Butler claims Southmoreland tourney crown
At 170 pounds, Hannon had a first-round bye, then pinned West
Greene's Dalton Wildman at 1:50, earned a 6-4 decision over Meyersdale's Billy
Dunbar and 4-2 against Forest Hills' Zach Pinkas, the latter in the semifinals.
Hannon catured a 5-1 decision over Gateway's Austin Davidson
in the championship.
For Christmann, the top seed at 285 pounds, a first-round bye
was followed by first-period pins over Burrell's Jimmy Reedy (at 1:22) and
Meyersdale's Justin Dunmyer (:45), before a 3-1 decision over Pine-Richland's
Pat Kline sent him to the finals.
Christmann scored a 5-0 decision over Southmoreland's Jake
Beistel to claim the title.
Butler had four other wrestlers reach the consolation finals.
Blake Caudill (120) earned an 11-2 major decision over
Valley's Josiah Hughes to earn third place. Zach Weaver (182), Korey Caudill
(126) and Cody Houston (132) claimed fourth-place finishes.
Mars finished 21st in the team standings, Slippery Rock 22nd,
Grove City 26th and Knoch 29th in the 34-team event.
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Place Winners
113 — Conner Foust (Butler), sixth
120 — Blake Caudill (Butler), third; Dave Huselton (Slippery
Rock), sixth
126 — Korey Caudill (Butler), fourth
132 — Cody Houston (Butler), fourth; Blaine Elliot (Knoch),
fifth
145 — Trey Maher (Grove City), fifth
152 — Chet Simoni (Grove City) fifth; Dave Slomers (Butler),
sixth
160 — Will Bortmas (Butler), Ryan McMahon (Mars),
double-forfeit in fifth-place match
170 — Ryan Hannon (Butler), first
182 — Zach Weaver (Butler), fourth
195 — Tim Kerr (Slippery Rock), sixth; Brian Mowry (Knoch),
seventh; Austin Bitzer (Mars), eighth
220 — Johan VanDyke (Mars), sixth
285 — Forrest Christmann (Slippery Rock), first