Sager reigns supreme at state
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Stanhope Elmore’s Dominic Sager celebrates winning the Class 6A 285-pound state championship on Saturday.

Sitting at just the No. 6 seed heading into the weekend’s AHSAA Class 6A Wrestling Championships, the expectations weren’t exactly high for Stanhope Elmore’s Dominic Sager.

Of course he wanted a spot on the podium, but he had to face wrestlers who were seeded higher than himself — and even one who had beat him the week previously at sectionals.