Salem competes at Hoppel event
CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s wrestling team ended up where it had many times before on Saturday at the 45th annual Everett Hoppel Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Beaver Local High School.
The host Beavers edged out second-place Austintown Fitch by five points to take top honors at the tournament.
Oak Glen was third with 203 points.
The Beavers secured three individual champions as Robert Buchheit (126 pounds), Gabe Morgan (175) and Zane McCoy (285) clawed out wins in their respective weight classes. Kaydon Bobby (138) and Ryan Chafins (157) were second for the Beavers.
Oak Glen did particularly well in finals matches with Logan Davis (113), Hayden Lamb (132) and Michael Heath (157) winning individual titles.
Braxton Dlugopolski was second at 165 for the Golden Bears.
Southern Local was led by Aiden Spahlinger’s second-place showing at 132.
Beaver Local is set to take part in a dual on Tuesday at Canfield.
Oak Glen will take part in the regional quad on Thursday at Fairmont Senior High School.
Hoppel Wrestling Invitational
Saturday
at Beaver Local High School
STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local 222.5; 2. Austintown-Fitch 217.5; 3. Oak Glen 203; 4. Mayfield 173; 5. Canton South 133; 6. Canfield 116.5; 7. Boardman 111.0; Marlington 111; 9. Edison 104; 10. Girard 93; 11. Southern Local 91; 12. Newcomerstown 89.5; 13. Salem 84; 14. Dover 75.5; 15. Norwalk St. Paul 4.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
106: Dom Prosperi (Canton South) pin Cody Carpenter (Girard) 2:38
113: Logan Davis (Oak Glen) pin Skye Jones (Austintown-Fitch) 4:26
120: Sal Palmisano (Mayfield) pin Willie Rankin (Boardman) 0:50
126: Robert Buchheit (Beaver Local) dec. Tyler Scharrer (Canfield) 12-5
132: Hayden Lamb (Oak Glen) dec. Aiden Spahlinger (Southern Local) 4-0
138: Dwight Fritz (Mayfield) dec. Kaydon Bobby (Beaver Local) 6-3
144: Egidio DiFazio (Dover) dec. Aric Smith (Austintown-Fitch) 4-0
150: Braeden Beck (Mayfield) dec. Dominique Millender (Newcomerstown) 5-0
157: Michael Heath (Oak Glen) dec. Ryan Chafins (Beaver Local) 8-5
165: Tyler Lintner (Austintown-Fitch) tech. fall Braxton Dlugopolski (Oak Glen) tf22-6
175: Gabe Morgan (Beaver Local) pin Ethan Waggoner (Edison) 4:52
190: Bladen Garland (Newcomerstown) dec. Peyton Quarles (Austintown-Fitch) 6-4 SV
215: Isaac Griffith (Girard) dec. Grant Treacher (Canton South) 8-5
285: Zane McCoy (Beaver Local) dec. Joey Tristano (Dover) 6-2
THIRD PLACE MATCHES
106: Justice Fisher (Beaver Local) pin Henry Booth (Newcomerstown) 2:07.
113: Aiden Bean (Marlington) pin Christopher Warrick (Beaver Local) 1:13.
120: Evan Protopapa (Austintown-Fitch) dec. Logan Pittman (Edison) 10-9.
126: Luke Stanley (Marlington) win by default over Frankie Palmasano (Mayfield).
132: Davanzo Tate (Austintown-Fitch) pin Chris Thomas (Canfield) 1:24.
138: Brittan Allen (Salem) dec. Joey Kana (Salem) 6-3.
144: Ty Stricko (Canfield) pin Justin Cox (Beaver Local) 2:38.
150: Aiden Stecker (Salem) dec. Authur Croom (Austintown-Fitch) 6-4.
157: Jaden Royal (Girard) dec. Anthony Gomez (Salem) 9-2.
165: Gabe Bissenbach (Southern Local) win by default over Niko Poullas (Canfield).
175: Mikey Traczyk (Mayfield) pin Cage Miller (Newcomerstown) 4:05.
190: Andre Averette (Boardman) dec. Jayden Clancey (Edison) 7-1.
215: Noah Schmidt (Oak Glen) dec. Max McConnell (Edison) 10-4.
285: Andrew Hall (Marlington) dec. Chris Fero (Mayfield) 7-4.
FIFTH PLACE MATCHES
106: Quinn Gaca (Canfield) tech. fall Aiden Anderson (Oak Glen) tf16-0.
113: Camryn Mitchell (Marlington) dec. Renzo Tello (Canton South) 6-2.
120: Austin Springer (Edison) pin Sam Breman (Mayfield) 1:37.
126: Blake Lanzer (Dover) dec. C.J. Duty (Oak Glen) 3-0.
132: Carter Hill (Marlington) pin T’Kai Jett (Edison) 0:47.
138: Santino Slipkovich (Boardman) pin Maddox Dickey (Southern Local) 1:43.
144: Shawn German (Salem) pin Zanden Lewis (Canton South) 3:45.
150: Trent Ewing (Beaver Local) pin Mason Mitchell (Canton South) 0:31.
157: A.J. Nichols (Canton South) dec. Stephen Medved (Austintown-Fitch) 7-0.
165: Tyler Pugh (Canton South) dec. Anthony Santoro (Mayfield) 3-1.
175: Wyatt Morris (Southern Local) pin Devin Phillips (Austintown-Fitch) 2:30
190: Greg Sauers (Oak Glen) dec. Kane Curran (Beaver Local) 4-2.
215: Isaac Presscott (Beaver Local) dec. Cam’ran Natali (Austintown-Fitch) 12-6.
285: Matt Guizar (Canton South) pin Caden Mayle (Marlington) 1:31.
Simms places second at D3 Classic
ATWATER — South Range won the team title on Saturday at the Div. III Classic at
Waterloo High School.
Winners for the Raiders included Hunter Newell (106 pounds), Kayden Walker (113), Tyson Seesholtz (150) and Chris Colucci (215).
Finishing second for the Raiders was Jacob Richardson (144) and Jake Starkey (165).
Wellsville’s Mason Simms finished second at 106.
Crestview’s Braeden Stalworth won at 144, while A.J. Coppersmith was second at 157.
United’s Dallas McCracken was second at 285.


