Chagrin Falls, Orange send two wrestlers to district tournament

Chagrin Falls and Orange both had two wrestlers place among the top four at the rugged Division II St. Vincent-St. Mary sectional tournament to earn berths in next weekend’s Alliance District.

The Lions finished in sixth place overall with 70 points while Chagrin Falls was seventh with 54.

Orange junior Yury Pozdneev led the Chagrin Valley Conference contingent with a second-place finish at 120 pounds while teammate Grant Bell, a freshman, placed fourth at 220.

Orange sophomore Nick Linetsky (126) and junior Jared Kochis (132) both finished fifth and will serve as district alternates.

Senior Henry Woofter (285) led Chagrin Falls with a third-place finish and sophomore Owen McClintock (170) also punched his ticket to districts with a fourth-place finish. Freshman Ronan Fritz finished fifth at 113 and will be a district alternate.

 

Steve Hare
Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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