WILMINGTON — In a couple of hard-fought dual matches, Wilmington defeated Bellbrook and lost to Miami Trace Wednesday on Senior Night at the Rodger O. Borror Middle School gym.

The Hurricane outpointed the Golden Eagles 41-29 but came up short to the Panthers 36-30.

On the mat, Paul McKnight was impressive with a pair of quick pins at 215 pounds — 38 seconds against Bellbrook and 28 seconds against Miami Trace.

Ioan Cioca also had two wins, one a pin and the other a default victory.

WHS senior wrestlers honored prior to the match were Caydn Denniston, Alex Smith, Jelani Hunter and McKnight.

SUMMARY

Jan 10, 2024

@ROB Middle School gym

Wilmington 41, Bellbrook 29

138: Ivan Bao (B) over Darius Stewart (WILM) (Dec 5-1)

144: Devin Catio (B) over Caydn Denniston (WILM) (Dec 4-3)

150: Dominic Hummel (B) over Matthias Brausch (WILM) (Fall 3:11)

157: Brian Zhang (B) over (WILM) (For.)

165: Ioan Cioca (WILM) over Thomas Dickman (B) (Fall 0:51)

175: Kyle McBrayer (WILM) over Mason Burns (B) (Fall 4:38)

190: Double Forfeit

215: Paul McKnight (WILM) over Bradon Weeks (B) (Fall 0:38)

285: Jelani Hunter (WILM) over (B) (For.)

106: Alonzo Woody (WILM) over Tressel Blair (B) (TF 23-7 4:00)

113: Minh Le (B) over Shane Neal (WILM) (TF 18-2 1:46)

120: Benedict Slagley (B) over (WILM) (For.)

126: Max McCoy (WILM) over (B) (For.)

132: Josiah Puller (WILM) over Scott Porter (B) (Fall 2:22)

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Miami Trace 36, Wilmington 30

138: Brice Perkins (MT) over Darius Stewart (WILM) (Fall 3:05)

144: Corbin Melvin (MT) over Caydn Denniston (WILM) (SV-1 6-4)

150: Asher LeBeau (MT) over Matthias Brausch (WILM) (Fall 1:06)

157: Garrett Carson (MT) over (WILM) (For.)

165: Ioan Cioca (WILM) over Tyler Stevens (MT) (Def.)

175: Conor Harrison (MT) over Kyle McBrayer (WILM) (Fall 0:35)

190: Double Forfeit

215: Paul McKnight (WILM) over John Queen (MT) (Fall 0:28)

285: Josh McGraw (MT) over Jelani Hunter (WILM) (Dec 11-10)

106: Alonzo Woody (WILM) over (MT) (For.)

113: Shane Neal (WILM) over (MT) (For.)

120: Lyric Dickerson (MT) over (WILM) (For.)

126: Max McCoy (WILM) over Will Enoch (MT) (Dec 8-6)

132: Mythias Stuckey (WILM) over Jacob Rheinscheld (MT) (Dec 9-5)