PARKERSBURG-Hall of Fame coach Joe Handlan has seen a lot of wrestling tournaments during his time. But, even the former Parkersburg Big Reds' leader was impressed with what he witnessed during the opening night of the West Virginia Duals at Memorial Fieldhouse.
"We had our big tournaments when I coached," said Handlan while watching the Big Reds take on Springboro, Ohio, in a second- round matchup. "But, this is impressive. It's great to see all of these kids out here on a night like tonight competing.
"It's great for the wrestling fans around our area to be able to come to an event of this magnitude."
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Parkersburg South's Lance Hill, right, is locked in a struggle with Dayton Christian's Christian Clary Friday during the first day of the West Virginia Duals at Parkersburg High School. Hill, a reigning West Virginia state champion, defeated Clary, ranked second in Ohio, in the 113-pound match by a 2-1 score.
The two-day tournament, which began at 4:15 p.m., was to feature 8-team pools, however, the inclement weather that hit around the Mountain State caused three squads-Shady Spring, George Washington and Woodrow Wilson-not to show and forced Cabell Midland to forfeit all of its matches on Friday. The Knights are expected to be on hand when wrestling begins today at 9 a.m.
"We were forced to go to two 7-team pools," said PHS Director of Athletics Lori Lowers. "And, one of those is an all-star team made up of wrestlers from different schools to make up for Shady Spring."
Despite the missing programs, action got under way with both the defending duals champion Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy and four-time defending Class AAA W.VA. state champion breezing through the first two rounds of action.
Fact Box
West Virginia Duals
at Parkersburg High's
Memorial Fieldhouse
POOL A
CVCA (66) vs. Ritchie Co (18)
PHS (72) vs. Lewis Co (12)
Springboro (52) vs. South B (24)
CVCA (55) vs. South B (18)
PHS (37) vs. Springboro (25)
Lewis Co (42) vs. Ritchie Co (34)
Lewis Co (42) vs. South B (39)
Springboro (60) vs. Ritchie Co (21)
CVCA (38) vs. PHS (24)
CVCA (40) vs. Springboro (30)
POOL B
Pkb South (74) vs. Hedgesville (3)
Dayton (56) vs. Roane Co (24)
Brooke (70) vs. All-Stars (7)
Roane Co (46) vs. Calhoun Co (30)
Dayton (53) vs. All-Stars (15)
Pkb South (52) vs. Brooke (15)
Roane Co (39) vs. Hedgesville (36)
Calhoun Co (45) vs. All-Stars (17)
Pkb South (53) vs. Dayton (17)
Hedgesville (60) vs. All-Stars (18)
Pkb South (60) vs. Calhoun Co (9)
Roane Co (42) vs. Brooke (33)
Dayton (44) vs. Brooke (30)
Hedgesville (45) vs. Calhoun Co (26)
Round 1
Parkersburg South 74, Hedgesville 3
106: Logan Ball (PS) p. David Walter, 0:30; 113: Lance Hill (PS) p. Sandy Grant, 3:33; 120: Braidon Knotts (PS) tech fall Kody Hinzman, 15-0; 126: Kyle Knotts (PS) p. Chris Brindle, 0:53; 132: Jordan Quiocho (PS) d. Stephen Hite, 11-9; 138: Tyler Richards (PS) p. Chris Jarrett, 2:27; 145: Michael Cicchino (H) d. Jake Alexander, 6-4; 152: Chip Sturek (PS) p. Nick Clevenger, 0:58; 160: Briar Shively (PS) won forfeit; 170: Drake Mills (PS) p. Thomas Hughes, 0:21; 182: Tyler Newhart (PS) p. Floyd Riggleman, 0:52; 195: Matthew Dixon (PS) p. Justin Compton, 1:28; 220: Zachary Haddix (PS) p. Michael Kirk, 0:26; 285: Dane Mills (PS) p. Anthony Carter, 1:20
