Worked hard to toughen this tournament up in 2014. Should be a nice blend of talent at all weights Findlay, OHS, Pick North, LH and Grove City, among others, are tough...Liberty will send partial varsity squad.

Olentangy Orange

Bexley

Big Walnut

Bishop Ready

Bloom-Carroll

Chilicothe

Dayton Dunbar

Findlay

Grove City

Licking Heights

Olentangy

Olentangy Liberty

Pickerington North

Columbus South

St. Thomas Aquinas

Columbus West

Westerville Central

Westerville South

Come out and see what we have to offer January 4th!

Will O-Lib's 'partial' include one Mr. Zeppe Penzone? A Penzone - Minnard rematch could be worth the price of admission alone.

Rollo-Crumb-Evanichko looks like a Darby District semis preview at HWT. Sprinkle in a little Patch and you have a tough weight class at 285.

I don't think Zep will be there. HWT is super deep.

Is this a pool tourney ? Looks like a good one.

St. Thomas making the Trip!

O.Liberty's varsity is elsewhere that day, but they'll have some competitive guys at Orange!

a quick breakdown

106
Staschiak, Findlay
Haist, Licking Heights DQ
Abdi, West DQ
113
Hassell, Pick. North
120
Marshall, Grove City
126
Minnard, Bloom Carroll, 2x SP
Joliff, Findlay DQ
Marshall, Grove City
132
Ferguson, Pick. North
Hines, Orange DQ
Sanchez, Findlay
138
C. Notestine, Pick. North DQ
Staschiak, Findlay DQ
Yeager, Licking Heights DQ
Em, West DQ
145
Scott, Ready 2x SQ
N. Notestine, Pick. North DQ
Broski, Orange
152
Llaneza, Westerville South, DQ
Stover, Ready DP
Martin, Big Walnut DQ
McCafferty, Pick. North DQ
160
Collins, Chillicothe DQ
Harrell, Licking Heights 160
Williamson, Westerville South
170
Gibson, Bloom Carroll 2x SQ
Dial, Pick. North
182
Eisnicher, Big Walnut SQ (Maybe out)
Silette, Findlay DQ
195
Kamba, Orange SQ
Starkey, Pick. North
220
Molina, Findlay DQ
Lee, Orange DQ
HWT
Garren, Ready SC
Rollo, Pick. North SQ
Evanichko, Grove City DP
Crumb, Olentangy DP
Velasquez, Licking Heights DQ
Packwood, Bloom Carroll DQ

LH has a 220 who placed out at WJ last week. 5th, maybe.

oldskool -- need to add Garren SCand Crumb DQ/SA (@ 220) to the HWT list.

cruiser -- is Shak Laney & his GMAD crew going to the Kevin Cleveland that same weekend?

Need to add some Bishop Ready and Olentangy wrestlers.

Crumb/Hall Olentangy
Scott/Gerren Ready

Dust_E: yes they will. I'm hoping Laney ends up at 120 along with Heil (Brunswick). I'm not sure what weight he's going for that tournament though.

^^ Good deal. Brunswick would be new to the KCM I believe. Do you know who else is attending? [Sorry to hi-jack the OO thread]

Martello 160 for Ready could be in the mix as well.

Dust_E_Roads;1557682 wrote: Rollo-Crumb-Evanichko looks like a Darby District semis preview at HWT. Sprinkle in a little Patch and you have a tough weight class at 285.

A Rollo vs. Garren collision should be a great match!

Bexley has Sam Shorr (2x DQ) at 132, 2nd at Hamilton Township. Daniel Lee at 220 is 9-1 this year, good chance to see how he matches up. On a side note, freshman Zak Welsh (120) lost to Marshall at Hamilton Township 6-5 is showing good progress.

Reminder to all coaches that rosters are due tomorrow at noon...however, the sooner the better!

Rosters are coming in, there will definitely be some good matchups at this tourney. Heavy deep, but a roster surprise there....stay tuned!

Still waiting on Dayton Dunbar's roster....I've tried my contacts. Any help?

I would expect the Price boys from Chillicothe to make some noise, Caleb 145 and Jacob 152. Also these Grove City wrestlers will be heard from Jake Crosby 182 ,Jacob Yono 145, and Will Marshall 113.

Once I saw rosters that came in, I realized there will be some very, very deep weights. There are only a few weights where the favorite is clear-cut.

knightflyer150;1560941 wrote:Once I saw rosters that came in, I realized there will be some very, very deep weights. There are only a few weights where the favorite is clear-cut.

The makings of a fantastic tournament!!!

ps: when brackets are finalized and tomorrow evening when results are tallied, how's about a little ITC.rankings@gmail lovin'!?!?!?!

Seeds are being announced via twitter. Follow along Pioneer Wrestling @OrangeWrestling

Congrats to the 106 lbs champion Aden Abdi from west!

Westie101;1562461 wrote:Congrats to the 106 lbs champion Aden Abdi from west!

Nice to see he beat the field AND the scale!!! Great job!

The Orange Pioneer Invitational

[h=1]Pickerington North (PN) 231, Olentangy Orange (OO) 172.5, Olentangy (OHS) 168, Findlay (F) 152.5, Grove City (GC) 152.5, Bloom Carroll (BC) 109, Westerville South (WS) 107, Bishop Ready (BR) 105.5, Licking Heights (LH) 93.5, Chilicothe (C) 93, Big Walnut (BW) 79.5, Westerville Central 73.5, Olentangy Liberty 72, Columbus West (W) 41.5, Bexley 32, Columbus South 4, St. Thomas Aquinas 4[/h] Championship Finals
106-Abdi (W) dec. A. Haist (LH) 9-5 113-Marshall (GC) dec Korbin (PN) 9-7 120- Held (OHS) dec B. Haist (LH) 6-1 126- Minnard (BC) dec. Joliff (F) 8-1 132- Gibson BC) dec. Pozz (BR) 10-5 138- Staschiak (F) dec. Ferguson (PN) 9-4 145- C. Notestine (PN) dec. N. Notestone (PN) 35-33 152- Llaneza (WS) pin Stover (BR) 3:47 160- Pollitt (OHS) dec. Collins (C) 5-3 170-Gibson (BC) pin Mann (PN) 3:32 182- Hall (OHS) dec. Eisnnicher (BW) 3-1 195- Kamba (OO) pin Winklejohn (F) 1:59 220- Carter (OHS) m. dec. Lee (OO) 10-1 285- Garren (BR) dec Rollo (PN) 8-1

[h=2]Consolation Finals[/h]106- Bogetich (WC) dec. Nasdusek (GC) 10-4 113-McQueeney (OO) m. dec Grier (BW) 11-3 120-Hassell (PN) pin Welsh (BEX) 4:18 126- Wallace (OO) dec. C. Marshal (GC) 7-5 132- Hines (OO) m. dec, Capeheart (GC) 13-0 138- Martin (BW) dec. Price (LH) 9-2 145- Broskie (OO) dec. Price (C) 6-4 152- McCafferty (PN) in. def. Harrell (LH) 160- Williamson (WS) tech fall VanSickle (GC) 19-2 170- M. Theising (WS) pin Janson (BR) 4:44 182- Silette (F) dec. Dial (PN) 2-1 195- Slade (OHS) pin Starkey (PN) 2:27 220- Evanichko (GC) dec. Molina (F) 6-4 285-Packwood (BC) pin Notestine (PN) :39