Wood County Championship - Day 2 Finals Results

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62nd Annual Wood County Middle School Championship
February 7-8, 2023 at Parkersburg Memorial Fieldhouse

Team Standings
1 Jackson 269.5
2 Edison 267
3 Ripley 156
4 Blennerhassett 140
5 Ravenswood 114
6 Pleasants County 107
7 Williamstown 98.5
8 Hamilton 95
9 Wirt County 60
10 Spencer 41
11 VanDevender 11
12 Ritchie County 0

Tournament Awards
Outstanding Wrester: Gavin Buck, Williamstown
Wrestler of the Year: Stephen Myers, Jackson
Coach of the Year: Herb Toney, Wirt County
Official of the Year: Jared Kuhl

Finals - First Place
116 164 #1 Kayden McDonald (Jackson) WBF #3 Colton Hill (Edison) F 2:05
123 167 #1 Stephen Myers (Jackson) WBTF #2 Asa Yost (Edison) T 17-2
128 170 #3 Ryland Layton (Edison) WBF Peyton Dye (Wirt County) F 4:04
135 173 Gavin Buck (Williamstown) WBF #1 James Lattea (Edison) F 4:31
145 176 #1 Mack Webb (Spencer) DEC #2 Aiden Boroz (Edison) D 11-7
155 179 #1 Dylan Nichols (Blennerhassett) WBF #2 Aaden Harmon (Ripley) F 2:04
171 182 #3 Cohen Staats (Edison) WBF #1 Zach Medina (Hamilton) F 2:22
190 185 #1 Christian Hoosier (Williamstown) WBF #2 Mason Ross (Hamilton) F 1:23
215 187 #1 Luke Colombo (Jackson) WBF #3 Jackson Roe (Hamilton) F 2:17
285 190 #2 Briar Anthony (Blennerhassett) DEC #1 Dru Binegar (Pleasants County) D 8-1;TB3
70 147 #1 David Matthew Fleming (Jackson) DEC #2 Austin Conley (Wirt County) D 4-2
78 149 #1 Austin Carrodus (Jackson) DEC #2 Tony Mohwish (Edison) D 5-2
86 152 #1 Jacob Junkins (Edison) WBF #2 Matthew Modrzakowski (Ripley) F 0:11
94 155 #1 Seth Drennen (Jackson) DEC #3 Kendrick Durst (Ripley) D 7-4
102 158 #1 Parker Woods (Jackson) DEC #2 Cole Smith (Edison) D 2-0
110 161 #1 Dominic Way (Jackson) DEC #2 Dutch Sandy (Williamstown) M 13-2

Finals - Third Place
70 148 #3 Mason Cobb (Edison) DEC #4 Enoch Quesenberry (Ripley) D 7-2
78 150 #3 Slade Andrick (Ravenswood) DEC #4 Gatlin McLain (Blennerhassett) M 8-0
86 153 #4 Isaiah Daggett (Blennerhassett) DEC #3 Gage Bullman (Pleasants County) D 8-6
94 156 #2 Ethan Morrison (Edison) WBF Kyle Bullman (Pleasants County) F 4:56
102 159 #3 T.L. Koontz (Ripley) DEC Gus Hartley (Wirt County) D 6-3
110 162 #4 Cayden Gibson (Edison) DEC Zayden Cordeiro (Ripley) D 2-0
116 165 #2 Cade Staats (Blennerhassett) DEC #4 Linkin Andrick (Ravenswood) D 6-4
123 168 #4 Kevin Mihlbach (Ravenswood) DEC #3 Brayden Tolley (Spencer) D 4-2
128 171 #1 Brandon Crow (Ravenswood) DEC Kasey Houser (Pleasants County) D 3-2
135 174 #2 Adam Phillips (Jackson) WBF #3 Jeremiah DeMoss (Pleasants County) F 2:20
145 177 #4 Gavin Bowman (Jackson) DEC Javel Chandler (Hamilton) D 4-0
155 180 #4 Cameron Patterson (Ravenswood) DEC #3 Noah Holland (Hamilton) D 4-2
171 183 #2 Miles Flanagin (Williamstown) DEC Corey Williams (Ravenswood) D 4-0
190 186 #3 Evan Gall (Ravenswood) WBF #4 Jackson Barton (Jackson) F 2:43
215 188 #2 Ryland Nicholes (Edison) WBF #4 Ian King (Ripley) F 2:23
285 191 #3 Drey Grinter (Jackson) DEC #4 Carter Bever (Ravenswood) D 2-0

