By: John Fryman
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
john@thevillagereporter.com
The Northwest Ohio Athletic League will be well represented this coming weekend in the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Dual Meet Tournament as Archbold and Delta both qualified their respective teams following Division III district dual meet competition on Saturday, February 7.
The state dual meet tournament takes place on Saturday, February 14 at Marion Elgin High School.
Both teams representing the Rossford District won their respective brackets as Archbold claimed the upper bracket title on the Bluestreaks home mat and Delta taking the lower bracket title at Genoa High School.
Archbold cruised past Sycamore Mohawk, 64-8, in the semifinal bout. Layne Miller recorded the lone Bluestreak pin at 150 pounds with a 40-second fall over Adam Patrizi.
Also winning matches for the Blue Streaks were Hunter Warner, who posted a technical fall at 190 pounds. Isaac Brown won by major decision at 132 pounds. Jayden Booth (157) and Ashton Stuckey (165) both won by decision.
In the finals, Archbold squared off against NWOAL archrival Liberty Center, and it was the Blue Streaks who prevailed with a 52-21 victory over the Tigers.
The Bluestreaks took advantage of six pins, two decisions and a major decision to earn their ticket to the state duals.
Winning by fall for Archbold were Lars Soles (126), Trey Weirauch (132), Kayden Wellman (144), Booth (157), Stuckey (165) and Hunter Warner (190). Brenden Bosco (106) won by major decision. Miller (150) and Ethan Bowman (175) won by decision.
Delta took advantage of five pins and a technical fall to defeat Port Clinton, 44-31, in the semifinal round.
Luke Spiess (132), Thomas Hernandez (138), Gunner Taylor (165), Marcus Nagel (190) and Brady Smith (285) won by fall for the Panthers. Tyler Barnes (126) won by technical fall and Lane Lopez (157) won by decision.
In the championship final against Genoa, Delta managed only three pins but took advantage of its upper weight strength to claim three key victories en route to a 39-25 dual meet triumph over the host Comets.
Barnes (126), Spiess (132) and Grant Cansky (152) recorded pins for the Panthers. Taylor (165), Wyatt Flickinger (190) and Emilio Arroyo (215) came up with important decisions to secure the dual match victory.
Archbold 64, Sycamore Mohawk 8
106- Brenden Bosco (A) won by forfeit. 113- Brooks Miller (A) won by forfeit. 120- Ty Bosco (A) won by forfeit. 126- Lars Soles (A) won by forfeit. 132- Isaac Brown (A) major dec. Myer Kirian, 17-4. 138- Trey Weirauch (A) won by forfeit. 144- Owen Patrizi (M) dec. Kayden Wellman, 9-3. 150- Layne Miller (A) pinned Adam Patrizi, :40. 157- Jayden Booth (A) major dec. Connor Eader, 12-4. 165- Ashton Stuckey (A) dec. Braxton Fritsch, 4-1, SV. 175- Kaden Bish (M) tech. Fall Ethan Bowman, 19-4. 190- Hunter Warner (A) tech. Fall Jayce Butler, 19-4. 215- Toran Plata (A) won by forfeit. 285- Parker Bixler (A) won by forfeit.
Archbold 52, Liberty Center 21
106- B. Bosco (A) major dec. Braxton Tammarine, 17-3. 113- Braedyn Tammarine (LC) tech. Fall B. Miller, 17-2. 120- T. Bosco (A) won by forfeit. 126- Soles (A) pinned Kalan Kern, :34. 132- Weirauch (A) pinned Camdehn Domoe, :32. 138- Daine Bayer (LC) major dec. Brown, 22-10. 144- Wellman (A) pinned Brody Jaqua, :57. 150- L. Miller (A) dec. Jack Zeiter, 7-4. 157- Booth (A) pinned Tyce Westhoven, 1:07. 165- Stuckey (A) pinned Kaleb Lester, 3:14. 175- Bowman (A) dec. Deagan Schwaiger, 5-3. 190- Warner (A) pinned Lukas Leidigh, 1:38. 215- Kolton Wymer (LC) pinned Plata, 1:44. 285- Logan Sifuentes (LC) won by forfeit.
Delta 44, Port Clinton 31
106- Rosco Neff (PC) won by forfeit. 113- Mason Ziebert (LC) major dec. Faith Yonke, 11-2. 120- Cole Bishop (PC) dec. Braxton Pennington, 10-3. 126- Tyler Barnes (D) tech fall Garrett Schuck, 19-3. 132- Luke Spiess (D) pinned Jordan Carter, :33. 138- Thomas Hernandez (D) pinned Louden Hicks, :50. 144- Elliot Laird (PC) pinned Andrew Druschel, 4:45. 150- Gavin Cornell (PC) pinned Grant Cansky, 3:52. 157- Lane Lopez (D) dec. Jace Cornell, 8-5. 165- Gunner Taylor (D) pinned Sheldon Pollard, :34. 175- Marcus Nagel (D) pinned Caleb Spencer, 2:38. 190- Malakii Pinkleton (PC) pinned Wyatt Flickinger, :52. 215- Emilio Arroyo (D) won by forfeit. 285- Brady Smith (D) pinned Julian Croy, 1:00.
Delta 39, Genoa 25
106- Kyle Frasure (G) dec. Yonke, 19-12. 113- Marcos Mata (G) won by forfeit. 120- Ethan Powell (G) major dec. Pennington, 13-3. 126- Barnes (D) pinned Ethan Sizemore, :57. 132- Scotty Fuller (G) won by forfeit. 138- Spiess (D) pinned Christian Stokes, 3:20. 144- Michael Soto (G) dec. Hernandez, 9-3. 152- Cansky (D) pinned Isaac Soto, 1:42. 157- Tyler Abbey (G) dec. Lopez, 7-2. 165- Taylor (D) dec. Luke Clement, 5-3, 175- Nagel (D) won by forfeit. 190- Flickinger (D) dec. Giorgi Ichkiti, 7-1. 215- Arroyo (D) dec. Evan Millner, 8-1. 285- Smith (D) won by forfeit.
