Large Tar Heel Contingent Set For Trip To Midlands Championships

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Large Tar Heel Contingent Set For Trip To Midlands Championships

December 27, 2019 | Wrestling

By: UNC Athletic Communications

No. 17 North Carolina (4-1) is headed to Illinois this weekend to participate in the 57^thannual Midlands Championships. The Tar Heels will compete in the two-day tournament on Sunday and Monday with every match streamed live on FloWrestling.

Last weekend, UNC traveled to Arkansas and defeated Little Rock, 35-6. Both Clay Lautt and Joey Mazzara pinned their way to wins to help the Tar Heels collect the win against former Tar Heel assistant Neil Erisman's Trojans.

The following Tar Heels will be wrestling at the Sears Centre Arena:

Mark Chaid, 285 pounds
Sawyer Davidson, 165 pounds
Andrew Gunning, 285 pounds
A.C. Headlee, 157 pounds
Joe Heilmann, 133 pounds (unattached)
Jaime Hernandez, 133 pounds
Keaton Kluever, 285 pounds
Clay Lautt, 174 pounds
Joey Mazzara, 184 pounds
Josh McClure, 157 pounds
Joey Melendez, 125 pounds
Kennedy Monday, 165 pounds
Austin O'Connor, 149 pounds
Max Shaw, 184 pounds (unattached)
Zach Sherman, 141 pounds
Gabriel Tagg, 141 pounds (unattached)
Brandon Whitman, 197 pounds

Sunday's first session begins at 10:30 a.m. EST. The full schedule with a link to watch can be found here.