Dayton 56, Roane County 24
106: Hunter Bray (DC) d. Riley White, 14-8; 113: Christian Clary (DC) p. Cole Moore, 4:40; 120: Cam Moore (R) p. Josh Clary, 3:52; 126: Seth Bell (DC) p. Dillon Clarkson, 3:12; 132: Alex Becker (DC) p. Chris Cherry, 1:34; 138: Brandon Moore (DC) won forfeit; 145: Sam Nichols (R) won forfeit; 152: Jacob Danishek (DC) p. Luke Scott, 0:54; 160: Jonathan Carr (DC) d. Joe Copley, 18-3; 170: Joel Turner (DC) p. Tyler Hammack, 1:45; 182: Kevin Henkel (DC) p. Mikael Free, 3:28; 195: Scott Gibson (R) won forfeit; 220: Caije Nichols (ROA) won forfeit; 285: Nathaniel Jackson (DC) won forfeit
CVCA 66, Ritchie County 18
106: Mason Brainard (CV) won default over Jacob Monn; 113: Ryan Bennett (CV) p. Jon Harkness, 1:20; 120: Nathan Tomasello (CV) p. Alexander Gilliland, 0:45; 126: Jimmy Coyne (CV) won forfeit; 132: Andy Dobben (CV) won forfeit; 138: Richard Simonelli (CV) p. William Seese, 0:30; 145: Zak Dobben (CV) won forfeit; 152: Matt Dobben (CV) p. David Bugby, 0:22; 160: Mike Meadows (CV) p. Aidan Davis, 1:40; 170: Tyler Maclellan (CV) p. Scott Riddle, 1:35; 182: Brad Riddle (R) p. Noah Havener, 1:50; 195: Nicholas Havener (CV) p. Matt Harkness, 0:45; 220: Weston Ward (R) p. Paul Gibson, 3:45; 285: Seth Smith (R) won forfeit
Parkersburg 72, Lewis County 12
106: Austin Spears (P) p. Corey Thompson, 0:46; 113: Nick Johnson (P) won forfeit; 120: Jason West (P) p. Caleb Howell, 5:09;
126: Sam Phillips (P) p. Iaian Losh, 0:51; 132: Trapper Hays (P) p. Chance Stalnaker, 1:22; 138: Skyler Terrell (P) p. Anthony Ratliff, 0:56; 145: Mo Talafah (P) won forfeit; 152: NaCodie Barrows (P) p. William Lockhart (LC), 0:36; 160: Dylan Richards (P) p. Tim Blake, 4:29; 170: Kyle Rogers (LC) p. Steve Cottrell, 4:59; 182: Jared Haught (P) p. Ryan Carson, 3:21; 195: Tim Smith (LC) won forfeit; 220: Tyler Riddle (P) p. Ben Holden, 0:41; 285: Charley Conley (P) p. Aaron Ryan, 4:23
Springboro 52, South B 24
106: Ryan Boulton (SB) md. Hunter Cline, 17-4; 113: Colten Nangle (PS2) won forfeit; 120: Austin Harris (PS2) p. Kris Green, 1:51; 126: Tyler Windland (PS2) p. Jakob Ottaway, 0:58; 132: Mitch Case (SB) p. Sloan McConnell, 1:34; 138: Tommy Daley (SB) won forfeit; 145: Cameron Earley (SB) d. Zackery Burdette, 2-0; 152: Andrew Honious (SB) won forfeit; 160: Joe Kylin (SB) d. Drew Murphy, 11-7; 170: Zach Adkins p. Seth Delancey, 5:50; 182: Derek Bernard (SB) p. Sam Atkinson, 3:53; 195: John Floyd (SB) p. Jason Allen, 2:34; 220: Sam Robinson (SB) won forfeit; 285: Christopher Poling (PS2) p. Ben Miller , 1:07
Brooke 70, All Stars 7
Round 2
Roane County 46, Calhoun County 30
106: Riley White (R) won forfeit; 113: Cole Moore (R) d. Chris Goad, 5-0; 120: Cam Moore (R) p. Devan McKown, 0:56; 126: Casey Ritchie (C) p Dillon Clarkson, 3:16; 132: Levi Gordon (C) p. Chris Cherry, 1:20; 138: Cole Ritchie (C) won by forfeit; 145: Johnny Taylor (C) p. Sam Nichols, 1:15; 152: Luke Scott (R) md. David Overbay, 11-3; 160: Joe Copley (R) p. Austin Satterfield, 3:02; 170: Tyler Hammack (R) d. William Zajac, 8-5; 182: Mikael Free (R) p. Chris Lacy, 1:35; 195: Scott Gibson (R) won forfeit; 220: Caije Nichols (R) p. Austin Metheney, 2:16; 285 Andrew Satterfield (C) won forfeit
