C-S sophomore Cooper Dinse is pictured wrestling in the Division 4 quarterfinals match against Union City.
(Photo by Bruce Rolfe)
By Bruce Rolfe
After losing to St. Louis 39-26 in last year’s Division 4 quarterfinals, the Climax-Scotts-Martin co-op wrestling team got its chance for a rematch by defeating Union City 47-28 in the Division 4 team quarterfinals match at Wings Event Center February 28.
In the other quarterfinals matches, No. 1 seed Hudson defeated Roscommon 75-3, Clinton defeated Otisville LakeVille Memorial 42-25, and St. Louis defeated Charlevoix 65-9.
“Grappler had us winning that dual (against Union City) by one. The weight class they drew to start was a good spot for us to get going. We started getting sixes and kept it on rolling all the way through.
The guys wrestled tough,” said C-S coach Mike Reitz.
Union City finishes with a 26-5 record.
C-S-M, the No. 3 seeded team, generated momentum quickly with the upper weights, recording four straight pins.
Pins by Jakub Tomyslak (in 2:43), Malcolm Smith (in 46 seconds), Sam Bleeker (in 3:51), and Cooper Dinse (in 2:48), gave the local co-op team a 24-0 lead.
Union City recorded its first points at the 106-pound weight class where Blayne Crance pinned Jacinto Lopez in 3:03.
C-S-M stole the momentum back when Urijah Joostberns (113) won by a pin in 1:26 and C-S senior Logan Gilbert won by an 18-11 decision, giving C-S-M a 33-6 lead.
A pin by Union City’s Mitchell Graham (126) over Nate Arnett in 1:36 left the Chargers facing a 33-12 deficit.
Cole Reitz (132) recorded an 11-8 win and then Martin sophomore Logan Curry fell by a 15-0 technical fall, 15-0, putting the score at 36-17 going into the final four matches.
C-S-M won the next two matches on a 17-1 technical fall by Martin senior Jayce Ritchie (144) and a pin by Martin junior Haylen Buell (150) in 5:28. giving the co-op team a 47-17 advantage.
Union City’s Alex Boyer defeated Matthew Holmes (157) by a 20-3 technical fall, and with the end result already decided, C-S-M forfeited the final match at 165 that Jackson Bagwell was scheduled to wrestle for the final score.
Division 4 Team Quarterfinals (At Wings Event Center)
Climax-Scotts-Martin 47, Union City 28
175: Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) over John Olmsted (Union City HS) Fall 2:43; 190: Malcolm Smith (Martin HS) over Carson Danke (Union City HS) Fall 0:46; 215: Sam Bleeker (Martin HS) over William Thompson (Union City HS) Fall 3:51; 285: Cooper Dinse (Martin HS) over Luke Cronkright (Union City HS) Fall 2:48; 106: Blayne Crance (Union City HS) over Jacinto Lopez (Martin HS) Fall 3:03; 113: Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) over Madalynne Hawthorne (Union City HS) Fall 1:26; 120: Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) over Kaden Russell (Union City HS) Dec 18-11; 126: Mitchell Graham (Union City HS) over Nate Arnett (Martin HS) Fall 1:36; 132: Cole Reitz (Martin HS) over Mason Hawthorne (Union City HS) Dec 11-8 ; 138: Logan Mears (Union City HS) over Logan Curry (Martin HS) TF 15-0; 144: Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) over Kelub Miller (Union City HS) TF 17-1; 150Haylen Buell (Martin HS) over Aidan Taylor (Union City HS) Fall 5:28; 157: Alex Boyer (Union City HS) over Matthew Holmes (Martin HS) TF 20-3; 165: Montana Connell (Union City HS) over Jackson Bagwell (Unattached) Forfeit.
The C-S-M co-op wrestling team enjoyed very good fan support during the Division 4 Team State Finals at Wings Event Center.
(Photo by Bruce Rolfe)
