Edwardsburg wins second straight Wolverine Conference championship
Published 4:55 pm Saturday, February 3, 2018
Jacob Reece of Edwardsburg defeated Kody Walker of Dowagiac at 119 pounds. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Caden Reece of Edwardsburg captured the 125-pound title. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Edwardsburg’s Jackson Hoover rolls up Otsego’s Devonte Madison. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Nick Bradley of Edwardsburg wins his third Wolverine Conference championship, this time at 145. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Jacob Andrina won the 171-pound title for the Eddies. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Justin Lyle of Dowagiac bumped up a weight class and won the 189-pound Wolverine Conference title. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Edwardsburg’s Steven Harris pins Sturgis’ Alexis Nievez for the 285-pound crown. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
EDWARDSBURG — The Edwardsburg wrestling team successfully defended its Wolverine Conference championship Saturday.
The Eddies, who hosted the league tourney, scored 193.5 points to easily outdistance runner-up Dowagiac, which finished with 159.5 points. Plainwell was third, Sturgis fourth and Otsego fifth.
Edwardsburg had six conference champions, including Nick Bradley, who captured his third league title in four years.
Shoulder surgery kept Bradley from wrestling as a sophomore.
Dowagiac had one champion in senior Justin Lyle.
WRESTLING
WOLVERINE CONFERENCE
At Edwardsburg
Team scores
Edwardsburg 193.5, Dowagiac 159.5, Plainwell 127.5, Sturgis 111, Otsego 108.5, Three Rivers 63.5, Allegan 55, Paw Paw 37.5, Vicksburg 26, South Haven 23.
Championship round
103: Tyson Emmons (A) p. Drake Blackmun (PL) 0:30; 112: Josh Sunnerville (O) wins by forfeit over Noah Tinkham (E); 119: Jacob Reece (E) p. Kody Walker (D) 3:45; 125: Caden Reece (E) p. Peyton Bohl (O) 2:41; 130: Jackson Hoover (E) d. Devonte Madison (O) 7-6; 135: Chris Morrill (TR) t.f. Trey Lovelace (S) 16-0; 140: Koehl Meek (S) p. Devon Platt (O) 2:27; 145: Nick Bradley (E) p. Tristan Mohrlan (A) 0:54; 152: Nick Lindsay (PL) t.f. Lamberto Paredes (D) 17-2; 160: Clayton Tucker (PL) p. Case Jake (O) 1:34; 171: Jacob Andrina (E) d. Mason Brown (O) 9-3; 189: Justin Lyle (D) p. Jacob Layne (PL) 4:16; 215: Tyler Moore (TR) p. Caleb Murphy (D) 0:46; 285: Steven Harris (E) p. Alexis Nievez (S) 5:24.
