This past weekend, the Lakota East varsity wrestling team placed sixth out of 18 teams at the Fairfield Invitational – just missing the top five by one point.
Austin Daly (Sr., 120 lbs.) and Jacob Burton (Sr., 285 lbs.) both placed second, losing very close bouts in the championship finals.
Daly knocked off long time nemesis Greyson Bardon from Fairfield in the semifinals. Lakota East head coach James Lehman said, Daly then lost a very close bout on a “mysterious” penalty in the finals to district champion Brendan Watson (Centerville).
Meanwhile, Burton had a rematch of his Coaches Classic semifinal loss in which he has now narrowed the gap even more losing a close 3-1 decision to Truman Gutapfel (Harrison). Gutapfel has a full ride to play football at Boston College.
Also placing for Lakota East: Justin Brown placed fourth; Daniel Roth placed fifth; Austin Schoeffler and Ryan Durham both placed sixth.
The JV/Freshmen competed very well at the Xenia JV Invitational where no team scores were kept. Champions included: Dominic Brown, Sam Roth, and Deante Evans; Josh Miller finished second; Nick Frank and Adam Hacker each placed third.
Below are the results for Lakota West wrestling Saturday at the Beavercreek Invitational.
Team scores:
1. Sidney 216.5
2. Lakota West 201.5
3. Beavercreek 180.5
4. Greeneview 167
5. Stebbins 132
6. Trotwood-Madison 50
7. Meadowdale 6
Lakota West placers:
106 Austin Soliday – 4th
120 Jake Jensen – 3rd
126 Andrew Acuna – 4th
132 Evan Krause – 3rd
138 Kevin Leonhardt – 2nd
145 Andy Cress – 1st
152 Greg Smith – 3rd
160 Josh Gerding – 2nd
170 Drew Fenton – 3rd
182 Jackson Smith – 3rd
195 John Skepple – 3rd
220 Eli McBurrows – 1st
285 Daulton Frasier – 2nd
285 George Asafo-Adjei – 4th
All but one starter placed top four for Lakota West. Sophomore Andy Cress won the title at 145 lbs. by beating Logan Calvert from Sidney, who beat Cress last week at the Dayton Holiday tourney. Senior Eli McBurrows wrestled a dominant finals match against Thomas Baker from Beavercreek to win the title at 220 lbs.
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