JANUARY 23, 2013 – COVINGTON
Covington’s wrestling team, seeded second, advanced through the first two rounds of the OHSAA Regional Wrestling Team Tournament in dominating fashion, picking up a bye in round one, followed by a 73-0 victory over Arcanum in round 2. This sets up a dual next Wednesday with no. 3 seed Mechanicsburg who defeated Northeastern earlier in the evening. The winner of that dual will face the winner of Versailles-Troy Christian immediately afterwards. The Buccs now stand at 18-2 overall this season.

Connor Ryan (106) started things off for Covington with a 9-3 decision over Arcanum’s Caleb Sanders. Michael Cox (113) and Ryan Ford (126) then picked up forfeits before Dustin Freeman (132) earned a 15-3 major decision victory over Arcanum’s Adam Oda. Brock Smith (138) then picked up another forfeit for Covington before the Buccs reeled off the next eight victories with 6 pins and 2 forfeits.

Daniel Jennings (145) picked up Covington’s first fall over Keegan Artz, followed by Jake Sowers’ (152) pin over Chase Gostomsky. Kyler Deeter (160) then pinned Brad Byers, before Ben Miller (170) earned a forfeit.

A.J. Ouellette (182) started a string of three more pins with a win over Lucas Gower, followed by Brian Olson’s (195) pin over Jared Hofacker. Justin Daniel (220) then earned the final pin with a victory over Kellan Sanders before Jordan Wolfe (285) picked up a forfeit for the shut-out victory.

While the OHSAA duals resume next Wednesday with Covington faciung Mechanicsburg, the Buccs’ varsity team travels to the 38-team Lima Central Catholic Invitational this Friday and Saturday, January 25-26. The reserve team competes at the 16-team Vandalia-Butler JV Invitational on Saturday.

RESULTS FROM COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL:
Mechanicsburg 66, Northeastern 6
Covington 73, Arcanum 0

RESULTS AT VERSAILLES HIGH SCHOOL:
Troy Christian 38, Miami East 24
Versailles 70, Southeastern 6