COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl, Galion’s Carter Trukovich and Clear Fork’s Anthony Oscar are all chasing history.

All three will wrestle for state championships Sunday evening inside the Schottenstein Center after winning semifinal matches Saturday night.

Ohl will look to carry on the family legacy, joining his father, Monty, and uncle, Perry as Ontario state champions. He beat Jonathan Alder’s Rayce Watson 8-1 in overtime to qualify for the finals.

Ohl was already assured of his fourth state-podium finish. He placed fifth at 106 as a freshman and was state runner-up at 106 as a sophomore. He was third at 113 last year.

“I feel great,” Ohl said. “Before the match I told myself I’m not going to be sitting for the finals this year.”

Trukovich will try to become Galion’s fifth state champ after a wild, 17-15 win over Licking Valley’s Joe Curry in their 126-pound semifinal match.

“I know he likes to let it fly. He’s got big moves,” Trukovich said. “I like to let it fly. I got big moves.

“I’d rather have a high scoring match than a 1-0 match that know one wants to watch.”

Trukovich has wrestled with a heavy heart after losing his grandfather early in the season.

“I lost my grandpa on Thanksgiving,” an emotional Trukovich said. “The first tournament I wrote on my headgear, ‘For Grandpa’ and I tap that part of my headgear and point to the sky every match.

“I know he’s looking down at me cheering so loud. He loved to watch so … it’s awesome.”

Oscar could become Clear Fork’s first ever state champ. 

“I’m ecstatic,” Oscar said after beating Steubenville’s Cooper Smith 4-1 in the 144-pound semifinals. “I know how hard I’ve worked. I know what I’ve put into the sport and I think whatever I put in is what’s going to come out.”

Podium Finishers

Seven area wrestlers secured spots on the state podium and will be All-Ohioans.

Clear Fork’s Caleb Snyder (113), Galion’s Gradey Harding (132) and Ryder Alberty (138) and Madison’s Aiden Proctor (157) and Jaxin Stancombe (285) are all alive in the the consolation semifinals. Ontario’s Gavin Miller (150) and Madison’s Estella Koppert Smith (130) will wrestle in the seventh-place match.

Madison is guaranteed of three state placers for the first time ever.

“It means a lot to the program and to me,” Madison coach Bryan Mosier said. “We don’t have the numbers like a lot of schools but what we do have is a group of kids who want to work. They believe in what we do.”