Three move on for Bucks
Published 3:08 pm Monday, February 26, 2007
By By SCOTT NOVAK / Niles Daily Star
NILES - Buchanan advanced three wrestlers, while Edwardsburg advanced one at the Division 3 Regional Wrestling Tournament at Zeeland West High School in Holland Saturday.
Nick Wheetley captured the 125-pound regional title with a 6-4 victory over Nick Bogue of Central Montcalm in overtime.
Also advancing were Drew Medlin, who was third at 135-pounds, and Todd Taylor, who was fourth at 119-pounds.
Medlin defeated Joe Gonzalez of Zeeland West, 3-0. Taylor was defeated by Central Montcalm's Wayne Bogue, 14-8.
Edwardsburg's Alex Hall finished fourth at 145-pounds. He was defeated in the consolation finals by Connor Baker of Belding, 4-2.
For Dowagiac, Junior Drew Staley and senior Nate Behnke finished third and fourth respectively.
The pair now advance to the state finals at The Palace in Auburn Hills, March 8-10.
Staley went 3-1 to finish third on Saturday.
In the consolation finals he pinned Billy Bourdo of Kellogg in 1:57.
Behnke, who was 2-2 on the day, lost by injury default against Justin Hengst of Zeeland West. Behnke had a sore shoulder, so it was decided he wouldn't wrestle his final match.
"We wrestled pretty well," Dowagiac coach John Green said. "Drew and Nate were feeling pretty good that they qualified for the finals. Our results were really about what I expected. Nate had a sore shoulder, so we decided not to take any chances."
Dowagiac had four other regional qualifiers, however, just one picked up a victory.
Senior Nathan Cottrell went 1-2 on the day, winning his first regional match in three attempts.
Juniors Terry Prowoznik and Robert Wescott, along with freshmen Andrew Roden, were all 0-2 on the day.
Division 3 Regional Wrestling
At Zeeland West High School
Championship Round
103: John Tanner (Coloma) d. Matt Loveland (Kellogg) 12-9
112: Elijah Troost (Comstock Park) p. Scott Russo (GR West Catholic) 1:00
119: J.T. Gustin (Kelloggsville) d. Steve Lambert (Forrest Hills Eastern) 10-3
125: Nick Wheetley (Buchanan) d. Nick Bogue (Central Montcalm) 6-4 (OT)
130: Ryan Brown (Parchment) won by default Mitch Reatini (Allendale)
135: Jake Potyraj (Wyoming Park) p. Matt Kiser (Coloma) 2:31
140: Ethan Porter (Central Montcalm) d. Tristan Koole (Parchment) 11-8
145: Kyle Froehlich (Berrien Springs) d. Michael Heasley (14-7)
152: Shawn Pitsch (Hamilton) d. Ryan Simonson (Wyoming Park) 12-2
160: Drakkar Klose (South Haven) p. Kinian Mack (Hopkins) 3:06
171: Kamron Jackson (South Haven) t.f. Jordan Parsons (Berrien Springs) 3:37
189: Brian VanHouten (Allendale) d. Nick Miller (Spring Lake) 6-5
215: Chance Coda (GR Catholic Central) d. Jeff Beebe (Allendale) 8-2
285: Octavio Romero (Kellogg) p. Will Riebel (GR Catholic Central) 1:27
Consolation Round
103: Nate Fix (Comstock Park) d. Will Jensen (Allendale) 7-3
112: Luke Faultersack (Coloma) d. Anthony Reese (Hamilton) 5-0
119: Wayne Bogue (Central Montcalm) d.. Todd Taylor (Buchanan) 14-8
125: Logan Worel (Spring Lake) p. Adam Bastow (South Haven) 2:46
130: Nic Lambright (Kelloggsville) p. Cory Gray (Spring Lake) 0:36
135: Drew Medlin (Buchanan) d. Joe Gonzalez (Zeeland West) 3-0
140: Justin Herder (Spring Lake) d. Andress Alcauter (South Haven) 5-3
145: Connor Baker (Belding) d. Alex Hall (Edwardsburg) 4-2
152: Matt Rankins (Zeeland West) d. Miles Freed (Central Montcalm) 8-6
160: Alex Gingrich (Comstock Park) d. Reuben Salinas (Hamilton) 6-5
171: Jack Buzzitta (GR Catholic Central) p. Tyler Berens (Hamilton) 3:00
189: Justin Hengst (Zeeland West) won by default Nate Behnke (Dowagiac)
215: Drew Staley (Dowagiac) p. Billy Bourdo (Kellogg) 1:57
285: Matt Forward (Zeeland West) p. Dan LaJoie (Allendale) 5-3