TC's Aigler, Bell crowned at Carey Classic

CAREY — Drew Aigler and Taylin Bell both claimed titles and seven teammates placed Saturday to push Columbian past Carey for third at the Carey Classic.Findlay's 'B' team upended Ashland 188-156 1/2 for the team crown, with the Tornadoes turning away the host Blue Devils 150 1/2-142 for third in the 17-team tournament.Hopewell-Loudon took 11th (73 1/2), Calvert came in 12th (59), Lakota ended 15th (42) and New Riegel finished 16th (35).Aigler's championship came at 132 pounds after he pinned McComb's Brody Gallagher (3:26).Bell went 5-0 in round-robin competition for the 285-pound title.Kael Lawrence backed them with a runner-up finish at 120 pounds after getting pinned by Ashland's Drake Martin.Fourths went to 175-pounder Mason Burkett, 190-pounder Vaughn Zimmerman and 215-pounder Mason Garno, who all went 4-1 in round-robin competition.Dominick Jividen ended sixth at 126 pounds after falling 10-4 to Gibsonburg's Brayden Balderson.Austen Henney took ninth at 113 pounds by pinning Ottawa-Glandorf's Lacey Pope (3:32).Landon Luzader ended 10th at 138 pounds after getting pinned by Lakota's Hunter Splawn.Carey's Kayden Burgei Jordan Hertel, Dawson Birchnaugh and Nathan Gery each finished second.Gibsonburg 144-pounder Antonio Salazar pinned Burgei (1:04), Lakota 150-pounder Lane Thacker scored a 9-1 major decision against Hertel, Birchnaugh went 4-1 in round-robin competition at 175 pounds and Gery went 4-1 in round-robin competition at 215 pounds.Reid Blankenmeyer added a third at 190 pounds with a 3-2 mark.Kahle Tong fell 9-6 to Findlay B 165-pounder Caleb Kanney to finish fourth.Carey got sevenths from 113-pounder Emery Littleton and 120-pounder Lincoln Bianchi. Littleton pinned Findlay B's Braylon Jones (1:51) and Bianchi pinned New Riegel's Henry Lucius (:23).Braylon Schlack added an eighth at 132 pounds after getting pinned by Wayne Trace's Ben Gurney (3:59).Isaac Peters went 1-4 at 285 pounds to finish ninth.Elevenths went to 138-pounder Brody Thiel and 215-pounder Kaiden Yingling.Thiel scored a 19-3 technical fall against Ottawa-Glandorf's Benji Barnes and Yingling went 1-4.Hopewell-Loudon finished with a pair of champions, with 157-pounder Isaiah Hook earning a 13-5 major decision against Findlay B's Cashel West and Wyatt Crow going 5-0 at 215 pounds.Fifths for the Chieftains went to 175-pounder Tristan Biller (3-2) and 215-pounder Parker Reinhart (3-2).Braylon Ramirez added a seventh at 165 pounds by beating Findlay B's Alexander Apple 12-7.Mason Reinhart (2-3) took ninth at 175 pounds.Cameron Bagent led Calvert by taking third at 285 pounds with a 3-2 round-robin record.Issac Mullins finished fourth at 138 pounds after getting pinned by Parkway's Maddox Houts (2:30).Dante Fabrizio took fifth at 113 pounds by edging New London's Tyler Kidd 5-4.Cash Lee (3-2) wound up seventh at 175 pounds.Senecas Andrew Jones (1-4) and Cole Seifert (2-3) finished ninth and 10th at 215 pounds.Calvert got 11ths from 144-pounder Joey Longo and 150-pounder Sam Morgan. Longo earned a forfeit against Parkway's Braedn Conn and Morgan pinned Parkway's Ayden Hoaglin (:26).Along with Thacker's championship at 150 pounds and Splawn's ninth at 138 pounds, Lakota got a fifth from 120-pounder Carson Quaintance. Quaintance pinned Findlay B's Alexandro Mendoza (3:41).Brian Chaney topped New Riegel's efforts by taking fourth at 126 pounds. Arcadia's Kelan Derck beat him 10-8.Fifths for the Blue Jackets went to 106-pounder Lance Clouse (1-4) and 165-pounder Timothy Kessler.Clouse competed in round-robin matches and Kessler pinned Parkway's Xavier Rose (4:22).Aaron Hartzell added a seventh at 138 pounds by scoring a 12-4 major decision against Findlay B's Robert Palmer. Redmen fall in regional finalNORWALK — Wauseon won the first four matches