Wrestling: Loudoun Crowns 2 State Champions! Potomac Falls' Zulkhuu wins AA 152 Title; Freedom's Timbers Takes Down AAA 285 Crown

DaQuante Timbers

(Feb. 19, 2012) - Wrestling state titles have been tough for Loudoun athletes to bring home with just 20 young men achieving the honor in the past 41 years, but on Saturday both Potomac Falls senior Batchka Zulkhuu and Freedom senior DaQuante Timbers captured state championships.

Batchka Zulkhuu

Zulkhuu became the first local wrestler to win a state title, since another Panther Justin Wheaton did it in 2005, when he captured the 152 pound AA championship in Salem. Zulkhuu won by technical fall over Andrew Saunders of Northside in the finals, 21-6, to cap a 52-4 season.

Just hours later, at Robinson High School in Fairfax, Timbers completed a total domination of the 285-pound weight class in AAA with a pin in 3:08 over Jake Pinkston of Robinson. It was the third fall in four matches for Timbers as he needed just 48 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals and 1:19 to make it to the semifinals. His 15-6 semifinal win over Marshall's Matt Crawford was Timbers only match that didn't end early. The victory left Timbers 55-2 on the season.

(More later on how other Loudoun wrestlers fared at the AA and AAA state meets)

Loudoun All-Time State Wrestling Champions:


105
1982 Scotty McGowan Park View
1976 Mark Johnson Loudoun Valley

112
1992 Mark Hernandez Park View

119
1993 Mark Hernandez Park View

125
1994 Mark Hernandez Park View
1991 J.P. Taylor Park View

130
2004 Will Powers Potomac Falls
2000 Eric Bardey Potomac Falls

132
1986 Scott Steele Park View

135
1994 Chad Burns Broad Run

145
1994 Mike Jacobus Park View
1987 Scott Steele Park View
1973 Johnny Janney Loudoun Valley

152
2012 Batchka Zulkhuu Potomac Falls
2005 Justin Wheaton Potomac Falls
1993 Sean St. Clair Broad Run

155
1983 Keith Ball Park View
1980 Edward Kriston Park View

160
2003 Dean Scanlon Loudoun County

167
1985 Steve Bryant Park View

171
2004 Dean Scanlon Loudoun County
1995 Sean Sprague Broad Run
1991 John Kotch Park View

185
1984 Joey Lightfoot Park View

285
2012 DaQuante Timbers Freedom

Heavyweight
1980 Alan Graley Loudoun Valley