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St. Paris Graham Claims Div. II State Duals Title

St. Paris Graham Claims Div. II State Duals Title

The Graham High School wrestling team beat Claymont 38-30 in the championship to win the Division II State Duals title for the sixth straight season at Graham High School on Sunday. The Falcons, the 11-time defending state champions, won the Duals for the 10th time in 11 years. Their lone loss came to Pemberville Eastwood...

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St. Edward Wins Div. 1 State Dual Meet Title

St. Edward Wins Div. 1 State Dual Meet Title

It appears St. Edward’s wrestling team is ready for the gauntlet of its dual meet schedule. With nationally top-ranked Blair Academy (N.J.), No. 7 St. Paris Graham, No. 3 St. John’s (Mich.) and No. 15 Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.) all on their schedule the next three weeks, the Eagles served notice on Sunday they’re not...

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Brent Fickel (H.M. @ 132) Crowned Champ over Kagan Squire (H.M. @ 132) at Brecksville

Brent Fickel (H.M. @ 132) Crowned Champ over Kagan Squire (H.M. @ 132) at Brecksville

Padua senior wrestler Brent Fickel (H.M. @ 132) was in a repeating kind of mood last weekend, as he won his second straight individual championship at the Brecksville Holiday Tournament. Fickel won the 132-pound weight class title with five straight wins, which brought his season record to 25 victories and three losses. Padua finished eighth...

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George Dicamillo (No. 1 @ 120) Named Outstanding Wrestler at Tool City

George Dicamillo (No. 1 @ 120) Named Outstanding Wrestler at Tool City

St. Ignatius’ George DiCamillo (No. 1 @ 120) entered this weekend’s Tool City Wrestling Tournament as the No. 1-ranked 120-pounder in the nation. And he did not fail to impress, being named the Outstanding Wrestler of the Class AAA field. (St. Ignatius is a Division I school in Ohio, the biggest division in the state.)...

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Ohio State Duals to Provide Excellent Wrestling Match-Ups

Ohio State Duals to Provide Excellent Wrestling Match-Ups

No need to wait. A rematch of the 132-pound Walsh Ironman quarterfinal between Wadsworth three-time state placer and two-time finalist Kagan Squire and two-time state placer and returning runner-up Edgar Bright of St. Edward is on the horizon. So is the projected Division I state final between Grizzlies heavyweight Nick Tavanello and Eagles big man...

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St. Edward in Hunt for 12th National Championship

St. Edward in Hunt for 12th National Championship

The rally cry at St. Ignatius this past fall was 11 in ’11. The Wildcats pulled it off, winning their 11th state football title. Not to be outdone — does the one-upsmanship ever end between these schools? — St. Edward is going for 12 in ’12 this winter. The Eagles seek their 12th wrestling national...

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Michael Baker Defeats Brooks Climmons (H.M. @ 182) for Brecksville Holiday Tournament Title

Michael Baker Defeats Brooks Climmons (H.M. @ 182) for Brecksville Holiday Tournament Title

Championships can be very sweet. Twinsburg senior Michael Baker’s 182-pound wrestling championship on Friday night at the 51st annual Brecksville Holiday Tournament was especially sweet – like a Georgia peach. A defending OHSAA champion (171), Baker became the first Twinsburg Tiger in history to win a BHT title when he rallied from 5-3 deficit to...

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Zane Zeman Signs on to Wrestle at University of Minnesota

Zane Zeman Signs on to Wrestle at University of Minnesota

Avon High School wrestling standout Zane Zeman has made school history before the wrestling season even started. The senior signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to attend the University of Minnesota. Athletic director Erich Frombach said that Zeman is the first Avon High athlete to get an athletic scholarship to a Big Ten...

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Ian Miller Named the News-Messenger’s Athlete of the Year

Ian Miller Named the News-Messenger’s Athlete of the Year

George Bergman has seen some of the best wrestlers this area has known come and go through his Oak Harbor program over the years. J.D. Bergman, Cody Magrum, Keith Witt and Kirk Tank are only a few. But he’s never quite had a wrestler like Ian Miller — and he may not again. “Ian’s talent...

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Johnni DiJulius (No. 8 @ 130) Named The Plain Dealer’s Wrestler of the Year

Johnni DiJulius (No. 8 @ 130) Named The Plain Dealer’s Wrestler of the Year

Walsh Jesuit senior Johnni DiJulius (No. 8 @ 130) is a dreamer and an achiever. “I don’t think it’s unrealistic, and maybe it is to the world, but I want to be an Olympic champion as many times as I can,” he said. DiJulius added that he didn’t become a three-time state champion by happenstance....

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