By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The Ada wrestling team finished sixth at the eight-team Northwest Conference championship meet Saturday at Allen East High School.
Heavyweight Noah Arnett (12-6) posted the top Ada finish by coming in third in the 285 lb. division. He won three matches by pin, all in under one minute, but lost to the top two finishers in his weight class.
Bulldog junior Reece Evans (160) and junior Ethan Hull (170) each came in fourth in their brackets. Ada sophomore Colton Biederman (0-3) also finished fourth in the 120 lb. division.
Evans went 2-1 in pool play with a pair of pins to reach the third-place match. Columbus Grove sophomore Ryan Bogart decisioned Evans 3-1 to win third place.
Hull posted a 1-3 record at 170 lbs. in pool play with one pin.
Defending league title-holder AE three-repeated as champion with 296.5 points to edge past Bluffton (270) and Columbus Grove (216). Ada tallied 56 points.
With four individual weight class champions, Allen East won its league-best eighth conference crown.
NWC Wrestling Championship standings
1. Allen East 296.5 points
2. Bluffton 270
3. Columbus Grove 216
4. Delphos Jefferson 130
5. Spencerville 75
6. Ada 56
7. Paulding 51
8. Lincolnview 18
Individual weight class placers, with class and school
106 lbs.
1st Tayton Kleman 10, Bluffton
2nd Jordan Kennedy 11, Allen East
3rd Logan Steman 9, Jefferson
113:
1st Drake Carmean 10, Allen East
2nd Kaden Basil 9, Bluffton
3rd Isaac Cross 9, Jefferson
120:
1st Caleb Langhals 12, Columbus Grove
2nd Elias Mault 9, Bluffton
3rd Ethan Garver 9, Allen East
4th Colton Biederman 10, Ada
126:
1st Jeremy Sturgeon 10, Bluffton
2nd Jacob McConnahea 9, Jefferson
3rd Matti King 9, Allen East
132:
1st Brocke Sargent 9, Columbus Grove
2nd Dustin Mortimer 9, Bluffton
3rd Anthony Bodine 9, Jefferson
4th Dawson Redman 11, Allen East
138:
1st Josh Mehaffie 10, Bluffton
2nd Hunter Paxson 11, Allen East
3rd Johnathon Brooks 11, Jefferson
4th Jordan Vogt 10, Columbus Grove
5th Brody Fisher 9, Paulding
6th Jay Goetz 11, Spencerville
145:
1st Chase Miller 9, Allen East
2nd Elijah Conley 10, Bluffton
3rd Garrett Jones 11, Spencerville
4th Taylor Thompson 11, Jefferson
5th Justin Flanders 10, Columbus Grove
6th Jeremiah Smith 9, Paulding
152:
1st Blake Hershberger 10, Allen East
2nd Dylan Pitts 12, Columbus Grove
3rd Jesse Montel 12, Bluffton
4th Bruce Hutchison 9, Jefferson
160:
1st Jackson Wilson 9, Bluffton, Dec 2-1
2nd Caleb Welch 10, Allen East
3rd Ryan Bogart 10, Columbus Grove, Dec 3-1
4th Reece Evans 11, Ada
5th Ben McKee 11, Jefferson, Fall 4:22
6th Koyla Paschall 10, Paulding
170:
1st Ezra Jones 10, Columbus Grove
2nd Ethan Boday 11, Allen East
3rd Brayden Stephens 9, Spencerville
4th Ethan Hull 11, Ada
5th Dylan Anthony 11, Jefferson
182:
1st Adrian Simonin 12, Paulding
2nd Kane Pleacher 11, Jefferson
3rd Devin Anspach 10, Allen East
4th Brok Bill 10, Lincolnview
195:
1st Deandre Nassar 12, Bluffton
2nd Garrett Neth 11, Allen East
3rd Dakota Sargent 11, Columbus Grove
4th Louis Ulrey 10, Lincolnview
5th Reuben Noriega 10, Spencerville
220:
1st Dylan Sargent 11, Columbus Grove
2nd Landen Luginbuhl 11, Bluffton
3rd Brandon Dues 10, Spencerville
4th Alek Winner 9, Allen East
285/heavyweight:
1st Brennan Davies 11, Allen East
2nd Jeff Meyer 10, Columbus Grove
3rd Noah Arnett 11, Ada
4th Michael Aldrich 12, Spencerville
5th Trent Howard 9, Bluffton
6th Sloan Foster 12, Paulding
Ada competes at the Div. III sectionals in Lima Saturday, Feb. 23.
