Tommy Pickens Becomes 5th National Qualifier

Tommy Pickens joins Kasey Cates, Josh Smith, Jobi Hambrick, and Nathan Downs as the 5th National Qualifier for HLG this season. Pickens Finished in fifth place at the University of Dubuque's Jim Fox Open last Saturday. The Jim Fox Open had wrestlers from all NCAA divisions wrestling. Jobi Hambrick and Nathan Down's both defeated solid opponents, however, only Hambrick was able to place 4th in the tournament. Curt Trimmell wrestled his best tournament of the season and finished in 3rd place. Trimmell finished higher than any other Trojan wrestler on the day. I predicted in an earlier post this year that we had the potential of having 5 or 6 wrestlers qualify for the National Tournament this season. I'm proud to report that our wrestlers have proven me correct! I wonder who will be the sixth to qualify?