Sunday, February 21, 1999
Moeller wrestlers earn third straight sectional title
BY MARK SCHMETZER
Enquirer contributor
Moeller earned a school-record five individual championships and claimed its third consecutive team championship in the Division I sectional wrestling tournament at Fairfield High Saturday night.
“Overall, we're pretty well-balanced,” said Moeller coach Jeff Gaier, whose team will send 10 wrestlers to next week's district tournament at Fairfield. “Most of the 10 guys who qualified placed pretty high, and that will help next week.
“We had a pretty tough schedule during the regular season, just to prepare ourselves for nights like this, and I think they responded well.”
The Crusaders are No.1 in The Enquirer's Division I coaches poll and No.10 in the state coaches Division I poll.
Moeller had seven wrestlers in the championship finals and three more in the consolation finals to determine the third- and fourth-place finishers. The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualify for the district tournament.
Fairfield, the preseason No.1 team in The Enquirer poll and the No.2 team in the final poll, finished second. The Indians sent seven wrestlers to the championship finals and five won. All seven will go to the district.
Team Standings: 1. Moeller 213, 2. Fairfield 181, 3. Oak Hills 154.5, 4. Lakota West 113.5, 5. Glen Este 89, 6. Lakota East 82.5, 7. Hamilton 60, 8. Winton Woods 58, 9. La Salle 57, 10. Loveland 46, 11. Talawanda 42, 12. Mt. Healthy 22.
Championship: 103: Leugers (Fairfield) def. Luther (Glen Este), 7-2; 112: Ector (Lakota East) def. Mason (Oak Hills), 8-7; 119: Hill (Moeller) def. Wolery (Lakota West), 8-6 (OT); 125: McIntire (Lakota West) def. Wilcox (Oak Hills), 4-2; 130: Zinkan (Moeller) def. Smith (Hamilton), 8-6; 135: Wahoff (Fairfield) def. McIntire (Lakota West), 6-4 (OT); 140: Lyons (Moeller) def. Lampe (Glen Este), 14-12 (OT); 145: Blanks (Moeller) def. Schomaker (Talawanda), 5-3; 152: Padgett (Fairfield) def. Blanks (Moeller), pin (2:34); 160: Watts (Oak Hills) def. Temesy (Lakota West), 5-2; 171: Schnitzler (Moeller) def. Shepard (Oak Hills), 7-1; 189: Jones (Lakota East) def. Thompson (Winton Woods), 5-3 (OT); 215: Quimby (Fairfield) def. Findley (Moeller), 9-2; Hwt: Ramsey (Fairfield) def. Zerkle (Oak Hills), pin (1:24)
• Division III (at Lakota) — History was written at the old Lakota High School. St. Bernard senior 160-pounder Sarah VanSkaik became the first female in Ohio to qualify for the districts. VanSkaik placed fourth.
Reading won its fifth consecutive team sectional title.
Reading advanced 11 wrestlers to the district tournament. D.J. Engel (130), Tim Kelly (135), Gary Blair (152), Jamie Hirt (160), Bryan Kirby (171) and Aaron Greene (Hwt) all won individual titles for Reading.
Team Standings: 1. Reading 1901/2; 2. Indian Hill 133; 3. Summit Country Day 109; 4. Wyoming 81; 5. Lockland 551/2; 6. Clinton-Massie 471/2; 7. Waynesville 39; 8. St. Bernard 26; 9. Landmark Christian 18; 10. Cin. Hills Christian 17.
Championship: 103: Topicz(Indian Hill) d. Hammonds (Reading) 8-4; 112: Hooker (St. Bernard) d. Morin (Wyoming) 8-5; 119: Gray (CHCA) d. Hazlett (Reading) 8-7; 125: Fields (Summit) p. Harmeyer (Reading) 5:51; 130: Engel (Reading) p. Kaaz (Lockland) 3:11; 135: Kelly (Reading) d. Soellner (Summit) 8-1; 140: Combs (Indian Hill) p. Gertz (Lockland) 5:55; 145: Bawtenheimer (Landmark) d. Magro (Indian Hill) 5-3 OT; 152: Blair (Reading) d. Booher (Summit) 12-6; 160: Hirt (Reading) d. McConnell (Summit) 9-3; 171: Kirby (Reading) p. Priester (Wyoming) 1:48; 189: Spore (Wyoming) p. Smith (Waynesville) 3:42; 215: Rahe (Indian Hill) p. Marr (Waynesville) 4:27; 275: Greene (Reading) p. McCollister (Clinton-Massie) 1:05.
• Division I (at St. Xavier) — In the upset of the day, Elder's Nick Spatolo suffered a 6-2 setback to Harrison's Jon Bill in the semifinals. Spatolo entered the tournament with a 25-2 record and the No. 1 ranking in the city at 119.
Harrison wrapped up the team title, easily beating Sycamore 238-1931/2. Elder (148), St. Xavier (1331/2) and Colerain (95) round out the top five. Harrison advances 13 wrestlers to next weekend's district tournament.
Sycamore 140-pounder Omar Scruggs won his first sectional despite wrestling with one arm. Scruggs injured his hand in practice and had limited use. Scruggs beat Harrison's Tim Ruberg in the finals 24-8.
Team Standings: 1. Harrison 238, 2. Sycamore 1931/2, 3. Elder 148, 4. St. Xavier 1331/2, 5. Colerain 95, 6. Princeton 801/2, 7. Amelia 56, 8. Milford 48, 9. Anderson 42, 10. Mason 38, 11. Western Hills 18, 12. Hughes 17, 13. Northwest 15.
