Pisgah wrestling recognized as one of WNC's top teams
May 6—After one of the most memorable seasons in recent Haywood County high school sports history, Pisgah wrestling earned another honor on Sunday night. The team was recognized as the region's top male Olympic sport team in Division I during the 64th Annual Western North Carolina Sports Awards Banquet at the Omni Grove Park Inn. "It was really just kind of an awesome moment," Pisgah Coach Ryan Gibson said.
"It was one of those ones where you just kind of sit back, and you go, 'Man, what a group of kids. '" The team was up against Enka wrestling and A. C.
Reynolds cross country for the award. "What that group's done is very satisfying, because they deserve it. It's not about the coaches.
It's all about the kids and what they do and what they accomplish. It was awesome just to see other people recognize that," Gibson said. This season was the second straight year that the Bears wrestling team won the Western Region in the dual team wrestling tournament and finished as runners-up in that state tournament.
The Bears went 27-2 as a dual team this season. On top of that, Pisgah went to the individual state tournament and came home with a team title after six of its wrestlers qualified for state championship final matches, with seniors Landon Pope and Kail Burnette bringing home titles individually. "That's a group of winners, and they wanted to win.