Pictured is Triad High School freshman Awsom Mitchell (165) who took first place in his class. Mitchell is shown competing against an Elgin wrestler at the Ada High School Tournament.
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Triad’s varsity wrestling team made a solid showing of itself.
The Cardinals placed fifth during the 19-team Ada Invitational.
Elgin won the team title with 296 points.
The Comets were followed by:
-Fostoria: 183.0;
-Bucyrus: 178.0;
-Van Buren, 147.0;
-Triad, 131.0;
-Jefferson, 97.0;
-Eastwood, 87.5;
-Antwerp, 78.0;
-Cory-Rawson, 76.0;
-Lehman Catholic, 76.0;
-Lima Senior, 65.0;
-Ada, 58.5;
-Lima Central Catholic, 42.0;
-St John’s, 35.0;
-Riverdale, 33.5;
-Ridgedale, 19.0;
-Tiffin Calvert, 5.0;
-N. Baltimore, 0.0;
-Sidney, 0.0.
Triad had one athlete place first in his weight class.
Freshman Awesom Mitchell captured top honors in the 165-pound division.
He won all five of his matches.
Additional individual tournament records for the Cardinals were as follows:
-120: Jacob Haser 2-3 (fourth);
-126: Lindsey Walborn 0-2;
-138: Logan Harper 4-1 (fifth);
-144: Cayden Everhart 0-2;
-150: Brant Bollack 3-3 (sixth);
-157: Reid Todhunter 1-3;
-175: Kyle Walborn 2-3 (sixth);
-175: Teion Stammen 1-3;
-190: Tucker Webb 4-1 (third);
-215: Ty Thomas 4-1 (fifth);
-215: Thomas Ford 1-2;
-285: John Downey 1-3.