Friday, March 05, 1999
Harrison leads way at state wrestling
Locals fare fairly well
Results were mixed for Cincinnati area wrestlers in the first day of competition at the state wrestling tournament at Ohio State's Schottenstein Center on Thursday.
In Division I, 18 of Cincinnati's 36 state qualifiers advanced to the quarterfinals.
Harrison led the way, qualifying three wrestlers. Lakota West, Elder, Moeller, St. Xavier and Winton Woods qualified two each.
The McIntire twins from Lakota West, Matt (125 pounds) and Chris (135), both turned in impressive performances along with Princeton's Khetag Pliev, a foreign exchange student from Russia.
Only a handful of wrestlers survived the first round in Division II-III.
Tim Kelly (Reading), Gerald Gertz (Lockland) and Robert Harmon (Carlisle) all won their first-round Division III matches.
Local wrestlers fared a little better in Division II.
Taylor's Tony Brock was impressive in his first match. Brock, the No. 2 ranked 112-pound wrestler in Cincinnati, pinned Chad Long (Paulding) in 2:48 to improve his record to 35-1.
Steve Williams, Cincinnati's top-ranked heavyweight from Purcell Marian, continued his excellent season with a 7-3 decision.
Turpin's Steve Holm recorded a 10-7 upset of Jose Smith of Cambridge at 119 pounds. Smith entered the match with a 31-1 record.
Division I
Team Standings: 1. Lakewood St. Edward 18; 2. Huber Heights Wayne 14.5; 3. Harrison 11; 4. Marion Harding, Sandusky 10. Locals: 16. Elder 6; 22. St. Xavier 51/2; 24. Moeller 5; 25. (tie) Winton Woods, Lakota West 4; 38. (tie) Princeton, Sycamore, Fairfield, 3.
Round One
103: Joey Pflug (Maple Heights) dec. Carl Leugers (Fairfield) 6-2; Ray Sabin (Eastlake North) maj. dec. Sean Luther (Glen Este) 9-1; Brett Purcell (Dublin Coffman) dec. Ray Langdon (Harrison) 6-4 OT.
112: Brent Eibel (Massillon Perry) maj. dec. Tony Garcia (Colerain) 14-5.
119: Nick Spatola (Elder) pin Nick Cooke (Colerain) 4:47; Scott Smith (St. Xavier) tech. fall Chris Earich (Defiance) 17-2.
125: Matt McIntire (Lakota West) dec. Scotty Sheets (Galloway Westland) 7-3; David Dies (Akr. Spring.) dec. Jason Wilcox (Oak Hills) 5-4.
130: Joe Zinkan, (Moeller) dec. Keith Fisher (Ashland) 11-4; Jake Percival (Amherst Steele) maj. dec. Benton Smith (Hamilton) 17-5; Ian Ruth (Winton Woods) dec. Zak Kallai (Wadsworth) 5-4; Shaun Walls (Sandusky) pin Brad McCoy (Elder) 5:55.
135: David Bolyard (Akron Spring.) dec. Mike Wahoff (Fairfield) 9-8; Chris McIntire (Lakota West) dec. Paul Dunstan (Lakewood St. Edward) 3-1.
140: Omar Scruggs (Sycamore) maj. dec. Justin Maddox (Tol. Start) 13-5; Tim Ruberg (Harrison) maj. dec. Josh Mills (Groveport-Madison) 14-6; Josh McAdams (Brecksville-Broad. Hts.) tech. fall Bobby Lyons (Moeller) 15-0.
145: Khetag Pliev (Princeton) maj. dec. Dino Barrow (Tol. St. Francis) 11-0; David Blanks (Moeller) maj. dec. Brian Werstler (N. Canton Hoover) 14-3; Ryan Bertin (Lakewood St. Edward) dec. Blake Kaplan (Sycamore) 14-7.
152: Garrett Padgett (Fairfield) maj. dec. Brad Krieger (Dublin Coffman) 14-5; Kris Niehaus (Harrison) pin Tony DeAnna (Westlake) 3:43.
160: Matt Wood (Ashland) maj. dec. Casey Abrams (Lebanon) 16-4; Vince Carraher (St. Xavier) dec. Dave Healy (Sylvania Northview) 7-2.
171: Jason Fenos (N. Royalton) maj. dec. Brett Livingston (Sycamore) 14-4; Dave Lance (Wadsworth) dec. Josh Shepard (Oak Hills) 4-3.
189: Brent Miller (Wapakoneta) pin Lloyd Hudson (Sycamore) 2:43; Erik Jones (Lakota East) dec. Mike Delguyd (Eastlake North) 7-6; Matt Thompson (Winton Woods) dec. Levi Weppler (Marietta) 7-4.
215: Brady Morris (Harrison) pin David Quimby (Fairfield) 4:33.
