Norwalk places five among top four at SBC Lake championships

NORWALK — The host Norwalk High School wrestling team finished with five placers among the top four of their respective weight classes at Tuesday's Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division championships. Bellevue (222.5 points) won the event ahead of Tiffin Columbian (192.5), Perkins (183.5) and Clyde (181). The Truckers scored 104.5 points to place fifth, followed by Vermilion (82.5) and Sandusky (53.5). Kaleb Ruhl and Ethan Phillips each placed second for the Truckers at 113 and 160 pounds, respectively. Austin Ware took third for Norwalk at 106, as did Jesse Cole at 126. Gerardo Diaz (132) was fourth. "We showed some fight, we just need more," Norwalk coach Frank Staley said. Some young guys made some mistakes that cost us a bit, but most of the kids seem to be trending in the right direction." Ruhl opened with a 17-7 major decision win over Clyde's Dalton Boyd in the first round, then topped Columbian's Kaylor Reynolds for a 12-9 decision in the semifinals. Facing Perkins' Wyatt Nemitz in the finals, Ruhl (17-10) fell by a 10-5 decision to finish second. Phillips was in a loaded weight class at 160, and opened with a pin in just 19 seconds over Vermilion's Chris Wood. In the semifinals, Phillips — ranked No. 12 in the latest borofanohio.net rankings — pulled out a 2-1 win over No. 10-ranked J.D. Thom (24-5) of Perkins in the semifinals. In the finals, Phillips (25-3) faced Bellevue's Max Ray (39-5), the No. 9-ranked wrestler in the state at 160, and suffered a 21-6 loss by technical fall. Ware had a first-round bye at 106, then was pinned in 1:15 by Columbian's Jaydin Depinet in the semifinals. Following another bye in the consolation semifinals, Ware bounced back to claim third with a 16-1 technical fall win over Clyde's Ryeder Andres. Cole began his night at 126 with a 17-4 major decision over Columbian's Zach Paulus. He fell by a 12-6 decision to Clyde's Chris Oleksiak in the semis, then pinned Perkins' Joey Meggitt in 4:02 in the consolation semis. Cole (18-8) then needed 3:38 to pin Vermiion's Joey Serfozo to finish third. Diaz lost in 2:31 by pin to Jaxon Thom in the first round at 132, then pinned Clyde's Drake Guhn in 54 seconds in the first round of consolations. He followed with a pin over A.J. Bonnell in 2:45 in the consolation semis, then dropped a 16-0 technical fall in the third-place match to Vermilion's Aiden Miller. "There is talent in our room," Staley said. "We as coaches and the kids need to have it all on the floor in two weeks when the sectional tournament rolls around." SBC Lake Division championships Team standings: 1. Bellevue (222.5); 2. Columbian (192.5); 3. Perkins (183.5); 4. Clyde (181); 5. Norwalk (104.5); 6. Vermilion (82.5); 7. Sandusky (53.5). First place 106: Billy Smith (PER) pinned Jaydin Depinet (COL), 1:58 113: Wyatt Nemitz (PER) dec. Kaleb Ruhl (NOR), 10-5 120: Lance Overmyer (CLY) pinned Zach Oprzadek (PER), 4:43 126: Jayden Mayes (BEL) maj. dec. Chris Oleksiak (CLY), 12-0 132: Clay Alley (BEL) pinned Jaxson Thom (PER), :13 138: Max Oprzadek (PER) pinned C.J. Poole (COL), 5:18 145: Maddox Simcoe (COL) dec. Justin Smythe (BEL), 6-2 152: Elijah Hunter (SAN) pinned Logan Catri (PER), 1:33 160: Max Ray (BEL) tech. fall Ethan Phillips (NOR), 21-6 170: Brody Conley (COL) pinned Cade Carroll (CLY), 1:04 182: Justin Mayes (BEL) pinned Jacob Eisenhower (CLY), 3:36 195: Collin Corapi (BEL) dec. Kasean Hatlay (COL), 8-4 220: Evan Straub (BEL) dec. Kane Mears (COL), 4-0 285: Brock Nunez (BEL) pinned Trenton Mominee (CLY), 3:11 Third place 106: Austin Ware (NOR) tech. fall Ryeder Andres (CLY), 16-1 113: Kaylor Reynolds (COL) pinned Dalton Boyd (CLY), 2:26 120: Kreston Shaw (VER) won by default 126: Jesse Cole (NOR) pinned Joey Serfozo (VER), 3:38 132: Aiden Miller (VER) tech. fall Giraldo Diaz (NOR), 16-0 138: Caiden Walters (BEL) pinned Owen Kyser (VER), :37 145: Lamar Everett (PER) pinned Chancey Miracle (CLY), 4:34 152: Tyson West (CLY) maj. dec. Dylan Wilson (BEL), 10-1 160: Kesean Jackson (COL) dec. Cameron Krueger (CLY), 10-4 170: Izaac Prochnow (BEL) dec. Jayvion Johnson (SAN), 7-5 182: Manny Aller (COL) pinned Decarvion Jones (SAN), 2:38 195: Christian Hummel-Meek (CLY) dec. Zach Zoellner (PER), 7-5 220: Brock Runner (PER) won by forfeit 285: Drake Shaw (VER) dec. Max Fortney (COL), 7-2 Fifth place 113: Lewis Strama (VER) won by forfeit 126: Joey Meggitt (PER) pinned Zach Paulus (COL), 4:00 132: A.J. Bonnell (COL) won by default 138: Max Yates (CLY) pinned Dominic Lones (NOR), 2:40 145: Trenton Goostree (NOR) pinned Michael Brass (VER), 2:55 152: Luc Busdeker (COL) pinned Malachi Howell (VER), 2:35 160: Chris Wood (VER) won by default 170: Jayvin Lewis (PER) pinned Ryan Fox (NOR), 3:35 182: Devandre Harvey (PER) dec. Mason Canalis (NOR), 9-3 195: Brendon Gross (NOR) won by forfeit 220: Dylon Gross (NOR) won by forfeit 285: Adam West (PER) won by forfeit