Eight
McLane Wrestlers Make Region 4 All-Star Team
Eight
General McLane wrestlers were named to the Times-News 2019 All
Star team. Hunter Robison and Andrew Brest were
picked for the 106 and 113 lbs. slots on the first team. James
Laird made the cut at 170 lbs. as did 220 pounder, Seth
Yarger. Matt Leehan (132), Michael Abbate
(138), Cody Stempka (182) and Hunter Dickson (285)
were all named to the second team. In addition, Jackson Spires
made the District 10 All Stars second team at 145 lbs.
Region
4 All Stars
First team
106: Hunter Robison, fr., General McLane
113: Andrew Brest, sr., General McLane
120: Ethan Herman, jr., Girard
126: J.T. Ploss, sr., Fort LeBoeuf
132: John Wheeler, sr., Northwestern
138: Joel Huck, jr., Fort LeBoeuf
145: Caiden Mooney, sr., Northwestern
152: Dylan Muscarella, sr., North East
160: Jason Bratt, sr., Harbor Creek
170: James Laird, so., General McLane
182: Julian Gorring, sr., Fort LeBoeuf
195: Dom Viscuso, sr., Harbor Creek
220: Seth Yarger, jr., General McLane
285: Jordan Schell, so., Girard
Second
team
106: Alex Cottrell, fr., Northwestern
113: Connor Pierce, fr., Harbor Creek
120: Thomas Johnson, so., Iroquois
126: Ryan Slupski, fr., Iroquois
132: Matt Leehan, so., General McLane
138: Michael Abbate, fr., General McLane
145: Owen Jefferson, jr., Seneca
152: Josh McCall, sr., Fort LeBoeuf
170: Brent Burbules, sr., Fort LeBoeuf
182: Cody Stempka, so., General McLane
195: Tim Church, so., Fort LeBoeuf
285: Hunter Dickson, jr., General McLane
Region
champion — General McLane
Region
wrestler of the year — John Wheeler, Northwestern
District
10 All Stars
145: Jackson Spires, so., General McLane
03/31/19
Robison
and Spires One Win Short of Medaling in Hershey
The
first day at the PIAA Championships was a tough one for GM's
state qualifiers. Andrew Brest, Hunter Robison
and Jackson Spires all lost their first round matches.
For Brest, it was more than tough, it was disastrous! Andrew
suffered an injury during a scramble in his first bout and was
forced to forfeit his second match, which ended not only his
tournament but his high school wrestling career.
Hunter
Robison lost his preliminary round match by fall to 5th
ranked, Noah Frack of Brandywine Heights. But Hunter was far
from finished. He bounced back with two straight upset victories,
one over #16 Brice Beatty of Mount Union. Robison used a front
headlock to take Beatty to mat, then hit a chancellor and stepped
over to score back points and take a 4-0 lead. He increased
his lead to 7-1 when he escaped and hit a dump in the 2nd period.
Robison was finally able to lock up a cradle and get the fall
with 59 seconds remaining in the period. In the second consi
round, Hunter pulled off an exciting 10-8 overtime win against
#11 Easton Toth of Forest Hills. Robison took a 4-2 lead into
the final period. He reversed Toth 23 seconds into the period
to increase his lead to 6-2. Toth came roaring back and tied
the score at 8 just as time ran out. But Hunter was unfazed
and won the match with a double leg takedown just 8 seconds
into sudden victory. His tournament came to an end just one
match short of making the medal rounds when he dropped a heart
breaking, 5-4 decision to #10 Gavin Bradley of Athens. Robison
held a 4-1 lead late in the bout but Bradley scored a takedown
and back points with just seconds left to win the 5-4 squeaker.
