Liberty’s Rogers chosen for Schoolboy National Duals
LIBERTY — Jacob Rogers, a student at Liberty Middle School has been selected to the Schoolboy National Dual wrestling team. Part of the SC-USAW criteria was Rogers’ performance last year as Schoolboy State Champ, and this year to participate in a minimum of three SC-USAW sanctioned events.
Team South Carolina will compete in Indianapolis June 5-9. The National Dual Team competition will be in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling. Rogers will be competing against the nation’s finest 13- and 14-year-old wrestlers from other states across the country.
Rogers, a member of Berkshire-Pickens Wrestling Club, will represent South Carolina in both the 84 and 91-lb. weight classes.