Finals - Fifth Place
70 0 Brantley Sams (Blennerhassett) WB BYE
78 151 Jaylen Daigle (Hamilton) WBF Calder Knopp (Ripley) F FOR
86 154 Jackson Brown (Jackson) DEC Nick Ellison (Williamstown) M 12-0
94 157 #4 Jansen Dearth (Blennerhassett) DEC Johnny Heath (Ravenswood) D 2-0;SV1
102 160 Blake Thompson (Ravenswood) DEC #4 Ayden Powell (Pleasants County) D 2-0;SV1
110 163 Brendan Grogan (Hamilton) DEC #3 Daren Hatfield (Blennerhassett) D 12-6
116 166 Cole Blouir (Pleasants County) WBF Ian McCauley (Ripley) F 0:31
123 169 Jace McCoy (Ripley) WBF Michael Stephens (VanDevender) F 1:25
128 172 #2 Jace Starcher (Ripley) DEC #4 Tyreke Glover (Jackson) M 9-0
135 175 #4 Drake Laughery (Blennerhassett) WBF Isaiah Snyder (Ripley) F 0:20
145 178 Elijah Kimball (Pleasants County) DEC #3 Elijah Huffman (Ripley) D 5-0
155 181 Devin Kittoe (Jackson) WBF Alex Barclay (VanDevender) F 1:39
171 184 #4 Noah Hall (Blennerhassett) WBF Jacob Asher (Pleasants County) F 1:29
215 189 Gage White (Wirt County) DEC Wyatt Ridgeway (Williamstown) D 4-0
285 0 Isaiah Williams (Spencer) WB BYE

Jackson Middle School wins the 62nd County Wrestling Title

Jackson Middle School overcame an 18 point lead by Edison to win the 62nd Annual Wood County Middle School Wrestling League by two and a half points, 269.5 to 267.

Jackson went a perfect eight for eight in the finals and won on the last match of night when Dominic Way major decisioned Williamstown’s Dutch Sandy to claim the 110 pound championship.

The finals started at 116 pounds and featured the first two of four head to head matchups between Jackson and Edison. Jackson’s Kayden McDonald pinned Edison’s Colton Hill to win the 116 pound title and was followed by teammate’s Stephen Myers tech fall of Edison’s Asa Yost for the 123 pound title. The two wins cut Edison’s lead to 6.5 points. Myers was honored as the League’s Wrestler of the Year during the post-match awards.

Edison bounced back to win the 128 pound title when Ryland Layton pinned Wirt County’s Peyton Dye and extend their lead back to 12.5 points. Edison extended their lead to 18.5 points when 171 pounder Cohen Staats pinned Hamilton’s Zach Medina in the second period.

Jackson would then start chipping away at the lead and cut it down to 4.5 points when 215 pounder Luke Colombo pinned Hamilton’s Jackson Roe, 70 pounder David Fleming decisioned Wirt County’s Austin Conley 4-2, and 78 pounder Auston Carrodus decisioned Edison’s Tony Mohwish 5-2.

Edison’s 86 pounder Jacob Junkins pinned Ripley’s Matthew Modrzakowski in the first period to extend their lead back to 10.5 points and put Jackson in must win scenarios for the final three bouts of the night.

Jackson’s Seth Drennen won the next match to pull within striking distance with a hard fought 7-4 decision over Ripley’s Kendrick Durst for the 94 pound title. He was followed by Parker Woods' nail biting decision over Edison’s Cole Smith, 2-0, in the 102 pound final. Their two wins pulled Jackson within 2.5 points to set up Way’s must win tussle against Sandy.

Williamstown’s unseeded Gavin Buck won the 135 pound crown with a pinned over number one seed James Lattea of Edison. In earlier rounds Buck pulled upsets over the number two and three seeds on his path to the finals. For his efforts he was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler.

Ripley Middle School finished third in the team race with three runner-up finishers.

Blennerhassett Middle School finished fourth with two title winners. Dylon Nichols won the 155 pound title with a second period over Ripley’s Aaden Harmon. Teammate Briar Anthony won the heavyweight title when he busted open a 1-1 tie with an escape in the third overtime period and closed it out with a takedown and near fall points over Dru Binegar of Pleasants County.

The other two individual titles occurred with Spencer’s Mack Webb winning at 145 pounds with a 11-7 decision over Edison’s Aiden Boroz, and Williamstown’s Christian Hoosier pinned Hamilton’s Mason Ross for the 190 pound title.

The Coaches honored Jared Kuhl as their Official of the Year, and they voted Wirt County’s Herb Toney as league’s Coach of the Year.

Edison Alumni Pat Sole was the Tournament’s Guest of Honor and the Marshall of the Parade of Champions. Sole was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame last October and won two County Titles for Edison from 1973 to 1975. He is the 25th person from the Wood County Middle School League that has been inducted into the National Hall of Fame.