Parkersburg South 52, Brooke 15
106: Logan Ball (PS) p. Michael Reiordan, 1:18; 113: Lance Hill (PS) p. Michael Max, 0:42; 120: Braidon Knotts (PS) p. Zack Smith, 3:12; 126: Kyle Knotts (PS) md. Robert Pattison, 11-3; 132: Jordan Quiocho (PS) d. Maury Gamble, 13-6; 138: Duane Cotton (PS) d. Matthew Lazear, 10-4; 145: 145 Jake Alexander (PS) p. Jake Schwertfeger, 2:38; 152 Dillon Shaw (B) d. Chip Sturek, 4-3; 160: Briar Shively (PS) p. Christopher Zonker, 0:33; 170: Drake Mills (PS) p. Zach Ferrari, 1:24; 182: Lawrence Scurry (B) d.Tyler Newhart, 1-0; 195: Nathan Dawson (B) d. Matthew Dixon, 9-4; 220: Zachary Haddix (PS) p. Joseph Hood, 1:53; 285: Preston Wise (B) won forfeit
Lewis County 42, Ritchie County 34
106: Jacob Monn (R) d. Corey Thompson, 17-4; 113: Jon Harkness (R) won forfeit; 120: Ben Holden (L) p. Alexander Gilliland, 1:55; 126: Iaian Losh (L) won forfeit; 132: Chance Stalnaker (L) won forfeit; 138: Anthony Ratliff (L) p. William Seese, 3:15; 152: David Bugby (R) p. William Lockhart, 1:15; 160: Tim Blake (L) p. Aidan Davis, 0:45; 170: Kyle Rogers (LC) p. Scott Riddle, 0:22; 182: Ryan Carson (L) p. Brad Riddle, 2:25; 195: Jon Harkness (R) p. Tim Smith, 3:20; 220: Weston Ward (R) p. Ben Holden, 0:50; 285: Seth Smith (R) p. Aaron Ryan, 0:45
CVCA 15, Parkerbsurg South B 18
106: Hunter Cline (PS2) won forfeit; 113: Ryan Bennett (CV) p. Colten Nangle, 1:58; 120: Nathan Tomasello (CV) p. Tristin Radcliff, 0:41; 126: Joshua Decatur (CV) md. Tyler Windland, 12-2; 132: Andy Dobben (CV) p. Sloan McConnell, 3:26; 138: Richard Simonelli (CV) won forfeit; 145 Zak Dobben (CV) d. Zackery Burdette, 1-0; 152: Matt Dobben (CV) won forfeit; 160: Drew Murphy (PS2) p. Mike Meadows, 2:38; 170: Tyler Maclellan (CV) p. Seth Delancey, 3:28; 182: Noah Havener (CV) p. Sam Atkinson, 1:50; 195: Nicholas Havener (CV) p. Jason Allen, 1:00; 285: Christopher Poling (PS2) won forfeit
PHS 37, Springboro 25
106: Austin Spears (P) p. Ryan Boulton, 1:48; 113: Nick Johnson (P) won forfeit; 120: Jason West (P) d. Kris Green, 10-4; 126: Sam Phillips (P) d. Jakob Ottaway, 7-4; 132: Trapper Hays (P) d. Mitch Case, 7-5; 138: Skyler Terrell (P) md. Tommy Daley, 14-0; 14-0; 145: Cameron Earley (SB) d. NaCodie Barrows, 11-9; 152: Joe Kylin (SB) p. Mo Talafah, 5:28; 160: Zach Adkins (SB) md. Dylan Richards, 15-5; 170: Derek Bernard (SB) p. Steve Cottrell, 1:44; 195: Jared Haught (P) p. John Floyd, 1:43; 220: Tyler Riddle (P) p. Sam Robinson, 5:15; 285: Ben Miller (SB) p. Charley Conley, 5:46
Dayton 53, All Stars 15
Roane County 39, Hedgesville 36
106: Riley White (R) p. David Walter, 0:53; 113: Cole Moore (R) p. Sandy Grant, 2:52; 120: Cam Moore (R) p. Kody Hinzman. 1:00; 126: Chris Brindle (H) d. Dillon Clarkson, 9-7; 132 Stephen Hite (H) p. Chris Cherry, 1:14; 138 Chris Jarrett (H) win forfeit; 145: Michael Cicchino (H) p. Sam Nichols, 1:12; 152: Luke Scott (R) d. Nick Clevenger, 9-4; 160 Joe Copley: (R) won by forfeit; 170: Clay Pierce (H) d. Tyler Hammack, 4-0; 182: Floyd Riggleman (H) p. Mikael Free, 2:25; 195: Scott Gibson (R) p. Noah Hose, 0:41; 220: Caije Nichols (R) p. Aaron Beckwith, 1:42; 285: Anthony Carter (H) p. Cody Springston, 0:23
