Video of the meet is available HERE.
By Cort Reynolds
Tournament host Bluffton High School finished a strong third at the 10-team Allen County Invitational wrestling tournament Friday, December 22.
Shawnee narrowly won the team title with 256 points to edge Allen East by a single point.
The youthful Pirate wrestlers came in third with 179 points.
Mustang freshman wrestler Jordan Neal won the 144 lbs. weight class title and was named tournament MVP. He posted a 5-0 mark with three pins at the event.
Pirate senior Kyle Basil rose from the fourth seed to win the 175 lbs. crown. He pinned top seed Jameson Wicker of Lima Senior in the third round at 3:20 to win Pool A in preliminary action.
Basil pinned Allen East senior Nick Zellmann in the semifinals of the tournament to advance to the title match.
Basil won his championship round bout by a 10-7 decision over Shawnee’s second-seeded Drew Neidemire. Basil went 5-0 on the day with four pins.
Bluffton freshman Mason Shank took second at 215, and five other Pirates took third in their respective weight brackets.
Shank went 2-0 to win Pool B, and then pinned sophomore Caden Falke of LCC in the semifinals at 3:12.
Shank then lost by pin at 2:11 to AE’s Brogan Paxson in the 215 lbs. championship round. Shank was 3-1 in the event with three pins.
Pirate freshman Branden Cross defeated Indian Donovyn Campbell 5-1 in the 120 lbs. division third-place match. Cross fashioned a 3-2 record at the event.
Bluffton sophomore Micah Rehm won his 144 lbs. third-place bout with a 5-2 decision over Austin Shafer of Delphos St. John’s. He won two of his four matches.
At 150 lbs., Pirate freshman Kizer Young pinned Christian Young of DSJ at 4:25. Young went 2-2 with two pins at the tourney.
Sophomore Evan Grothause won a 7-3 decision over Camden Gable of DSJ at 165 lbs. to finish third. He won four of his five matches but lost to the eventual runner-up.
Pirate junior Ethan Kohli defeated Javier Franco 1-0 in the 190 lbs. third-place bout. He went 3-1 on the day with a pin.
Bluffton sophomore Braylon Goings came in sixth in the 285 lbs. division, going 2-2 at the event.
Individual weight class final results:
106:1x6
Aizik Myers (Allen East) pin Corbin Phillips (Lima Senior)
0:35
113:1x6
Gabe Miley (Elida) pin Analeigh Hood (Spencerville)
0:18
Tate Ditto (Shawnee) pin Wyatt Knauss (Bluffton)
2:57
120:2x4
1st- Carter Deppe (Bath) dec. Parker Will (St. John's)
9-4
3rd-Branden Cross (Bluffton) dec. Donovyn Campbell (Shawnee)
5-1
5th- Keith Noble (Elida) pin Chester Blevins (Lima Senior)
0:31
7th-Tanner Braun (Spencerville) pin Isiah Hook (Lima C.C.)
1:30
126:1x6
Kael Dodson (Shawnee) pin Vanisa Sinthalaphone (Lima Senior)
0:30
Sam Burkholder (Bath) maj. dec. Grady Holdgreve (St. John's)
md16-2
132:1x6
Logan Miller (Del. Jefferson) pin Tyler Sherard (Allen East)
3:05
Austin Owczarzak (Bath) pin Logan Tolliver (St. John's)
1:25
Skyler Kirk (Elida) dec. Alejandro Reyes (Shawnee)
4-0
138:1x6
Edward Kessen (St. John's) pin Austin McMichael (Spencerville)
3:14
Matthew Schum (Elida) pin Cory Wannemacher*SP (X1)
3:44
Chace Rhine*EL (X2) pin Cayden Edwards (Shawnee)
1:37
144:2x4
1st- Jordan Neal (Allen East) dec. Antwain Adams (Lima C.C.)
6-2
3rd- Micah Rehm (Bluffton) dec. Austin Shafer (St. John's)
5-2
5th-Royce Kill (Spencerville) maj. dec. Cole Brickner (Shawnee)
md10-0
7th-Zach Bockey*DSJ (X1) Bye Bye
Bye
150:2x4
1st- Kayne Brown (Shawnee) dec. Miles McDorman (Allen East)
6-4
3rd- Kizer Young (Bluffton) pin Christian Young (St. John's)
4:25
5th-Samuel Mattox (Elida) pin Luke Krendl*DSJ (X1)
0:32
7th-Aaron Parrish (Lima Senior) Bye Bye
Bye
157:2x5
1st- Trenton Gatchell (Allen East) pin Landon Gallegos (Shawnee)
2:40
3rd- Isaac Leppert (Lima C.C.) pin Riley Mueller (St. John's)
2:18
5th-Braylon McNett (Spencerville) pin Garrett Beamer (Elida)
2:45
7th-Leyton Parent (Del. Jefferson) pin Dylan Painter (Bluffton)
3:55
165:2x5
1st- Jacob Pinks (Allen East) maj. dec. Nolan Deppe (Bath)
md15-7
3rd- Evan Grothause (Bluffton) dec. Camden Gable (St. John's)
7-3
5th-Braeden Stiles*SHA (X3) dec. Zach Kreider (Shawnee)
4-2
7th-Wylex Lloyd (Spencerville) pin Eli Case (Del. Jefferson)
1:32
175:2x4
1st- Kyle Basil (Bluffton) dec. Drew Neidemire (Shawnee)
10-7
3rd- Jameson Wicker (Lima Senior) pin Nick Zellmann (Allen East)
2:35
5th-Blaze Young (Spencerville) pin Adrian Timmerman (Elida)
1:41
7th-Carter Johnson*SP (X1) Bye Bye
Bye
190:4x3
1st- Preston Coppler (Shawnee) dec. Maddox Jurek (Spencerville)
6-5
3rd- Ethan Kohli (Bluffton) dec. Javier Franco*SP (X3)
1-0
5th-Braylen Paxson (Allen East) pin J.J. Murphy (Lima C.C.)
1:38
7th-Gabe Kline (Elida) pin Elijiah Carmean*AE (X4)
0:46
215:2x4
1st- Brogan Paxson (Allen East) pin Mason Shank (Bluffton)
2:11
3rd- Ethan Gullett*AE (X1) pin Caden Falke (Lima C.C.)
1:50
5th-Kenny Schultheis (Elida) pin Junior Anjerok (Spencerville)
4:40
7th-Harley Klett (Lima Senior) Bye Bye
Bye
285:2x5
1st- Kyden Culbertson (Allen East) pin Kyle Slaght (Bath)
4:47
3rd-Javion Anderson (Lima Senior) pin Gabe Jamison (Shawnee)
1:35
5th-Zane Newland*AE (X1) pin Braylon Goings (Bluffton)
2:05
7th-Elijah Fish*LSE (X3) pin Murat Akkoc*AE (X2)
3:18
Team scores
1. Shawnee 256 points
2. Allen East 255
3. Bluffton 179
4. Elida 147.5
5. Delphos St. John's 142.5
6. Bath 122
7. Spencerville 116.5
8. Lima Central Catholic 89.0
9. Lima Senior 73
10. Delphos Jefferson 28
