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Bellaire impressive in winning Last Man Standing mat event

• Jefferis wins showdown with Chilson en route to MVP

By KIM NORTH, Times Leader Sports Writer

Bellaire finished second to Caldwell at the 2008 Shadyside Last Man Standing wrestling tournament.

That only left a bad memory in the Big Reds' minds.

Remembering that, Shane Shaffer's talented squad was never seriously challenged Saturday as it turned the table on the second-place Redskins with a 53.5-point victory, 315-261.5, in a drizzly Tiger Town.

"We had really good rounds to start off the tournament," Shaffer explained. "I just wished we would have wrestled better in the finals. We had a couple of letdowns. A couple of matches that we should have won, but we just didn't do the things we needed to do to win those matches."

Shaffer added that the Bellaire program, including the 'B' team, had 18 individuals place in the top six of their respective weight classes.

With Bellaire already etched upon the nameplate of the team trophy, it was time for nine Big Red grapplers to try for individual honors.

However, only a trio of BHS matmen would capture titles - those being Erik Canter (130), Sam Faykus (135) and Derek Porter (152). Canter, a returning OVAC champion who is now 23-1,, made quick work of Barnesville's Quentin Castello with a first-period pin in 1:48. Faykus, now 21-4, outlasted Caldwell's Clint Boyd, 1-0, while Porter ran his record to 23-2 with a lightning-quick fall of Beallsville's Taylor Kinzy in a mere 30 seconds.

Six Bellaire grapplers settled for second place, including two-time state qualifier Robbie Chilson, who suffered his first loss in 19 matches. Other runnerups were Josh Davis (103), Zach Porter (112), Jake Foster (125), Jesse Dobson (140) and Andrew Crook (160).

Chilson and Barnesville's Kurtis Jefferis were matched in the feature bout of the night at 145 pounds, but the match never lived up to the hype as the Shamrock senior dominated from the get-go.

Jefferis, who upped his seasonal log to 18-0 and moved to within 22 wins of 100 for his career, broke a scoreless tie early in the second period when he earned an escape. He made it 3-0 with a takedown late in the period. After Chilson made it 3-1 with an escape of his own, Jefferis quickly regained the upperhand with another takedown.

The Shamrock middleweight said wrestling Chilson last year (a 3-2 loss in the districts) gave him a pretty good scouting report on what to expect.

"I knew he likes to shoot alot (for takedowns)," Jefferis said. "he always likes to shoot on the left leg, so I just tried to stay away from that."

For his accomplishments in the one-day tournament, Jefferis was named the Outstanding Wrestler.

Caldwell also had a trio of titlists in the Border brothers - Jeremy (103) and Jacob (125) - and Seth Todd (171). Shadyside and Barnesville each finished with a pair of kingpins, while Wheeling Central, Union Local, Monroe Central and Bridgeport all had one.

Seniors Johnny Merryman (160) and Jerry Kahl (189) made the hometown fans proud, while John Barker (119) joined Jefferis as Shamrock titlists. Kyle Bauer (112) represented the Marron Knights, while the Jets' Mitch Friede (140) won in overtime. Monroe Central's Schuyler Bondy (215) is now 18-0 and the Bulldogs' West has a 16-1 mark at 285.

 

 

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Caldwell Jeremy Border 10-1 A 1

Bellaire-UNA Robbie Dodrill 2-6 A 2

Monroe Central Lance Schumacher 5-6 A 3

Wheeling Central Andrew Howard 0-2 A 4

2 Bellaire Josh Davis 13-4 B 1

3 Wheeling Park Derrick Minzler B 2

Bridgeport Broc Barker 3-6 B 3

Entries 7

 

112

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Wheeling Central Kyle Bauer 11-0 A 1

Barnesville Clay Crosier 4-6 A 2

3 Monroe Central Ryan Richter 12-1 A 3

4 Shadyside Bryan Crozier 15-2 A 4

Caldwell Zac Cline 6-5 A 5

2 Bellaire Zach Porter 14-2 A 6

Entries 6

 

119

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Barnesville John Barker 7-4 A 1

Bellaire Andrew Banker 4-12 A 2

Wheeling Park Austin Bowen A 3

Caldwell Brandy Waller 4-6 A 4

Bellaire-UNA Dylan Frizzi 0-0 A 5

Monroe Central Jesse O'Neal 5-6 A 6

Entries 6

 

125

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Caldwell Jacob Border 12-2 A 1

4 Bridgeport Jimmy Gessler 8-2 A 2

Wheeling Park Morgan Gantz A 3

Barnesville Chance Andrews 2-8 A 4

2 Bellaire Jake Foster 15-3 B 1

3 Monroe Central Jonathan Muntz 10-4 B 2

Union Local Tony Marques B 3

Entries 7

 

130

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bellaire Erik Canter 18-1 A 1

Caldwell Jonathon Chandler 2-4 A 2

Bridgeport Nate Dober 1-8 A 3

2 Barnesville Quentin Castello 7-5 B 1

UnionLocal Kyle Friede B 2

Wheeling Central Ben Burns 0-2 B 3

3 Wheeling Park Travis Prochaska C 1

6 Beallsville Jon Wiles 5-5 C 2

Caldwell-UNA Craig Davis 1-5 C 3

4 Beallsville-UNA Payton Palmer 7-4 D 1

5 Shadyside Mason Gulash 7-7 D 2

Entries 11

 

135

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bellaire Sam Faykus 14-4 A 1