Jackson
Spires lost his first match in the prelims to last year's
state champ, 4th ranked, Nathan Haubert of Palisades by a score
of 8-1. Jackson rebounded with two straight wins, the first
over #18 Marshall Marfinetz of Girard. Spires took Marfinetz
to the mat early in the first period and rode him out. In the
2nd stanza Spires reversed Marfinetz, locked up a cradle and
got the pin. He pulled out a hard fought, 6-3 win over #20 Hunter
Burke of Lake Lehman in the second consolation round. The tourney
ended for Jackson when dropped a 10-6 decision to #8 Nick Rosengrant
of Saucon Valley. Spires trailed 6-4 at the end of two periods
but fought out of a crab ride, reversed Rosengrant and nearly
scored back points to tie the score at 6. Unfortunately, he
gave up a reversal and 2 backs with just 10 seconds remaining.
Andrew
Brest lost his preliminary round match to #9 Cooper Gillham
of Bald Eagle, 9-7. The two wrestlers went to the second period
tied 2-2. Andrew was riding from the top postion when Gillham
stood up, hit a whizzer and then a headlock at the edge of the
mat. Andrew appeared to come down on his head and neck. After
an injury time out the two resumed wrestling but Andrew didn't
look like himself after that. Gillham was holding on to a 6-5
lead going into the 3rd. Brest cut Gillham loose to go for the
winning takedown but Gillham fought out of a front headlock
and dumped Andrew to take 9-5 lead with 1:15 remaining. Gillham
was penalized for locked hands and Brest escaped at the buzzer,
but it wasn't enough. After the match, Andrew was taken to the
hospital to get checked out and his tournament was over.
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Notes:
Hunter
Robison wrestled a great tournament, winning two matches
and nearly nabbing a medal in Hershey. His two wins tied him
with Joe Wheeling for the freshman record of 35 wins!
He also added a pin, which gave him 21 for the year!
Andrew
Brest finished his high school wrestling career with 112
wins. Only 12 GM wrestlers have won more matches. He also holds
the #6 spot in the record books for career takedowns with 251.
While it's unfortunate that Andrew's high school wrestling career
ended with an injury, we're all thankful it wasn't more serious.
He suffered contusions and trauma to the spine but is expected
to make a full recovery.
Jackson
Spires had an awesome sophomore season. After missing his
entire freshman season and more than half of this season due
to injury, he made the most of what was left of the year. He
was section runnerup, bounced back to win a district title and
finished 2nd at regionals. He wrestled very well at states,
just missing the medal rounds! He finished the season with 15
wins-6 losses. Of those 6 losses, 1 was by injury default, 2
were to regional champ, Caiden Mooney and 3 to state place winners!
Matt Leehan, despite not making it to the state tournament,
finished his season leading the team in wins with 36. He also
made the GM record books with 20 pins!
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Championship
Finals
106 Sheldon Seymour (Troy) wbdd Levi Haines (Biglerville) 5-4
113 Jackson Arrington (Forest Hills) wbd Kole Biscoe (Southern
Columbia) 10-3
120 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame GP) wbd Beau Bayless (Reynolds)
3-0
126 Brock McMillen (Glendale) wbd Chase Shields (Bishop McDevitt)
3-2
132 Joshua Jones (Saucon Valley) wbd Tye Varndell (Cambridge
Springs) 7-3
138 Jacob Ealy (Hopewell) wbd Kenneth Kiser (Saegertown)
7-5
145 Andrew Cerniglia (Notre Dame GP) wbmd Gabe Miller (Pequea
Valley) 14-0
152 Ryan Vulakh (Pope John Paul II) wbtf Trent Schultheis (Freedom)
20-5 5:19
160 Thayne Lawrence (Frazier) wbd Alec English (Kane) 7-2
170 Jared McGill (Chestnut Ridge) wbd Christian Clutter (McGuffey)
8-2
182 Dayton Pitzer (Mount Pleasant) wbd Bryson Miller (Freedom)
3-1
195 Gaige Garcia (Southern Columbia) wbd Kolby Franklin (St
Joseph’s Cath) 5-2.
