Oak Glen’s Lamb, Schmidt earn second at state
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen had two shots at bringing home state titles on Saturday at the Class AA/A West Virginia state wrestling tournament but the Golden Bears had to settle for second in both title matches.
Experienced senior Hayden Lamb, making his fourth appearance at state, suffered a 2-0 defeat to East Fairmont’s Blake Ringer in the 144-pound final. Ringer, who is ranked No. 1 by the West Virginia Wrestling Coaches Association, was the Region 1 champ where Lamb was third.
Lamb, ranked third in his weight class, ends his senior season at 31-9. Ringer is 48-2.
At 285 pounds, No. 2 ranked Oak Glen senior Noah Schmidt fell to third-ranked Connor Facemire of Herbert Hoover by a 12-3 major decision in the final.
Schmidt ended his final campaign at 43-8, while Facemire is 48-5.
Another highly experienced senior Greg Sauers took care of business on Saturday with two wins to take third at 190. Sauers bested Shady Springs’ Gabe Knoblet 7-0 in the consolation final.
Sauers is 45-14.
The Bears also earned a pair of fourth-place finishes. Senior Aiden Anderson (34-18) wrapped up his career by taking fourth at 113. Anderson lost the consolation final by a 13-3 major decision to Williamstown’s Aiden Meeks. Junior Logan Graham (26-17) outperformed his ranking significantly by taking fourth at 138. Graham, ranked ninth, lost a 10-2 major decision to unranked Cameron’s Marshall Crow in the consolation final.
Junior Wyatt Wolanski (27-12) took sixth at 132 pounds.
Finishing sixth for the Golden Bears was sophomore Jordan Tomsic (33-17) at 106 pounds.
Notes
¯ Oak Glen finished fourth in Class AA/A with 125 points. Point Pleasant won with 164.5 points. Herbert Hoover was second with 142 points, while Cameron was third with 126 points.
¯ Most outstanding wrestler in Class AA was Josh Woyan of Point Pleasant. Coach of the year went to Richard Harper of Herbert Hoover.
OAK GLEN RESULTS
(rankings are from the Feb. 21 West Virginia Coaches Association poll)
Jordan Tomsic
106 pounds
Sophomore, 33-17
FIRST ROUND: No. 3 Tomsic pin Aaron Barb (East Hardy), 1:27
SECOND ROUND: vs. No. 2 Matthew Kesterson (Greenbrier West) dec. No. 3 Tomsic, 6-3
SECOND CONSOLATION: No. 3 Tomsic pin Deklan Meadows (Braxton County), 1:43
THIRD CONSOLATION: No. 3 Tomsic dec. No. 5 Tylique Marshall (Wheeling Central), 1-0
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: No. 1 Wes Files (Frankfort) maj. dec. No. 3 Tomsic, 9-0
SIXTH-PLACE MATCH: Maverick Lilley (Cameron) dec. No. 3 Tomsic, 3-0
Aiden Anderson
113 pounds
Senior, 34-18
FIRST ROUND: No. 3 Anderson pin Brayden Watson (Richie County), 2:17
SECOND ROUND: No. 1 Josh Bostic (Herbert Hoover) dec. No. 3 Anderson, 4-3
SECOND CONSOLATION: No. 3 Anderson pin Levi Blackhurst (Ravenswood), :48
THIRD CONSOLATION: No. 3 Anderson pin Jackson Lilley (East Fairmont), :28
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: No. 3 Anderson maj. dec. No. 6 Trey McDonough, 13-4
THIRD-PLACE MATCH: No. 8 Aiden Meeks (Williamstown) maj. dec. No. 3 Anderson, 13-3
Wyatt Wolanski
132 pounds
Junior, 27-12
FIRST ROUND: No. 4 Wolanski pin Quinton Hilliard (Liberty Harrison), 3:23
SECOND ROUND: No. 4 Wolanski pin Linkin Andrick (Ravenswood)
SEMIFINAL: No. 1 Carter Price (Point Pleasant) pin Wolanski, 1:07
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: No. 6 Kaden Hensley (Chapmanville) dec. No. 4 Wolanski, 4-1
SIXTH-PLACE MATCH: No. 4 Wolanski pin Andrick (Ravenswood), 2:04
Logan Graham
138 pounds
Junior, 26-17
FIRST ROUND: No. 9 Graham pin Devin Hensley (Chapmanville), 5:45
SECOND ROUND: No. 9 Graham pin Brayden Morris (Braxton County), 5:31
SEMIFINAL: No. 2 Lane Metcalf (Keyser) tech. fall No. 9 Graham, 17-2
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: No. 9 Graham pin Devin Hensley (Chapmanville), 4:30
THIRD-PLACE MATCH: Marshall Crow (Cameron) maj. dec. Graham, 10-2
Hayden Lamb
144 pounds
Senior, 31-9
FIRST ROUND: No. 5 Lamb pin Noah Hines (Nicholas County), 2:37
SECOND ROUND: No. 5 Lamb tech. fall No. 7 Blake Coleman (Clay County), 15-0
SEMIFINAL: No. 5 Lamb maj. dec. No. 2 Talen Brown (Cameron), 11-2
FINAL: No. 1 Blake Ringer (East Fairmont) dec. No. 5 Lamb, 2-0
Greg Sauers
190 pounds
Senior, 45-14
FIRST ROUND: No. 3 Sauers pin Cam Patterson (Ravenswood), 4:57
SECOND ROUND: No. 3 Saurs dec. No. 7 Earl Wyman (Moorefield), 4-2
SEMIFINAL: No. 2 Cooper Durst (Ripley) dec. No. 3 Sauers, 4-1
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: No. 3 Sauers tech. fall No. 4 Cooper Craig (Point Pleasant), 16-0
THIRD-PLACE MATCH: No. 3 Sauers dec. No. 5 Gabe Knoblet (Shady Spring), 7-0
Richie Gudino
215 pounds
Junior, 30-18
FIRST ROUND: No. 5 Joey Cowger (Shady Spring) pin Gudino, 3:28
FIRST CONSOLATION: Jake Roberts (Wahama) pin Gudino, 2:01
Noah Schmidt
285 pounds
Senior, 43-8
FIRST ROUND: No. 2 Schmidt pin Logan Fordyce (Robert C. Byrd), 3:06
SECOND ROUND: No. 2 Schmidt dec. Noah Canterbury (Point Pleasant), 1-0
SEMIFINAL: No. 2 schmidt pin No. 8 Sean O’Callaghan (East Hardy), 5:49
FINAL: No. 3 Connor Facemire (Herbert Hoover) maj. dec. No. 2 Schmidt, 12-3
GIRLS
Alexandra Watkins
138 pounds
Junior
FIRST ROUND: Maya Garcia (Buckhannon Upshur) pin Watkins, 3:13
FIRST CONSOLATION: Toria Tower (University) pin Watkins, 2:11