GALION – A member of the KMAC in wrestling since the 2020-21 season, Loudonville put together 156 team points Saturday in the KMAC Championships at Northmor, good enough for third place. Elgin was an easy 294.5-212.5 winner over runner-up Northmor. The Redbirds and coach Ryan Thatcher received their lone individual title at 126 from Tyler […]
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Monroeville cruises to Firelands Conference wrestling crown ahead of Plymouth, Crestview
GREENWICH – The Monroeville wrestling team is getting better and better at winning Firelands Conference Championships. On Saturday, the Eagles stretched their title streak to three straight years, blowing by runner-up Plymouth, 207-121, for the first FC three-peat since Crestview’s run of five in a row from 2007 through 2011. It was much more of […]
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Arrows power to Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling title
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Ashland reclaimed the wrestling crown Saturday afternoon inside Wayne E. Miller Gymnasium — and sent notice to the rest of the Ohio Cardinal Conference in the process. The Arrows don’t intend to abdicate the throne anytime soon. Freshmen Mason Bauer and Guardian Miller and junior Cooper Smith won individual titles as Ashland […]
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Girl Power: Madison sophomore aiming for berth at girls’ state wrestling tournament
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The wireless speaker perched in the corner of Madison’s overheated wrestling room booms as coach Bryan Mosier barks instructions during the final drill of the afternoon. “Get off your backs,” Mosier shouts while wrestlers struggle to keep their shoulders off the mat. The buzzer finally sounds, bringing an end to the grueling […]
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Dan Mager reinvigorating wrestling at Hillsdale
JEROMESVILLE – Call it a rebuild, call it a reset, call it a reconstruction – whatever category it gets filed under, just don’t call Dan Mager a rookie of remodels. An area veteran in the football and wrestling coaching domain, Mager has returned to steer the Hillsdale varsity wrestling program for the second time. He’s […]
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Lucas reinstates high school wrestling
LUCAS — Colby Crawford almost missed his final year of wrestling. A senior at Lucas High School, Crawford stepped back during the pandemic to protect a vulnerable family member. He returned to the mat last year and was ready to finish his high school career strong. Then, his senior season got canceled. “We really wanted […]
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Storylines abound as start of wrestling season nears in north central Ohio
ONTARIO — The season won’t officially begin for another week or so, but there was no shortage of storylines to emerge from Monday’s North Central Ohio Wrestling Officials Association Preseason Showcase inside the O-Rena. The modified-format event, which serves as the unofficial kickoff to the high school wrestling season, featured wrestlers from nine north central […]
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Mapleton’s Durbin reaches finals at state wrestling tournament
COLUMBUS — Brock Durbin will carry the flag for north central Ohio. Mapleton’s 126-pound junior will wrestle for a state title after beating Norwalk St. Paul’s Casper Caizzo 2-0 in the winner’s bracket semifinals Saturday evening inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. Awaiting Durbin, a two-time state placer, in Sunday evening’s championship match is two-time defending […]
