The Freddie Invite was held on Jan. 13 with 22 teams competing, and New Philadelphia came away with the top spot with a score of 285. Ezekiel Williams picked up career win number 100 in the tournament, and Garrett Dillon-Rine was the MVP. Dilon Rine took first in the 285 pound class.
Results are as follows:
- New Philadelphia-285.0
- Marion Harding-209.0
- Willard-154.0
- Lexington-145.0
- Coshocton-136.5
- Thomas Worthington-129.0
- Shelby-126.5
- Mount Vernon-117.5
- Del. Hayes-115.0
- Mount Gilead-114.0
- South Central-109.0
- Gahanna Lincoln-104.0
- Fredericktown-88.0
- St. Thomas Aquinas-57.0
- Lucas-20.0
- Delaware Christian-17.0
- Buckeye Central-15.0
- Mansfield Senior-13.0
- Ridgedale-8.0
- Granville-6.0
- West Muskingham-3.0
- East Knox-0.0
Local wrestlers placing in top 6:
106:2x5:
3rd- Rocco Castricone of Mount Gilead beat Josiah Palmer of Thomas Worthington 5-4
5th and 6th- Kyle Beaber of New Philadelphia pinned Aidan Moyer of Mount Vernon at 0:38
113:2x4:
2nd- Camden Richardson of New Philadelphia lost by pin to champion Diton Farnsworth of South Central at 3:59
126:2x5:
5th and 6th- Ethan Moore of Mount Vernon beat Christian Ross of Mansfield Senior 13-8
132:4x4:
2nd- Noah Crowthers of Mount Vernon was pinned by champion Jaden Griffith of Marion Harding at 2:39
3rd- Owen Reamsnider of Lexington pinned Grant Fuerst of Thomas Worthington at 2:46
138:4x4:
2nd- Ryan Harris of New Philadelphia was pinned by Ridge Barkley of Marion Harding at 1:10
5th- Gabe Thomas of Mount Vernon pinned Caiden Wilson of South Central at 3:40
144:4x5:
3rd- Landon Lehman of New Philadelphia pinned Brayden Sykes of Willard at 2:41
6th- Cayden Kunkle of Lexington was defeated by Sean Kelly of Marion Harding 6-0
150:4x5:
2nd- Ezekiel Williams of New Philadelphia was beaten by champion Kile Sentieri of Marion Harding 8-1
157:4x4:
1st-Gabe Simpson of Mount Gilead defeated Etnie Richardson of New Philadelphia 1-0
3rd and 4th- Kolton Clever of Lexington pinned Nicholas McFerren of Fredericktown at 1:52
5th and 6th- Jude Kirk of Mount Vernon beat David Gonzalez of New Philadelphia 8-4
165:4x3:
1st- Edgar Mejia-Ramos of New Philadelphia beat Aidan Bates of Willard 3-0
4th- Cirk Parker of Fredericktown lost to Jonas Brofford of Thomas Worthington 8-1
6th- Nathan Reed of Lexington lost to Reilly Bryant of De. Hayes 7-2
175:4x4:
2nd- Cole Eichorn of Lexington lost to Ryan Fox of Willard 10-3
5th- Nolan Pugh of New Philadelphia pinned Lukas Minnehan of Granville at 1:43
190:4x4:
2nd- Jackson Korns of New Philadelphia was pinned by Christian Santiz of Shelby at 4:28
6th- David Biggers of Lexington was beaten by Alex Hamons of South Central 3-2
215:4x4:
5th and 6th- Hunter Meimer of Mount Gilead pinned Devin Witt of Fredericktown at 3:09
285:4x4:
1st- Garrett Dillon-Rine of New Philadelphia pinned Julian Rivera of Coshocton at 5:36
3rd- Cody Meimer of Mount Gilead pinned Je’Merrion Jacobs of Marion Harding at 2:09
5th- Aedan Nicol of Lexington pinned Kyle Moose of Gahanna Lincoln at 0:15