to build a 20-0 lead, then held off Bellevue 39-29 Saturday to earn the title and a Division II state berth at the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association regional dual tournament.Bellevue advanced to the title match by dropping Clear Fork 44-28.Three Redmen won twice — 190-pounder Tatum Gore and 285-pounder Deacon Nunez each recorded two pins while 165-pounder Jeremiah Hash had a pin and a decision.Gore stuck Clear Fork's Alex Schlosser (3:50) and Wauseon's Octavio Ramirez (5:07).Nunez pinned Clear Fork's Luke Remy (3:40) and Wauseon's Irvin Ayala (3:12).Hash flattened Clear Fork's Lakoda Leedy (3:59) and blanked Wauseon's Kahle Albright 5-0.The Redmen had five other wins against Clear Fork and three others against Wauseon.Trevor Barbarotta opened the match with Clear Fork with an 18-3 technical fall win at 106 pounds against Keegan Lorentz.Colin Muehling added a forfeit at 120 pounds and Owen Sterritt picked up a default victory at 126 pounds to put Bellevue up 17-9, but the Colts rallied back for an 18-17 lead.However, Bellevue 150-pounder Ben Jacobs pinned Conner Bailey (1:40) and 157-pounder Mitchell McMurray edged Landon Schlosser 12-10 to put the Redmen ahead 26-18.Hash followed with his pin, and Bellevue never led by fewer than 10 points again.Wauseon jumped out 20-0 in the title match and never let the Redmen get closer than five points from there.Two of Bellevue's losses came in extra time, with Wauseon 120-pounder Carter Stuckey beating Sterritt 4-1 in sudden victory and 150-pounder Jordan Cook nipping Jacobs 4-3 in an ultimate tiebreaker.Landen Lewis took the 132-pound match for Bellevue by pinning Jaxton Smith (3:41), 138-pounder Nolan Hartman beat Antonio Torres 4-1 and 144-pounder Zach Beatty pinned Camden Custard (3:00). Fliers end third at regional dualsMARYSVILLE — Clyde's girls ended third Saturday at the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association regional dual tournament.The Fliers fell 36-24 in their opening match to Indian Lake before rebounding with a 30-18 win against Wauseon to end third.Forfeits played a key role in both matches.The match with Indian Lake featured four double forfeits, while the match with Wauseon had six.Clyde also gave up five forfeits to Indian Lake and three to Wauseon.However, four Fliers each won both of their matches, with two them recording two pins.Clyde's Meredith Greenslade flattened Indian Lake 120-pounder Karysn Newkirk (1:30) and Wauseon 115-pounder Kaelynn Hartsock (2:34), while 130-pounder Mallory Meggitt pinned Indian Lake's Diem Martin (1:39) and Wauseon's Kaylyn Hough (1:29).Addison Townsley pinned Indian Lake 115-pounder Lilianah Macksey (1:30) and earned a forfeit at 110 pounds against Wauseon.Clyde 190-pounder Caroline Purdy claimed a forfeit against Indian Lake and pinned Wauseon's Savannah Yeary (1:29).Clyde's other win Saturday came on a forfeit victory by 170-pounder Olivia Mills against Wauseon. Fliers drop a pairNORWALK — Four Clyde grapplers won twice, but the Fliers lost both matches Saturday at the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Division II regional dual tournamentThe Fliers fell 43-34 to Columbus DeSales in the semifinal and 48-23 to Wapakoneta in the consolation final.The double wins came from 113-pounder Heath Norris, 132-pounder Dawson Brimmer, 144-pounder Michael Gessner and 215-pounder Max Miller.In the match with DeSales, Norris pinned Gus Wilcox (:36), Brimmer flattened Jackson Disabato (3:26), Gessner scored a 16-5 major decision against Reed Bodie and Miller picked up a forfeit.In the match with Wapakoneta, Norris beat Zane Russell 7-4, Brimmer dropped Gavin Ridenour 4-1, and Gessner and Miller each picked up a forfeit.Peyton Franks and Jaden Minch added wins against DeSales, with Franks pinning 157-pounder