Sunday, February 18, 2001
Division I Sectional wrestling
Harrison gets best of Fairfield again
By Chris Yeager
Enquirer contributor
Harrison High wrestler Tim Ruberg feels he and his teammates don't get enough respect.
Fairfield's Mike Wahoff said he and his teammates were looking to avenge a dual meet loss to Harrison earlier this year.
Redemption will have to wait, as Harrison captured the Division I sectional wrestling title at Fairfield on Saturday. Harrison beat Fairfield 232-218.5.
Harrison is sending 10 wrestlers to next week's district meet. Fairfield advanced 11.
Lakota West placed third (213.5 points) and is sending seven wrestlers on to districts. Lakota East finished fourth, with nine wrestlers advancing.
“I'd like to think we have a pretty tough sectional,” said Harrison coach Chad Dennis, who graduated from Fairfield in 1991. “It's good to beat my old coach twice in one season.”
Wildcat co-captain Ruberg won the 160-pound title.
“Winning the district meet is a goal. I wouldn't mind an exhibition with Fairfield, again, too,” Ruberg said, smiling.
“They have a great team,” said Wahoff, who took his third consecutive sectional title, this time at 145 pounds.
Wahoff broke Willie Wineberg's record for most pins by a Fairfield wrestler. Wineberg recorded 75 pins in four years. Wahoff now has 77.
Lakota West's Matt McIntire (135 pounds) won his third sectional title. While he said he was pleased with his team's showing, the sectional tournament has become just a step on the way to the state meet.
“Well, southwest Ohio is improving so much now, the North isn't just this powerhouse, so there's a greater focus on state now,” McIntire said.
The Division I district tournament begins at 2:45 p.m Friday at Centerville.
Team standings: 1. Harrison 232, 2. Fairfield 218 1/2, 3. Lakota West 215 1/2, 4. Lakota East 200 1/2, 5. Hamilton 133, 6. Mason 109, 7. Princeton 72, 8. Milford 56 1/2, 9. Mt. Healthy 51, 10. Oak Hills 42, 11. Anderson 35.
Championship
103—Mathis (Prin) p. Dearwester (Har) 2:22; 112—Ocasio (Fair) d. Hlebak (Lakota East) 10-8; 119—Kist (Ham) d. Hahn (Fair) 5-2; 125—Wolery (Lakota West) d. Schmittauer (Lakota East) 8-3; 130—Flake (Lakota West) d. Cornwell (Fair) 7-3; 135—McIntire (Lakota West) md. Stehlin (Fair) 20-7; 140—Harris (Prin) d. Rowland (Har) 3-1; 145—Wahoff (Fair) md. Hotopp (Har) 22-11; 152—Gadson (Fair) dd. Emmons (Ham) 9-4; 160—Ruberg (Har) md. Fuhrmann (Lakota West) 18-6; 171—Pliev (Lakota East) by default; 189—
Schultz (Har) d. Maggard (Lakota West) 3-1; 215—Williams (Lakota East) d. Drew (Lakota West) 7-0; Hwt—Taylor (Har) md. Johnson (Lakota East) 18-4.
Third place
103—Kist (Ham) p. Lambert (Mason) 1:57; 112—Beish (Har) d. Williams (Mason) 6-1; 119—
Sizemore (Fair) d. Loebker (And) 9-7; 125—Gillen (Har) d. Wisor (Fair) 6-3; 130—Bush (Lakota East) d. Breiner (Mason) 5-3; 135—Butler (Mt. H) md. Howe (Mason) 15-4; 140—Gerwe (Milf) d. Eynon (Fair) 3-2; 145—Beyerlein (Lakota West) d. Tennant (Milf) 5-3; 152—Sacksteder (Har) d. Ross (Lakota East) 8-6; 160—Elsen (Fair) d. Meadros (Mason) 5-3; 171—Parker (Fair) d. Gadd (Ham) 9-8; 189—Lawson (Fair) d. Lester (Ham) 5-2; 215—Cutting (And) d. Hennessey (Har) 3-2; Hwt—Dooley (Mason) d. Knight (Ham) 3-2.
Moeller wins 4th straight title
Moeller placed 10 wrestlers in the finals and produced nine champions on its way to a fourth consecutive sectional championship.
“I thought we had the kids capable of doing it,” Crusaders coach Jeff Gaier said. “It doesn't always go the way we planned, but we wrestled well.”
Northwest sophomore Tony Smith beat the top seed, the fourth seed and the second seed on the way to the 119-pound title.
Team standings: 1. Moeller 297.5, 2. Elder 228.5, 3. St. Xavier 199, 4. La Salle 144, 5. Colerain 131, 6. Glen Este 101.5, 7. Loveland 98, 8. Sycamore 64.5, 9. Winton Woods 57, 10. Northwest 51, 11. Amelia 35, 12. Talawanda 30.5, 13. Western Hills 8.
Championship
103—Goode (Moeller) d. Bastin (Colerain) 10-3; 112—Cottone (Moeller) d. Schultz (Elder) 4-2; 119—Smith (Northwest) d. McCoy (Elder) 7-6; 125—Zinkan (Moeller) d. Straus (Sycamore) 7-6; 130—Spatola (Elder) p. Brewer (Colerain) 3:40; 135—Baria (Moeller) d. Brewer (Colerain) 8-7; 140—Zinkan (Moeller) p. Flanigan (La Salle) 2:47; 145—Ruth (Winton Woods) d. Blanks (Moeller) 9-6; 152—Blanks (Moeller) d. Engel (Colerain) 17-5; 160—Ostholthoff (Moeller) d. Thomas (Elder) 13-2; 171—Lukens (Moeller) d. May (Elder) 8-1; 189—Creeden (Moeller) d. Chambers (Elder) 7-4; 215—Naltner (Elder) d. Schweitzer (St. Xavier) 12-5; 275—
Rosing (St. Xavier) d. Noth (La Salle) 5-3.
Third place
103—Gorrasi (Elder) d. Woolf (La Salle) 5-2; 112—Cook (St. Xavier) d. Ford (Northwest) 2-0; 119—Gill (Loveland) d. Sellers (St. Xavier) 6-5 (2 OT); 125—Norris (La Salle) d. Maupin (Glen Este) 11-3; 130—Meyer (Moeller) d. Cook (Loveland) 11-1; 135—Hautman (La Salle) over Carver (St. Xavier) def.; 140—Gallagher (St. Xavier) d. Pope (Elder) 4-2; 145—Bosiljevac (St. Xavier) d. King (Loveland) 6-5; 152—Malinowski (St. Xavier) d. Stultz (Glen Este) two-overtime criteria; 160—
Kannady (Colerain) p. Wallace 5:14; 171—Baute (St. Xavier) d. Smith (Loveland) 9-0; 189—Georg (Glen Este) over Lehn (Amelia) def.; 215—Strange (Winton Woods) d. Reich (Sycamore) 8-5; 275—Allen (Loveland) p. Hoskins (Glen Este) 1:44.
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