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Preston High School

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Preston High School opened its doors in 1991-92 and, with the addition of the 9th grade in 1998-99, has an enrollment of approximately 1300 in grades 9-12.

Preston has crowned three State Champs: Chris Wilson, 135, 1998; Terrance Fanning, two time state champ, 2013 AAA 195, 2014 AAA 220. Preston's best finish at the State Wrestling Tournament was in 1996, finishing 11th.

Preston High State Finalists

1992 Gary Crippin 6th 160
1995 Wally Bulford 6th 125
1995 Roy Wilson 6th 145
1995 Willie Alberico 5th 160
1995 Josh Fields 6th 189
1996 Chris Wilson 4th 125
1996 Steve Radabaugh 3rd 130
1996 Wally Bulford 5th 135
1996 Roy Wilson 4th 160
1997 Nick Schmidle 6th 103
1998 Chris Wilson Champ 135
2001 Matt Miller 3rd 189
2012 Terrance Fanning 3rd 182
2013 Terrance Fanning Champ 195
2014 Terrance Fanning Champ 220
2015 Brady Ware 6th 126
2016 Brady Ware 5th 120
2018 Blake Miller 3rd 182

State Champs from Preston County

Preston High School - 2
Chris Wilson , 1998 AAA 135
Terrance Fanning, 2013 AAA 195
Terrance Fanning, 2014 AAA 220

Central Preston - 1
Bill Walters , 1986 AA/A 105

Kingwood High School - 3
John Collins , 1957 All Divisions 157
Bob Hardesty , 1960 All Divisions UNL
Dave Thorn , 1967 All Divisions 133
State Finalists from Preston County

1958 Ralph Strahin, Kingwood, 3rd 148
1959 John Bolyard, Kingwood, 3rd 112
1959 Darwin Titchnell, Kingwood, 4th 145
1960 Loyal Forman, Kingwood, 3rd 165
1964 Darrell Costello, Kingwood, Runner-up 177
1964 Bob Brown, Kingwood, 4th UNL
1966 Tony Costello, Kingwood, Runner-up 138
1979 Brian Montgomery, Central Preston, 2nd 98
1981 Pat Parks, Central Preston, 5th 105
1981 Ron Gutshall, Central Preston, 6th UNL
1982 Clarence Johnson, West Preston, 6th 105
1982 John Greaser, Central Preston, 5th 167
1983 Jeff Smith, Central Preston, 3rd 138
1983 Brian Park, Central Preston, 5th 145
1984 Jeff Smith, Central Preston, 3rd 145
1984 Brian Park, Central Preston, 4th 155
1984 Steve Osborne, Central Preston, 4th 185
1986 Floyd Cowger, East Preston, 6th 119
1990 Carl Snyder, East Preston, 6th 130
1990 Randy Phillips, Central Preston, 4th 140
1991 Anthony Scott, Central Preston, 4th 119

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