Twenty-nine local boys wrestlers are headed to Independence for Division III district wrestling, seeking their shot at state.
That total includes four state qualifiers from a year ago — Garfield’s Landon Andel and Cam Lewicki, Rootstown’s Alex Ely and Southeast’s Dominic Kemble. Kemble remarkably went from third at last year’s district tournament to fifth in the state.
The first day of competition on March 6 — with wrestling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. — will include the first two rounds of the championship bracket (first round and quarterfinals) as well as the first consolation round.
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Wrestling on the second day of competition, March 7, begins at 10 a.m., with the second consolation round. Then, it’s time for the championship semifinals and the third consolation round. Finals are projected to begin 30 minutes after the fifth- and sixth-place matches conclude. They’re tentatively set for 4 p.m., but that time could certainly change.
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Full list of Independence district qualifiers
Here’s a full list of the local wrestlers competing at Independence. To make their way to Independence, they had to record a top-four finish at their sectional. One fifth-place finisher advanced as well as an alternate.
Crestwood district qualifiers (8): JR Rocco Wrobel (1st, 126), FR Jacob Morris (1st, 132), JR Tye Berquist (1st, 175), SR Michael Berquist (1st, 190), SO Levi Daniels (2nd, 113), SO Tyler Devlin (3rd, 120), JR Gio Brock (3rd, 144), JR Doug Sipes (4th, 215)
Rootstown district qualifiers (8): JR Kiel Reuting (1st, 215), SR Alex Ely (2nd, 138), SR Nate Marzec (2nd, 150), SO Chase Moyer (2nd, 285), SO Braxton DeAngelis (4th, 113), SO Carson Saltsman (4th, 144), FR Aiden Long (4th, 190), FR Warren Hartung (5th, 106, will wrestle as an alternate)
Southeast district qualifiers (6): SR Dominic Kemble (1st, 138), FR Gavin Cantera (1st, 144), FR Damian Kemble (2nd, 120), SR Trevor Osborne (2nd, 132), SR Landon Durstine (2nd, 190), FR Nick Coffman (3rd, 106)
Garfield district qualifiers (3): SR Cam Lewicki (2nd, 113), JR Luke Kaufman (2nd, 138), JR Landon Andel (2nd, 144)
Mogadore district qualifiers (3): SR Dylan Benedum (1st, 215), FR Caileb Tompkins (2nd, 126), SR Matthew Trusky (3rd, 285), FR Peyton Custer (4th, 165)
Contact Jonah L. Rosenblum at jrosenblum@recordpub.com and follow him on Twitter at @JLRSports.
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Ohio high school wrestling results, Independence district live updates
Reporting by Jonah Rosenblum, Ravenna Record-Courier / Record-Courier
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