Saturday, February 20, 1999
Harrison, Moeller wrestlers take charge
Harrison and Moeller took commanding leads in their respective sectional wrestling tournaments Friday.
Harrison and Moeller each placed 12 of 14 wrestlers in the semifinals entering the final day of competition.
Moeller, ranked No. 1 in The Cincinnati Enquirer's final regular-season poll, advanced wrestlers in each weight class except for heavyweight and 112 pounds. Fairfield, ranked No. 2, remained in contention for the championship with nine wrestlers in the semifinals.
Harrison was the surprise in the St. Xavier sectional. Ranked No. 5 in the Enquirer poll, Harrison surprised Syca more (No.3) and Elder (No.4) and all but wrapped up the sectional.
After the first day of competition, Harrison holds a 74-461/2 lead over Sycamore. St. Xavier (41), Elder (40) and Colerain (38) round out the top five.
Both sites will begin semifinal matches 11a.m. today. Championships start at 6 p.m.
Division I Sectionals
(at Fairfield High School)
103—Leugers (Fairfield) v. Flick (La Salle), Candy (Moeller) v. Luther (Glen Este).
112—Ector (Lakota East) v. Wilkens (Fairfield), Griffin (Mt. Healthy) v. Mason (Oak Hills).
119—Hill (Moeller) v. Norris (La Salle), Wolery (Lakota West) v. Kist (Hamilton).
125—McIntire (Lakota West) v. McCormick (Moeller), Salyers (Fairfield) v. Wilcox (Oak Hills).
130—Smith (Hamilton) v. Ruth (Winton Woods), Gold (Lakota West) v. Zinkan (Moeller).
135—Wahoff (Fairfield) v. Haverkos (Moeller), Herdiner (Loveland) v. McIntire (Lakota West).
140—Lyons (Moeller) v. Welmer (Loveland), Willis (Lakota East) v. Lampe (Glen Este).
145—Schomaker (Talawanda) v. Elsen (Fairfield); Luster (Hamilton) v. Blanks (Moeller).
152—Padgett (Fairfield) v. D. Boggs (Mt. Healthy), M. Blanks (Moeller) v. Braly (Lakota East).
160—Temsey (Lakota West) v. Stephens (Winton Woods), Albers (Moeller) v. Watts (Oak Hills).
171—Schnitzler (Moeller) v. Woodall (Talawanda), Doxsey (Fairfield) v. Shepard (Oak Hills).
189—Thompson (Winton Woods) v. Cronin (Moeller), Stephens (Glen Este) v. Jones (Lakota East).
215—Quimby (Fairfield) v. Bittner (La Salle), Epps (Glen Este) v. Findley (Moeller).
Hwt—Ramsey (Fairfield) v. Allen (Loveland), Morris (Hamilton) v. Zerkle (Oak Hills).
Division I
(At St. Xavier High School)
Team Standings: 1. Harrison 73, 2. Sycamore 461/2, 3. St. Xavier 41, 4. Elder 40, 5. Colerain 38, 6. Princeton 261/2, 7. Anderson 19, 8. Milford 17, 9. Amelia 14, 10. Mason 10, 11. Western Hills 9, 12. (tie) Hughes, Northwest 6.
103—Langdon (Harrison) p. Osterkamp (St. Xavier) 1:37; Kunkel (Colerain) p. Williams (Mason) 2:52; McCoy (Elder) p. Israel (Princeton) 1:12; Kaplan (Sycamore) p. Shaffer (Amelia) 2:33.
112—Garcia (Colerain) p. Pena (Northwest) 1:38; O'Bryant (Anderson) p. Stipe (Mason) 1:39; Patterson (Sycamore) p. Mueller (St. Xavier) 1:15; Bamonte (Harrison) p. Workman (Elder) 1:29.
119—Spatola (Elder) p. White (Sycamore) 5:43; Bill (Harrison) p. Johnson (Milford) 3:04; Cooke (Colerain) d. King (Amelia) 16-5; Smith (St. Xavier) p. Medley (Anderson) 1:42.
125—Baria (Mason) p. Engleman (Hughes) 1:22; Gerwe (Milford) d. Brandt (Colerain) 16-4; Gray (Harrison) d. Rowland (Amelia) 7-3; Klein (St. Xavier) d. Lodge (Northwest) 5-2.
130—McCoy (Elder) p. Smith (Western Hills) 0:56; Montgomery (Sycamore) d. Morris (Amelia) 9-0; McGuffey (Harrison) d. Steever (Anderson) 5-1; Zamora (Princeton) tf. Jaspor (Colerain) 18-3.
135—Lambers (Elder) p. Widmeyer (Milford) 3:14; Harris (Princeton) d. Meadors (Mason) 8-0; Hinson (Harrison) p. Bostic (Western Hills) 1:38; McCord (Amelia) d. Loebach (Anderson) 21-13.
140—Scruggs (Sycamore) p. Pillingham (Mason) 3:53; Maxey (Princeton) d. Hunter (Milford) 6-2; Ruberg (Harrison) p. Sayers (Amelia) 3:11; Simon (St. Xavier) d. Schriederer (Northwest) 13-4.
145—Kaplan (Sycamore) d. Grimes (Colerain) 9-3; Roberson (Western Hills) p. Saylors 0:58; McCabe (St. Xavier) p. Moore (Harrison) 0:48; Pliev (Princeton) p. Staten (Mason) :048.
152—Niehaus (Harrison) d. Griebling (Sycamore) 8-5; Engleman (Hughes) p. Dalkalic (Western Hills) 2:45; Pennington (Colerain) d. Crookman (Elder) 14-3; Heard (Princeton) d. Buescher (St. Xavier) 10-3.
160—Carraher (St. Xavier) by default May (Elder); Hardert (Colerain) p. Marion (Amelia) 1:14; Doerflein (Harrison) d. Anderson (Milford) 11-1; Covert (Sycamore) p. Olton (Anderson) :51.
171—Livingston (Sycamore) tf. Brown (Princeton) 16-1; Farmer (Mason) d. Miller (Colerain) 6-3; McKiernan (Anderson) d. Simonson (Elder) 9-8; Sacksteder (Harrison) p. Dalton (Amelia) :40.
189—Hudson (Sycamore) p. Cutting (Anderson) 1:35; Van Hook (Elder) p. Chow (Northwest) 1:30; Fellinger (St. Xavier) d. Shelton (Harrison) 3-2; Seitz (Milford) p. Whitfield (Western Hills) 1:52.
215—Morris (Harrison) p. Macklin (Princeton); Kennedy (Northwest) p. Dubach (Hughes) :58; Rosing (St. Xavier) p. Chaille (Western Hills) 1:26; Brunner (Elder) d. Small (Sycamore) 10-8.
Hwt—Christipfel (Elder) p. Freeman (Colerain) 1:48; Conley (Harrison) p. Akorli (Hughes) 4:30; Leckie (Milford) p. Wiggins (Princeton) 1:15.
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