Bulldog wrestlers 8th at Lancer Invite
McClain wins at 150, Riblet and Vieira 2nd in their divisions
By Cort Reynolds
MIDDLE POINT __The Ada High School wrestling team finished a solid eighth at the 15-team Lincolnview Lancer Invitational meet Saturday.
Senior Clayton McClain won the 150 lbs. title to pace the Bulldog grapplers. Silas Riblet and Liam Vieira took second in their respective weight divisions.
McClain won each of his three pool play matches by pin to advance to the final four at the 150 lbs. division. He ended up pinning Levi Grace of Crestview at 3:43 in the championship bout to end the day 5-0.
Riblet was 3-0 in pool play at 113 lbs., and went 4-1 overall after losing in the championship match by a 17-6 majority decision.
At the 144 lbs. bracket, Vieira won his three pool matches, all by pin. He then advanced to the final where he lost by pin to finish 4-1 on the day.
Layne Simon went 2-2 at 157 lbs. with a pin. Landon Simon also won a match in the 215 lbs. bracket.
Columbus Grove won the team title, with Crestview a distant second.
Ada top 6:
113 lbs. title match: Deagan Johns*-TIN defeated Silas Riblet-ADA MD-17-6
144 lbs. title match: Cody Ricker-LNV defeated Liam Vierra-ADA Pin-:44
150 lbs. title match: Clayton McClain-ADA defeated Levi Grace-CRE Pin-3:43
Team scores:
1 Columbus Grove 247.5 points
2 Crestview 181
3 Parkway 171.5
4 Lincolnview 153
5 Tinora 143.5
6 Van Wert 125
7 Hicksville 106
8 Ada 101.5
9 Van Buren 100
10 Antwerp 98.5
11 Spencerville 97
12) Montpelier 82
13) Defiance 42
14) Delphos Jefferson 36.
15) Wayne Trace 13
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