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: