By ROB HAMILTON — Cardington senior Makenzie Coulter claimed a state championship at the U.S. Girls Wrestling Association’s Ohio Girls State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Coulter competed in the 115-pound weight class and won all three of her matches by pin — two in the second period and one in the first — to claim the title. […]
By ROB HAMILTON The third time was the charm for Northmor’s Tyler Beck when he took the mat against North Baltimore’s Dalton Ishmael at the Division III state meet. And this time, the stakes were higher than they ever had been, as the two senior 195-pound wrestlers matched up in the state finals. As sophomores, they met in […]
By ROB HAMILTON The 2013 Division III state wrestling meet was a pretty nice way to spend three days for fans of the Northmor wrestling program. Not only did senior Tyler Beck earn a state championship at 195 pounds, but qualifying teammates Jamie Baldridge and Colin Visconti also earned places on the podium. Junior Baldridge finished fifth at 145 pounds, […]
By ROB HAMILTON A trio of Northmor wrestlers will be making return trips to the Division III state wrestling meet this year. Tyler Beck (195 pounds) advanced as a district champion in action from the Division III district meet hosted by Philo High School, while both Jamie Baldridge (145) and Colin Visconti (152) earned third-place finishes. The Knights finished […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor claimed two sectional champions and a total of six district qualifiers in placing second as a team at last weekend’s Cardington sectional meet. The Knights finished with 158 points to barely overcome Garaway’s total of 157.5 for the runner-up spot. Northridge ran away with the team title, scoring 206.5 over Friday and […]
By ROB HAMILTON The OHSAA state dual meet wrestling tournament came to an end for Morrow County schools on Wednesday, as Highland, Northmor and Mount Gilead were all eliminated from competition during the regional semifinal rounds. Both Northmor and Mount Gilead were eliminated by Northridge in the Division III, Region 22 semifinals. In the first round, […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor cruised past Fredericktown on Wednesday to advance to the regional semifinals in the first ever OHSAA state dual meet tournament in wrestling. The Knights, who were the top seed in their half of Division III’s Region 22, had a first round bye and then took on Fredericktown, who had edged Johnstown 30–28. The Freddies […]
By ROB HAMILTON Waynedale claimed the championship at Cardington’s ninth annual Pirate Holiday Duals wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 29. In the first place dual, the Bears topped River Valley 42–27 to cap a 5–0 performance on the day. They also had five wrestlers named to the all-tournament team in Tyler Wirth (106), Zack Nelson (132), Jared Orr […]