By SCOTT NOVAK
Dowagiac Daily News

DECATUR – Veteran Brandywine coach Rex Pomranka was hoping that history was going to repeat itself Wednesday night.

The Bobcats edged Constantine 35-34 in last year’s Division 4 regional semifinals.
But the Falcons had other ideas.

Constantine defeated Brandywine 48-23 to advance to the championship match Wednesday night and the Falcons then claimed the crown with a 39-29 win over defending champion Schoolcraft.

“(Constantine) wanted a little redemption after what happened at districts last year,” Pomranka said. “They came out on fire and we were a little flat. We wrestled tough. I told our kids coming in that I thought we had a shot. The only people that believed that was our team.”

Early on it didn’t look like his prediction was going to be correct.

The Falcons rolled out to a 15-0 lead on the Bobcats, but with the heart of its line up still waiting to wrestle, Pomranka knew his squad would make a run at Constantine.

And that’s just what they did.

The Bobcats got back-to-back pins at 119- and 125-pounds from Jimmie Wright and Chanc Ravish.

Wright stuck Wade Craver in 2:40, while Ravish pinned Tyler Spencer in 2:29.

Two wins by Constantine pushed the lead to 24-12 before back-to-back wins from Adam Earles and Ralph Sater at 140- and 145-pounds suddenly made it a 24-20 contest.

Earles and Sater both posted major decisions (wins by more than eight points).

Earles defeated Travis DeKilder 16-7 and Sater defeated Ben Mallow 11-3.

That unfortunately would be as close as Brandywine would get.

Constantine would take four of the next five bouts to advance to the finals.

Division 4 Team Regionals
At Decatur
Semifinals
Constantine…48
Brandywine…23
103: Chase Gearhart (C) p. William Newton :33
112: Dustin Moyer (C) d. Arthur Morris 5-1
119: Jimmie Wright (B) p. Wade Craver 2:40
125: Chanc Ravish (B) p. Tyler Spencer 2:29
130: Tommy Reed (C) d. Robert Nickless 5-2
135: Justin Wissler (C) p. Justin Batman 2:58
140: Adam Earles (B) d. Travis DeKilder 16-7
145: Ralph Sater (B) d. Ben Mallo 11-3
152: Zach Lucas (C) p. Matt Bricker 1:42
160: Bo Seman (C) d. Alex Humphrey 6-4
171: Dominick Rogers (C) p. Shane Desrosiers 3:45
189: Rick Waterman (C) p. A.J. Shell 1:15
215: Kaleb Davidhizar (C) p. Bryan Lee 1:02
285: Russell Schenk (C) wins by foreit

Records: Brandywine 27-16

Championship
Constantine…39
Schoolcraft…29
103: Chase Gearhart (C) p. Dylan Smith 1:20
112: Dustin Moyer (C) d. Chris Caporossi 6-2
119: Zach Mallo (C) p. Josh Schepel 1:27
125: Tyler Spencer (C) p. Dan Ebersberger 1:04
130: Shawn Veine (S) d. Corey Hammond 5-2
135: Tommy Reed (C) p. Austin Landis 5:34
140: Zach VanZile (S) t.f. Travis DeKilder 21-5
145: Ben Mallo (C) d. Zach Reagan 4-2
152: Zach Lucas (C) p. Lucas Nadrasik 1:33
160: Dan Meadows (S) p. Adam Kinser :59
171: Rick Waterman (C) d. Connor Sharp 4-2
189: Brandon McNees (S) p. Dominick Rogers 1:40
215: Alex Caporossi (S) p. Kaleb Davidhizar 2:25
285: Colin Monroe (S) d. Colin Schenk 7-0

Records: Constantine 36-3, Schoolcraft 28-2