Centerburg High School hosted the first ever Centerburg Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 27, and Trojan Coach Alec Szanati was not only happy with his team’s fourth place finish but also for how the event went off without a hitch.
“A huge shout out to the entire program for making this weekend possible,” Coach Szanati said on the following Monday. “We received numerous compliments this weekend from our outstanding hospitality room to the tournament running smoothly, to the table workers and everything in between. It truly takes a village to pull off a quality event, let alone two quality events over the weekend, as our youth tournament was hosted today. Thank you all for making this possible. Looking forward to making this a yearly tradition.”
| Team | Score | |
| 1 | Cal. River Valley | 216.0 |
| 2 | Olentangy Berlin | 205.0 |
| 3 | Marion-Franklin | 192.5 |
| 4 | Centerburg | 189.0 |
| 5 | Shelby | 135.0 |
| 6 | Liberty Union | 112.5 |
| 7 | Wooster | 97.0 |
| 8 | Buckeye Valley | 91.5 |
| 9 | Cardington-Lincoln | 81.0 |
| 10 | St. Charles | 81.0 |
| 11 | Lucas | 58.0 |
| 12 | Fredericktown | 54.0 |
Centerburg
Christopher Marshall took first place in the 138 pound class by pinning John Peterson of Olentangy Berlin at 1:42.
Charlie Sargent also took first in the 285 pound class, pinning Drew Goldberg of Cal. River Valley at 1:03.
Noah Matthews pinned Daniel Crawford of Fredericktown at 1:13 to take third in the 113 pound class.
In the 106 pound class, Cory Climer placed third by beating Ja’marre Guinn of Marion-Franklin, by a major decision of 13-3.
In the 126 pound class, Braxton Vernon was third with a 13-6 win over C.J. Furlong of Wooster.
Jonah Gribben placed second in the 132 pound class, pinned by Mason Grate of Liberty Union at 2:45.
In the 150 pound class, Thomas Hause was third with a pin of Wade Woodworth of Olentangy Berlin at 1:53.
Wooster
Dylan Hudson won the 157 pound class with a pin of Hayden Kittles of Cal. River Valley at 1:24.
Evan Patton was second in the 215 pound class, as he was pinned by Jermiah Jones of Marion-Franklin in the first place match at 3:35.
C.J. Furlong took fourth in the 126 pound class, as he was beaten in the third place match by Braxton Vernon 13-6.
Julian Franklin was fifth in the 175 pound class, beating Kameron Childs of Marion-Franklin by technical fall.
Cardington-Lincoln
Wyatt Denney won the 165 pound class with a pin at 0:30 of Taliq Black from Marion-Franklin.
In the 120 pound class, Dylan Compton was fifth with a 5-0 win over Aiden Jordan of Olentangy Berlin.
Bryce Hartley was fifth in the 138 pound class, winning 14-2 by major decision over Mason Koch of Shelby.
Carter Sherman took fourth place, as he lost by a 19-3 technical fall to Vinson Haines of Liberty Union in the third place match.
In the 190 pound class, Wyatt Davis lost 6-2 to Osi Griffin and took sixth place in the meet.
Fredericktown
Daniel Crawford was fourth in the 113 pound class, as he was pinned by Noah Matthews of Centerburg in the third place match at a time of 1:13.
In the 120 pound class, Trent Rooke beat Austin Perdue took third in a 2-1 win over Austin Perdue of St. Charles.
Dalton Lang beat Rayden Beal of Marion-Franklin 10-3 in the 144 pound class to take fifth place.
In the 215 pound class, Devon Whitt defeated Montana Honetor of Buckeye Valley 4-2 to place fifth.
