NEWBERRY, S.C. – Campbell wrestlers Cooper Shore and Logan Heckert came out as champions at the Newberry Open on Sunday, hosted by Newberry College. The two wrestlers competed unattached at the event.

Shore, who took first place at 125 pounds, went 4-0 at the Open with four bonus-point victories. His day started with a pin against Gavin Ferguson, and he followed that up with a tech fall (19-3 over Sam Cherichello) and two major decisions (13-4 vs. Hunter Mccullough, 14-3 vs. Gianni Bottone) in the semifinal and final rounds.

Heckert also had a strong day, securing five bonus-point wins in all five of his matches. His day started with a 12-2 major decision over Michael Gabbard, which he followed with a 15-0 tech fall over Michael Turner. Heckert then secured three straight pins over Liam Leckie, Sebastian Shered, and Logan Hoffman to claim the championship at 174 pounds.

Below are the results for Shore and Heckert. The full Newberry Open results can be found here.

Unattached Campbell Results

Individual Rankings according to Intermat

125 Pounds

Cooper Shore (First Place, 4-0)

R16 | W | vs. Gavin Ferguson (Unattached), Fall 2:00

QF | W | vs. Sam Cherichello (Unattached), TF 19-3

SF | W | vs. Hunter Mccullough (Unattached), MD 13-4

Finals | W | vs. Gianni Bottone (Unattached), MD 14-3

174 Pounds

Logan Heckert (First Place, 5-0)

R32 | W | vs. Michael Gabbard (Averett, unattached), MD 12-2

R16 | W | vs. Michael Turner (Emmanuel College), TF 15-0

QF | W | vs. Liam Leckie (Southeastern), Fall, 1:05

SF | W | vs. Sebastian Shered (Queens University), Fall 3:49

Finals | W | vs. Logan Hoffman (UNC Pembroke, unattached), Fall 2:48

QUOTABLE

Logan Heckert

On his hot streak to end the tournament with three straight pins:

"Typically, I will kind of start slow in a tournament. Like, my body is still waking up. My first match I still dominated, but I wanted to clean up a few things. Once I finally did that and the tournament progressed, I got more confident in myself and in my wrestling to where I could just go out there know that I wasn't going to lose.

On where is wrestling has improved the most during his time at Campbell:

"Wrestling on my feet, getting takedowns and chaining shots together. That's one thing I struggled with in high school, and I've been working on that the majority of the year."

Cooper Shore

On his overall performance at the event:

"Going into it, I knew it was an open tournament, but I did do better compared to the other two that I've been to. I was expecting a little lighter competition, which it was, but I still had the same mindset going in, trying to score points and generate offense and work on areas that I've been practicing in the room. I feel like I did that, and it was translating on the mat. I feel like I could have been more dominant in my final match. I feel like I still played it safe, was smart, and still got the major decision."

On his biggest improvement during this freshman season:

"Having more sense of intent with everything I do. A collar tie is not just a collar tie, I need to use that to either move my opponent or move myself. It's having weight with my hands. Taking everything from just doing it, to having intent in everything I do is probably the biggest thing that I feel has made me jump to where I am versus where I was when I got here."

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