Tag: Wrestling

Crestwood third grader Kayden Miller has enjoyed a breakout season with the Crestwood Youth Wrestling Program, becoming the first wrestler in program history to win a state title at the Ohio Athletic Committee meet by going 5-0 in the Division II 75-pound weight class at the   Covelli Centre...

According to Crestwood Red Devils’ junior Tye Berquist, he knew that he needed to be much better after winning only one match at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III Independence district tournament last year. Berquist made good on his resolution, taking sixth place with a 2-3 record...

After capturing the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state championship last year, the target was firmly on Streetsboro Rockets’ junior Jarreau Walker’s back. The reigning Division II 106-pound champion once again captured a title, this time winning the 113-pound weight class with a 4-0 record last weekend...

Berkshire Badgers’ senior Danny Tiller ended the program’s three-year drought of not fielding a state placer at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state tournament, when he compiled a 2-3 record to take eighth place last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center. “It means a...

Aurora Greenmen senior Drake Brasiel saved his best for his third consecutive appearance at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state tournament, tallying a 3-1 record to place second in the 175-pound weight class last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center in Columbus. “I think it...

Crestwood Red Devils’ junior Rocco Wrobel’s long-awaited state debut delivered, as he recorded a 2-3 record to finish in sixth place in the 126-pound bracket of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state meet last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center in Columbus. “After last year,...

The Streetsboro Rockets’ wrestling team continues to increase the number of state qualifiers each year. The Rockets had three wrestlers earn state bids at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II Kenston district and finished in eighth place as a team by scoring 65.5 points last weekend in...

A year after taking third in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III district tournament’s 190-pound bracket, it was full steam ahead for Berkshire Badgers’ senior 190-pounder Danny Tiller, who went 4-0 to claim the district championship the 190-pound bracket last weekend at Independence High School. “It was great...

The Crestwood Red Devils’ wrestling team left their mark at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III Independence District Tournament by taking third place with 96.5 points and having junior 126-pounder Rocco Wrobel and 175-pounder Tye Berquist clinch state bids last weekend at Independence High School. “They grew up...

The Crestwood Red Devils’ wrestling team reached the top of the mountain when they earned first place at the Rootstown sectional tournament by scoring 180.0 points, crowning four sectional champions, and advancing eight district qualifiers last Saturday at Rootstown High School. “It was nice,” said Coach Dave Wrobell. “We had...

The Berkshire Badgers’ wrestling team defended their home mats in style, finishing in third place with a team score of 148.0 points, crowning one sectional champion, advancing seven district qualifiers along with two district alternates last Saturday at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III Berkshire sectional in...

The Garfield G-Men may once again have been short-handed for the annual Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference wrestling tournament last Saturday at Western Reserve High School but still placed third as a team, crowning two champions and scoring 111.0 points. “With a smaller and leaner line-up, I think we fared fairly...

Streetsboro Rockets’ wrestling Coach Mark Skonieczny said that he believes his squad’s time to win the Metro Athletic Conference tournament is coming sooner than later. Streetsboro inched closer to the top of the pack by netting second place with a team score of 170.0 points and crowning four champions...

The Crestwood Red Devils’ wrestling team continued its ascent in the Chagrin Valley Conference, taking second place in the CVC Chagrin Division and fourth place overall by crowning one champion and having six other wrestlers place to score 167.0 points last weekend at Hawken School in Chesterland. “I felt going...

The Berkshire Badgers’ wrestling team demonstrated not just the quality of talent but also depth at the Chagrin Valley Conference tournament last weekend at Hawken School in Chesterland, earning the CVC Valley Division title with a team score of 168.0 points, as two wrestlers won championships. “We are definitely very...

According to Crestwood Red Devils’ wrestling Coach Dave Wrobel, competing at the Twinsburg Duals was a good measuring stick to where the team really stood, and the Red Devils went 3-2 to take third place last Friday at Twinsburg High School. “It was nice to come out ahead and go...

The Berkshire Badgers’ wrestling team’s season of revitalization continued trending in the right direction when they finished in fourth place by scoring 160.0 points at the John Matteucci Memorial Tournament last Saturday at Eastlake North High School. “It was great for the kids,” said Coach Dave Malkus. “Getting those matches,...

The Streetsboro Rockets’ wrestling team announced themselves as the top team in Portage County in a big way, winning the Portage County Tournament by crowning five champions to score 227 points last Saturday at James A. Garfield High School. “We came in to win that tournament and wanted to make...

Wrestlers from across Portage County competed Friday, Jan. 2, at the Portage County Junior High Wrestling Tournament, hosted by James A. Garfield High School, with champions decided across multiple weight classes. Tournament champions were determined through title brackets, with second place awarded to the championship runner-up. Additional placement matches were...

The Garfield G-Men wrestling team may have been short-handed at the annual Division III Classic Tournament at Waterloo High School last weekend, but they showed their mettle as two G-Men wrestlers finished as champions, and the team finished in fourth place with a score of 299.5 points in Atwater...

The Berkshire Badgers’ wrestling team announced themselves in a big way as they finished in second place by crowning two champions to score 179.5 points at the Russ Ward Memorial Tournament last Saturday at Cardinal High School. “It was definitely on our minds as a coaching staff that we could...

In a crowded field of some of the best high school wrestling programs in Northeast Ohio, the Crestwood Red Devils asserted themselves by finishing in 10th place as a team by scoring 357.5 points at the North Coast Classic last weekend at the Independence Fieldhouse. “Usually, week one you are...

Last year, the Garfield G-Men wrestling team returned no state qualifiers but were still fueled by a talented sophomore class. The 2027 class will once again be the strength of the team, as they aim to build off last year when they qualified two wrestlers to the Ohio High...

According to Crestwood Red Devils’ wrestling Coach Dave Wrobel, the 2024-25 wrestling season marked the end of a lengthy streak in which Crestwood qualified at least one wrestler to the Ohio High School Athletic Association State Meet. The Red Devils seek to start a new streak for the 2025-26...

The Aurora Greenmen wrestling team brought three wrestlers to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state tournament and all three placed. In addition to senior 120-pound Johnny Green taking seventh, senior 165-pound Cole Walton placed eighth with a 2-3 record and junior 157-pound Drake Brasiel also came...

Aurora 120-pound senior Johnny Green had thrived wrestling in the 113-pound weight class in his first three years with the program. Before he begins his collegiate career at Army, Green said that he wanted to get stronger and despite moving up a weight class, he recorded a 3-2 record...

After a four-year stretch of memorable performances at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state tournament, it was a quiet weekend for the Garfield G-Men wrestling team. Junior 113-pound Camron Lewicki went 0-2 while sophomore 138-pound Landon Andel posted a 1-2 record last weekend at The Ohio...

Everything has come full circle for Streetsboro Rockets’ 106-pound Jarreau Walker. The Rockets’ sophomore went 4-0 in his first stint at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II wrestling tournament to wrap up the state title last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center in Columbus. “It took...

As young as the Garfield G-Men wrestling team is this season, they still were an experienced squad. That experience showed as the G-Men qualified two wrestlers to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state tournament with sophomore 138-pound Landon Andel finishing as the runner-up and junior 113-pound...

Last year, the Streetsboro Rockets’ wrestling team only advanced one wrestler to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state tournament. The Rockets doubled their state qualifiers this year as sophomore 106-pounder Jarreau Walker captured a state bid by winning the district title and senior 165-pounder Cohen Klimak...