COLLINS — The Cougars are clawing their way back toward the top. Following a third-place finish in last year’s Firelands Conference wrestling championships, Crestview took the runner-up spot Friday night, with seven of its eight placers in the Top 3 of their respective weight classes. Host Western Reserve got points from all 12 of its […]
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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) […]
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Miller, Arrows cruise to OCC wrestling title
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Guardian Miller may not have won the Ohio Cardinal Conference Wrestler of the Year award, but Ashland’s 144-pounder left Wayne E. Miller Gymnasium with something even more meaningful. A sophomore, Miller broke Ashland’s single-season record for takedowns en route to his second OCC individual championship. He was 5-0 for the tournament, winning by […]
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Ashland tops Ontario in non-conference wrestling match
ONTARIO — Ashland rolled over host Ontario 57-20 in Wednesday night’s dual wrestling match. Here’s a photo gallery capturing the action, courtesy of Tom Theodore.
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Ontario’s Turnbaugh wrestles with fate & a family legacy
ONTARIO — Mason Turnbaugh knows better than to take anything for granted. The Ontario senior has seen first-hand how quickly things can fall apart. Turnbaugh enters the homestretch of his high school career as the state’s No. 3 ranked 150-pounder in Division II, according to Ohio wrestling maven Billy Schaefer. If all goes according to […]
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Ontario’s Turnbaugh wins third Gorman title
MANSFIELD — Mason Turnbaugh took his place among J.C. Gorman Invitational luminaries Saturday evening. The Ontario senior may have some company in the coming years. Turnbaugh joined an exclusive fraternity when he knocked off Centerburg’s Chris Marshall 10-5 in the 150-pound finals, becoming just the 23rd wrestler in the event’s 62-year history to win three […]
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Family Affair: Cousins could meet in J.C. Gorman Invitational finals
MANSFIELD — It could be an Ohl family reunion Saturday night. Wrestling from opposite sides of the bracket, Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Ashland’s Max Ohl both reached the 113-pound semifinals on the opening day of the 62nd J.C. Gorman Invitational inside Pete Henry Gym on Friday. The cousins could meet in Saturday evening’s finals if […]
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Beyond the Blue: 179th Cyberspace MSgt. leads girls’ wrestling efforts
COLUMBUS — In the tunnel of the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University, a team of female wrestlers prepared to take the mat, while thousands of spectators began flooding the stands to watch the state wrestling tournament. The sound of cheering and whistles filled the arena; this was one of the moments the wrestlers […]
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Crestview’s Cunningham finishes dominant weekend with state wrestling championship
COLUMBUS — There are 18,809 seats inside the Value City Arena at Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center, but neither the venue nor the stage was too big for Crestview’s Caleb Cunningham. Cunningham, a 285-pound senior, completed perhaps the most dominant performance ever by a local wrestler at a state tournament. Cunningham pinned Harrison Central’s third-ranked […]
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True Grit: Ontario’s Ohl, Galion’s Harding headed to state wrestling finals
COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Galion’s Gradey Harding did the dirty work Saturday night inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. Ohl held on for a gritty, 2-1 win over St. Paris Graham’s Jake Landis in the 106-pound semifinals. Harding then followed suit with an equally resolute 5-1 win over Columbus Watterson’s Neal Krysty in the […]