All 13 wrestlers made it through to the second day of the district tournament. I was able to watch most of the matches. I will give as many details as I can recall. If I am wrong about something, correct me please. The comets are looking good!
103 - Ruben Victoria wrestles a tough first round match, reverses Greg Suer from Elder in the 4th sudden death overtime. Ref not only ignores the reversal but awards Suer back points for the win! Victoria comes back in first round of consolation matches and wins. He will wrestle first thing tomorrow in the next conso round. Suer gets pinned second round and is in the consos as well.
112 - Brian Luria wins his first round match, then drops a close one to Daniels of Elder. He will begin his wrestle backs in consos tomorrow.
119 - Fayez Jamous loses first round to a tough Patrick Campbell of Anderson. Comes out in first round of consos and pins his kid.
125 - Christian Gonzalez! Gonzo is wrestling very well. Won his first match and then beat Meyers from Glen Este in the second round. He remains in championship rounds, if he wins first match tomorrow he goes to state!
130- Jesse Gorsek lost his first match, don't know opponent. Comes back in consos and wins to stay in it.
135 - Brendan Flannery wins his first match and gives his second round opponent state placer Jake Sage of Kettering Fairmont a battle. (Sage started the year at 152.) Flannery will begin his wrestle backs tomorrow.
140- Robert Shepherd wins his first match (a rematch of his GMC final with Andrew Globke), but not before he gets taken down. ( OOPS! We don't see that often.) Shep cleans up his act, tightens his form and tech falls his next opponent. A win against Lakota West's Craig McIntire in the first Championship round assures a return trip to Columbus.
145 - Kyle McIntyre - Tears through his first two opponents. I think he wrestles Giffin from Harrison first tomorrow. Regardless of his opponent a first match win tomorrow sends him to the big show.
152 - Eoin Walden - Wins his first match, then comes up against a hammer in the second round. He will begin his wrestle backs tomorrow.
160 - Aaron Walden - I don't know what they are feeding this kid, but whatever it is we need to get some for the whole team. He is on fire! Wins his first round with a pin after being down by at least 5 points at one time. Comes out and dominates his second round opponent as well! Score was close but not the action. He too could be planning his trip to Columbus with a win first thing tomorrow!
171 - Kyle Searer - wins his first round match, through patience and persistence. He just kept coming at the kid, till he wore him down. Loses a close one in OT in the second round, but is wrestling really well. He is definitely still in the hunt.
189 - Andy Porter - 6 takedowns, 2 three point nearfalls, and an escape, Andy Porter scores a tech fall in the first round!!! Stuns the crowd and leaves us all with time on our hands since he didn't go in to overtime!
Not one to disappoint his fans, Andy takes his next match against Princeton's Jeremy Stepp down to the last minute and wins 2 -1. Once everyone's heart rate returned to normal, we all agreed it was a great match. A win in the first round tomorrow sends Andy packing his bags as well.
215 - Maison Kana - Wrestles a great first round match. He is tough on the top position. He put in the boots and stretched that poor boy in all different directions. He lost a close match in the second round to Gordon of Fairfield, 5 -3. (Gordon is the number 1 ranked 215 in the Cinci area.)
Currently Mason is in 3rd behind Moeller and Elder. We were less than a point from Elder going into first round of consos and then all three wrestlers won, and two scored bonus. We were 6 + points behind Moeller going into the Consos. Elder had a few kids in consos, Moeller had one or two.
Tomorrow is going to be a battle with some great match ups for the comets. Currently on track to get at least 5 out, but we have to keep up the momentum. That number could easily go higher, it will come down to who wants it more and who is in the best condition. Hopefully, the comets will come out with guns blazing tomorrow.
103 - Ruben Victoria wrestles a tough first round match, reverses Greg Suer from Elder in the 4th sudden death overtime. Ref not only ignores the reversal but awards Suer back points for the win! Victoria comes back in first round of consolation matches and wins. He will wrestle first thing tomorrow in the next conso round. Suer gets pinned second round and is in the consos as well.
112 - Brian Luria wins his first round match, then drops a close one to Daniels of Elder. He will begin his wrestle backs in consos tomorrow.
119 - Fayez Jamous loses first round to a tough Patrick Campbell of Anderson. Comes out in first round of consos and pins his kid.
125 - Christian Gonzalez! Gonzo is wrestling very well. Won his first match and then beat Meyers from Glen Este in the second round. He remains in championship rounds, if he wins first match tomorrow he goes to state!
130- Jesse Gorsek lost his first match, don't know opponent. Comes back in consos and wins to stay in it.
135 - Brendan Flannery wins his first match and gives his second round opponent state placer Jake Sage of Kettering Fairmont a battle. (Sage started the year at 152.) Flannery will begin his wrestle backs tomorrow.
140- Robert Shepherd wins his first match (a rematch of his GMC final with Andrew Globke), but not before he gets taken down. ( OOPS! We don't see that often.) Shep cleans up his act, tightens his form and tech falls his next opponent. A win against Lakota West's Craig McIntire in the first Championship round assures a return trip to Columbus.
145 - Kyle McIntyre - Tears through his first two opponents. I think he wrestles Giffin from Harrison first tomorrow. Regardless of his opponent a first match win tomorrow sends him to the big show.
152 - Eoin Walden - Wins his first match, then comes up against a hammer in the second round. He will begin his wrestle backs tomorrow.
160 - Aaron Walden - I don't know what they are feeding this kid, but whatever it is we need to get some for the whole team. He is on fire! Wins his first round with a pin after being down by at least 5 points at one time. Comes out and dominates his second round opponent as well! Score was close but not the action. He too could be planning his trip to Columbus with a win first thing tomorrow!
171 - Kyle Searer - wins his first round match, through patience and persistence. He just kept coming at the kid, till he wore him down. Loses a close one in OT in the second round, but is wrestling really well. He is definitely still in the hunt.
189 - Andy Porter - 6 takedowns, 2 three point nearfalls, and an escape, Andy Porter scores a tech fall in the first round!!! Stuns the crowd and leaves us all with time on our hands since he didn't go in to overtime!
Not one to disappoint his fans, Andy takes his next match against Princeton's Jeremy Stepp down to the last minute and wins 2 -1. Once everyone's heart rate returned to normal, we all agreed it was a great match. A win in the first round tomorrow sends Andy packing his bags as well.215 - Maison Kana - Wrestles a great first round match. He is tough on the top position. He put in the boots and stretched that poor boy in all different directions. He lost a close match in the second round to Gordon of Fairfield, 5 -3. (Gordon is the number 1 ranked 215 in the Cinci area.)
Currently Mason is in 3rd behind Moeller and Elder. We were less than a point from Elder going into first round of consos and then all three wrestlers won, and two scored bonus. We were 6 + points behind Moeller going into the Consos. Elder had a few kids in consos, Moeller had one or two.
Tomorrow is going to be a battle with some great match ups for the comets. Currently on track to get at least 5 out, but we have to keep up the momentum. That number could easily go higher, it will come down to who wants it more and who is in the best condition. Hopefully, the comets will come out with guns blazing tomorrow.