Austin Melton brought home a state championship to DeWitt last weekend. He placed first in the 134-pound division at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Melton won the title match over Collin Lieber of Croswell-Lexington 13-4. Kameron Melton was seventh for DeWitt at 135 pounds. In the match for seventh, he beat Donald Janice of Warren Woods-Tower with a pin in 2:51.
Two Clare wrestlers placed in the state finals last weekend at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Logan Emery went 4-3 and placed sixth at 160. He beat Boyd Hubbard of Alma to advance to the consolation finals where he lost to Donny Mandell of Dundee on a pin and to Chase Bard of Allegan on a decision. Brandon Ayris was seventh at 171. He was 3-2 for the weekend. In his last match, he defeated Ben McCann of Midland Bullock Creek for seventh.
Cedar Springs had one wrestler competing in the Division 2 state finals Saturday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Zachary Wamser competed at 171 pounds and went 0-2. He lost a major decision to Max Dean of Lowell and lost on a pin to Hunter McCoy of Dearborn Heights Anapolis.
Three Carson City-Crystal wrestlers placed in the Division 4 state wrestling tournament last weekend at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Dallas Green was third at 125 pounds. He had lost in the quarterfinal but came back to win four straight. In the third-place match, he beat Austin Wilt of Adrian-Madison. Darren Decker placed fifth at 145 pounds. In the fifth-place match, he pinned Zack Taubitz of Montabella. Dillen Decker was fourth at 152 pounds with a 4-2 record.
Montabella had three wrestlers place in the Division 4 state wrestling tournament last weekend at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Jonny Durham was fifth at 171 pounds after going 4-2. He won by decision over Roger Fox of Sand Creek at 171 pounds. Dan Davison was 3-2 at 285 pounds. He won by decision over Tom Devos of Kent City. Zack Taubitz was sixth at 145 pounds. He was 3-3.
Jesse Scheidel of Belding and teammate Neil McCully both wrestled in the Division 3 state finals last weekend at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Scheidel lost all three matches. McCully was unable to wrestler. Both wrestlers did not place.
The season is over for Bay City John Glenn’s wrestling team. The team had one wrestler at 152 pounds in the Division 2 finals. Ethan Smith was 1-2 and did not place. His only win was a decision over Caleb Norris of Eaton Rapids 13-10.
The season is over for Bay City Central’s wrestling team. Central sent three wrestlers to the Division 1 finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills but each one wasn’t able to place. Davon Jackson at 160 and Andre Houston at 189 were both 1-2. Tyler Vincent at 103 was 0-2.
The season is over for Bath’s wrestling team. Bath sent one wrestler, Chris Boot, with a 33-6 record, to the state finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills. He lost his first and third matches and won his second, but did not place. His victory was by injury default over Sam Johnson of Holly.
Bay City Western’s venture to the state finals for Division 2 at The Palace of Auburn Hills was highlighted by a second-place effort from Jacob Alarie at 215 pounds. Alarie won his first three matches including a 7-6 decision in the semifinals over Chase Challender of Charlotte. In the finals, he was pinned in 1:50 by Josh Colegrove of Lowell. Thomas Schoenherr at 135 pounds and Christian Schoenherr at 140 were fourth-place finishers.
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