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By Chris Horlacher
Gary Kessler’s OHS wrestlers traveled to Eaton Friday and Saturday for the SWBL tournament, where the competition was fierce. The talented Jacks easily made it through the first two rounds on Friday night, going into Saturday morning with every team member still in the running.
Saturday’s rounds proved to be very competitive, and the Jacks came through with some impressive wins. Joel Turner and John Harmon had great matches, each coming from behind to win in the early brackets. Brandon Bustillo and DJ Jacbos also won matches at this level contributing team points. All four were unfortunately eliminated in the next rounds.
The big news of the tournament was the success of three Oakwood wrestlers: Paul Hochwalt (112), Matt Werst (160), and Jake Horlacher (285).
Paul Hochwalt finished first, fighting off some stiff competition along the way to the final rounds. His early matches were all close, coming down to the final minutes each time. He won them all however, and made it to the championship match where he faced a tough opponent who had beaten him in the past . Paul came out faster and more aggressive than he had been all weekend, and seemed to easily over power his very tough opponent, placing first for Oakwood! An especially impressive accomplishment for anyone, let alone a sophomore wrestler.
Matt Werst also faced tough competitors on his way to the finals rounds, winning each round but 1, placing him in the running for third and fourth. Matt won an extremely fast paced, physical match in the semi-finals despite a painful shoulder injury that occurred during the match when Matt’s arm was severely hyper extended. After a brief injury time –out, Matt, despite being in a great deal of pain, went on to win the match. Unfortunately, this injury prevented Matt from wrestling in the finals – he was forced to default, winning fourth.
Jake Horlacher also got off to a very physical start. On Friday night. Horlacher and his opponent were locked in an upright position when Horlacher made a strong, quick movement moving the wrestlers apart. The opponent tumbled into the wall and was unable to finish the match. Horlacher, who was winning 3-0 at this point, was the winner. Jake lost to the first seed early on Saturday- regrouped to easily pin his next opponent later in the day, and made it to the final rounds, where he won fourth.
Oakwood wrestlers have had impressive successes this year, consistently having four to five wrestlers named to the Dayton Daily News wrestling honor roll each week. They move onto sectionals this weekend, where they will contend for district placements.
The Jacks placed 4th with 162 points at the Centerville Sectional Championships held Friday at the Washington Township Rec. Center.
Place finishers for the Jacks:
200 Medley Relay 4th—Chase Doman, David Ireland, Michael Cobb, Daniel Schmitz. 200 Free Relay 12th—Michael Neal, Sean Mooney, Adam Smith, Colin Pohlman. 400 Free Relay 4th—Chase Doman, David Ireland, Michael Cobb, Daniel Schmitz. Michael Chapman—200 Freestyle and 100 Free. Michael Cobb—200 Individual Medley (3rd) and 100 Backstroke (5th). Chase Doman—500 Freestyle (9th) and 100 Backstroke (11th). David Ireland—200 Individual Medley (6th) and 100 Breaststroke (4th). AJ Montesano—50 Freestyle (54th) and 100 Freestyle (41st). Sean Mooney—200 Freestyle (23) and 500 Freestyle (19th). Michael Neal—100 Freesstyle (18th) and 100 Backstroke (21st). Max Olavarria— 50 Freestyle (48th) and 500 Freestyle (21st). Colin Pohlman—50 Freestyle (22nd) and 100 Breaststroke (19th). Will Reese—1 Meter Diving (13th). Dan Schmitz—500 Freestyle (12th) and 100 Backstroke (14th). Peter Schweizer—1 Meter Diving (14th). Adam Smith—100 Freestyle (27th) and 100 Breaststroke (30th). Brent Turner—50 Freestyle (26th) and 100 Breaststroke (8th).
The following swimmers qualified to compete in the Southwest District Championships scheduled for Friday, February 16 at Miami University.
200 Medley Relay— Chase Doman, David Ireland, Michael Cobb, Daniel Schmitz. 400 Free Relay— Chase Doman, David Ireland, Michael Cobb, Daniel Schmitz. Michael Cobb— 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke. Chase Doman— 500 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke. David Ireland— 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke.
The Jills placed second at the 2007 Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday at Wittenberg University. The Jills earned 222 points to trail Carroll with 290 points.
The following swimmers qualified to districts:
200 Medley Relay—Sarah Wilhoit, Liz Whalen, Hilary Beyer, Gracie Sherk. 200 Freestyle Relay—Gracie Sherk, Tory Danis, Kristen Cobb, Ellen Viereckl. 400 Freestyle Relay—Gracie Sherk, Lauren Amongero, Kristen Cobb, Ellen Viereckl. Hillary Beyer—200 Individual Medley and the 100 Butterfly. Alexandra Harmony—100 Butterfly. Ellen Viereckl—50 Free and 100 Free. Kristen Cobb—50 Free and 100 Free. Elissa Mosman—1 Meter Diving. Stephanie Williams—1 Meter Diving. Haley Pohlman—100 Breaststroke. Liz Whalen—100 Breaststroke. Sarah Wilhoit—500 Freestyle
Placing finishers for the Jills
200 Medley Relay—4th Sarah Wilhoit, Liz Whalen, Hilary Beyer, Gracie Sherk. 200 Freestyle Relay—1st Gracie Sherk, Tory Danis, Kristen Cobb, Ellen Viereckl. 400 Freestyle Relay—2nd Gracie Sherk, Lauren Amongero, Kristen Cobb, Ellen Viereckl. Lauren Amongero—50 Freestyle (17th) and 100 Freestyle (17th). Hillary Beyer—200 Individual Medley (10th) and the 100 Butterfly (6th). Elysse Carpenter—100 Backstroke (28th). Kristen Cobb—50 Free (5th) and 100 Free (7th). Mary Coughlin—100 Breaststroke. Tory Danis—50 Free (16th) and 100 Freestyle (16th). Alexandra Harmony—100 Butterfly (5th) and 500 Freestyle (13th). Lizzy Johnsen—200 Free (26th) and 100 Backstroke (25th). Annabeth Kane—200 Freestyle (34th) and 500 Freestyle (22nd). Kira Mikityanskaya—100 Butterfly
(23rd). Elissa Mosman—1 Meter Diving—(5th). Haley Pohl-man—200 Individual Medley (16th) and 100 Breaststroke (th). Ellen Viereckl—50 Free (6th) and 100 Free (10th). Annie Wang—100 Butterfly (20th) and 100 Breaststroke (37th). Liz Whalen—200 Freestyle (22nd) and 100 Breaststroke (10th). Sarah Wilhoit—200 Freestyle (13th) and 500 Freestyle (8th). Stephanie Williams—1 Meter Diving (4th)
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