220 Jacob McMaster (Greenville) wbd Dominic Deluca (Derry)
6-2 OT
285 Colby Whitehill (Brookville) wbd Jake Ryan (Mount Union)
5-2
Consolation
Finals
106: Gary Steen (Reynolds) wbd Joey Fischer (South Park)
2-1 TB2
113: Ryan Michaels (Elizabeth Forward) wbmd Nate Holderbaum
(Chestnut Ridge) 14-0
120: Nate Smith (Bishop McDevitt) wbd Hunter Thompson (Titusville)
1-0
126: Bronson Garber (Upper Dauphin) wbd Tyler Cymmerman (Derry)
7-2
132: Kaden Cassidy (Bedford) wbd Zack Witmer (St Joseph’s
Cath) 6-5
138: Erik Gibson (Forest Hills) wbd Marckis Branford (Wilson)
14-7
145: Caleb Dowling (St Joseph’s Cath) wbd Gavin Garcia
(Southern Columbia) 3-0
152: Keegan Rothrock (St. Joseph’s Cath) wbd Mason Karpinski
(Greenville) 3-2
160: Matthew Arciuolo (Saucon Valley) wbd Tyler Stoltzfus (St
Joseph’s Cath) 2-1
170: Derek Brown (Penn Cambria) wbf David Galasso (Athens) 2:02
182: Gavin Henry (Union City) wbmd Austin Walley (Ellwood
City) 10-1
195: Colin Fegley (Mahanoy) wbd Hunter Tremain (North Star)
7-6
220: Preston Zachman (Southern Columbia) wbmd Cameron Wood (Montoursville)
10-2
285: Jalen Stephens (Meyersdale) wbd Lear Quinton (Southern
Columbia) 3-1
5th/6th
106: Kai Burkett (Chestnut Ridge) wbd Gavin Bradley (Athens)
6-0
113: Gable Strickland (Benton) wbd Adam Jacob (East Pennsboro)
3-0
120: Ian Oswalt (Burrell) wbd Caydin Wickard (Boiling Springs)
4-2
126: Anthony Glasl (Brockway) wbd Brandan Chletos (Notre Dame
GP) 5-2
132: Garret Cornell (Everett) wbf John Wheeler (Northwestern)
3:46
138: A.J. Corrado (Burrell) wbd Tyler Martin (Bishop McDevitt)
1-0
145: John Rocco Kazalas (Quaker Valley) wbmd Tristan Pugh (Berlin-Brothers
V) 16-8
152: Sully Allen (Sharon) wbf Trenton Harder (Bermudian
Springs) 4:36
160: Cooper Mosier (Towanda) wbd Cole Sossong (Portage) 1-0
170: Noah Hutcherson (Valley) wbd Tyler Fisher (Kutztown) 5-3
182: Derek Yingling (West Branch) wbd Garrett McClintock (Brockway)
6-1 OT
195: John Vargo (Bentworth) wbd Geoff Magin (Quaker Valley)
7-4
220: Kolby Flank (Wilson Area) wbd Cory Johnston (Glendale)
9-3
285: Matt Long (Union City) wbf Derrick Skeehan (Reynolds)
2:01
7th/8th
106: Noah Frack (Brandywine Heights) wbd Matt Vulakh (Pope John
Paul II) 5-0
113: Connor Pierce (Harbor Creek) wbd David Kreider (Allentown
CC) 7-2
120: Baylor Shunk (Penns Valley) wbd Blake Showers (Biglerville)
10-5
126: Tyler Denochick (West Branch) wbd Dalton Gimbor (Hamburg)
3-0
132: Kaeden Berger (Reynolds) wbd Joseph Hester (Montrose)
1-0
138: Malachi Duvall (Penns Valley) wbd Thomas Spirk (Saucon
Valley) 9-8
145: Nathan Haubert (Palisades) wbd Nick Rosengrant (Saucon
Valley) 2-1
152: D.J. Erickson (Hanover) wbd Hudson Holbay (Westmont-Hilltop)
3-1
160: Cade Linn (Southern Columbia) wbmd Austin Mele (Burrell)
9-0
170: Isaiah DeJesus (Notre Dame GP) wb forf Carl Harris (Littlestown)
182: Kaleb Kamerer (Slippery Rock) wbd Hunter O’Connor
(Jersey Shore) 5-2
195: Gable Crebs (Montoursville) wbd Lawrence Richardson (Bishop
McDevitt) 5-0
220: Connor Forrest (Hopewell) wbf Tyrone Fowler (Bishop McDevitt)
4:53
285: Kole Winfield (Southern Huntingdon) wbd Emmanuel Lawa l
(Church Farm) 3-2 OT
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Individual
GM Wrestlers at the 2019 PIAA AA Championships
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106-Hunter
Robison #17
Pigt: Bye
Pre: #5 N. Frack (Brandy) wbf Robison 0:32
Cons: Robison wbf #16 B. Beatty (MU) 2:01
Cons: Robison wbd #11 E Toth (FH) 10-8 OT
Cons: #10 G Bradley (AA) wbd Robison 5-4
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (DNP)
