Luth a regional champion
Published 7:07 pm Monday, February 21, 2011
ALLENDALE — Dowagiac senior Ben Luth captured the 130-pound Division 3 regional title on Saturday at Allendale.
Luth, who was also a district champion, defeated John Weldon of Comstock Park 5-1 in the title bout.
Luth reached the finals by pinning Alex Gates of Fremont in the opening round (5:20) and then pinning Matt Thomas of Coloma in the semifinals in just 48 seconds.
The Chieftains’ Carl Grant went 0-2 on the day and did not advance.
Buchanan’s Mack Green was regional champion at 215 pounds, while Gage Hutchison finished second at 171, Jeff Mucha was third at 135 and Dustan Craig was third at 285.
Division 3 Individual Wrestling
At Allendale
Championship round
103: Luke Spotts (Fremont) d. Luke Jenson (Allendale), 3-2
112: Caleb DuBridge (Comstock Park) d. Will Foster (Shelby), 4-2
119: Bryan Reatini (Allendale) d. Nate Zack (Whitehall), 6-3
125: Alberto Lopez (Otsego) d. Theron Blake (Fremont), 4-3
130: Ben Luth (Dowagiac) d. John Weldon (Comstock Park), 5-1
135: John Wiggers (Fremont) p. Eric Dennis (Otsego), 5:19
140: Dre Lewis (Whitehall) d, Larry Bulson (Newaygo), 11-5
145: Terner Gott (Otsego) d. Anthony White (Belding), 10-5
152: Jordan Betham (B.C. Lakeview) d. Steve Sika (Whitehall), 6-4
160: Ryan Friend (Whitehall) d. Dillon Francisco (Comstock Park), 1-0
171: Jared Groeneveld (Allendale) d. Gage Hutchison (Buchanan), 9-7
189: Zach Vasbinder (Wyoming Park) d. Seth Leutzinger (Shelby), 5-2
215: Mack Green (Buchanan) d, Burton Armbrust (Paw Paw), 5-4
285: Drew Lopez (Zeeland West) d. Kyler Blohm (Shelby), 2-1
Consolation round
103: Logan Irey (Whitehall) d. Holden Dunklee (Otsego), 6-3
112: Kody Hukill (Otsego) d. Andy Cassrey (Parchment), 7-3
119: Nick Ross (Comstock Park) d. Paul Weber (Hopkins), 4-0
125: Andrew Hall (B.C. Lakeview) md. Anthony Guerra (Shelby), 13-2
130: Devin Barker (Otsego) md. Josh Couturier (Whitehall), 10-0
135: Jeff Mucha (Buchanan) d. Zacharias Tate (South Haven), 3-2
140: Garrett Carr (Grant) d. Jimmy Renberg (Hopkins), 5-0
145: Dillon McCarthy (Whitehall) d. Bryce Brown (Allendale), 7-2
152: Isaac Jensen (Allendale) p. Kevin Sunberg (Paw Paw), 2:37
160: Zach Lewis (Comstock) d. Elijah Mack (Hopkins), 8-4
171: Mason Courtright (Shelby) d. Andrew Miller (Otsego), 8-4
189: Logan Potter (Whitehall) p. Taylor Gohn (South Haven), 1:37
215: Tyler Gruszka (Comstock Park) d. Myron Hosey (Belding), 3-0
285: Dustan Craig (Buchanan) won by injury default over Cody Bergquist (Allendale)