Avery County rallied from a late nine-point deficit to defeat Uwharrie Charter, 39-30, February 5 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Fieldhouse to win a fourth consecutive North Carolina High School Athletics Association 1-A wrestling state championship.
Avery finished the season with a stellar 36-2 record.
The Vikings have won the last four NCHSAA titles available — winning both the dual-team and the team-tournament title in 2020, winning the team-tournament in 2021 when dual-team was not available and the dual-team again this season.
Avery also beat Uwharrie Charter to win the 2020 state championship.
And this 2022 Avery High state championship wrestling team, like all others in school history, has set a legacy all its own and will inspire future Viking wrestlers, individually and collectively as a team, to strive to the zenith to accomplish the same feats.