Fifty Clermont County wrestlers will compete in district tournaments this weekend across Ohio’s three postseason divisions for boys and the single-division girls tournament. The top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to the district tournament. Fifth placers are named alternates. Here are the results from last week’s sectional tournaments:
DIVISION I BOYS
Lebanon sectional
West Clermont’s Trey Blair is a sectional champion at 106 pounds, defeating Lebanon’s Lucas Laseur in the finals. Blair is 25-13 overall.
Other Wolves qualifiers include Liam Crum (18-13), 113, fourth; Cooper Renner (21-15), 132, fourth; Brayden Dryer (24-1), 157, second. West Clermont placed fifth overall.
Loveland sectional
Loveland senior Nate Boston is a sectional champion at 175 pounds, defeating Moeller’s Tyler Joselyn in the finals. Boston is 37-6 overall. Loveland placed fourth, and Milford sixth. Other qualifiers include Loveland, Nizam Khujaislomov (16-18), 106, third; Cooper Brown (20-17), 126, fourth; Nick Dent (40-6), 132, second; Eric Earl (36-13), 157, fourth; Calob Heilman (39-4), 190, second; and Randy Madison (33-9), 215, fourth; and Milford, Reid Van Pelt (17-21), 150, fourth; and Colin Smith (22-11), 175, fourth.
The Division I district tournament begins Feb. 28 at Trent Arena in Kettering.
DIVISION II BOYS
Western Brown sectional
Bethel-Tate senior Jeremiah Bowman (215 pounds), Goshen senior Carson Kessen (132), sophomore Gage Croley (157) and senior Kash Keitz (175) are sectional champions.
Bowman defeated Western Brown’s Adam Pena in the final and is 15-11; Kessen defeated McNicholas’s Max Monahan and is 36-7; Croley defeated New Richmond’s Eli Stark in the finals and is 35-4; Keitz defeated Wyoming’s Landen Woolsey and is 34-6.
Goshen placed sixth, Bethel-Tate seventh, New Richmond 11th and Batavia 13th.
Other qualifiers include Batavia, T.J. Pastura (17-6), 132, third; Bethel-Tate, Josh Harvey (15-16), 126, third; Landen Collins (16-8), 150, second; and Jayden Sayer (15-14), 175, fourth; and New Richmond, Colton Waldman (19-15), 144, third; Eli Stark (23-13), 157, second; and Eli Stockton (11-15), 215, fourth.
The Division II district tournament begins Feb. 28 at Wilmington.
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