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South Range wrestling has plans for Columbus

South Range’s wrestling team captured the Div. III, Region 20 dual team title on Saturday at Rootstown High School to earn its spot in next Sunday’s state duals tournament at St. John Arena in Columbus. Members of the championship team are (front, from left) Zeb Garlough, Chris Colucci, Clayton Kramer, Anthony Czap, Naseem Maali, Gavin Pahanish, Logan Cormell, Michael Markulin, Coach Markulin, Coach Colucci, Coach Newell, Cooper Cleevley; (back row) Cade Holmes, Braden Johnson, Jacob Starkey, Jacob Brooks, Dylan Dominguez, Braxton Bergman, Jacob Richardson, Hunter Newell, Michael Lally, Chris Olinik and head coach Levi Hively. (Submitted Photo)

ROOTSTOWN — For the first time in its program’s existence, South Range’s wrestling team is headed to the state dual team tournament.

The top-seeded Raiders brought down Waterloo 42-33 in the final to win the Div. III, Region 20 tournament on Saturday at Rootstown High School.

South Range defeated Crestwood 40-18 and Wellsville 40-33 to reach the regional final.

Wellsville put in a particularly strong performance by downing United 55-24 and second-seed Rootstown 40-33.

The state dual team tournament will be held on Sunday at St. John Arena in Columbus.

The other Div. III state participants will be Eastwood, Milan Edison, Waynedale, Benjamin Logan, OVAC Class 2A champion Shenandoah, Brookville and Versailles.

FIRST ROUND

Crestwood 42, Grand Valley 27

Py Valley 49, Conneaut 24

Berkshire 44, Cardinal 36

Garfield 48, Hawken 24

Wellsville 55, United 24

106 Dalton Heffner 9 (Wellsville) Forfeit

113 Mason Simms 9 (Wellsville) pin Grant Greir 9 0:34

120 Brent Joy-Hughes 9 (Wellsville) pin Ethan Stout 9 3:22

126 Jason Tice 12 (Wellsville) pin Jensen Baker 9 0:19

132 Ethan Baker 9 (United) pin Josh Fisher 9 5:44

138 Logan Cunningham 10 (Wellsville) pin Manny Heestand 11 3:09

145 Gavin Berger 9 (United) pin Darren Bidwell 10 2:16

152 Justin Sarge 12 (Wellsville) pin Dustin Hull 12 5:00

160 Jake McNemar 10 (Wellsville) dec. Tucker Kiko 9 md8-0

170 Briar Cunningham 12 (Wellsville) dec. Christian McCon 11 Dec 2-1

182 Tyler Lippiatt 12 (United) Forfeit

195 Jerimiah Peters 12 (United) Forfeit

220 Caden Weekely 11 (Wellsville) pin Payne Brereton 10 0:55

285 Isaac Ice 10 (Wellsville) pin Gavin Gordon 9 3:58

Rootstown 61, Southern 18

106 Aiden Spahlinger 9 (Southern) Forfeit

113 Gabe Oropesa 12 (Rootstown) Forfeit

120 Caleb Edwards 11 (Rootstown) Forfeit

126 Mike Prikryl 11 (Rootstown) Forfeit

132 Cody Coontz 9 (Rootstown) Forfeit

138 Simon Youngblood 11 (Rootstown) dec. Chance Wooley 10 md11-1

145 Cameron White 11 (Rootstown) Forfeit

152 Dylan Milhoan 12 (Southern) pin Lane McKenzie 9 1:16

160 Nathan Fulmer 9 (Rootstown) dec. Gage Dickey 12 12-6

170 Alex Banks 11 (Rootstown) pin Wyatt Morris 9 0:29

182 Austin McKibben 11 (Rootstown) pin Michael Mosti 11 0:33

195 Hunter Morris 11 (Southern) Forfeit

220 Chase Taubler 11 (Rootstown) Forfeit

285 Gaige McIntyre 11 (Rootstown) pin Stephen Craig 12 3:14

QUARTERFINALS

Wellsville 40, Rootstown 33

Berkshire 54, Py Valley 28

Waterloo 41, Garfield 37

South Range 40, Crestwood 18

106 Hunter Newell 9 (South Range) Forfeit

113 Charlie Conroy 10 (Crestwood) dec. Gavin Pahanish 10 12-7

120 Michael Markulin 10 (South Range) pin Mason Daniels 10 1:21

126 Jacob Richardson 9 (South Range) dec. Josh Ondash 12 md16-7

132 Aiden Morgenstern 12 (Crestwood) dec. Clayton Kramer 10 8-3

138 Naseem Maali 11 (South Range) dec. Ethan Strahan 10 6-4

145 Jacob Starkey 9 (South Range) pin Alex Gutowski 12 1:06

152 Cooper Cleavley 10 (South Range) dec. Evan Daniels 10 9-3

160 Logan Cormell 10 (South Range) pin Bruce Kachenko 9 1:24

170 Dylan Dominguez 10 (South Range) Forfeit

182 Double Forfeit

195 Devin Oborn 12 (Crestwood) Forfeit

220 Cameron Langford 12 (Crestwood) Forfeit

285 Double Forfeit

SEMIFINALS

South Range 45, Berkshire 27

106 James Klingman 12 (Berkshire) pin Hunter Newell 9 1:04

113 Justin Heiden 11 (Berkshire) dec. Gavin Pahanish 10 6-2

120 Michael Markulin 10 (South Range) pin Josh Tribuzzo 11 1:04

126 Jacob Richardson 9 (South Range) dec. Josh Tribuzzo 11 7-3

132 Clayton Kramer 10 (South Range) dec. Aaron Tobin 11 10-8

138 Naseem Maali 11 (South Range) dec. Josh Brown 9 15-9

145 Cooper Cleavley 10 (South Range) Forfeit

152 Jacob Starkey 9 (South Range) pin Tyler Fien 11 1:50

160 Logan Cormell 10 (South Range) pin Gavin Currence 11 1:42

170 J.J. Perrin 11 (Berkshire) pin Dylan Dominguez 10 0:33

182 Lucas Stoddard 10 (Berkshire) pin Cade Holmes 12 1:31

195 Jacob Brooks 10 (South Range) Forfeit

220 Anthony Czap 12 (South Range) pin Ryan Ford 12 0:39

285 Aidan Sayre 11 (Berkshire) Forfeit

Waterloo 42, Wellsville 39

FINAL

South Range 42, Waterloo 33

106 Hunter Newell 9 (South Range) pin Jake Hermann 9 1:25

113 Mason Duncan 10 (Waterloo) dec. Gavin Pahanish 10 8-4

120 Christopher Olinik 10 (South Range) Forfeit

126 Michael Markulin 10 (South Range) pin Blaize Bryan 12 1:30

132 Jacob Richardson 9 (South Range) dec. Justin Fox 9 4-3

138 Naseem Maali 11 (South Range) dec. Deagan Foster 12 5-3

145 Jacob Starkey 9 (South Range) Forfeit

152 Joe Canter 12 (Waterloo) pin Cooper Cleavley 10 0:38

160 Logan Cormell 10 (South Range) pin Hunter Allen 11 5:58

170 Logan Robinson 12 (Waterloo) Forfeit

182 Lance Diven 12 (Waterloo) Forfeit

195 Shane McCulty 12 (Waterloo) Forfeit

220 Anthony Czap 12 (South Range) Forfeit

285 Brycen Colbert 11 (Waterloo) Forfeit

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