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113-Andrew
Brest #5
Pigt: Bye
Pre: #9 C. Gilham (BEA) wbd Brest 9-7
Cons: M. Inman (Annv) wb forf Brest
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
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145-Jackson
Spires #12
Pigt: Bye
Pre: #4
N. Haubert (Palis) wbd Spires 8-1
Cons: Spires wbf #18 M Marfinetz (Gir) 1:30
Cons: Spires wbd #20 H Burke (LL) 6-3
Cons:
#8 N. Rosengrant (SV) wbd Spires
10-6
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (DNP)
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03/10/19
Three GM Wrestlers
Advance To Hershey!
A
trio of McLane wrestlers advanced to the 2019 PIAA state tournament,
which will take place in Hershey, PA. from March 7th-March 9th.
Hunter Robison, Andrew Brest and Jackson Spires
all finished in the top four and earned the right to battle
for a state medal in their respective weight classes. Matt
Leehan took 5th place at 132 lbs. and will be an alternate.
Brest
and Spires made it into the regional finals, but both lost and
had to settle for silver medals. Andrew Brest opened
his tournament with a first round bye and then registered a
7-3 decision over Titusville's Seth Donovan in the quaterfinals.
Andrew moved on to the finals when he posted a 7-0 shutout over
Cole Bayless of Reynolds. In the finals, he went head to head
with 4th ranked, Logan Jaquay of Eisenhower for the 3rd week
in a row. Brest got the better of Jaquay in the Section 1-AA
Tournament finals but Jaquay turned it around and got the win
at districts. In the regional finale, Andrew scored the first
takedown but that was all the scoring he would do. Jaquay escaped
and took Brest down to take a 3-2 lead into the second stanza.
Andrew cut Jaquay loose with a minute left in the 2nd to go
for a takedown, but Jaquay hit a low single and set him down
on the mat. Brest tried to fight out of it but made the mistake
of not bailing as soon as the takedown was awarded to Jaquay.
That mistake cost Andrew not only the takedown but 3 back points.
That made the score 9-2 in favor of Jaquay. Andrew chose the
bottom position in the 3rd but was unable to escape.
Jackson
Spires also met a familiar opponent in the finals, #11 Caiden
Mooney of Northwestern. Mooney had scored a 14-6 major decision
over Spires in the section tournament but Jackson shut Mooney
out, 5-0 in last weeks district finals. In the region final,
Spires started off the match by hitting a sweep single but Mooney
countered it well and the two scrambled out of bounds with 50
seconds remaining in the 1st. Jackson immediately went to the
sweep again and locked up a cradle. Mooney managed to belly
out of it but not before Spires got 3 back points and took a
5-0 lead. Jackson took that lead into the 2nd period but Mooney
looked like a completely different wrestler from that point
on. Mooney reversed Spires in just seconds to cut Spires' lead
to 5-2. Jackson escaped and and then hit that sweep single again.
He locked up a cradle once again but Mooney stepped over and
scored a reversal. Mooney turned Spires to his back twice after
that and cruised to a 9-5 decision.
Hunter
Robison went 3-1, losing only to 12th ranked, regional runner
up, Owen Reinsel of Brookville in the semis. After an opening
round bye, Robison pinned Mark Palmer of Brockway. After losing
to Reinsel he bounced back with two straight close wins to earn
the bronze! Matt Leehan won his first round match over
Gannon Jaquay of Eisenhower with a 10-0 major decision. He was
upset by #23 Ethan Wyant of Redbank Valley in the quarterfianls.
