Forbes wins district title

GALESBURG — Cassopolis’ Dominic Forbes captured the Division 4 district title Saturday.

Forbes defeated Alex Haralson of Bellevue 7-5 in the title match.

Also advanving for the Rangers were Tyler Butrick (130), who was fourth, and Ian Montgomery (171), who was third.

For the second time in three years, Brandywine’s Chanc Ravish is a district champion.

Ravish defeated teammate Nick Wright 18-5 to claim 130-pound Division 4 Individual District championship Saturday at Bangor High School.

Also advancing to the regionals for the Bobcats were Victor Moranchel (103), Jimmie Wright (119), Nick Wright (130) and Cory Katterheinrich (285).

Both of the Wrights finished second, while Moranchel and Katterheinrich were both fourth.

The Bobcats, who will compete in the Division 4 Team Regional Wednesday in Decatur, advances five wrestlers to Saturday’s individual regional at Constantine.

Division 4 Individual Districts

At Bangor

Championship round

103: Kyle Barkovich (Lawton) d. Hunter Bell (Decatur) 4-2

112: Luke Bell (Decatur) d. Ivan Gallegos (Covert) 7-3

119: Stephon Willis (Bangor) d. Jimmie Wright (Brandywine) 11-9

125: Brock Thumm (Watervliet) d. Ryan Smit (Decatur) 9-2

130: Chanc Ravish (Brandywine) m.d. over Nick Wright (Brandywine) 18-5

135: Arin Reyna (Covert) m.d. over Corless Parker (Bangor) 9-0

140: Kyle Miller (Lawton) m.d over Dan Isbrecht (Watervliet) 11-0

145: Travis Martin (Watervliet) d. Kysean Wright (Covert) 7-6 (OT)

152: Colton Callaway (Lawton) d. Brody Conner (Lawton) 3-2

160: Zach Birkhead (Bangor) d. T.J. Hess (Eau Claire) 7-5

171: Brett Thumm (Watervliet) p. Johnathon Scott (Eau Claire) 3:37

189: Brad Thomas (Watervliet) d. Nathan Luce (Bloomingdale) 5-3 (OT)

215: Adan Barajas (Hartford) d. Rueben Chavez (Decatur) 6-1

285: Jaxon DeHaven (Watervliet) d. Zack Kennedy (Decatur) injury default

Consolation round

103: Pat Lynch (Watervliet) p. Victor Moranchel (Brandywine) 4:45

112: Trevor Sherburn (Lawton) d. Marcus Rodriguez (Watervliet) 6-5
119: Jamie Summerville (Gobles) p. Austin Beach (Lawton) 0:50

125: Cole Menck (Lawton) p. Cody Short (Benton Harbor Countryside) 1:45

130: Nick Hall (Covert) d. Nick Pugh (River Valley) 17-11

135: Jared Goodrich (Watervliet) d. Jason Karasch (Decatur)

140: David McNealy (Bangor) d. Brian Larabel (Bloomingdale) 8-1

145: Matt Lopez (Bloomingdale) d. Zach McAndrew (Lawrence) 5-4

152: James Reeder (Lawrence) d. Sean Salinas (Bloomingdale) 9-7

160: Jason Nash (Decatur) d. Weston DeHaven (Watervliet) 2-1

171: Jacinto Arreola (Hartford) d. Nathan Gerhold (Decatur) 9-2

189: Adam Borah (Bangor) p. Cole Southworth (Decatur) 1:52

215: Mario Aburto (Covert) d. Andy Vanderburg (Eau Claire) 2-0

285: Seth Robinson (Marcellus) p. Cory Katterheinrich (Brandywine) 0:42

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