Galion High School Roundup

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

WRESTLING

The var­sity wrestlers placed sixth out of 10 teams in the Ash­land Book­mas­ters Tour­na­ment last weekend.

Of the 10 Tigers that wres­tled, nine placed in their weight class and all 10 picked up at least one victory.

Zac Tupps — at 120 pounds — was the lone Tiger to gar­ner a cham­pi­onship. A state-qualifier last sea­son, he placed 5–0 with a pair of pins, two major deci­sions and a 16–1 tech fall.

Car­son McIe — com­pet­ing at 106 pounds — took third place with a 2–2 record.

At 160 pounds, Jeremy Mason com­piled a 1–2 record and fin­ished fourth.

Nick Flow­ers — 145 pounds — was fifth with a 3–1 record, includ­ing an 11–0 thump­ing of the weight class cham­pion. Three kids in Nick’s pool went 2–1 so he was bumped down in the bracket to wres­tle for fifth place.

Also plac­ing fifth was fresh­man Drake Bar­nett at 152 pounds with a 3–2 mark.

Two other Tigers placed fifth. Zach Brown (220 pounds) and Deaken McCoy (heavy­weight) each notched 3–2 records.

Justin Kleinknecht — 126 pounds — went 2–3 and fin­ished sixth.

JT Har­ris — 182 pounds — was also sixth with a 2–3 mark.

Chris Kuehlman (195) also tal­lied a win for the Orange-and-Blue.

“I feel we wres­tled pretty well … but we have a lot of work to do,” noted Galion head coach Brent Tyrrell. “We fin­ished sixth with­out Brent Espos­ito, one of our cap­tains, who most likely would have fin­ished in the top three at 170 which could have got us as high as fourth.”

Galion’s junior var­sity grap­plers took part in the North­mor JV Tour­na­ment. To per­form­ers for the locals were heavy­weight cham­pion Tris­tan Schroeder (5–0), Austin Keenan, third at 195; and Bran­don Stew­art, third at heavyweight.

GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL

Vis­it­ing Clear Fork outscored the Orange-and-Blue 52–44 last Sat­ur­day after­noon at the high school.

Twenty-seven turnovers and a mis­er­able 13-for-62 shoot­ing per­for­mance from the field (21 per­cent) spelled doom for the Lady Tigers.

Bai­ley Ruhe led Galion in scor­ing with 14 points and Pey­ton Beachy had 13. Kelly Mann tal­lied 6 points and had a mon­ster per­for­mance haul­ing in 18 rebounds. Ramonda Dorsey, 6 points; Shel­bie Schramek, 3; and Jor­dan Kuns, 2; rounded out the scor­ing for the hosts.

Clear Fork shot 30 per­cent from the floor (21-for-69) and coughed the ball up 22 times.

At the foul line, Galion was 15-for-27 and the Lady Colts, 9-for-20. Galion had a slim 39–38 rebound­ing advantage.

SWIMMING

Pow­er­ful Colonel Craw­ford claimed both sides of a meet with Galion on Mon­day. The Eagles won 63–30, and the Lady Eagles bested the Lady Tigers 55–39.

Win­ning events for the Galion boys were: Zane Ekin, 200 IM, 2:10.83, and the 100 fly, 58.16; Sam DeN­ero, 500 free, 5:28.57; and Con­nor Kempf, 100 back, 58.53.

A trio of relay squads posted vic­to­ries for the Eagles, The 200 med­ley relay quar­tet of Logan Pfeifer, Nic Roe, Clay Fogle and Jack Crase III won at 1:46.36; Crase, Roe, Fogle and Ian Kochheiser took the 200 free relay with a 1:36.28; while Crase, Kochheiser, Fogle and Pfeifer were tops in the 400 free relay (no time reported).

Gar­ner­ing first-place points for the Lady Tigers were: Kris­ten Bene­dict, 50 free, 26.96; Car­o­line Shi­fley, 100 fly, 1:08.91; and Becca Rig­don, 500 free, 6:10.81.

Chloe Grove was the top per­form­ing Lady Eagle as she won the 100 free, 59.5, and the 100 back, 1:08.16.

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