275: Mike Piccirillo (Mayfield Vill. Mayfield) dec. Jeff Ramsey (Fairfield) 1-0; Russ Davie (Per rysburg) pin Oliver Hyams (Sycamore) 5:00; Andy Christopfel (Elder) dec. Brent Ardo (Stow-Munroe Falls) 6-1.
Division II
Team Standings: 1. Ravenna 13; 2. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 12.5; 3. Uhrichsville Claymont 12; 4. Clyde 9; 5. Bellevue, Olmsted Falls 8; 7. Springboro 7.5. Locals: 22. Taylor 4; 36. Hillsboro 3; Kettering Alter 3; Edgewood 3; 49. Purcell Marian 2; Turpin 2.
First Round
103: Cole Bowersock (Lisbon Beaver) maj. dec. Jake Meinking (Purcell Marian) 10-0; Trent White (Millersburg W. Holmes) pinned Jed Smith (Wilmington) 4:53.
112: Noah Blankenship (Bucyrus) dec. Chris Rogers (Purcell Marian) 2-0; Tony Brock (Taylor) pin Chad Long (Paulding) 2:48; Doug West (Clyde) pin Lee Lombardo (Turpin) 1:19;
119: Steve Holm (Turpin) dec. Jose Smith (Cambridge) 10-7; Nick Taylor (Carrollton) maj. dec. Brandon Black (Purcell Marian) 12-3; Kayne Toukonen (Uhrichsville Claymont) pin Josh Fox (Blanchester) 3:57.
125: Hafeez Hussein (Cle. Orange) pin Zack Hensley (Lemon-Monroe) 5:51; Nate Heiser (Fostoria) dec. Shaun Culbreath (Hillsboro) 9-3.
130: Ryan Battles (Springboro) over Jimmy Michalek (Twinsburg Chamberlin) default.
135: Matt DePolo (Bellevue) dec. Nathan Horne (Wilmington) 10-3; Rondall Blackburn (Clyde) maj. dec. Brad Valerio (Edgewood) 14-2; Richard Burns (Hillsboro) maj. dec. Jeff Dunfee (Ravenna) 19-8;
140: Jeff Durkin (Parma Padua Franciscan) maj. dec. Robbie Phillips (Bethel-Tate) 12-5.
145: Christopher Bray (Akron Coventry) dec. Jermaine Menefield (Purcell Marian) 7-1; Kurt Stoffregen (Edgewood) maj. dec. Jason Canoles (Canton S.) 12-3;
152: Andy Steil (Dresden Tri-Valley) pin Josh Reamer (Taylor) 3:03.
160: Artie Mauser (Aurora) pin Aaron Foster (Ross) 3:23; Marcus Jameyson (Wellington) dec. Tim Magee (Springboro) 8-5;
171: Joel Weimer (Springboro) tech. fall Adam Dymond (Clyde) 16-0.
215: Patrick Vrobel (Cle. Benedictine) dec. Jim Williams (Edgewood) 6-4; Drew Sparks (Warren Howland) pin Brandon Faubion (Bethel-Tate) 1:08.
275: Tim Anderson (Clyde) dec. Nick Miller (Franklin) 7-4 OT; Steve Williams (Purcell Marian) dec. Bob Thurston (Ashville Teays Valley) 7-3.
Division III
Team Standings: 1. Delta 19; 2. Sandusky St. Marys 16; 3. Martins Ferry 13.5; 4. Cadiz 10; 5. Bloomdale Elmwood, Loudonville 9. Locals: 42. Carlisle 3; 52. (tie) Lockland, Reading 2.
Individual Results
Championship Preliminaries
103: Tyler Scott (Loudonville) dec. Kris Kuykendall (Madeira) 5-1.
112: Josh Gibson (Belpre) dec. Shawn Burroughs (Madeira) 7-5.
119: Michael Linsker (Beachwood) maj. dec. Ryan Opichka (Madeira) 17-4; Jim Stanek (Bedford St. Peter Chanel) maj. dec. Bret Morris (Carlisle) 17-6.
130: David Tomaino (N. Jackson-Milton) dec. D.J. Engel (Reading) 9-6.
135: Tim Kelly (Reading) dec. Keith Glasser (Shadyside) 5-4; Todd Dunlap (Cadiz) maj. dec. Josh Short (Carlisle) 8-0.
140: Justin Smith (Girard) dec. Ryan Combs (Indian Hill) 9-5; Gerald Gertz (Lockland) dec. Jared Adams (Bedford St. Peter Chanel) 5-3 OT.
152: CeJay Blevins (W. Jefferson) dec. Gary Blair (Reading 3-2).
171: Mike Davis (Belmont Union) tech. fall Bryan Kirby (Reading) 19-4.
189: Robert Harmon (Carlisle) maj. dec. Greg Woodruff (Gibsonburg) 14-5.
215: John McCoy (Richwood N. Union) tech. fall Brian Rahe (Indian Hill) 16-0.
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