Bainbridge grapplers place at freestyle meet

Two young island wrestlers placed well at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling State Championships earlier this month in Tacoma.

May 17, 2014 10:21 am
Ben Pippinger and Henry Moreshead both placed well at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling State Championships earlier this month.
Ben Pippinger and Henry Moreshead both placed well at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling State Championships earlier this month.

TACOMA – Two young island wrestlers placed well at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling State Championships earlier this month in Tacoma.

Ben Pippinger took eighth place in the 60-pound weight class, and Henry Moreshead took eighth place in the 65-pound weight bracket.

Ben is a first-grader at Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary School and Henry is a first-grader at Carden Country School.

They are both coached by Dan Pippinger (Bainbridge High School), Britton Johnson (Bainbridge High) and Bobby Reece (Kingston Wrestling Academy).