Calhoun County 45, All-Stars 17
113: Chris Goad (C) d. Joey Butcher, 2-0; 120: Devan McKown (C) p. Zachary McCraw, 0:34; 126 Casey Ritchie (C) d. Cole Gavin, 7-3; 132:Gage Graham (AS) p. Levi Gordon, 3:34; 138: Cole Ritchie (C) d. Ben Leonhardt, 18-1; 145: Johnny Taylor (C) p. William Law, 4:36; 152: David Overbay (C) md. George Hall IV, 12-3; 160: Austin Satterfield (C) p. Riley Warns, 2:56; 170: Eric Henkel (AS) d. William Zajac, 16-0; 182: Chris Lacy (C) won by forfeit; 220: Tyler Ainscough (B) p. Austin Metheney, 4:48; 285: Andrew Satterfield (C) won forfeit
Parkersburg South 53, Dayton 17
106: Hunter Bray (DC) d. Logan Ball, 8-2; 113: Lance Hill (PS) d. Christian Clary, 3-1; 120: Braidon Knotts (PS) p. Christian Clary, 4:26; 126: Braidon Knotts (PS) p. Seth Bell, 0:45; 132: Alex Becker (D) d. Jordan Quiocho, 4-2; 138: Tyler Richards (PS) d. Brandon Moore, 5-1; 145 Jake Alexander (PS) won forfeit; 152: Jacob Danishek (D) tf. Chip Sturek, 20-3; 160: Briar Shively (PS) p. Jonathan Carr, 3:25; 170: Drake Mills (PS) p. Joel Turner, 1:18; 182: Matthew Dixon (PS) tf. Jordan Gray, 16-1; 195: Tyler Newhart (PS) won forfeit; 220: Zachary Haddix (PS) won forfeit; 285: Nathaniel Jackson (DC) p. Dane Mills, 0:59
Lewis County 42,
Parkersburg South B 39
106: Hunter Cline (PS2) d. Corey Thompson, 14-11; 113: Colten Nangle (PS2) won forfeit; 120: Caleb Howell (LC) p. Tristin Radcliff, 1:52; 126: Tyler Windland (PS2) p. Iaian Losh, 0:58; 132: Chance Stalnaker (LC) p. Sloan McConnell, 4:27; 138: Anthony Ratliff (LC) won forfeit; 145: Zackery Burdette (PS2) won forfeit; 152: William Lockhart (LC) won forfeit; 160: Drew Murphy (PS2) p. Tim Blake, 3:37; 170: Kyle Rogers (LC) p. Seth Delancey, 1:45; 182: Ryan Carson (LC) p. Sam Atkinson, 0:29; 195: Jason Allen (PS2) p. Tim Smith, 1:29; 220: Ben Holden (LC) won forfeit; 285: Christopher Poling (PS2) p. Aaron Ryan, 0:51
Springboro 60, Ritchie Co 21
106: Jacob Monn (R) md. Ryan Boulton, 12-0; 113: Jon Harkness (R) won forfeit; 120: Kris Green (SB) p. Alexander Gilliland, 1:05; 126: Jakob Ottaway (SB) won forfeit; 132: Mitch Case (SB) won forfeit; 138: Chad Salzer (SB) p. William Seese, 0:30; 145: Cameron Earley (SB) won forfeit; 152: Joe Kylin (SB) p. David Bugby, 0:26; 160: Andrew Honious (SB) p. Aidan Davis, 1:50; 170: Zach Adkins (SB) p. Scott Riddle, 1:00; 182: Brad Riddle (R) tf. Derek Bernard, 17-0; 195: John Floyd (SB) p. Jon Harkness, 5:30; 220: Sam Robinson (SB) p. Weston Ward, 1:10; 285: Seth Smith (R) p. Ben Miller, 2:30
CVCA 38, PHS 24
106:Austin Spears (P) won forfeit; 113: Ryan Bennett (CV) d. Nick Johnson, 6-2; 120: Nathan Tomasello (CV) d. Jason West, 17-2; 126: Joshua Decatur (CV) d. Sam Phillips, 10-3; 132: Andy Dobben (CV) d. Trapper Hays, 4-2; 138: Skyler Terrell (P) d. Richard Simonelli, 6-2; 145: Jeff Hojnacki (CV) d. NaCodie Barrows, 14-10; 152: Matt Dobben (CV) p. Mo Talafah, 1:52; 160: Dylan Richards (P) d. Mike Meadows, 3-1; 170: Tyler Maclellan (CV) p. Steve Cottrell, 0:46; 182: Jared Haught (P) p. Noah Havener, 2:34; 195: Paul Gibson (CV) won forfeit; 220: Nicholas Havener (CV) d.Tyler Riddle, 5-4; 285: Charley Conley (P) won forfeit
CVCA made short work of Little Kanawha Conference member Ritchie County, 66-18, in its opening round matchup and then recorded a 55-18 decision over the Parkersburg South 'B' team in second round to head into its matchup with the host Big Reds with a 2-0 mark.
A record that was equaled by the host squad as Parkersburg opened the evening with a 74-12 win over Lewis County followed by a 37-25 win over Springboro to set up a battle of unbeatens in Round 3.
"This is what we hoped for when we found out we were going to be in the same pool," said Big Reds' head coach Chris Way. "We built up some momentum with those first two wins, so we'll see how much of that carries over to this one (against CVCA)."
The Royals, led by 120-pounder Nathan Tomasello's technical fall over the Big Reds' Jason West, pulled out a 38-24 victory to remain undefeated heading into Saturday's final rounds. The Big Reds, now 2-1 in the tourney, were paced by senior 182-pounder Jared Haught, who recorded three pins on the evening.
The Patriots of head coach Donna Dixon had an equally easy time of it in the opening two rounds as Parkersburg South's A-team blew past Hedgesville, 74-3, and then added the Bruins from Brooke High School to its list of defeated opponents one round later.
South improved to 3-0 on the day with a 53-17 win over Dayton Christian.
In one of the featured bouts of the night, the Patriots' Lance Hill was matched up against Dayton Christian's Christian Clary as the two teams met in one of the third round matchups. Hill, who had already captured a pair of pins over Hedgeville's Sandy Grant (3:33) and Brooke's Michael Max (0:42), and Clary finished regulation tied at one.
Hill, ranked second at 113 in the Mountain State, pulled out a 2-1 victory in overtime.
"He (Clary) had been given a warning for stalling so I got to pick which position I wanted to start overtime," said Hill. "I picked the down position because I felt like I could get away from him."
The decision worked as the Patriot grappler pulled away early during the one-minute extra period to remain unbeaten on the night heading into Parkesburg South's fourth match of the night against Calhoun County.
Action is expected to get under way at 9 a.m. with competition in the final three rounds of pool play. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the championship round where the winner of Pool A will take on the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will face the runner-up in Pool A.
Following those matches, the champions of both pools will meet for the tournament championship expected to begin between 11:30 a.m. and 12 noon.
The remaining five teams will be matched up in two other brackets with the No. 3 and No. 4 team in each pool in one bracket and No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 rounding out the other bracket.
