Sunday, February 27, 2000
District Wrestling: Division II
Purcell Marian placed four wrestlers in the state meet next week while finishing in third place behind Graham and Indian Lake.
Springboro qualified three wrestlers and finished fifth.
Kings qualified two wrestlers, including John Velez, who won the 112-pound title.
(at Wilmington)
Team Standings: 1. Graham 165.5; 2. Indian Lake 148; 3. Purcell Marian 100; 4. Tippecanoe 86.5; 5. Springboro 82.5. Locals: 6. Chaminade-Julienne 81; 7. Taylor 67; 9. Franklin 62.5; 10. Loveland 60.5; 11. Wilmington 60; 15. Kings 49.5; 18. Ross 37.5; 19. Edgewood 36.5; 20. Alter 31.5; 21. Clermont NE 31; 22. Bethel-Tate 29; 25. Little Miami 24; 26. Lemon-Monroe 21.5; 28. Roger Bacon 16; 29. Turpin 15; 30. New Richmond 13; Norwood 10; 34. Goshen 8; 35. Western Brown 7; 5; 37. McNicholas 3.
Championship Round
(Top four advance to state meet)
103 Jake Meinking (Purcell Marian) d. Nate Browning (Bellbrook) 6-4; 112: John Velez (Kings) d. Kevin Damanti (Shawnee) 9-3; 119 Chris Harrison (Cham.-Julienne) p. Josh Wooton (Graham) 1:14; 125 Bryce Markley (Graham) d. Jeremiah Jolliff (Preble Shawnee) 9-7 OT; 130 Josh Klofta (Indian Lake) d. Kalen Knull (Graham) 14-7;
135 Mike Allen (Shawnee) d. Ryan Worley (Loveland) 9-7; 140 Billy Wood (Preble Shaw nee) d. Aaron Ray (Ross) 5-4; 145 Philip Mackesy (Indian Lake) p. Robbie Phillips (Bethel-Tate) 2:49; 152 Anthony Jenkins (Indian Lake) d. Lamont Dixon (Purcell Marian) 12-6; 160 Josh Reamer (Taylor) d. Brett Linkinhoker (Bellefontaine) 10-8;
171 Joel Weimer (Springboro) tf. Scott Rush (Graham) 16-0; 189 Kris Klepacz (Tippecanoe) d. Aaron Keough (Clermont NE) 5-1; 215 Jason Lackmeyer (Purcell Marian) d. Levi Karnehm (Dayton Christian) 7-3; Hwt Jacob Welch (Eaton) p. Roger Miller (Cham.-Julienne) 5:06.
Third Place
103 Ty Klofta (Indian Lake) dec. Zach Hickman (Alter) 7-2; 112 Tim Harrison (Cham.-Julienne) pin Bobby Wells(New Richmond) 2:17; 119 Jeff King (Edgewood) dec. John Kremer (Franklin) 4-2; 125 Doug Huelsman (Tippecanoe) dec. Chris Williams (Taylor) 12-7; 130 Ben Ewig (Dayton Christian) dec. Zack Hensley (Lemon-Monroe) 3-1OT;
135 Chad Lensman (Graham) maj. dec. Josh Correll (Taylor) 11-3; 140 Clayton Errett (Graham) dec. Nick Goebel (Springboro) 8-2; 145 Tom Horne (Wilmington) dec. Keith Carter (Franklin) 6-4 OT; 152 Joe Ross (Wilmington) dec. Tim Sage (Kings) 7-6; 160 Eric Everhart (Indian Lake) dec. Evan Garver (Graham) 1-0;
171 Jeff Copelin (Purcell Marian) dec. Matt VanAusdal (Eaton) 4-2; 189 Jeff Rice (Graham) dec. Robby Moyer (Eaton) 3-1; 215 Jay Stephens (Tippecanoe) dec. Shane Bankard (Wilmington) 11-6; Hwt Ben Kave (Urbana) pin Dave Campbell(Springboro) 4:32.
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