Clear Fork captures third MOAC crown in five seasons

BELLVILLE — Clear Fork is king of the hill again.

Four Colts won individual titles and three others took runner-up honors as Clear Fork powered to its third Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference team title in the past five years Saturday at the conference championships.

The Colts finished with 197.5 points. Galion (178) was second, Ontario (156) was third and Highland was fourth (142).

Clear Fork’s Anthony Oscar (138), Luke Lee (144), Lakoda Leedy (165) and Tre Copeland (215) won individual titles. Colton Wenger (113), Blake Schlosser (175) and Alex Schlosser (190) were second.

A trio of area wrestlers, Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Mason Turnbaugh and Galion’s Gradey Harding, won their third MOAC titles. 

A senior, Turnbaugh pinned his way to the title at 150. He won MOAC crowns at 138 in 2022 and 2024.

Juniors Ohl and Harding put themselves in position to be four-time conference champs. Ohl beat Clear Fork’s Wenger 4-0 in the 113-pound final after winning 106-pound titles in 2023 and 20-24. Harding had two pins and a tech fall to win the 126-pound championship. He was the 120-pound champ in 2023 and 2024.

Galion sophomore Carter Trukovich needed just two wins to claim the 132-pound crown. He was the MOAC’s 113-pound champ last year. 

Galion’s third individual title came from Cameron Kuehlman. The junior had a pin and two major decisions en route to the 190-pound championship.

(Photos by Tom Theodore)