From staff reports

RICHLAND – For the 11th time in the past 13 seasons, the Allegan Tigers are the champions of the Wolverine Conference in wrestling.

The Tigers placed 12 in the finals on Saturday at Gull Lake High School and brought home nine individual championships to easily claim the title.

Allegan scored 278 points, while runner-up Otsego finished with 152.5 points. South Haven was third with 130 points and Three Rivers fourth with 129.5.

Gull Lake rounded out the top five with 94.5 points.

Dowagiac, which had a goal of finishing in the top five, took sixth with 87 points.

“From a team perspective, Dowagiac wrestled as well as they have in two years,” Dowagiac coach John Green said. “That was pretty tough competition with 16 wrestlers ranked in the conference. We held our own. I was hoping to make a move on Gull Lake, but it didn’t quite happen.”

The Chieftains had just one wrestler reach the finals.

Ben Luth placed second at 130-pounds after being pinned by Allegan’s Taylor Simaz in 3:35.

Dowagiac did have a trio of wrestlers take third place.

Andrew Roden pinned Allegan’s Robbie Wilson in 1:19 of the consolation finals, while Kasey Proshwitz needed quadruple overtime to win his 140-pound match over Shane Chapman of Paw Paw, 4-2.

Heavyweight Sinjin Ownby was the other Chieftain grappler to place third as he pinned Trent Schoolcraft of South Haven in 47 seconds.

Dowagiac’s Ryan Smit placed fourth at 125-pounds after falling to South Haven’s Zach Tate 5-2.

Anthony Nelson also took fourth at 215-pounds after being pinned by Dylan Bramble of Gull Lake in 1:30.

Daniel Crandall went 2-2 on the day, while Jacob Worthington, Logan Pellow and Ricky Roach were all 1-2. Jacob Brom was 0-2.

Wolverine Conference
Wrestling Tournament
At Gull Lake High School
Team scores
1. Allegan 278; 2. Otsego 152.5; 3. South Haven 130; 4. Three Rivers 129.5; 5. Gull Lake 94.5; 6. Dowagiac 89; 7. Paw Paw 53.5; 8. Vicksburg 51.5; 9. Plainwell 30; 10. Comstock 16

Championship Round
103: Andrew Betke (A) d. Kody Hukill 6-4 (OT)
112: Mike Shaw (A) p. Zach Rose (TR) 5:04
119: Jose Zuniga (SH) d. Alberto Lopez (O) 10-4
125: Matt Morrill (TR) d. Taylan Knobloch (A) 4-0
130: Taylor Simaz (A) p. Ben Luth (D) 3:35
135: Jaylyn Bohl (A) p. Christian Bastow (SH) 1:13
140: Matt Smith (A) p. Jacob Cowing (TR) 2:32
145: Garrett Smith (A) d. Terner Gott (O) 3-2
152: Andrew Kelley (A) d. Kevin Sundburg (PP) 2-0
160: Colin Smythe (A) d. Tyler Walls (GL) 6-1
171: Trevor Davis (O) d. Brian Sousley (A) 8-6
189: John Rizqallah (A) t.f. Allen Antonson (SH) 17-0
215: Cody Perin (O) d. Steve Blank (A) 3-0
285: Brad Verwey (TR) p. B.J. Armbrust (PP) 1:23

Consolation
103: Matt Rose (TR) d. Kyle Kellogg (GL) 7-5
112: Eric Root (PL) p. Johnny Johnson (OT)0:17
119: Andrew Roden (D) p. Robbie Wilson (A) 1:19
125: Zach Tate (SH) d. Ryan Smit (D) 5-2
130: Eric Dennis (O) d. B.J. Gott (PL)
135: Dylan Noel (V) d. Andy Schipper (GL) 6-0
140: Kasey Proshwitz (D) d. Shane Chapman (PP) 4-2 (4 OT)
145: David Ward (SH) d. Mike Waldon (V) 16-9
152: Alex Meade (GL) d. Shaquille Bell (SH) 6-5
160: Zac Lewis (C) d. Mark Beams (V) 11-4
171: James West (TR) d. Andrew Biederman (SH) 7-2
189: Andrew Miller (O) d. Ryne Rogers (GL) 7-6
215: Dylan Bramble (GL) p. Anthony Nelson (D) 1:30
285: Sinjin Ownby (D) p. Trent Schoolcraft (SH) 0:47

Lakeland Conference
COLOMA – The Lakeland Conference Wrestling Tournament on Saturday was supposed to be to crown Buchanan, which came into the meet as the regular season champion.
Edwardsburg had other ideas.

