Orange’s Matthew Smith-Breeden and Cedar Ridge’s Daina Pritchard seem to have their own personal series going so far this wrestling season. On Friday in the 2nd round of the Tiger Holiday Classic, Smith-Breeden and Pritchard wrestled for the third time in 13 days. Smith-Breeden got an early go-behind and back points to take a 4-0 lead and went on to win 6-1. Earlier on Friday, Smith-Breeden defeated pinned Adell Shhata of Southern Durham in 2:38. He is now 15-4 with five pins this season. Last year was the first time that Smith-Breeden competed in the Tiger and he lost both of his matches. On Saturday, he will face Southeast Guilford’s Josh Wilson in the quarterfinals. Earlier this month, Smith-Breeden finished fourth in the Jim King/Orange Invitational.

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