Matt rebounded with two straight wins in the consis but then
fell to #14 Kaeden Berger of Reynolds in the blood round. Matt
finished his tournament with a 17-2 technical fall over Saegertown's
Dawson Bartholomew and earned alternate status at 132 lbs.
Seth
Yarger went 1-2 and James Laird 0-2 to end their
seasons. The team finished in 8th place in a 42 team field.
GM's three state qualifiers will be back in action in Hershey
on Thursday.
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Notes
From Regionals:
With
his 3 wins at regionals, Hunter Robison upped his season
record to 33-6. If he can win at least 2 matches at the state
tournament he would tie Joe Wheeling for the freshman record.
Robison's pin in the quarterfinals of the NW Regional Tournament
was his 20th of the season. He broke the freshman record last
week. His pin at regionals put him on the list in the GM Wrestling
record books for "Season Falls." Only 18 GM wrestlers
have registered 20 or more falls in a season and he's the first
freshman in the history of the McLane wrestling program to ever
make that list. Hunter also is just the 7th freshman
in GM history to advance to the state tournament. Of those
7 freshaman, all but one were coached by Ryan Cook! Phil
Frndak made it to the state tournament as a freshman in
1974 and was coached by Steve Samol.
Matt
Leehan's season ended at the regional tournament this weekend
but not before he recorded his team leading, 36th win of the
season! Matt has 64 career wins already and still has two high
school wrestling seasons remaining! With two pins at regionals,
Matt also made the 'Season Falls' list with 20!
Andrew
Brest won two matches and improved to 35-6 on the season.
He now has 112 career wins. That ties him with former GM standouts,
Branden Stearns and Chris Laird for #13 on the
list! Andrew also moved into the #7 spot for 'Career Takedowns'
with 251.
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Championship
Finals
106 G Steen (Rey) wbmd D Reinsel (Brook) 9-1
113 L Jaquay (Eis) wbd A Brest (GM)
9-2
120 B Bayless (Rey) wbf B Johnson (PA) 5:51
126 B Knauf (Grv) wb forf A Glasl (Brock)
132 T Varndell (CS) wbd J Wheeler (NW) 9-3
138 K Kiser (Sae) wbd R Bartolo (Rey) 6-2
145 C Mooney (NW) wbd J Spires (GM)
10-6
152 S Allen (Shar) wbd M Karpinski (Grv) 5-2
160 A English (Kane) wbd P Hearn (Conn) 8-5
170 B Gentile (Grv) wbd E Finch (Shef) 14-7
182 G Henry (UC) wbd G McClintock (Brock) 5-2
195 C Black (Eis) wbd A Kelly (Conn) 3-2 OT
220 J McMaster (Grv) wbmd J Bauer (Eis) 16-6
285 C Whitehill (Brook) wbf D Skeehan (Rey) 0:55
Consolation
Finals
106 H Robison (GM) wbd M
Palmer (Brock)
113 C Pierce (HC) wbd C Bayless (Rey) 5-3
120 H Thompson (Titus) wbd A Kightlinger (Sae) 7-0
126 W Burgess (UC) wbd B Passarelli (Curw) 4-0
132 K Berger (Rey) wbmd E Wiant (Redb) 8-0
138 A Chess (Mer) wbd N Blankenship (Kane) 5-2
145 W Davenport (Conn) wbmd M Marfinetz (Gir) 16-4
152 G Musser (CP) wbd B Laird (Conn) 3-2
160 J Bratt (HC) wbd H Thompson (Rey) 4-3
170 C Whisner (Kane) wbd C Toy (Rey) 4-3
182 K Kamerer (SR) wbd T Race (Kane) 10-8
195 E Johnson (Brock) wbd E Ayers (Coud) 9-5
220 W Owen (Rey) wbd J King (Maplew) 6-3
285 M Long (UC) wb def M Wills (Grv)
5th/6th
106 B Johnson (PA) wbf A Armagost (CP) 1:44
113 S Donovan (Titus) wbd C McLaughlin (James) 2-1
120 B Altobelli (Redb) wbd H Morris (Kane) 6-4
126 A Ishko (Rey) wbd C Gill (Hick) 9-3
132 M Leehan (GM) wbtf D
Bartholomew (Sae) 17-2
138 J Boozer (Coch) wbd J Gardner (UC) 8-2
145 K Brown (Coch) wbd C Giietler (Osw) 3-2
152 A Hulings (Kane) v C Casilio (Johns)
160 T Greer (GC) wbd L Gaston (Shar) 5-1
170 M Petrilla (Cor) wb def E Hilliard (SR)
182 B McCloskey (Rey) wbd B MacBeth (Brook) 5-0
195 H Linkerhof (Cor) wbf D Viscuso (HC) 2:09
220 T Stahli (Kane) wb def D Boozer (Coch)
285 J Schell (Gir) wbf H Thompson (Brock) 3:34
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1.