The Eddies need to just finish ahead of the Bucks to earn a share of the league title.

The Eddies did their part by winning the meet with 200 points. Buchanan, however, finished third with 155 points and saw its league title slip away when Coloma claimed the second spot with 174 points.

The final league standings will read Edwardsburg in first and Buchanan in second. Coloma finishes third overall with Berrien Springs and Brandywine finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

That’s the same way the Shamrocks and Bobcats finished on Saturday. Berrien Springs finished with 104 points and Brandywine 74. Cassopolis was sixth with 30 points.

The Eddies had three individual champions and seven grapplers finish second.

Winning titles for Edwardsburg were Ivan Shaw (103), Cameron Warren (125) and Devin Bywaters (189).

Shaw pinned Coloma’s A.J. Tyler in 3:37, while Warren defeated Brandywine’s Chanc Ravish 8-2.

Bywaters defeated Buchanan’s Jacob Ferris 8-5.

The Bucks had four individual champions.

Jeff Mucha defeated Coloma’s  Josh Galarneau  3-2 for the 135-pound title, while T.J. Miller blanked Edwardsburg’s  Lee Williamson 7-0 at 145-pounds.

At 160-pounds, Gage Hutchison pinned Brad Brasfield of Edwardsburg in 4:56.

Mack Green remained undefeated on the season as he captured the 215-pound crown with a 5-2 decision over Berrien Springs’ Josh Kruck.

Green is how 41-0 heading into the state tournament, which begins with team competition on Wednesday.

Besides Ravish, Brandywine also got a second place finish from Ralph Sater.

Lakeland Conference Tournament
At Coloma
Team Scores
Edwardsburg 200, Coloma 174, Buchanan 155, Berrien Springs 104, Brandywine 74, Cassopolis 30, Bridgman 18.5

Championship
103: Ivan Shaw (E) p. A.J. Tyler (CO) 3:37
112: Mike Huspen (BS) p. Michael Kempton (E) 5:10
119: Matt Thomas (CO) d. Caleb Watson (E) 7-0
125: Cameron Warren (E) d. Chance Ravish (BW) 8-2
130: Jeff Mucha (BU) d. Josh Galarneau (CO) 3-2
135: Luke Faultersack (CO) t.f. Lane Smous (E) 18-2
140: Reuban Navarro (CO) d. Ralph Sater (BW) 21-1
145: T.J. Miller (BU) d. Lee Williamson (E) 7-0
152: John Tanner (CO) d. Wade Smous (E) 7-2
160: Gage Hutchison (BU) p. Brad Brasfield (E) 4:56
171: Dustin Bushouse (BS) d. John Kuntz (BU) 8-2
189: Devin Bywaters (E) d. Jacob Ferris (BU) 8-5
215: Mack Green (BU) d. Josh Kruck (BS) 5-2
285: Joe Collard (BS) p. Josh Williams (E) 5:59

Consolation
103: Taylor Glavin (BU) d. Shauntrell Gilliam (CA) 13-0
112: Art Morris (BW) d. Ethan Street (CO) 4-2
119: Jim Wright (BW) p. Josh McCoy (CA) 3:16
125: Damon Davidson (BS) d. Andy Ketchum (BU) 10-5
130: Robert Nickless (BW) p. Tyler Butrick (CA)) 2:25
135: Alex Damos (BU) d. Adam Earles (BW) 11-2
140: Terry Brasfield (E) d. P.J. Holiday (BS) 8-3
145: Ted Walters (CO) p. Jacob Gluchowski (BS) 2:17
152: Adam Byrdak (BU) p. Levi Davis (BS) 1:38
160: Bryan Sayre (CO) p. Mitch Hehl (BDG) 3:09
171: Donovan Browning (CO) d. Dylan Devenney (E) 4-1
189: Lucas Hettig (CO) p. Dominic Forbes (CA) 1:47
215: Troy Duck (E) p. Pat Williams (BDG) 3:16
285: Dustan Craig (BU) p. Justin Johnson (CO) 1:33

Final regular season standings
1. Buchanan 6-0; 2. Edwardsburg 5-1; 3. Brandywine, Coloma and Berrien Springs tied 3-3; 6. Cassopolis 1-5; 7. Bridgman 0-6

Final overall standings
1. Edwardsburg; 2. Buchanan; 3. Coloma; 4. Berrien Springs; 5. Brandywine; 6. Cassopolis; 7. Bridgman