Monarch grapplers honored
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March 22, 2025
These Marysville High School boys wrestlers earned special awards for the 2024-2025 season. They are from left, front row, Brian Waller, first-team OCC, 20-plus victories; Berkley Behrens, state qualifier, varsity most improved, most escapes, second-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award (highest individual GPA-4.063), 30-plus wins; Oliver Fox, state qualifier, 20-plus victories; Carter Shank, 30-plus victories, team accountability award, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Jack Williams, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Michael Bates, most reversals, team gratitude award, third-team OCC; Logan Shaw, second-team OCC, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award; Kaylor Niemi, team best effort award, Marine Corps academic award; and Vinny Holt Goodman, JV most improved; back row, Carson Mize, state placer, MVP, OCC wrestler of the year, first-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award, academic All-Ohio, most victories, best winning percentage, most takedowns, most falls, 40-plus victories; Cam Taylor, second-team OCC; Keegan Andrews, most near-falls, Marine Corps academic award, 30-plus victories; Boston Burkhardt, state qualifier, academic All-Ohio, team legacy award, 40-plus victories, second-team OCC; James Lowe, third-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award; Trent Sharp, state qualifier, team best attitude award, second-team OCC, 30-plus victories; Logan Adlesberger, 20-plus victories; Griffin Beery, JV MVP, Marine Corps academic award, 20-plus victories; and Gage Counts, state qualifier, team committment award, academic All-Ohio, Marine Corps academic award; third-team OCC and 30-plus victories. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

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