Championship: 103—Langdon (HAR) d. Kaplan (SYC) 6-4; 112—Bamonte (HAR) d. Garcia (COL) 7-2; 119—Smith (STX) d. Bill (HAR) 12-1; 125—Baria (MAS) d. Klein (STX) 3-1; 130—McCoy (ELD) d. Zamora (PRI) 9-0; 135—Lambers (ELD) p. Hinson (HAR) 1:50; 140—Scruggs (SYC) d. Ruberg (HAR) 24-8; 145—Kaplan (SYC) d. McCabe (STX) 8-0; 152—Niehaus (HAR) d. Heard (PRI) 9-2; 160—Carraher (STX) d. Doerflein (HAR) 13-0; 171—Livingston (SYC) p. Sacksteder (HAR) 1:20; 189—Hudson (SYC) d. Seitz (MIL) 3-2; 215—Morris (HAR) d. Brunner (ELD) 32-1; 275— Christopfel (ELD) d. Leckie (MIL) 4-1.
• Division II (at Wilming ton High) — Springboro produced five individual champions en route to claiming the sectional title. Ryan Battles (130), Tom Naser (145), Tim Magee (160), Joel Weimer (171) and Ryan Grothjan (Hwt) all won their weight classes.
Team Standings: 1. Springboro 200, 2. Taylor 160.5, 3. Wilmington 139.5, 4. Kings 128, 5. Turpin 104.5, 6. Bethel-Tate 96, 7. (tie) Clermont Northeastern, Roger Bacon 55; 9. New Richmond 48, 10. Western Brown 46.
Championship: 103—Velez (KIN) p. Smith (WIL) 3:11; 112—Brock (TAY) d. Wisecup (WIL) 10-0; 119—Holm (TUR) d. Foister (TAY) 11-2; 125—Harmon (CNE) d. Williams (TAY) 7-2; 130—
Battles (SPR) tf. Wander (NR) 20-5; 135—Horne (WIL) d. Schneider (TAY) 13-2; 140—Phillips (BT) p. Clemens (TAY) 1:11; 145—Naser (SPR) d. Green (KIN) 11-5; 152—Reamer (TAY) d. Dennis (BT) 10-7; 160—Magee (SPR) d. Hoffrogge (TAY) 16-2; 171—Weimer (SPR) p. Daugherty (BT) 3:00; 189—Keough (CNE) d. Baker (WB) 6-4; 215—Faubion (BT) d. Bankard (WIL) 16-11; 275—Grothjan (SPR) d. Volpp (TUR) 12-6
• Division II (at Mason Middle School) — Purcell Marian, The Enquirer's regular season Division II-III city champions, won the sectional as expected. The Cavaliers posted six individual champions.
Steve Williams improved to 32-0 on the year en route to winning the heavyweight title.
Team Standings: 1. Purcell Marian 209.5, 2. Edgewood 174, 3. Franklin 124.5, 4. Ross 105.5, 5. Monroe 70, 6. McNicholas 65, 7. Blanchester 63, 8. Goshen 56.5, 9. Little Miami 43, 10. Norwood 29.
Championship: 103—Jake Meinking (PM) d. Jett (LM) 9-2; 112—Rogers (PM) d. King (EDG) 12-3; 119—Black (PM) d. Fox (BLA) 2-6; 125—Hensley (Monroe) d. Rains (NOR) 16-1; 130—Ray (ROS) p. Napier (EDG) 0:49; 135—Valerio (EDG) d. Carter (FRA) 10-7; 140—Wells (FRA) p. Reese (EDG) 1:17; 145—Stoffregan (EDG) d. Menefield (PM) 23-8; 152—Cripe (EDG) d. Dixon (PM) 7-1; 160—Foster (ROS) d. Horn (MCN) 20-6; 171—Hudson (PM) d. Christophel (ROS) 7-5 (ot); 189—
Lackmeyer (PM) d. Kurozi (FRA) 8-4; 215—Williams (EDG) d. Lackmeyer (PM) 10-1; 275—Williams (PM) p. Miller (FRA) 1:49.
• Division III (at Batavia High) — Madeira was the easy winner. The Mustangs scored 217 points while Batavia (114), Deer Park (100) and North Col lege Hill (791/2) rounded out the top four.
Maderia's Kris Kuykendall (103), Shawn Burroughs (112), Ryan Opichka (119), Frankie Merle (125), Sean Bryan (130) and Nick Groll (171) each won individual championships. Kuykendall remained undefeated (29-0) with three victories.
Team Standings: 1. Madeira 217, 2. Batavia 114, 3. Deer Park 100, 4. North College Hill 79.5, 5. Cincinnati Country Day 68, 6. Finneytown 59, 7. Mariemont 58, 8. Williamsburg 21, 9. Fayetteville 4.
Championship: 103—Kuykendall (MAD) p. Beach (DP) 5:42; 112—Burroughs (MAD) d. Frye (NCH) 7-3; 119—Opichka (MAD) p. McKinney (BAT) 2:49; 125—Merle (MAD) d. Seta (NCH) 8-5; 130—Byan (MAD) d. Hitt (BAT) 13-5; 135—Hensley (NCH) p. Rutledge (MAD) 3:43; 140—Tighe (MAR) p. Rigling (MAD) 5:07; 145—Hitt (BAT) d. Shimp default; 152—Rauen (DP) d. Longstreth (MAD) 5-1; 160—Cornwall (DP) d. Cloran (MAD) 8-5; 171—Groll (MAD) d. Lunkenheimer (NCH) 2-1; 189—Jemison (FIN) d. Cardoza (MAD) 7-6; 215—
Sayer (DP) p. Kelch (BAT) 1:54; 275—Whitaker (BAT) p. Gaeke (CCD) 1:00.
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