COLUMBUS—Highlighted by a pair of runner-up finishes, 11 wrestlers from the Chagrin Valley Conference earned All-Ohio honors at the 87th annual OHSAA State Wrestling Championships on Sunday.
Trinity’s Derion Williams and Hawken’s Will Greenberg fell short in their championship bouts Sunday night and settled for second place.
Williams, a freshman 106-pounder, dropped a heart-breaking 1-0 decision to Columbia’s Michael Frye in the Division III title bout. Williams, who had beaten Frey a week earlier in the Independence District championship match, 3-1 in sudden victory, nearly recorded a takedown on the edge of the mat as time expired. Williams closed out his season with a 44-5 record.
Greenberg, a senior 285-pounder, squared off against Alliance’s Aidan Mozden in the Division II championship match. Trailing 10-3 in the third period, Greenberg attempted a throw, but Mozden countered and planted Greenberg on his back for the pin. He closed out his season with a 42-4 record.
With Williams and two other state place-winners, Trinity placed ninth as a team in Division III.
Xavier Pearson finished fourth at 120 pounds and Brandon Bruce-Bey placed eighth at 175. Reginald Baines and Cameron Carter also competed at the state tournament for the Trojans.
Lutheran West had two wrestlers earn All-Ohio honors.
D.J. Otero placed sixth at 106 pounds in Division II and Paris Willis placed seventh at 170 pounds in the girls’ division.
Otero lost to Carrollton’s Landon Jenkins, 8-0, in the fifth-place bout and Willis closed out her career with a 4-minute, 27-second pin over Marysville’s Lori Grimes.
Perry’s Riley Rowan and Conneaut’s Scotty Edwards placed fourth in Division III.
Rowan dropped a 3-2 decision to Milan Edison’s Abe Hermes at 126 while Edwards also fell 3-2 to Dalton’s Cohen Riggenbach at 285.
Edgewood’s Kyle Vencill and Crestwood’s J.P. Wrobel placed fifth in their respective weight classes.
Vencill pinned St. Vincent-St. Mary’s Ryan Hurley in 4:20 to clinch the Division II 157-pound fifth-place spot while Wrobel ended his career with a 3-2 win over Waynedale’s Riley Greathouse in the Division III 126-pound weight class.
Beachwood’s Caleb Greenwood settled for eighth place at 150 pounds in Division III. He came up short to Tuslaw’s Jacob Lyons, 4-2.
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Riley Rowan and Coach Dave Rowan discuss Dave’s final match as @Perry_Pirates head coach pic.twitter.com/UX2KOiseXw
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