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:

1. New Philadelphia-285.0
2. Marion Harding-209.0
3. Willard-154.0
4. Lexington-145.0
5. Coshocton-136.5
6. Thomas Worthington-129.0
7. Shelby-126.5
8. Mount Vernon-117.5
9. Del. Hayes-115.0
10. Mount Gilead-114.0
11. South Central-109.0
12. Gahanna Lincoln-104.0
13. Fredericktown-88.0
14. St. Thomas Aquinas-57.0
15. Lucas-20.0
16. Delaware Christian-17.0
17. Buckeye Central-15.0
18. Mansfield Senior-13.0
19. Ridgedale-8.0
20. Granville-6.0
21. West Muskingham-3.0
22. 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