Wheeling Park Tyler Hixenbaugh A 2

UnionLocal James Earliwine A 3

Wheeling Central Jon Napier 2-6 A 4

Wheeling Park-UNA R.J. Comer A 5

2 Caldwell Clint Boyd 10-3 B 1

3 Bellaire-UNA Kyle Koshenka 8-4 B 2

Bridgeport Ty Coulson 1-8 B 3

Wheeling Park-UNA Collin Hudson B 4

Wheeling Park-UNA David Orosz B 5

 

Entries 10

 

140

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bellaire Jesse Dobson 15-2 A 1

Wheeling Park-UNA De'Sean Scott A 2

Shadyside Justin Lunsford 1-4 A 3

2 Union Local Mitchell Friede 9-2 B 1

Bellaire-UNA Michael Underwood 3-6 B 2

Caldwell Kyle Kirkbride 2-7 B 3

3 Barnesville Kody Crooks 7-4 C 1

Wheeling Park-UNA Matt Orosz C 2

Bridgeport John Anderson 2-5 C 3

4 Wheeling Central Josh Wilson 8-6 D 1

Bellaire-UNA Wayt Sean 4-5 D 2

Wheeling Park Holden Ratcliff D 3

Entries 12

 

145

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bellaire Robbie Chilson 18-0 A 1

Wheeling Park George Schlosser A 2

Wheeling Central Kodiac Garcia 4-6 A 3

Bridgeport Chris Pritchett 3-5 A 4

Union Local Willie Brokaw A 5

2 Barnesville Kurtis Jefferis 12-0 B 1

Caldwell Cole Haas 4-4 B 2 3

Bellaire-UNA Tim Martin 3-3 B 3

Monroe Central Dustin Piatt 4-7 B 4

Shadyside Fabio Formella 0-12 B 5

Could be a Chilson vs Jefferis final!!!

Entries 10

 

152

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bellaire Derek Porter 17-2 A 1

Caldwell Stephon Poulton 1-1 A 2

Wheeling Park Mike Grilli A 3

Shadyside Donnie Heath 1-11 A 4

2 Beallsville Taylor Kinzy 8-7 B 1

Bellaire-UNA Anthony Vinka 4-6 B 2

Union Local Cole McCardle B 3

Entries 7

 

160

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Shadyside Johnny Merryman 13-0 A 1

4 Monroe Central Coleton Lindamood 7-4 A 2

Bellaire-UNA Justin Baker 3-5 A 3

Bridgeport Thijs Van Gulik 3-6 A 4

Barnesville R.J. Baker 2-8 A 5

2 Bellaire Andrew Crook 13-5 B 1

3 Union Local Jacob Hearn 9-3 B 2

Beallsville Brandon Baker 5-6 B 3

Caldwell Patrick Pickenpaugh 4-8 B 4

Wheeling Park Will Ulrich B 5

Entries 10

 

171

WEIGHT CLASS

2 Monroe Central Nathan McConaughy 10-4 A 1

Wheeling Park Chaz Johnson A 2

Bellaire Christian Edmond 6-10 A 3

1 Caldwell Seth Todd 6-5 B 1

Caldwell-UNA Nick Hummerich 2-1 B 2

Shadyside-UNA Sam Duvall 4-7 B 3

3 Beallsville Timmy Jones 0-0 C 1

Monroe Central-UN Matthew Taylor 1-1 C 2

Bellaire-UNA Ryan Holyak 0-2 C 3

4 Bridgeport Mike Dalto 3-1 D 1

5 Shadyside Kraig Kubancik 6-6 D 2

Wheeling Park-UNA Nate Tustin D 3

Entries 12

 

189

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Shadyside Jerry Kahl 14-5 A 1

Caldwell-UNA Tim Schenkel 2-2 A 2

Union Local-UNA Kyle Gatten A 3

Monroe Central-UN Cole Mathews 0-9 A 4

2 Caldwell Nathan Abbott 4-2 B 1

Wheeling Park-UNA Devin Earnest B 2

Union Local Chris Van Horn B 3

3 Monroe Central Storm Shapley 7-5 C 1

Shadyside-UNA Brain Kahl 9-6 C 2

Bellaire Michael Kidwell 4-11 C 3

4 Beallsville Drew Phillips 5-5 D 1

Wheeling Park Chad Comer D 2

Bridgeport Brandon Kurner 3-6 D 3

Entries 13

 

215

WEIGHT CLASS

Monroe Central Schuyler Bondy 13-0 A 1

Beallsville Derek Brown 5-6 A 2

Bellaire Zack Clegg 7-10 A 3

Union Local Amos Leach A 4

2 Caldwell John Boney 9-3 B 1

3 Shadyside Dave Vaughn 9-4 B 2

Wheeling Central Aaron Schnied 2-4 B 3

Entries 7

Bondy has moved down to 215.

 

285

WEIGHT CLASS

1 Bridgeport Sean West 9-1 A 1

Bellaire-UNA Josh Lancione 4-4 A 2

Barnesville Jake Kirk 0-10 A 3

2 Caldwell Tom Schenkel 10-3 B 1

Bellaire-UNA Julius Pitts 3-5 B 2

Shadyside-UNA Ike Williams 3-2 B 3

3 Beallsville George Ruckman 10-3 C 1

Wheeling Park Mike Reed C 2

Bridgeport-UNA Austin Cordery 1-8 C 3

4 Shadyside Aaron Silverio 13-4 D 1

5 Bellaire Bobby Bennett 12-6 D 2

 

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