Thomas Sorgini (:11) and Minch getting a forfeit at 285 pounds.Clyde 138-pounder Linkin Mullins scored a 17-1 technical fall against Wapakoneta's Lane Fisher. Ott claims Golden Bear Hammer crownGIBSONBURG — Calvert's Allison Ott won a title and four other area girls earned runner-up honors Saturday at the 25-team Gibsonburg Golden Bear Hammer tournament.Host Gibsonburg beat Sandusky 137 1/2-115 for the team crown. Calvert and Carey tied for ninth with 42 1/2 points, Fostoria took 12th (28), Lakota tied for 16th (23) and Hopewell-Loudon ended 23rd (3).Ott's championship, complete with a sledgehammer trophy, came via a 17-2 technical fall win at 190 pounds against Cardington-Lincoln's Cameron Sherman.Evie Pfleiderer added a fifth at 145 pounds for the Senecas by pinning Montpelier's Madisyn Bolenbaugh (1:27).Ali Gosche ended seventh at 155 pounds with a bye.Two of the area's runner-up finishes came from Carey grapplers.Elise Fredritz took second at 145 pounds after getting edged 4-3 by Mapleton's Skylar Hopstetter, and 235-pounder Elly Zimmerly went 1-1 in round-robin competition.Adi Cramer backed them with a third at 170 pounds for the Blue Devils after going 1-2 in round-robin competition.Lydia Black added a fifth at 140 pounds, Claire DeAmicis finished sixth at 120 pounds and Emma Stewart wound up seventh at 110 pounds.Blake pinned Mapleton's Delaine Myer (4:10), DeAmicis was pinned by Fairview's Taylor Judd (4:56), and Stewart went 0-2.Fostoria's Ariana Espinosa-Snowden took second at 155 pounds after getting pinned by Crestview's Naomi Gearheart (:21).Isabella Snowden added a fifth at 105 pounds for the Redmen with a medical forfeit win against Lakota's Rylin Wonderly.Ameliana Haughawout finished sixth at 110 pounds after getting pinned by Defiance's Mackenzie Reed (3:29).Hannah Stahl topped Lakota with a runner-up finish at 120 pounds after getting pinned by Gibsonburg's Morgan Leonhardt (:43).As mentioned earlier, Wonderly finished sixth for the Raiders, and 190-pounder Delayjiana Doyle took eighth after getting pinned by Sandusky's Tia Stewart (3:54).Hopewell-Loudon 155-pounder Kaydence Kopp took sixth after getting pinned by Molly White-Shappie of Versailles (2:34). Kirian's title guides Mohawk to sixthADA — Brant Kirian captured a title and two teammates finished second Saturday to help Mohawk end sixth at the Ada Invitational.Columbus Grove overpowered Eastwood 167 1/2-147 for the team crown. Mohawk scored 122 points for sixth and Fostoria finished 14th (41 1/2) in the 17-team field.Kirian's crown came at 138 pounds, where he nipped Columbus Grove's Boat Thompson 10-9.The runner-up finishes for the Warriors came from 165-pounder Lance Frankart and 175-pounder Kaden Bish.Van Buren's Drew Phillips scored a 14-5 major decision against Frankart, and Triad's Awsom Mitchell pinned Bish (5:09).Aden Patrizi added a fourth for Mohawk, falling 8-2 to Elgin 150-pounder Archer Johnson.The Warriors also got fifths from 144-pounder Myer Kirian and 157-pounder Troy Johnson, and a sixth from 132-pounder Hezekiah Ramirez.Myer Kirian won via forfeit against Antwerp's Zac Salas and Johnson edged Elgin's Fin VanGundy 4-3. Ramirez suffered a 16-3 major decision loss to Columbus Grove's Alex Meyer.Trenton Kirby led the Fostoria effort by taking third at 285 pounds, dropping Eastwood's Aiden Lee 3-0.Sevenths for the Redmen went to 120-pounder Bryson Barth, 132-pounder Carter Breitigam and 285-pounder Blake Hernandez, while eighths came from 138-pounder Josh McDonald and 165-pounder Brayden Harrison.Barth earned a 15-6 major decision against Riverdale's Ethan Spitnale, Breitigam pinned Delphos Jefferson's Logan Miller (2:55) and Hernandez pinned Columbus Grove's Brady Fuerst (2:34).Ada's Wyatt Fisher pinned McDonald (:29) and Van Buren's Landon Miller beat Harrison 9-5.