Individual State Wrestling Finals Capsules

It's been a while, but I found an excuse to liven up my long-dormant side blog.

In total, 16 wrestlers from my eight-school coverage area will be traveling to Auburn Hills this week to compete in the individual state finals — 7 from Whitehall, 4 from Hesperia, 2 each from Shelby and Reeths-Puffer, and 1 from Hart.

The brackets have been released for the state tournament, and MichiganGrappler.com, which always does a great job, has all 16 state participants at each weight class ranked. So I have assembled quick capsules of each area wrestler’s first-round opponent, and the second wrestler they will face if rankings hold in round one. Two wins for any wrestler clinches a top-eight placement, and two losses (before first getting to two wins) eliminates any wrestler.

Division 2

#10 Paul Douglas, Reeths-Puffer, 140 — First-round matchup against #5 Connor Charping of Trenton. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #14 Joey Ramos of Harper Creek.

#8 Sean McWilliams, Reeths-Puffer, 160 — First-round matchup against #5 Derrien Perkins of Warren Lincoln. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #15 Zach Chehowski of Coldwater.

Division 3

#4 Corey Robinson, Whitehall, 112 — First-round matchup against #5 Connor Behem of Richmond. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #16 Noah Gorrell of Columbia Central.

#10 Roger Champion, Whitehall, 119 — First-round matchup against #9 Kyle Hughes of Monroe Jefferson. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #8 Landon Honsinger of Hemlock. 

#2 Reiley Brown, Whitehall, 125 — First-round matchup against #15 Charlie Newton of Essexville Garber. If rankings hold and Brown wins, second-round opponent would be #5 Tylor Orrison of Dundee. 

#6 Dylan Felt, Shelby, 125 — First-round matchup against #14 Cole Federer of Sanford-Meridian. If rankings hold and Felt wins, second-round opponent would be #3 Alex Martinez of Ida.

#4 Jwan Britton, Whitehall, 135 — First-round matchup against #16 Jacob Stahl of Columbia Central. If rankings hold and Britton wins, second-round opponent would be #2 Grant Turnmire of Almont. 

#9 Joe Dowdell, Whitehall, 140 — First-round matchup against #3 Marshall Conley of Caro. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #15 Branden Fisher of Flat Rock.

#9 Keanyn Brown, Whitehall, 145 — First-round matchup against #5 Austin VanAtter of Richmond. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, second-round opponent would be #14 Anthony St. Andre of Monroe Jefferson.

#7 Trip Thommen, Whitehall, 171 — First-round matchup against #12 Boyd Glenn of Almont. If rankings hold and Thommen wins, second-round opponent would be #8 Dominick Reo of Paw Paw.

#7 Trent Montambo, Shelby, 285 — First-round matchup against #16 Lathen Mardin of Capac. If rankings hold and Montambo wins, second-round opponent would be #4 Tristan Howard of Dowagiac.

Division 4

#12 Jacob Bosley, Hart, 103 — First-round matchup against #10 Frankie Najera of Adrian-Madison. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, Bosley would face #6 Nathan Park of Pine River in the consolation bracket.

#2 Gerrit Yates, Hesperia, 135 — First-round matchup against #15 Phil Ragatzki of Pine River. If rankings hold and Yates wins, second-round opponent would be #3 Cole Hersch of New Lothrop.

#1 Trenton Roesly, Hesperia, 140 — First-round matchup against #16 Troy Reissig of Erie Mason. If rankings hold and Roesly wins, second-round opponent would be #8 Gabe Bennett of New Lothrop.

#13 Trentyn Gleason, Hesperia, 145 — First-round matchup against #5 Mauricio Diaz-Reyes of Elkton-Pigeon-Bay. Barring an upset, if rankings hold, Gleason would face #16 Vincent Bischoff of Mio in the consolation bracket.

#6 Josh Ehrke, Hesperia, 285 — First-round matchup against #15 Aaron Kelley of Byron. If rankings hold and Ehrke wins, second-round opponent would be #3 Nick Burt of Addison.