GARFIELD HEIGHTS –î South Range’s wrestling program made a big impact earlier in the season by winning the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Div. III state duals title and now the Raiders are set to continue that success at the state individual tournament.
The Raiders qualified eight to state including 132-pound champion Raymond Cmil to win the Garfield Heights Div. III district on Saturday.
The Raiders scored 179.5 points to take the title over second-place Waynedale (141.5).
Finishing second for the Raiders were Michael Markulin (138) and Jacob Richardson (144). Third-place finishers for the Raiders were Hunter Newell (106), Jacob Starkey (157) and Logan Cormell (165). Clayton Kramer (126) and Christopher Colucci (215) were fourth.
The top four in each weight class advanced to the state tournament set for Friday through Sunday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.
Two Columbiana County wrestlers also advanced to state as Crestview’s A.J. Coppersmith (150) and United’s Dallas McCracken (285) were second and third respectively in their own weight classes.
Cmil (38-1) beat Wellington’s Jeremiah McKee 10-8 in the 132 final.
Markulin (45-4) was beaten by a 5-3 sudden victory by Mapleton’s Andrew Sas in the 138 final. Richardson (37-8) lost in a 4-2 sudden victory to Smithville’s Michael Harris in the 144 final.
Coppersmith (38-2) was pinned in 41 seconds by Tuslaw’s Jacob Lyons in the 150 final.
Newell (43-6) got third at 106 by pinning Southeast’s Owen Martin in 41 seconds. Starkey (43-8) earned his third-place showing with an 8-4 win over Rootstown’s Cody Coontz at 157. Cormell (48-6) had a pin in 1:42 over Rootstown’s Sylas Reiheld at 165 to earn third.
McCracken, the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference’s lone state qualifier, won his heavyweight consolation final by a 9-2 count over Mogadore’s Tyler Schellengarger. McCracken is 43-6.
Kramer (35-12) dropped a 5-2 decision to Crestwood’s J.P. Wrobel in the 126 consolation final. Colucci (42-6) was pinned in 4:27 by Dalton’s Austin Ryder in the 215 consolation final.
Fifth place finishers included Crestview’s Braedon Stallworth (132) and Southern’s Wyatt Morris (175). Sixth place finishers were South Range’s Gavin Pahanish (120), United’s Jensen Baker (138) and Southern’s Gabe Blissenbach (157).
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. South Range 179.5; 2. Waynedale 141.5; 3. Rootstown 96; 4. Southeast 93; 5. Mapleton 91.5; 6. Mogadore 81; 7. Dalton 77; Tuslaw 77; 9. Gar. Garfield 65; 10. Black River 62.5; 11. Kirtland 60; 12. Berkshire 53; 13. Wellington 46.5; 14. Columbia 46; 15. United 44; 16. Crestwood 40.5; 17. Waterloo 39; 18. Ak. Manchester 35; Loudonville 35; 20. Col. Crestview 34; Hawken 34; 22. Cuy. Heights 29; 23. Liberty 27; Smithville 27; 25. Chalker 26; 26. W.S. Northwestern 24.5; 27. Sal. Southern 22; 28. Conneaut 18; Jackson-Milton 18; 30. Norwayne 17; 31. Chippewa 16; Wellsville 16; 33. Independence 15; 34. Pymatuning Valley 13; 35. Jefferson Area 11; 36. Cardinal 10; 37. Orrville 9; 38. Fair. Park Fairview 6; 39. Ash. St. John 5; 40. Rittman 4; 41. Brookfield 3; Cle. VASJ 3; Luth. West 3; 44. Grand Valley 2; 45. Columbiana 0; Hillsdale 0; Oberlin 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
106: Cole Schulke (Columbia) dec. Caiden Heller (Waynedale) 7-4
113: Brady Funk (Mogadore) dec. Drew Spreng (Loudonville) 3-1
120: Landen Duncan (Chalker) dec. Brock Durbin (Mapleton) 4-3
126: Caden Schmeltzer (Waynedale) maj. dec. Mason Amodio (Southeast) 14-4
132: Raymond Cmil (South Range) dec. Jeremiah McKee (Wellington) 10-8
138: Andrew Sas (Mapleton) dec. Michael Markulin (South Range) 5-3 SV
144: Michael Harris (Smithville) dec. Jacob Richardson (South Range) 4-2 SV
150: Jacob Lyons (Tuslaw) pin A.J. Coppersmith (Col. Crestview) 0:41
157: Tate Geiser (Dalton) dec. Justin Fox (Waterloo) 11-5
165: Hunter Andel (Gar. Garfield) dec. Justin Hershberger (Waynedale) 6-2
175: Keegan Sell (Gar. Garfield) maj. dec. Luke Torgerson (Cuy. Heights) 14-2
190: Lucas Stoddard (Berkshire) dec. Jaidyn Sapp (Southeast) 3-2
215: Spencer Mesaros (Southeast) dec. Michael Lowe (Mogadore) 3-1 SV
285: Travis Owen (Black River) dec. Joe Shoup (Mapleton) 5-2
CONSOLATION FINALS
106: Hunter Newell (South Range) pin Owen Martin (Southeast) 0:41
113: Dominic Leone (Liberty) maj. dec. Owen McDevitt (Jackson-Milton) 10-0
120: Patrick Reineke (Hawken) dec. Mason Daniels (Crestwood) 4-3
126: J.P. Wrobel (Crestwood) dec. Clayton Kramer (South Range) 5-2
132: Will Davidson (Kirtland) dec. Jake Sundberg (Waynedale) 4-0
138: Zach Lyons (Tuslaw) pin Mason Duncan (Waterloo) 1:51
144: Dominic Duvall (Rootstown) dec. Maxwell Cooper (Tuslaw) 7-6
150: Greyson Siders (Dalton) dec. Caleb Zimmerman (Waynedale) 8-7
157: Jacob Starkey (South Range) dec. Cody Coontz (Rootstown) 8-4
165: Logan Cormell (South Range) pin Sylas Reiheld (Rootstown) 1:42
175: Peyton Lemon (Waynedale) maj. dec. Charlie Wells (Black River) 17-6
190: Tyler Knight (Mogadore) dec. Jackson Dougherty (Ak. Manchester) 4-2
215: Austin Ryder (Dalton) pin Christopher Colucci (South Range) 4:27
285: Dallas McCracken (United) dec. Tyler Schellenbarger (Mogadore) 9-2
