Northmor’s Tyler Beck to wrestle for state title Saturday

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

COLUMBUS — Tyler Beck of North­mor will attempt to become the fourth wrestler in school his­tory to win a state cham­pi­onship Sat­ur­day evening when he bat­tles North Baltimore’s Dal­ton Ish­mael in the title match of the Divi­sion III 195-pound weight class.

Beck — 49–1 this win­ter — pinned Mar­cus Smith of Carlisle at 2:25 in Fri­day night’s state semi­fi­nals here at Value City Arena.

Ish­mael — like Beck, a senior — is 45–1, includ­ing a 6–1 tri­umph over Loudonville’s Ryan Weber in the semis.

Also in Fri­day evening’s semi­fi­nals, unde­feated Zack Nel­son of Waynedale bested Galion junior Zac Tupps 5–3 at 126 pounds. Nel­son — a senior who placed fourth in the 120-pound weight class a year ago — upped his record to 57–0 this winter.

Tupps drops into the lower brack­ets. If he wins twice Sat­ur­day morn­ing, he will fin­ish third in the state. He has a solid 51–6 record. The 51 vic­to­ries are the single-season stan­dard at Galion High School.

In the semis of the 145-pound weight class, North­mor junior Jamie Baldridge lost by a 23–8 tech fall to Jacob Dan­ishek of Day­ton Chris­t­ian. Like Tupps, should Baldridge win twice Sat­ur­dayin the lower brack­ets he will fin­ish third in the state.

In Fri­day morning’s quar­ter­fi­nals, Tupps major deci­sioned Trevor Ander­son of West Liberty-Salem 14–5 and Galion’s Deaken McCoy lost to Mapleton’s Tyler Shook by an 11–6 count at 220 pounds.

Also, Northmor’s Baldridge won a hard-fought 5–4 match against Reid Stan­ley of Waynedale; Vis­conti fell via a 20–5 tech fall to Norwayne’s Kollin Moore; and Beck rang up a 19–3 tech fall on Waterloo’s Bran­don Brenes.

Fri­day afternoon’s quar­ter­fi­nals con­so­la­tion action showed Vis­conti deci­sion­ing Caleb Horn of Amanda-Clearcreek 5–4, and McCoy being pinned by Cory Durbin of Fre­mont St. Joseph at 1:55.

In Thursday’s opening-round com­pe­ti­tion, all five area wrestlers came out on top.

Tupps — mak­ing his sec­ond state meet appear­ance as a Tiger — deci­sioned Evan Fran­cis of Kirt­land 8–6 in overtime.

McCoy — one of only two sopho­mores in his weight class — pinned Joseph Dot­son of Han­ni­bal River in the third period at 4:23. It was McCoy’s first match ever in a state meet.

For North­mor, Baldridge gar­nered a 4–2 deci­sion over Adam Guerra of San­dusky St. Mary Cen­tral Catholic; Vis­conti reg­is­tered a 9–5 tri­umph against Seth Knoll or Riverdale, and Beck scored a 10–1 major deci­sion on Joe Dil­bert of Reading.

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