AUSTINTOWN — Nationally ranked Jake Hughes of Beaver Local swept through his matches on Friday and Saturday to earn the most valuable wrestler award at the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament at Austintown Fitch.

Hughes had three quick pins and an a technical fall to win at 157 pounds for his second career EOWL crown. The sophomore improved to 29-3 on the season as he defeated Southern Local’s Rowan Wiley by pin in 1:15 in the final.

Hughes is ranked 15th in the nation at 157 pounds by FloWrestling.

Hughes was not the only Beaver winning titles on Saturday.

Freshman Jordan Bates (25-2) won at 106 by scoring a 4-0 win over Austintown Fitch’s Chayce Kemble in the final. Kemble was the top seed. Bates is ranked second in Ohio in Div. II at 106 by DubStat.

At 175, Beaver Local junior Evan Ours (24-8) dominated South Range’s Edward Stachowicz with a pin in 2:34. It is Ours’ second EOWL title.

In probably the most competitive championship match of the evening West Branch senior Beau Nezbeth (35-0) used a reversal in the dying seconds of the match to upset Beaver Local senior Bobby Buchheit 2-1 at 150 pounds. Buchheit, who is still recovering from knee surgery, fell to 13-1 on the season and is ranked No. 2 in the weight class by DubStat. Nezbeth is ranked sixth.

At 215, West Branch senior Gavin Hang (26-3) pinned Louisville’s Jake Beard in 5:13 to take home the weight class title. Hang is ranked sixth in his weight class by Dubstat.

Louisville won the overall team title, while Beaver Local finished third.

Beaver Local will be back in action on Sunday in the Ohio High School Coaches Association regional duals at Steubenville High School.

Beaver Local is the third seed in the tournament and will open with No. 6 seed Carrollton. The winner of that match will face the winner of No. 2 seed Claymont and No. 7 seed West Holmes for a berth in the state tournament set for Feb. 14 at Bishop Watterson High School.

TEAM SCORES: 1. Louisville 291, 2. Austintown Fitch 220.5, 3. Beaver Local 211, 4. Alliance 153.5, 5. South Range 143, 6. Canfield 133, 7. Southeast 132, 8. Howland 131, 9. West Branch 122.5, 10. Hubbard 101.5, 11. Chardon 98.5, 12. Garrettsville Garfield 81, 13. Jackson Milton 76, 14. Girard 73.5, 15. Marlington 68, 16. Pymatuning Valley 59, 17. Salem 45, 18. Grand Valley 42.5, T19. Liberty 41.5, T19. United 41.5, 21. Crestview 38, 22. Boardman 35, 23. Brookfield 31.5, 24. Columbiana 27.5, 25. Southern Local 25.5, 26. Poland 14, 27. Malvern 13.5, 28. Waterloo 8.5, 29. Mineral Ridge 3.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106: Jordan Bates (Beaver Local) dec. Chayce Kemble (Austintown Fitch), 4-0

113: Damian Kemble (Southeast) dec. Paxton Laughlin (Louisville), 4-2

120: Xavier Pollard (Louisville) maj. dec. Logan Balla (Hubbard), 14-3

126: Colton Rhoads (Louisville) pin Alessio Farrell (Austintown Fitch), 0:47

132: Markel Hackwelder (Hubbard) maj. dec. Liam Montgomery (Louisville), 17-7

138: Kaiden Barker (Louisville) maj. dec. Dominic Kemble (Southeast), 11-2

144: Aric Criss (Louisville) dec. Gavin Cantera (Southeast), 10-4

150: Beau Nezbeth (West Branch) dec. Bobby Buchheit (Beaver Local), 2-1

157: Jake Hughes (Beaver Local) pin Rowan Wiley (Southern Local), 1:15

165: Tyson Seesholtz (South Range) maj. dec. Tristan Miller (Canfield), 15-3

175: Evan Ours (Beaver Local) pin Edward Stachowicz (South Range), 2:34

190: Micah Bricker (Louisville) maj. dec. Landon Durstine (Southeast), 16-8

215: Gavin Hang (West Branch) pin Jake Beard (Louisville), 5:13

285: Noah Bolen (Austintown Fitch) pin Michael Uplinger (South Range), 1:39

THIRD PLACE MATCHES

106: Emilio Rodriguez (Louisville) tech. fall Jackson Braisted (Alliance), 18-0 (3:47)

113: Brayden Cortese (Howland) SV-1 Camron Lewicki (Garrettsville Garfield), 7-4

120: Caleb Marrison (Pymatuning Valley) pin John Burkett (Beaver Local), 4:40

126: Jose Estremera (Canfield) pin Mason Poracky (Boardman), 0:45

132: Trevor Osborne (Southeast) dec. Dom Fantone (Austintown Fitch), 5-1

138: Evan Protopapa (Austintown Fitch) dec. Luke Kaufman (Garrettsville Garfield), 4-0

144: Deacon Mock (Howland) dec. Landon Andel (Garrettsville Garfield), 5-3

150: Aidan O’Donnell (Howland) dec. Caden Callock (Alliance), 7-0

157: Johnny Beltz (Alliance) tech. fall Lucas Neff (Louisville), 17-2 (3:44)

165: Luke Vucetic (Chardon) pin Yousef Hajjawi (Liberty), 1:55

175: Andrew Pennington (Alliance) pin Vinnie Ragozine (Girard), 2:55

190: Stephen Medved (Austintown Fitch) maj. dec. Dom Bailey (South Range), 10-1

215: Roman Albert (Marlington) maj. dec. Alex Hartman (Alliance), 10-2

285: Cole Cappelli (Jackson Milton) UTB DJ Geiselman (Alliance), 3-2

FIFTH PLACE MATCHES

106: Ralph Stellato (South Range) pin Brayden Reed (Brookfield), 4:10

113: Jeryck Boyd (Beaver Local) med. forf. Bowen Irwin (Malvern)

120: Cain Mlinarsik (Canfield) TB-1 Cayden Gagliardo (Austintown Fitch), 2-1

126: Jonah Litter (Girard) dec. Camden Hambrick (Jackson Milton), 8-1

132: Leo Wilkes (Beaver Local) pin Clayton Lowe (Marlington), 1:33

138: Jonathan Adamson (Hubbard) maj. dec. Shakir Thomas (Liberty), 14-5

144: Matthew Tomaino (Beaver Local) med. forf. Trevor McElhaney (Crestview)

150: Jack McDevitt (Jackson Milton) med. forf. Kai Cosa (Austintown Fitch)

157: Bennett Claypoole (Pymatuning Valley) dec. Justin Marra (West Branch), 4-1

165: Braedon Landfried (Beaver Local) maj. dec. Brayden Elsass (Louisville), 14-3

175: Jason Dill (Chardon) maj. dec. Blake Culver-Shonce (Howland), 16-7

190: Jackson Shinn (West Branch) pin Ashton Lampman (Grand Valley), 0:13

215: Owen Dreher (Howland) dec. Xzavior Mayo (Austintown Fitch), 2-1

285: Mitchell Fink (Hubbard) pin Jadyn Masters (Canfield), 2:39

East Palestine Girls Tournament

EAST PALESTINE — Salem’s girls wrestling team picked up two champions on Saturday at the East Palestine tournament.

Delaney Callahan (26-12) won at 115 pounds, while Paige Menough (29-1) took first at 140.