Butrick wins title

Published 6:51 pm Thursday, December 22, 2011

EAU CLAIRE — The Cassopolis wrestling team finished fourth at the Burton Richards Memorial Invitational Saturday at Eau Claire High School.

Tyler Butrick

Decatur was the team champion with 201 points. Watervliet finished second with 186.5, Lawton third with 166 and Cassopolis fourth with 86.5.

Tyler Butrick (130) was the lone individual champion for the Rangers. He defeated Lui9s Mendoza of Fennville in the finals, 6-4.

Khalil Brown (112) was third, Shauntrell Gilliam (125) fourth, Sebastian Westphal (152) fourth and Dominic Forbes (189) third.

At Gobles

Cassopolis split a pair of non-conference matches last Wednesday night.

The Rangers defeated host Gobles 36-27, but were defeated by Parchment 42-31.

Winning two matches were Khalil Brown, Tyler Butrick, Zack Newton, Ian Montgomery and Dominic Forbes.

Skylar Wall earned a victory in a JV match.

Burton Richards

Memorial Invitational

Team scores

Decatur 201, 2. Watervliet 186.5, 3. Lawton 166, 4. Cassopolis 86.5, 5. Schoolcraft 78, 6. Hartford 66, 7. Eau Claire 64, 8. Fennville 62, 9. Berrien Springs 59, 10. River Valley 44 .5, 11. Centreville 4

Championhip round

103 – Kyle Barkovich (W) p. Jesus Nolusco (D) 1:46; 112 – Hunter Bell (D) m.d. Trevor Sherburn 10-1; 119 – Austin Beech (L) p. Andy Beeching (D) 1:47; 125 – Luke Bell (D) d. Brock Thumm (W) 6-5; 130 – Tyler Butrick (CA) d. Luis Mendoza (F) 6-4; 135 – Ryan Smit (D) m.d. Jared Goodrich (W) 8-0; 140 – Dan Isbrecht (W) m.d. Jason Karasch (D) 10-1;145 – Kyle Miller (L) p. Travis Martin (W) 1:38; 152 – Colton Callaway (L) d. Alex Ehlert (RV) 7-3; 160 – T.J. Hess (EC) d. Jason Nash (D) 11-5; 171 – Brett Thumm (W) d. Johnny Moore (BS) 7-5 (OT); 189 – Brad Thomas (W) d. Cole Southworth (D) 11-5; 215 – Aran Barajas (H) d. Ruben Chavez (D) 7-4; Hwt – Jaxon DeHaven (W) d. Zack Kennedy (D) 4-2

Consolation round

103 – Pat Lynch (W) p. Bryce Abers 1:54; 112 – Khalli Brown (CA) d. Marcus Rodriguez (W) 11-6; 119 – Jake Adams (W) d. Ryan Gillette 4-0; 125 – Cole Menck (L) d. Shauntrell Gillam (CA) 11-1; 130 – Josh Archer (H) t.f. Nick Pugh (BS) 15-0; 135 – Ovie Sanchez (EC) d. Carter Fowler 8-4; 140 – Matt Johnson (F) p. Chris Caporossi (S) 5:26;145 – Josh Hill (S) d. Dominic Ledesma (H) 8-6; 152 – Jeff Hibshman (S) p. Sebastian Westphal (CA) 4:38; 160 – Brody Conner (L) d. Weston DeHaven (W) 4-2; 171 – Jeff Grandstaff (D) p. Jacinto Arrela (H) 4:54; 189 – Dominic Forbes (CA) d. Jon Scott (EC) 9-5; 215 – Arlando Lopez (BS) d. Jack Beasley (S) 6-0; 215 – Hwt – Ely Dunn (L) d. Nicholas Daily (BS) 4-3