Reynolds 198, 2. Greenville 115, 3. Kane 95.5, 4. Brockway 87.5,
5. Union City 82, 6. Conneaut 74.5, 7. Eisenhower 70, 8.
General McLane 69.5, 9. Brookville 57, 10. Saegertown
50, 11. Northwestern 43, 11. Harborcreek 43, 13. Cochranton
38, 13. Port Allegany 38, 13. Redbank Valley 38, 16. Sharon
34.5, 17. Titusville 33, 18. Commodore Perry 27, 18. Girard
27, 20. Corry 25, 21. Cambridge Springs 23, 21. Sheffield 23,
23. Slippery Rock 22, 24. Jamestown 19.5, 25. Maplewood 16,
25. Mercer 16, 27. Grove City 15, 28. Coudersport 14, 29. Curwensville
13, 30. Johnsonburg 10, 31. Hickory 8, 32. Fort LeBoeuf 7.5,
33. Franklin 7, 33. Oswayo Valley 7, 35. North East 5, 36. West
Middlesex, 37. Clarion 0, 37. Iroquois 0, 37. Ridgway 0, 37.
Seneca 0, 37. Sharpsville 0
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Individual
GM Wrestlers at the 2019 NW Regional AA Tournament
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106-Hunter
Robison
Pre: Bye
QF: Robison wbf M Palmer (Brock) 5:22
SF: O Reinsel (Brook) wbf Robison 1:30
Cons SF: Robison wbd A Armagost (CP) 4-2
Cons F: Robison wbd M Palmer (Brock) 5-3
Tourn
Record: 3-1 (PLACED 3RD) Qualified
for states
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113-Andrew
Brest
Pre: Bye
QF: Brest wbd S Donovan (Titus) 7-3
SF: Brest wbd C Bayless (Rey) 7-0
F: L Jaquay (Eis) wbd Brest 9-2
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED 2ND) Qualified
for states
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132-Matt
Leehan
Pre: Leehan wbmd G Jaquay (Eis) 10-0
QF: E Wiant (Redb) wbd Leehan 9-2
Cons: Leehan wbf D Kelly (Coud) 0:48
Cons QF: Leehan wbf T Henry (UC) 4:46
Cons SF: K Berger (Rey) wbf Leehan 1:24
5th/6th: Leehan wbtf D Bartholomew (Sae) 17-2
Tourn
Record: 4-2 (PLACED 5TH)
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145-Jackson
Spires
Pre: Bye
QF: Spires wbd J Rodgers (Titus) 6-0
SF: Spires wbd W Davenport (Conn) 3-1
F: C
Mooney (NW) wbd Spires 10-5
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED 2ND)
Qualified
for states
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170-James
Laird
Pre: J Goodlin (James) wbf Laird 5:06
Cons: Bye
Cons: M VanTassel (UC) wbmd Laird 11-0
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
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220-Seth
Yarger
Pre: J King (Maplew) wbf Yarger 1:56
Cons: Bye
Cons: Yarger wbd Z Nesevich (James) 3-2
Cons QF: T Stahli (Kane) wbd Yarger 4-2
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
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03/03/19
