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West Geauga, Perry, Trinity win CVC wrestling titles

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Photos from the Chagrin Valley Conference wrestling championships, Jan 27, 2024. (Brian Fisher — for the Chagrin Valley Conference)
Steve Hare
By Steve Hare

INDEPENDENCE—West Geauga, Perry, and Trinity each claimed team championships in the 2024 Chagrin Valley Conference Wrestling Championships at Independence on Saturday.

The Wolverines won the Chagrin Division, Perry took home the Lake Division title, and the Trojans claimed the Metro Division crown. Perry has now won three CVC titles in a row.

Trinity went 3-for-4 in the championship round and both Perry and West Geauga claimed two individual champions.

Listed below are the top six place winners in each weight class.

106

Trinity freshman Derion Williams claimed his first CVC title with a 4-2 win over Lutheran West’s D.J. Otero.

1. Derion Williams, Trinity
2. D.J. Otero, Lutheran West
3. Cooper Schlauch, Perry
4. Aidan Pastor, Madison
5. Tanner Williams, Geneva
6. Rocco Wrobel, Crestwood

113

Perry’s Landon Rusnak won his first CVC title with a 9-5 decision over Cuyahoga Heights’ Zander Mooney.

1. Landon Rusnak, Perry
2. Zander Mooney, Cuyahoga Heights
3. Jordan McCullough, Madison
4. Colin Hering, Berkshire
5. Mitch Meyer, Independence
6. Hassaun Sibley, Trinity

120

Trinity claimed a second individual championship when Xavier Pearson received a forfeit in the 120-pound title. Lakeside’s Lucas Eland repeated as a CVC runner-up after his medical forfeit in the championship bout.

1. Xavier Pearson, Trinity
2. Lucas Eland, Lakeside
3. , West Geauga
4. Antony Trentanelli, Perry
5. Cooper Kucia, Cuyahoga Heights
6. Anthony Moree, Harvey

126

Crestwood’s J.P. Wrobel repeated as the 126-pound champion after defeating Perry’s Riley Rowan, a 2022 and 2023 CVC champion, 1-0, in a battle of returning state qualifiers.

1. J.P. Wrobel, Crestwood
2. Riley Rowan, Perry
3. Jacob Lewis, Jefferson
4. Caden Klingman, Berkshire
5. Darrell Leeson, Lutheran West
6. Jay McGinnis, Chagrin Falls

132

West Geauga’s bumped up to 132 from 113 last season but that didn’t change anything as he became a two-time CVC champion after defeating Lakeside’s Jacob Strailey in the championship bout, 5-3.

1. Zander Joltin, West Geauga
2. Jacob Strailey, Lakeside
3. Jackson Harrison, Madison
4. Lucas Spring, Perry
5. Hunter Blair, Chagrin Falls
6. Charlie Meyer, Independence

138

Perry’s Chris Bezzeg defied the odds in winning his second straight conference title. Bezzeg trailed Jefferson’s Jonathon Bissell, 8-1, after the first period but rallied back to win, 12-11.

1. Chris Bezzeg, Perry
2. Jonathon Bissell, Jefferson
3. Ashton Zembower, Madison
4. Manoli Fourtounis, Independence
5. Charlie Dixon, Berkshire
6. Danny Sizler, West Geauga

144

Madison’s Addison Trisket made the most of his first CVC tournament experience by defeating Perry’s Chance Schlauch, 4-3.

1. Addison Trisket, Madison
2. Chance Schlauch, Perry
3. Austin Wheatley, West Geauga
4. Tye Berquist, Crestwood
5. Harrison Fritz, Chagrin Falls
6. Alex Munn, Berkshire

150

Crestwood’s Drake Rennecker won his second straight CVC title after an 8-4 win over West Geauga’s Ethan Bartlett.

1. Drake Rennecker, Crestwood
2. Ethan Bartlett, West Geauga
3. Sonny Salajcik, Madison
4. Quinn Bruder, Fairview
5. Cohen Thomas, Lutheran West
6. Dylan Smith, Brooklyn

157

Edgewood’s Kyle Vencill won his first CVC title with a 17-2 technical fall over West Geauga’s .

1. Kyle Vencill, Edgewood
2. Briand Denamen, West Geauga
3. Izaiah Siler, Madison
4. Reginald Banies, Trinity
5 Michael Niedzwiecki, Perry
6. Patrick Seibel, Orange

165

Madison’s Noah Blough introduced himself to the rest of the CVC by winning his first league title with a 39-second pin of Perry’s Domenick LaMacchia.

1. Noah Blough, Madison
2. Domenick LaMacchia, Perry
3. Quentin Artino, West Geauga
4. Jake Vitron, Independence
5. Matthew VanSickle, Geneva
6. Johnathan Johnson, Hawken

175

Trinity claimed a third title when Brandon Bruce-Bey knocked off Edgewood’s Zeke Lucas, 5-1, in a showdown of returning state qualifiers.

1. Brandon Bruce-Bey, Trinity
2. Zeke Lucas, Edgewood
3. , Perry
4. Finn O’Maley, Fairview
5. Jeremy Shank, Jefferson
6. Hassani Sy, Lakeside

190

Jefferson’s Matt Webster claimed the 190-pound title in his first CVC tournament with an 8-6 win over Trinity’s Cameron Carter.

1. Matt Webster, Jefferson
2. Cameron Carter, Trinity
3. Trent Taylor, Perry
4. Francis Connors, Cuyahoga Heights
5. Demitry Navarro, Madison
6. Kenny Pavlisin, Geneva

215

Lakeside’s Abi Ortiz placed fifth at the CVC championships last season but stood atop the podium this season after beating West Geauga’s Blake Welker in the finals, 3-1.

1. Abi Ortiz, Lakeside
2. Blake Welker, West Geauga
3. Chase White, Madison
4. Gavin McIntyre, Crestwood
5. Jeremiah Reed, Cuyahoga Heights
6. Chuck Thomas, Perry

285

Hawken’s Will Greenberg used a 1-0 decision over Harvey’s Marvin Guerra to record a second straight CVC title.

1. Will Greenberg, Hawken
2. Marvin Guerra, Harvey
3. Scotty Edwards, Conneaut
4. Austin Thomas, Orange
5. Cameron Mullins, Madison
6. Floyd Robinson, Trinity

Team Scores

Chagrin Division

1. West Geauga 189
2. Crestwood 110.5
3. Lutheran West 80
4. Chagrin Falls 58
5. Orange 43
6. Hawken 41
7. Beachwood 15
8. Kirtland 6

Lake Division

1. Perry 271
2. Madison 255
3. Jefferson 107
4. Lakeside 96
5. Edgewood 88
6. Harvey 85
7. Geneva 84.5
8. Conneaut 45.5

Metro Division

1. Trinity 168.5
2. Cuyahoga Heights 94
3. Berkshire 80
4. Independence 71.5
5. Fairview 54
6. Richmond Heights 21
7. Brooklyn 13
7. Cardinal 13
7. Grand Valley 13

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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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