Forty-six Area Wrestlers Advancing to Regional Competitions

 

Michigan Center, Napoleon and Springport high schools all crowned three district champions during the Michigan High School Athletic Association individual wrestling district tournaments on Saturday.

A total of 10 area wrestlers earned district titles at various locations.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class advanced to the MHSAA individual regionals scheduled for Saturday.

Corey Gamet (125 pounds), Josh Rankin (130), and Brock Kuhn (285) all claimed Division 3 championships for Michigan Center at home.

Napoleon wrestlers Nick Marienfeld (112), Ethan Weatherspoon (189), and Gage Stimer (215) earned first place in their respective weight classes at Manchester High School in Division 4.

Springport wrestlers Gavin Caudill (125), Thomas Potter (140), and Devin Strong (152) were all crowned district champs in Division 4 at MHS.

Lincoln Raczkowski of Western High School claimed the other district championship for area wrestlers in the Division 2 district tournament at Mason High School.

Jackson High School had three wrestlers advance out of the district tournament in Division 1. The regional tournament will be held in Grand Haven.

Western had four wrestlers advance and three Northwest wrestlers advanced to the individual regional at Vicksburg in Division 2.

In Division 3, four Michigan Center wrestlers and one Columbia Central wrestler will advance to the regional tournament at Williamston High School.

Thirty-one area wrestlers will advance to the Division 4 regionals to be held Saturday at Clinton and Hudson high schools. Three wrestlers from Hanover-Horton and one from Concord will wrestle in Hudson, while the other 27 from the Manchester district tournament will go to Clinton. Schools represented at that regional include Napoleon, Springport, Lumen Christi, Vandercook Lake, Grass Lake and East Jackson. 

The starting weight class at each regional tournament is 130 pounds.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class at the regional tournaments will advance to the state individual finals at Ford Field in Detroit on March 1, 2.

Here are the results for all Jackson area teams at the district tournaments held on Saturday:

Division 1 at Jackson

135 pounds

Jared Riggins, Jackson, 2^nd

215

Benoit Richards, Jackson, 3^rd

285

Jayson Roy, Jackson, 2^nd

Division 2 at Mason

103

Lincoln Raczkowski, Western, 1^st

Bryce Graham, Northwest, 4^th

135

Nick Ferris, Western, 4^th

140

Jake Race, Northwest, 4^th

160

Austin Tarpley, Northwest, 3^rd

189

Bode Brown, Western, 2^nd

215

Landon Raczkowski, Western, 2^nd

Division 3 at Michigan Center

125

Corey Gamet, Michigan Center, 1^st

130

Josh Rankin, Michigan Center, 1^st

171

Theo Crouse, Columbia Central, 4^th

285

Brock Kuhn, Michigan Center, 1^st

Jordan Versace, Michigan Center, 4^th

Division 4 at Manchester

103

Nate Crump, Vandercook, 3^rd

112

Nick Marienfeld, Napoleon, 1st

Joe Sunkle, Springport, 3^rd

Chris Britton, Vandercook, 4th

119

Robert Patterson, Springport, 2^nd

Conner Fitzpatrick, Lumen, 3rd

Trenton Grady, Springport, 4^th

125

Gavin Caudill, Springport, 1^st

Drake Frederick, Lumen, 2^nd

Nolan Jonas, Napoleon, 3^rd

135

Dylan Sanford, Springport, 2^nd

140

Thomas Potter, Springport, 1^st

Barrett Bagby, Grass Lake, 2^nd

Ian Albert, Napoleon, 4^th

145

Zach Minghine, Napoleon, 2^nd

Zach Potter, Springport, 3^rd

152

Devin Strong, Springport, 1^st

Isaac Slate, East Jackson, 3^rd

160

Barak Haring, Springport, 2^nd

Ben Cooper, Lumen, 3^rd

171

Trenton Holden, Grass Lake, 2^nd

Max Marienfeld, Napoleon, 4^th

189

Ethan Weatherspoon, Napoleon, 1^st

215

Gage Stimer, Napoleon, 1^st

Aaron Ludwig, Springport, 2^nd

285

Connor Riddle, Vandercook, 3^rd

Nathan Howell, Springport, 4^th

Division 4 at Hudson

119

Randy Frailey, Hanover-Horton, 2^nd

130

Garett Winter, Concord, 3^rd

135

Chris Sorrow, Hanover-Horton, 3^rd

189

Trent Hocter, Hanover-Horton, 3^rd