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WRESTLING: Oxford takes down Hudsonville to reach seventh Final Four

Dan Stickradt | February 26, 2016 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT

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MOUNT PLEASANT — On a day where there was a handful of upsets in the state quarterfinals round, Oxford made sure it was not a victim but a predator.

The fourth-seed Wildcats took a early 12-0 lead, fell behind briefly at 16-12, then rallied back for a 40-28 triumph Friday over fifth-seeded Hudsonville in the Division 1 state quarterfinals at Central Michigan University’s McGuirk Arena.

“There was some pressure. We were supposed to win, and some said the heavy favorites, so that made us coaches nervous,” said veteran Oxford coach Paul McDevitt. “We’ve had tons of injuries and without Wyatt (Harden) I didn’t know exactly what to expect. But our guys stepped up and competed and we were able to pull it out.”

Oxford already lost Adam Schlickenmeyer and Ryan Miller, a pair of individual state qualifiers last season, to early-season injuries, plus had two starters from last year elect to not come out for wrestling. Additionally, 215-pounder Wyatt Harden was held out due to an injury sustained in the individual regional finals six days earlier.

“There’s a lot of guys that we thought we could count on before the season started that are not here,” noted McDevitt. “That being said, we’ve had a lot of young guys step in and grow up. And we don’t lose much off this team. We only normally start three seniors.”

Oxford will face to-seeded Hartland in the state semifinals Saturday at McGuirk Arena. Second-seeded Davison will face No. 3 Novi Detroit Catholic Central in the other D-1 semifinal.

“They are tough,” admitted McDevitt. “When we wrestled them earlier in the season, we had a bunch of close matches against them. But Hartland won a bunch of them. We’ll have to win a couple of those matches and gain some bonus points in order to have a chance.”

DIVISION 1 BOX SCORES

2016 MHSAA TEAM WRESTLING STATE QUARTERFINALS

(Feb. 26-27 McGuirk Arena, CMU – Mt. Pleasant)

HARTLAND 53, TEMPERANCE BEDFORD 24

171: Lucas LaForge (H) d. Dominic Vasquez 6-3; 189 : Gabriel Elarton (TB) p. Andrew Spisz 5:13; 215: Austin Emerson (TB) p. Jeff Putz 3:04; 285 : Brandon Krol (H) d. Tim Stevens 4-2; 103: Corey Cavanaugh (H) p. Anthony Pisanti 0:19; 112: Kyle Kantola (H) p. Conner Frantz 3:42; 119: Carter Hankins (H) p. Colin Chevalier 5:22; 125: Noah Lopez (H) tech. fall Bradley Cook 16-1; 130: Garnet Potter (H) p. Nathan Sailer 3:32; 135: Reece Hughes (H) p. Austin Teague 5:11; 140: Kyle Cavanaugh (H) d. Kurtis Ortman 1:55; 145: Sage Castillo (H) p. Ian Tyburski 1:14; 152: Brad Stewart (TB) p. River Shettler 2:20; 160 : Blake Montrie (TB) p. Devyn Shah 2:37.

RECORDS: Hartland 32-1; Temperance Bedford 21-5.

OXFORD 40, HUDSONVILLE 28

171: Ethan Kerin (O) d. Vincent Calabrese 5-3; 189: Dallas Winkelman (O) d. Mitchell Belka 3-2; 215 : Byron Schlickenmeyer (Oxford) p. Jaxon Goggins 1:50; 285: Lane Potter (H) p. Campbell Coker 1:43; 103: Jack Samuels (H) maj. dec. Liam Hillary 16-5; 112: James Samuels (H) p. Daltan Myers 3:15; 119: Jacob Call (O) p. Cameron Ensign 4:30; 125: Sergio Borg (O) p. Baylie Smith 2:58; 130: Austin Fine (H) d. Garrett Tyrrell 7-1; 135: Vinny Vackaro (O) p. Thomas Byars 4:50; 140: Alex Hrisopoulos (O)maj. dec. Anthony Snead 12-4; 145: Kolby Kempker (H) d. Trent Myre 10-7; 152: Devin Trevino (O) p. Noah Beyer 2:47; 160: Brenden DeVries (H) p. Ethan Moll 2:31.

RECORDS: Oxford 24-8; Hudsonville 26-6.

DAVISON 37, GRAND LEDGE 18

171: Brenden McRill (D) p. Brendan Barry 3:31; 189: Logan Mabbitt (D) d. Wesley Barnes 16-9; 215: Tanner Thomas (D) maj. dec. Mitchell Krahulik 13-5; 285: Matt Lloyd (GL) d. Reme Martin 1-0; 103: Steven Garty (D) d. Ryan Legal 9-2; 112: Cole Janes (GL) d. Raymond Cole 7-3; 119: AJ Facundo (D) p. Alex Kingsley 1:36; 125: Deven Perez (D) maj. dec. Jack Snauko 18-9; 130: Karson Kost (GL) d. Ryan Schlak 3-1; 135: Brian Case (D) maj. dec. Adam Castaneda 16-6; 140: Anthony Sigurani (GL) by void; 145: Dylan Steward (GL) d. Kurt Schlak 8-6; 152: Trevor McGowan (D) d. Chad Stuecken 7-6; 160: Gabe Ellis (D) maj. dec. Tommy Cox 11-2.

RECORDS: Davison 23-4; Grand Ledge 19-8.

NOVI DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL 36,

MACOMB DAKOTA 16

171: Easton Turner (NDCC) d. Frank Alcini 5-1; 189: Tyler Morland (NDCC) by void; 215: Jackson Ross (NDCC) maj. dec. Jason Wahby 14-5; 285: Nicholas Jenkins (NDCC) maj. dec. Rahmi Kahlil 8-0; 103: Rhett Newton (NDCC) d. Nick Alayan 9-7; 112: Benyamin Kamali (NDCC) maj. dec. Justin Tiburcio 10-2; 119: Nick Barrett (MD) d. Stone Moscovic 3-1; 125: Kevon Davenport (NDCC) p. Kelton Burch 3:44; 130: Cameron Amine (NDCC) d. Tyler Sanders 5-4; 135: Aaron Rehfeldt (NDCC) d. Tommy Gawlowski 5-0; 140: Layne Malczewski (MD) maj. dec. Joe McGrath 11-1; 145: Dustin Soloman (MD) d. Aidan Wagh 4-3; 152: Christian Karges (MD) d. Tyler Johnson 3-1; 160: Jack Morris (MD) d. Conor Cox 4-2.