With eight individual place winners, Geneva finished second at the 2019 Division II sectional wrestling tournament at Lake Catholic on Saturday.
The Eagles advanced eight wrestlers and three alternates to next weekend’s Alliance District tournament.
Harvey finished in fifth place with four district qualifiers and three alternates, West Geauga finished sixth with five district qualifiers and an alternate and Perry placed eighth overall with four district qualifiers.
Individual sectional champions from the Chagrin Valley Conference included Perry’s Kyle Rowan (106) and Geneva’s Braden Bilicic (160), Brandon Thomas (195) and Charles Taylor (220).
Perry’s Colin Koenig (126), West Geauga’s Solomon Troychansky (138) and Tyler Moriarty (220), Geneva’s Caleb Selman (152) and Cole Vennis (170), and Harvey’s Ricardo Valadez (182) all finished second at their respective weight classes.
Third place finishers included Perry’s Calvin Rowan (113) and Tommy Jackson (220), Harvey’s Elijah Rowdy (120), Geneva’s Johnny Wayslaw (126), Jesse McElroy (132), Alex Krieg (182), and West Geauga’s Josh Moriarty (160) and Lou Alesnik (285).
Harvey’s Deondre Smith (138) and Francisco Melendez (285) and West Geauga’s Gino Fornaro (170) each placed fourth to earn their bid to the district tournament.
Fifth-place district alternates included Geneva’s Jayden Sabol (106), Devin Cerjan (138) and Antonio Saldana (285), Harvey’s David Boykin (113), Thomas Sicker (132) and Alberto Reynoso (220) and West Geauga’s James Mullally (182).
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PERRY’S KYLE ROWAN
GENEVA’S CHARLES TAYLOR
GENEVA’S BRADEN BILICIC
Sect. Tournament: Div. II – Lake Catholic Scores
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1. Lake Cath. 277.5; 2. Geneva 210.5; 3. Chardon 154.0; 4. Ash. Edgewood 140.0; 5. Harvey 113.0; 6. West Geauga 99.5; 7. Jefferson Area 86.5; 8. Perry 86.0; 9. Conneaut 62.0; 10. Chardon NDCL 34.0; 11. Shaw 3.0; 12. Glenville 0.0;
First Place
106: Kyle Rowan (Perry) dec. Brendan McCrone (Lake Cath.) 13-8;
113: Jake Hamulak (Chardon) maj. dec. Jared Biller (Ash. Edgewood) md14-6;
120: Jason Mayes (Jefferson Area) dec. Anthony Trivisono (Lake Cath.) 4-2;
126: Conor McCrone (Lake Cath.) maj. dec. Colin Koenig (Perry) md15-1;
132: Nicholas Coreno (Lake Cath.) dec. Vaughn Fink (Chardon) 8-2;
138: Simon Taraska (Lake Cath.) dec. Solomon Troychansky (West Geauga) 10-4;
145: Rob Boley (Lake Cath.) dec. Colt Edgar (Jefferson Area) 12-8;
152: Dakota Ryan (Lake Cath.) maj. dec. Caleb Selman (Geneva) md14-3;
160: Braden Bilicic (Geneva) dec. Sean O’Dwyer (Lake Cath.) 7-6;
170: Cole Hivnor (Lake Cath.) pin Cole Vennis (Geneva) 1:42;
182: Dorian Gridiron (Lake Cath.) maj. dec. Ricardo Valadez (Harvey) md15-3;
195: Brandon Thomas (Geneva) dec. Billy Beckwith (Jefferson Area) 7-5;
220: Charles Taylor (Geneva) pin Tyler Moriarity (West Geauga) 1:05;
285: Garrett Webster (Ash. Edgewood) dec. Jaret Hall (Chardon) 4-2;
Third Place
106: Kaden Frantz (Chardon NDCL) dec. Kyle Biller (Ash. Edgewood) 4-0;
113: Calvin Rowan (Perry) maj. dec. Tyler Secrist (Lake Cath.) md16-2;
120: Elijah Rowdy (Harvey) dec. Jaden Farris (Chardon) 9-5;
126: Johnny Wayslaw (Geneva) maj. dec. Matthew Annick (Ash. Edgewood) md10-1;
132: Jesse McElroy (Geneva) forfeit Jager Engelmann (Ash. Edgewood) Forfeit;
138: Haydn Haueter (Chardon) dec. Deondre Smith (Harvey) 15-12;
145: Collin Perz (Chardon) dec. Nick Abounader (Chardon NDCL) 7-2 SV;
152: Adam Talso (Ash. Edgewood) pin Nick Becker (Chardon) 2:57;
160: Josh Moriarity (West Geauga) dec. Charlie Brosch (Chardon) 12-6;
170: Jason Bisbey (Ash. Edgewood) dec. Gino Fornaro (West Geauga) 9-3;
182: Alex Krieg (Geneva) pin Troy Peterson (Ash. Edgewood) 4:43;
195: Owen Weaver (Lake Cath.) dec. Josh Tantari (Conneaut) 6-1;
220: Tommy Jackson (Perry) dec. Kosta Anderson (Lake Cath.) 9-3;
285: Lou Alesnik (West Geauga) pin Francisco Melendez (Harvey) 3:46;
Fifth Place
106: Jayden Sabol (Geneva) pin Anthony McIntyre (Harvey) 0:56;
113: David Boykin (Harvey) tech. fall Brier Streets (Geneva) tf16-0;
120: Justin Phares (Ash. Edgewood) dec. Ryan Berdysz (Perry) 6-3;
126: Nic Hall (Conneaut) pin Koner Frantz (Chardon NDCL) 1:36;
132: Thomas Sicker (Harvey) maj. dec. Cole Smock (Jefferson Area) md14-4;
138: Devin Cerjan (Geneva) pin Evan Smock (Jefferson Area) 4:20;
145: Jed Nadeau (Conneaut) pin Steve Young (Harvey) 4:35;
152: Austin Pinkerton (Conneaut) dec. Robert Sabol (West Geauga) 6-4 SV;
160: Hunter Stiltner (Conneaut) pin Kaden Johnston (Jefferson Area) 1:32;
170: Alex McDonald (Chardon) pin Tellus Andrews (Conneaut) 0:55;
182: James Mullally (West Geauga) pin Tyler Hale (Conneaut) 1:54;
195: Andrew McNaughton (Chardon) pin Brandon Butler (Harvey) 2:44;
220: Alberto Reynoso (Harvey) maj. dec. Kaleb Summers (Ash. Edgewood) md13-5;
285: Antonio Saldana (Geneva) pin Jernox Jones (Shaw) 3:28;
