By Cort Reynolds

MARION – The Ada High School wrestling team competed at the rugged two-day Marion Pleasant Sally George Invitational tournament Friday and Saturday, January 14-25.

The Bulldogs finished 15th out of 21 teams with 50 points. Mechanicsburg edged Liberty Center 176-174 to win the team crown. Westland finished third with 166 points.

Ada senior Landon Simon finished second in the 215 lbs. weight class with a 3-1 record to post the top Bulldog showing. Seeded third, he had a first round bye and then won his initial match by pin in just 64 seconds.

In the 215 quarterfinals, Simon again captured a pin win in 2:28. In the semifinals, he recorded another pin at 4:20 to advance to the championship bout.

Senior Chase Payne of London then pinned Simon in the title round in 2:39.

Ada junior Silas Riblet advanced to the semifinals of the 120 lbs. class on Friday with two pins. He was pinned in the semis and dropped into the consolation bracket, where he lost his first match to fall to the fifth-place bout.

Riblet then lost 14-0 by technical fall to end up 2-3 and sixth. 

Sophomore Layne Simon won his first match by pin at 165 lbs. in 54 seconds, then lost to Blevins of Kenton by pin. In the consolation bracket, he lost an 11-8 decision in overtime to be eliminated.

Senior Liam Vieira was seeded sixth in the 144 lbs. bracket, but lost his first round match by pin to fall into the consolation bracket. He won his first match there by pin in 4:1, but then fell via pin in 97 seconds to be eliminated.

Bulldog sophomore heavyweight Easton Lane triumphed in his first match in 4:35 by pin. He then lost by pin to drop into the consolation bracket. Lane won his first bout there in 70 seconds via pin, but lost the ensuing match by pin to be ousted with a 2-2 mark at the event.

The Bulldogs host the Ada Invitational Saturday, February 1 at 10 a.m.

Ada visits local rival Bluffton Wednesday, Feb. 5. 

The Blanchard Valley Conference championships are at Van Buren Feb. 15.

WEIGHT CLASS WINNERS, ADA PLACERS

106 Pound Placers
1st Braedyn Tammarine 11, Liberty Center, tf20-3

113 Pound Placers
1st Karson Jenkins 10, Cal. River Valley, Dec 16-13

120 Pound Placers
1st Tyler Turnbaugh 9, Ontario, Dec 10-9
6th Silas Riblet

126 Pound Placers
1st Nolan Fraley 12, Mechanicsburg, md16-4

132 Pound Placers
1st Gavin Hoover 12, Logan Elm, tf15-0

138 Pound Placers
1st Gavin Stacy 10, Mechanicsburg, md10-1

144 Pound Placers
1st Cowin Becker 12, Northmor, tf15-0

150 Pound Placers
1st Mason Turnbaugh 12, Ontario, Dec 11-6

157 Pound Placers
1st Carson Campbell 11, Northmor, Fall 1:17

165 Pound Placers
1st Ethan Lewis 11, Upper Sandusky, Dec 5-4

175 Pound Placers
1st Kile Sentieri 11, Marion Harding, Fall 1:46

215 Pound Placers
1st Chase Payne 12, London, Fall 2:39
2nd Landon Simon 12, Ada
 

Team scores

1. Mechanicsburg 176.0 points
2. Liberty Center 174.0 
3. Westland 166.0 
4. Logan Elm 165.0 
5. Jonathan Alder 149.0
6. Northmor 145.0 
7. Mansfield Madison Comprehensive 111.0
8. Ontario 106.0
9. London 101.0 
10.  Cal. River Valley 83.5 
11.  Marion Pleasant 83.0 
12.  Marion Harding 59.0
13.  Upper Sandusky 57.0
14.  Riverdale 56.0 
15.  Ada 50.0 
16.  Bucyrus 45.0 
17.  Kenton 35.0 
18.  Whetstone 26.5 
19.  Mount Gilead 26.0 
20.  Mifflin 4.0 
21.  Pleasant B team 0