, VMI, Arizona State, NC State, Duke, Chattanooga, Gardner-Webb, Buffalo, Navy and UNC-Pembroke.
On-campus parking will be available in the Rivers Street Deck across the street from Varsity Gym as well as the Peacock and Duncan Hall lots that are adjacent to Varsity Gym, off the same side of Rivers Street.
Tournament brackets will be available at FloWrestling throughout the day.
The Mountaineers will resume their SoCon schedule against VMI in Boone on Jan. 31, visit Chattanooga on Feb. 4 and return to Varsity Gym for a Feb. 8 matchup with Duke.
The dual meets with VMI and Duke conclude App State's home schedule. Wrestling tickets can be purchased by calling the Appalachian State ticket office at
828-262-2079 or by going online to the
App State Ticket Central link.
