By SCOTT NOVAK
Niles Daily Star

Host Niles and Buchanan went undefeated in their respective pools on Saturday at the Niles Super Dual.

The Vikings and the Bucks both posted 5-0 records.

Niles defeated Gull Lake 36-28, Middleville Thornapple 48-20, Paw Paw 61-9, Edwardsburg B 42-24 and Bloomingdale 57-17 in Pool A.

Thornapple and Gull Lake both finished with 3-2 marks, while Edwardsburg was 2-3, Bloomingdale 2-3 and Paw Paw 0-5.

In Pool B, Buchanan defeated Sturgis 49-18, Forest Hills Northern 64-15, Berrien Springs 46-27, Benton Harbor 76-6 and Niles B 75-4.

Sturgis went 4-1 on the day with Berrien Springs finishing at 3-2. Benton Harbor was 2-3, Forest Hills Northern 1-4 and Niles B 0-5.

The Vikings had a trio of wrestlers go 5-0 on the day, while another was 3-0.

Dakota Wright finished undefeated at 112-pounds, Gage Pearison was unbeaten at 125 and Colin Burandt was unblemished at 130-pounds. All five of Wrighht’s wins were by way of a pin.

“He wrestled very well,” Niles coach Todd Hesson said. “Gage has been sick, but he’s getting better. Colin is only a junior, but he’s a state placer and he has been pretty steady in there even though he is wrestling up a weight class.”

Finishing the day at 3-0 was Cole Allison at 119-pounds.

“Cole and Casey Burandt have been alternating at 119,” Hesson pointed out. “Both of them did a good job.”

Going 4-1 on the day for the Vikings were Rashad Harris, Robbie Legus, Mike Gentry and Donte Stevens.

Hesson also said that freshmen Ryan Casey and Alex Landon also wrestled well on Saturday.
“We wrestled pretty well,” he said. “To be honest, I would have been happy with 3-2. We have a lot of you kids and we are going to take our lumps down the road, but I thought we wrestled well.”

The Bucks had six grapplers finish the day at 5-0.

They were Taylor Glavin (103), Andy Ketchum (125), T.J. Miller (145), Gage Hutchison (160), Jacob Ferris (189) and Mack Green (215).

Posting 4-1 records for the Bucks were Alex Darmos (135), Jeff Mucha (140), Adam Byrdak (152) and Dusten Craig (285).

Niles Super Dual
Pool A records
Niles 5-0, Middleville-Thornapple 3-2, Gull Lake 3-2, Edwardsburg B 2-3, Bloomingdale 2-3, Paw Paw 0-5

Pool A results
Round 1
Niles 36, Gull Lake 28; Edwardsburg B 54, Paw Paw 18; Middleville Thornapple 53, Bloomingdale 33

Round 2
Niles 48, Middleville Thornapple 20; Gull Lake 48, Edwardsburg B 16; Bloomingdale 47, Paw Paw 36

Round 3
Niles 61, Paw Paw 9; Bloomingdale 42, Edwardsburg B 33; Middleville Thornapple 45, Gull Lake 20

Round 4
Niles 42, Edwardsburg B 24; Gull Lake 61, Bloomingdale 5; Middleville Thornapple 40, Paw Paw 27

Round 5
Niles 57, Bloomingdale 15; Gull Lake 61, Paw Paw 23; Edwardsburg B 39, Middleville Thornapple 36

Pool B records
Buchanan 5-0, Sturgis 4-1, Berrien Springs 3-2, Benton Harbor 2-3, Forest Hills Northern 1-4, Niles B 0-5

Pool B results
Round 1
Buchanan 49, Sturgis 18; Berrien Springs 57, Benton Harbor 21; Forest Hills Northern 54, Niles B 18

Round 2
Buchanan 64, Forest Hills Northern 18; Sturgis 64, Benton Harbor 15; Berrien Springs 68, Niles B 12

Round 3
Buchanan 46, Berrien Springs 27; Benton Harbor 72, Niles B 12; Sturgis 44, Forest Hills Northern 15.

Round 4
Buchanan 76, Benton Harbor 6; Sturgis 65, Niles B 6; Berrien Springs 52, Forest Hills Northern 27

Round 5
Buchanan 75, Niles B 4; Sturgis 48, Berrien Springs 18; Benton Harbor 42, Forest Hills Northern 32

Undefeated wrestlers
Niles
112: Dakota Wright (5-0); 119: Cole Allison (3-0); 125: Gage Pearson (5-0); 130: Colin Burandt (5-0)

Buchanan
103: Taylor Glavin (5-0); 125: Andy Ketchum (5-0); 145: T.J. Miller (5-0); 160: Gage Hutchison (5-0); 189: Jacob Ferris (5-0); 215: Mack Green (5-0)