May Leads Chiefs at Invitational; Indian Lake’s Pummel Undefeated

The Benjamin Logan wrestling team traveled to Coldwater High School and wrestled in the Cavalier Pool Tournament against 21 other teams.

The Raiders competed hard and brought home a Runner-Up team finish.

Raiders saw several wrestlers place, with Freshman Ethan Carpenter winning his first title in the 150lb weight class.

Varsity:

106 – Cooper Buck – 4th Place
132 – Owen Weaks – Runner-Up
138 – Evan Carpenter – 3rd Place
144 – Jordan Pender – 6th Place
150 – Ethan Carpenter – Champion
157 – Kendall Plikerd – 3rd Place
165 – Hayden Hites – 3rd Place
175 – Kameron Larson – 6th Place
190 – Owen Jordan – 7th Place

Junior Varsity – Competed but non-point scorers:

132 – Kyle Kibler – 8th Place
150 – Brandon Heater – 7th Place

Bellefontaine’s High School Wrestling Team competed at the Galion Invitational on Saturday.

The Chiefs finished 9th out of 16 teams in a very solid field and had four placers in the top six.

Junior Zavier May led Bellefontaine by placing 3rd at 157 pounds. He had two pins on the day and a 15-8 decision in the finals.

PLACERS:

157 – Zavier May — 3rd place, 3-1 record w/ 2 pins
120 – Jeffery Smith — 4th place, 3-2 record w/ 3 pins
113 – Jared Young — 6th place, 2-3 record w/ 2 pins
190 – Parker Knox — 6th place, 1-3 w/ 1 pin

ALSO RECORDING WINS:

144 – Zane Tevis 2-2 w/ 2 pins
120 – Isaiah Roberts 1-3 w/ 1 pin
165 – Drake Hoon 1-3 w/ 1 pin
215 – Julius Butler 1-3 w/ 1 pin
285 – Conor Evans 1-2 w/ 1 pin

Bellefontaine is back in action on December 30th at the Ross New Year Duals.

“It was a tough day against a tough field,” said BHS head coach Aaron LaBatt. “This was a good tournament to help us compete against teams we don’t normally see. We certainly could have wrestled better and saw plenty of areas where we could improve on.

The boy’s Indian Lake wrestling team opened their season with a solid performance on Saturday.

At the Tippecanoe Red Devil Invitational, the Lakers placed 4th as a team out of 17 teams.

Owen Pummel was undefeated for the day and won his weight class of 190.

Second-place finishers were Czar Dickson at 150 and Gavin Henry at 126.

Third-place finishers were Ke’Shawn Blackwell at 120, Jackson Young at 165, and Chris Timms at heavyweight.

Ryan Culp was fourth at 175.

Contributing wins also came from Tony Cummins at 144, Adrian Crumley at 215, and Zander Davis at 215.

The Indian Lake High School Ladies competed Saturday at the Northwestern Lady Invite.

The team earned 2nd overall in the 25-team event.

Leading the way for the Lakers on the weekend: