BLANCHESTER — The Blanchester wrestling team split its matches Wednesday with Batavia and Fenwick.
The Wildcats defeated Fenwick 60-0 then lost to Batavia 37-24.
“Batavia had a game plan going in to this and executed it well,” BHS coach Ryan Shafer said. “We both moved wrestlers around to try to get the best matchups. We had met them earlier in the year and beat them; they got us the second time around.”
Shafer said the “competition is wha is getting us ready for the postseason.”
“Both times we have wrestled them (Batavia) this year, they have been tough matches for both teams,” he said.
There were just four weight classes contested in the BHS-Fenwick battle. Hunter Smith, Jacob Hamm, Gage Huston and Cody Kidd recorded pins for the Wildcats. Huston’s pin was in 18 seconds at 170 pounds.
Against the Bulldogs, the Wildcats had wins by Nick Musselman, Gage Berwanger, Adam Frump and Colt Conover.
SUMMARY
Jan 6, 2021
@Blanchester High School
Blanchester (60) vs Bishop Fenwick (0)
106 – Hunter Smith (B) pin Ethan Evans (F) 5:55
113 – double forfeit
120 – Jacob Hamm (B) pin John Tanaka (F) :33
126 – Aidan Begley (B) forfeit
132 – Dylan Short (B) forfeit
138 – Nick Musselman (B) forfeit
145 – double forfeit
152 – Gage Berwanger (B) forfeit
160 – Adam Frump (B) forfeit
170 – Gage Huston (B) pin Emily Van Dohre (F) :18
182 – Colt Conover (B) forfeit
195 – Cody Kidd (B) pin Matthew Swisher (F) 1:36
220 – double forfeit
285 – double forfeit
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Blanchester (24) vs Batavia (37)
106 – double forfeit
113 – Blake Niehaus (Ba) pin Hunter Smith (Bl) 2:51
120 – Tate Bein (Ba) dec. Jacob Hamm (Bl) 11-4
126 – Brandon Sauter (Ba) tech fall Aidan Begley (Bl) 25-9
132 – Cy Gibson (Ba) pin Dylan Short (Bl) 3:49
138 – Nate Kulbe (Ba) forfeit
145 – Nick Musselman (Bl) dec. Wyatt Eppert (Ba) 11-7
152 – Gage Berwanger (Bl) pin Collin Moeller (Ba) 1:12
160 – Adam Frump (Bl) dec. Blake Martin (Ba) 10-4
170 – Gage Huston (Bl) forfeit
182 – Colt Conover (Bl) pin Jackson Naylor (Ba) 1:14
195 – double forfeit
220 – Issac Hatter (Ba) pin Cody Kidd (Bl) 5:19
285 – Jacob Shelton (Ba) forfeit