Niles advances 11 to Division 2 regional
Published 8:32 am Monday, February 13, 2017
THREE RIVERS — The Niles wrestling team advanced 11 wrestlers to the Division 2 regional tournament Saturday in Eaton Rapids, including four individual champions.
Austin Franco (119), Andrew Flick (125), Brenden Hall (140) and Mitchell Findeisen (145) were all Division 2 district champions at Three Rivers Saturday.
Hall and Findeisen are repeat champions.
Also advancing for the Vikings were Austin Franco (112), Cade Stephenson (119), Robert Glover (152), Davin Simpson (160), Dayton Smith (171), Cody Glick (215) and Brian Soto (285).
The Vikings will now turn their attention to the Division 2 team regional at Lakeshore High School Wednesday.
Niles will face Mattawan in the opening round.
DIVISION 2 DISTRICT WRESTLING
At Three Rivers
Championship finals
103: Riley Bettich (Lakeshore) m.d. Jacob Reece (Edwardsburg) 13-2; 112: Terry Vette (Battle Creek Harper Creek) m.d. Shane Williams (Lakeshore) 19-7; 119: Austin Franco (Niles) m.d. Cade Stephenson (Niles) 16-8; 125: Andrew Flick (Niles) d. Ethan Bishop (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 7-0; 130: Tony Williams (Lakeshore) d. Chris Morrill (Three Rivers) 8-1; 135: Erik Taylor (Lakeshore) m.d. Bruce Barnett (Marshall) 8-0; 140: Brenden Hall (Niles) d. Koehl Meek (Sturgis) 4-2; 145: Mitch Findeisen (Niles) d. Nick Bradley (Edwardsburg) 4-3; 152: Cody Carlisle (Lakeshore) d. Robert Glover (Niles) 3-0; 160: Zach Miller (Coldwater) d. Davin Simpson (Niles) 13-12 (OT); 171: Sam DeMeester (Coldwater) m.d. Austin Cline (Edwardsburg) 19-5; 189: Logan Birchmeier (Gull Lake) p. Wyatt Losinski (Sturgis) 5:30; 215: Isaac Weir (Lakeshore) d. Tyler Moore (Three Rivers) 5-0; 285: Tyler Hill (Lakeshore) p. Owen Miller (Marshall) 3:55.
Consolation finals
103: Cameron Sanderson (Mattawan) d. Bailey DeLaTorre (Lakeshore) 2-1; 112: Hamza Muflihi (Coldwater) d. Ryan Franco (Niles), injury default; 119: Jacob Ragotzy (Gull Lake) d. Trevor Brooks (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 11-10; 125: Peter Deaton (Mattawan) m.d. Faheem Abdullah (Coldwater) 14-6; 130: Keagan Jones (Battle Creek Harper Creek) d. Nolan Rowland (Gull Lake) 4-3; 135: Dakota Trimm (Battle Creek Harper Creek) t.f. over Derek Hess (Edwardsburg) 17-2; 140: Josh McMann (Edwardsburg) d. Jack Walter (Mattawan) 5-3; 145: Antonio Postell (Battle Creek Central) d. Patrick Snyder (Edwardsburg) 12-5; 152: Carter Hall (St. Joseph) d. Zach Ford (Mattawan) 5-3; 160: Griffin Olmstead (Coldwater) p. Jacob Andrina (Edwardsburg) 1:27; 171: Joey Hess (Edwardsburg) d. Dayton Smith (Niles) 6-2; 189: Luke Finney (Vicksburg) p. Gage Ball (Sturgis) 1:36; 215: Zach Gipple (Coldwater) p. Cody Glick (Niles) 1:27; 285: Bryce Robinson (Lakeshore) d. Brian Soto (Niles) 3-2.