Galion’s Carter Trukovich fell to Licking Valley’s Joe Curry in the 126-pound state championship match Sunday.
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Ontario’s Ohl caps high school career with state title
Ontario senior 120-pounder Aiden Ohl won a Division II state championship Sunday evening at Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center.
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History: Harding becomes Galion’s first 4-time wrestling state placer
COLUMBUS — It wasn’t the win Gradey Harding coveted. But Galion’s senior 132-pounder capped his high school career with a victory. Harding cruised to a 13-3 win over Hubbard’s Markel Hackwelder in the fifth-place match during the final day of the state tournament Sunday morning. Below are photos from the final day of the state […]
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Gold Rush: Three area wrestlers headed to state finals
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 […]
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Iron Sharpens Iron: State-bound Galion wrestlers push each other to new heights
GALION — The wrestling room at Galion High School isn’t a place for the faint of heart — and that’s just how Ryder Alberty likes it. The 138-pound senior is one of four Tigers who qualified for this week’s Division II state tournament. Projected state finalist Carter Trukovich (126), projected state champ Gradey Harding (132) […]
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Madison’s Proctor storms to district wrestling title
After finishing fourth at last week’s sectional, Madison’s Aiden Proctor won a district title Saturday in Norwalk.
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In the Stars: Clear Fork wins first-ever sectional wrestling championship
GALION — The stars aligned perfectly for Clear Fork on Saturday. The Colts won their first-ever sectional wrestling championship thanks to a confluence of events including a corrected scoring error, a last-second takedown and a pin by a wrestler from a rival school in the final match of the day. It all added up to […]
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Family Tradition: Ontario’s Ohl looks to join father, uncle as state champion
MANSFIELD — When your last name is Ohl and you are a wrestler at Ontario, big things are expected of you. Aiden Ohl has exceeded all expectations. The winningest wrestler in program history, Ohl stopped by the Inside the Lines podcast studio ahead of the postseason. He talked about what it would mean to join […]
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Champs for a 4th time: State-ranked Ontario, Galion wrestlers crowned again at MOAC
Nothing came easy for Ontario’s Aiden Ohl or Galion’s Gradey Harding during Saturday’s Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Championships.
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Ashland wrestlers aiming for another big OCC performance
ASHLAND – After stomping its way through the regular season in yet another bruising fashion, the Ashland boys wrestling team took a minute to take a breath on Monday night. The talent-laden Division I Arrows gathered as a squad, chowed down some Chipotle and settled in for a showing of “Rocky III.” It was fitting […]