COLUMBUS—Trinity freshman Derion Williams and Hawken’s Will Greenberg are one win away from clinching a state wrestling championship.
Both wrestlers advanced to the final round of the 2024 OHSAA State Wrestling Championships with a win in Saturday night’s semifinals.
Williams, who improved to 44-3, edged Genoa Area’s Ethan Powell in a sudden victory win, 3-1, and will wrestle Columbia’s Michael Frye in the Division III 106-pound championship match Sunday night.
Last weekend, Williams beat Frye in sudden victory, 3-1, to win the Independence District tournament.
Greenberg (42-2) also needed overtime to win his Division II 285-pound semifinals match.
He gave up a penalty point late in the third period that forced overtime, but a takedown midway through the first OT clinched his 4-2 win over Galion’s Alex Griffith.\
Greenberg will square off against Alliance’s Aidan Mozden in Sunday’s championship round.
Nine other CVC wrestlers earned All-Ohio honors on Saturday.
Trinity’s Xavier Pearson (120), Crestwood’s J.P. Wrobel (126), Perry’s Riley Rowan (126), and Conneaut’s Scotty Edwards (285) each advanced to the consolation semifinals and can place as high as third in Division III.
Lutheran West’s D.J. Otero (1060 and Edgewood’s Kyle Vencill (157) reached the consolation semifinals in Division II.
Beachwood’s Caleb Greenwood (150) and Trinity’s Brandon Bruce-Bey (175) will wrestle for seventh place in Division III on Sunday, and Lutheran West’s Paris Willis will wrestle for seventh place in the girls’ 170-pound bracket.
Will Greenberg of @HawkenAthletics is all smiles after winning his semifinal. He will rest for a state championship on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/XiZzA5x81j
— News-Herald preps (@NHPreps) March 10, 2024
