It’s a ‘learning season’ for Middlesex wrestlers

December 30, 2025

Updated: December 30, 2025

25-26-wrestling-team — Members of the 2025-2026 Middlesex High School wrestling team include, front, from left, Dalaney Moore, Ayla Oliver, Daniel Robertson, Timothy Hall, Jayden Tang, Brody Schaus, Maci Powell; and back, same order, Wyatt Longworth, Mason Kiku, Bryson Howell, Kyle Curtis, Bladen Moore, Andrew Harrow, Zach Dean and Dominic Snyder. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

State qualifier pair returning,
but mat squad mostly young

The Middlesex High School (MHS) 2025-2026 wrestling team has two fourth year Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class One state qualifiers returning on this year’s roster. However, overall the Charger mat crew is young — eight grapplers on the 16-player squad’s roster are ninth graders and one is an eighth grader

“We’ve got a young team,” said MHS Head Coach James Cox. “We have two seniors and three juniors on the team and the rest are from lower classes. It is going to be a learning season for us.”