GATES MILLS—After two rounds of wrestling, the semifinal pairings are set at the 2026 Chagrin Valley Conference Wrestling Championships.
Perry, West Geauga, and Berkshire are in first place in their respective divisions. The Pirates lead the Chagrin Division with 106.5 points, while Crestwood is second with 94.5. West Geauga scored 136.5 points on Day 1 to take the lead in the Lake Division. Geneva is second with 83 points. Berkshire scored 81.5 points to lead the Valley Division, ahead of second-place Rootstown, which scored 67 points.
Wrestling continues on Saturday with consolation wrestling followed by the semifinals.
DAY 1 TEAM SCORES
CHAGRIN DIVISION
1. Perry 106.5
2. Crestwood 94.5
3. Beachwood 69
4. Jefferson 57.5
5. Fairview 49
6. Conneaut 36.5
7. Edgewood 20
8. Chagrin Falls 10
LAKE DIVISION
1. West Geauga 136.5
2. Geneva 83
3. Madison 81
4. Harvey 62
5. Lakeside 36
6. Lutheran West 23.5
7. Hawken 19
8. Orange 8
VALLEY DIVISION
1. Berkshire 81.5
2. Rootstown 67
3. Trinity 61.5
4. Cuyahoga Heights 27
5. Independence 26.5
6. Kirtland 25.5
7. Brooklyn 7
8. Richmond Heights 4
SEMIFINAL PAIRINGS
106
Phoenix Peters (Beachwood) vs. Carter Cline (Edgewood)
Alex Sustin (Berkshire) vs. Landon Strandahl (Fairview)
113
Jordan McCullough (Madison) vs. Ahmad Shabazz (Trinity)
Max Galliazzo (Geneva) vs. Levi Daniels (Crestwood)
120
Caden Kaleal (West Geauga) vs. Jacob Ulatowski (Berkshire)
Mitch Meyer (Independence) vs. Tyler Devlin (Crestwood)
126
Mekhi Davenport (Trinity) vs. Cooper Schlauch (Perry)
Rocco Wrobel (Crestwood) vs. Tanner Williams (Geneva)
132
James Stallings (Trinity) vs. Caden Klingman (Berkshire)
Nikita Vlasenko (West Geauga) vs. Jimmy Trentanelli (Perry)
138
Zander Joltin (West Geauga) vs. Talmage Bang (Beachwood)
Dante Villalobos-Pacheco (Perry) vs. Alex Ely (Rootstown)
144
Danny Sizler (West Geauga) vs. Giovanni Brock (Crestwood)
Nate Marzec (Rootstown) vs. Jacob Lewis (Jefferson)
150
Luke Valencic (Kirtland) vs. Daniel Russell (West Geauga)
Vicente Navarro (Madison) vs. Justin Elwell (Beachwood)
157
Caleb Greenwood (Beachwood) vs. Aiden Fleeson (Geneva)
Dean Horvath (West Geauga) vs. Chance Schlauch (Perry)
165
Brian Denamen (West Geauga) vs. John Ours (Hawken)
Antonius Bertone (Perry) vs. Isaac Coup (Lakeside)
175
Austin Wheatley (West Geauga) vs. Jackson Bezzeg (Perry)
Jeremy Shank (Jefferson) vs. Tye Berquist (Crestwood)
190
Danny Tiller (Berkshire) vs. Angel Leggett (Geneva)
Blake Welker (West Geauga) vs. Michael Berquist (Crestwood)
215
Chase White (Madison) vs. Kiel Reuting (Rootstown)
Elijah Hall (Harvey) vs. Matt Webster (Jefferson)
285
Trent Taylor (Perry) vs. Maveric Milnar (West Geauga)
Cameron Mullen (Madison) vs. Marvin Guerra (Harvey)
DAY 1 STATISTICS
Most Pins
1. Cooper Schlauch (Perry) 3
1. Zander Joltin (West Geauga) 3
Most Tech Falls
1. Alex Ely (Rootstown) 2
1. Mekhi Davenport (Trinity) 2
Most Team Points
1. Zander Joltin (West Geauga) 15
1. Cooper Schlauch (Perry) 15
3. Danny Tiller (Berkshire) 14
Most Pins by Team
1. Perry 14
1. West Geauga 14
Most Tech Falls by Team
1. West Geauga 7
2. Trinity 5
2. Crestwood 5
Fastest Pin
1. Trent Taylor (Perry) :17
2. Caden Kaleal (West Geauga) :18
Fastest Tech Fall
1. Sean Lewis (Jefferson) 1:13
2. Alex Ely (Rootstown) 1:30
Caleb Greenwood of @BisonAthletics talks about his quest for another state tournament while wrestling this weekends CVC wrestling tournament pic.twitter.com/gEHVQYq6Z9
— News-Herald preps (@NHPreps) January 30, 2026
