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Discipline over motivation By Justin Jarrett Contributor
Discipline over motivation. That’s the mantra that guides the May River wrestling team, and it’s the mindset that has built the Sharks into a consistently dominant force and a budding dynasty that seems to be picking up steam with each passing year. May River repeated as SCHSL Class 4A state champions for the second straight year, sweeping both the dual and traditional titles and crowning five individual state champs Saturday at Florence Center. It marks the eighth consecutive year that coach Ashley Powell’s program has produced at least one state champion, starting with Ryan Humel in 2019, but it’s the first time May River has crowned more than two champs in the same year, proving the Sharks haven’t peaked yet. Senior Blake Butler capped off his sensational career with a second consecutive individual title, ripping his way through the 157-pound bracket and racking up a
16-1 technical fall against Hayden Adkins of York in the finals. Where you find one hammer, you typically develop another, and Thomas Brough has been the beneficiary of going head-tohead with Butler for the past two years, sharpening his skills every day and claiming a 150-pound state championship and a North-South All-Star nod as a senior. Fellow senior Marcus Foulk also claimed his elusive state title in dominant fashion, pinning all four of his opponents with only his semifinal match reaching the second period. Foulk is a prototype for the program, having picked up the sport as a freshman and consistently developed into a force to be reckoned with. Sophomore 106-pounder Stephano Calderon was nearly as dominant en route to his first state title, needing the full six minutes only in the finals, where he earned a 12-3 major decision over Dreher’s Franco Pressley. Calderon is set up to be the Sharks’ first three-time state champion if he can defend his title the next two years. And the Sharks crowned their first girls state champion, as Vivian Urriola breezed
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Local 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Award winners 40A through the 130-pound bracket and scored a third-period pin in the finals. Discipline over motivation. Powell preaches it every day, and his wrestlers buy in, because why wouldn’t they? The proof is hanging in the rafters, and the banners keep coming. My son was a freshman on this year’s team, grinding every day in hopes of eventually following where others have blazed the trail, because when you crack
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