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Sunday, February 24, 2008
It was and exciting day for the Covington Youth Wrestling team at the Ervin J. Nutter Center at Wright State University, Sunday. Twenty-three wrestlers competed for the Buccs with seven of those wrestlers claiming first place. Those wrestlers were River Edgington, C.J. Davis, Wyatt Long, Branden Robinson, Conner Ryan, Josh Potter and Parker Dysinger.
Five Covington youth wrestled their way into the championship match, taking second for the Buccs. Those wrestlers were Daniel Jennings, Justin Daniels, Coleman Ryan, Kerington Martin and Caleb Cooper.
Five more wrestlers were defeated in earlier matches, but battled their way into the consolation finals. Two of those wrestler, Josh Sowers and Seth Thomas won those matches for third place, while three wrestlers took fourth; Daryen Barge, Cole Smith and Daren White.
Also wrestling well for the Buccaneers were the five fifth place finishers; Caleb Martin, Trenton Bates, Chase Gambill, Brandon Simmons and Tristen Hostetter.
First-year wrestler Dalton Bordelon fell short in a couple of close matches, taking seventh. In one match Bordelon was within 10 seconds of advancing with a win, but surrendered a last second reversal.
There were some other exciting matches as well as Wyatt Long battled from a 2-0 deficit in his championship match to take an 8-3 win and Parker Dysinger pulled out a last-second 5-4 win in his semi-final match.
Branden Robinson wrestled a tough championship match against Kaden Sullivan of Lima Bath, but managed to record a takedown and a reversal en route to a 4-0 win.
But one of the most exciting matches of the day was a 7-5 semi-final victory for Daniel Jennings, who went up 5-0 before giving up a five-point move to his opponent that tied the match. Needing a third period rally, Jennings reversed his man for two points and the win.
In all, it was a memorable day for the youngsters and one that hopefully inspires them to continue to work hard at improving their craft.
RIVER EDGINGTON - 1st Place
CJ DAVIS - 1st Place
WYATT LONG - 1st Place
BRANDEN ROBINSON - 1st Place
CONNOR RYAN - 1st Place
JOSH POTTER - 1st Place
PARKER DYSINGER - 1st Place
DANIEL JENNINGS - 2nd Place
JUSTIN DANIELS - 2nd Place
COLEMAN RYAN - 2nd Place
KERINGTON MARTIN - 2nd Place
CALEB COOPER - 2nd Place
JOSH SOWERS - 3rd Place
SETH THOMAS - 3rd Place
DARYEN BARGE - 4th Place
COLE SMITH - 4th Place
DERON WHITE - 4th Place
CALEB MARTIN - 5th Place
TRENTON BATES - 5th Place
CHASE GAMBILL - 5th Place
BRANDON SIMMONS - 5th Place
TRISTAN HOSTETTER - 5th Place
DALTON BORDELON - 7th Place
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