Geneva won the team title and six wrestlers from the Chagrin Valley Conference won individual titles at the 2019 Riverside Rumble on Saturday.
The Eagles scored 378 ½ points with four wrestlers winning their respective weight classes and seven others who finished among the top six.
Geneva’s titlists included Johnny Wayslaw (132), Caleb Selman (152), John Amato (182) and Charles Taylor (220).
Other Eagles to earn a top-six finish included Jayden Sabol (3rd, 106), Dustin Sweeney (2nd, 113), Jesse McElroy (2nd, 138), Brett Goff (3rd, 145), Mike Amato (5th, 160), Cole Vennis (3rd, 170) and Brandon Thomas (3rd, 195).
Orange also claimed a pair of champions in Yury Pozdneev and Tanner Coker.
Pozdneev pinned three-time state qualifier Jake Edelman of Pymatuning Valley in the first period to win the 126-pound title. He also claimed the lower weight’s Most Valuable Wrestler Award. Coker finished first at 285 after an exciting semifinals match that saw him come from behind to beat top-seeded Maliek Williams of Brush.
“Our leaders led by example,” Orange coach Adam Kriwinskyi said. “Yury and Tanner wrestled their matches this weekend which allowed them to walk away as champs. Tanner’s come from behind win in the semifinals really set the tone for the finals.”
Other CVC placers included Chagrin Falls’ Owen McClintock (4th, 170), Orange’s Jackson Hurwitz (6th, 106), Geneva’s Ayden Gillespi (5th, 113), Lakeside’s Darian Cowles (2nd, 120), Ethan Wannett (5th, 126), Kaleb Scaine (4th, 195), Robbie Delewski (3rd, 220) and Kevin Pettit (2nd, 285).
Riverside Rumble Team Scores
1. Geneva 378.5
2. Riverside 271.0
3. Brecksville 228.0
4. Lakeside 207.5
5. Brush 173.5
6. Pymatuning Valley 163.5
7. North 156.5
8. Lorain 124.5
9. Jefferson Area 123.0
10. Orange 120.0
11. Jackson-Milton 115.0
12. Conneaut 101.0
13. Euclid 93.5
14. University School 88.0
15. Holy Name 76.0
6. Chagrin Falls 68.5
17. Geneva B 60.0
18. St. John 32.0
18. Riverside B 32.0
Finals
106: Chase Pluhar (Brecksville) pin Liam Hatgas (Holy Name) 3:46; Jayden Sabol (Geneva) pin Xzander Natal (Lorain) 0:20; John Sethman (North) pin Jackson Hurwitz (Orange) 1:50;
113: Kaden Frantz (Riverside) pin Dustin Sweeney (Geneva) 1:04; Santino Humphrey (Lorain) dec. Derick Martinez (North) 8-1; Ayden Gillespi (Geneva B) pin Joseph Armstrong (Jackson-Milton) 2:47;
120: Chris Rocha (Riverside) pin Darian Cowles (Lakeside) 3:50; Joseph Davis (North) pin Xavier Santiago (Lorain) 1:30; Matt Hatgas (Holy Name) pin Houghston Lockner (Jackson-Milton) 2:30;
126: Yury Pozdneev (Orange) pin Jake Edelman (Pymatuning Valley) 1:31; Amari Bowers (Conneaut) dec. Mark Sobonya (Riverside) 6-1; Ethan Wannett (Lakeside) pin Francisco Velez (Holy Name) 1:29;
132: Johnny Wayslaw (Geneva) pin William Campbell (Pymatuning Valley) 3:37; Hunter Nitzsky (Jackson-Milton) pin Jacob Farenchak (Riverside) 3:02; Trent Hodge (Jefferson Area) dec. Tyler Cathcart (St. John) 4-3;
138: Tyler Wittreich (Riverside) dec. Jesse McElroy (Geneva) 10-3; London Settles (Brush) maj. dec. Gavin Richner (Riverside B) md11-2; Logan Pinkerton (Conneaut) dec. Dylan Young (North) 6-4;
145: Ryan Staton (Jackson-Milton) dec. Max Vanadia (Brecksville) 7-4; Brett Goff (Geneva) pin Sam Becker*BRE (X1) 0:27; Aidan Mendleson (Brush) dec. Riley Williams*CON (X2) 12-8;
152: Caleb Selman (Geneva) dec. Joe Averill (University School) 9-3; Ryan Myers (Riverside) pin William Lucas (Brush) 2:10; Kaden Johnston (Jefferson Area) dec. Sam Naffah (Brecksville) 7-4;
160: Danny Martich (Riverside) dec. Nick Campbell (Brecksville) 7-5 OT; Donell Britten (Brush) pin Alex Weinberg (University School) 2:23; Mike Amato (Geneva) Default Colt Edgar (Jefferson Area) Default;
170: Shawn Earle (Brecksville) pin Tyler Longstaff (Riverside) 3:01; Cole Vennis (Geneva) maj. dec. Owen McClintock (Chagrin Falls) md9-1; Sam Olson (University School) pin Brent Dietrich (Jefferson Area) 2:30;
182: John Amato (Geneva) pin Christian Leyva (Lakeside) 3:02; Daren Christine (Conneaut) pin Lucas Woodworth (Jefferson Area) 2:39; Eric Hiser (North) pin Jimmy Thomas*PVA (X1) 1:35;
195: Freddy Lisy (Euclid) pin Kenny Crouch (Pymatuning Valley) 1:44; Brandon Thomas (Geneva) tech. fall Kaleb Scaine (Lakeside) tf15-0; Noah Daugherty (Riverside) Rajeev Rangaraju (Brecksville) ;
220: Charles Taylor (Geneva) pin La`Ron Parks (Euclid) 2:52; Robbie Delewski (Lakeside) pin Thurmond Adkins (Pymatuning Valley) 0:58; Garrette Siebeneck*LAK (X1) dec. Nkozi Morton (Lorain) 5-2;
285: Tanner Coker (Orange) pin Kevin Pettit (Lakeside) 0:50; Maliek Williams (Brush) pin Luke Gibbons (Brecksville) 0:58; Brandon Krivacic (Euclid) Default William Ball*EUC (X2) Default;
