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Butler claims Southmoreland tourney crown

Butler's Ryan Hannon and Slippery Rock's Forrest Christmann each captured individual championships in their respective weight classes on Saturday at the Southmoreland Holiday Wrestling Classic.

Butler won the 34-team tournament with a total of 193 points, finishing well ahead of second-place Mt. Pleasant's 148 points.

At 170 pounds, Hannon had a first-round bye, then pinned West Greene's Dalton Wildman at 1:50, earned a 6-4 decision over Meyersdale's Billy Dunbar and 4-2 against Forest Hills' Zach Pinkas, the latter in the semifinals.

Hannon catured a 5-1 decision over Gateway's Austin Davidson in the championship.

For Christmann, the top seed at 285 pounds, a first-round bye was followed by first-period pins over Burrell's Jimmy Reedy (at 1:22) and Meyersdale's Justin Dunmyer (:45), before a 3-1 decision over Pine-Richland's Pat Kline sent him to the finals.

Christmann scored a 5-0 decision over Southmoreland's Jake Beistel to claim the title.

Butler had four other wrestlers reach the consolation finals.

Blake Caudill (120) earned an 11-2 major decision over Valley's Josiah Hughes to earn third place. Zach Weaver (182), Korey Caudill (126) and Cody Houston (132) claimed fourth-place finishes.

Mars finished 21st in the team standings, Slippery Rock 22nd, Grove City 26th and Knoch 29th in the 34-team event.

Southmoreland Holiday

Place Winners113 — Conner Foust (Butler), sixth120 — Blake Caudill (Butler), third; Dave Huselton (Slippery Rock), sixth126 — Korey Caudill (Butler), fourth132 — Cody Houston (Butler), fourth; Blaine Elliot (Knoch), fifth145 — Trey Maher (Grove City), fifth152 — Chet Simoni (Grove City) fifth; Dave Slomers (Butler), sixth160 — Will Bortmas (Butler), Ryan McMahon (Mars), double-forfeit in fifth-place match170 — Ryan Hannon (Butler), first182 — Zach Weaver (Butler), fourth195 — Tim Kerr (Slippery Rock), sixth; Brian Mowry (Knoch), seventh; Austin Bitzer (Mars), eighth220 — Johan VanDyke (Mars), sixth285 — Forrest Christmann (Slippery Rock), first

Holmes County, Kent. 68, Mars 60 — At the Rock Holiday Classic in Orlando, Fla., Holmes County raced out to a 26-5 first-quarter advantage, then held off the Planets Saturday.Mitch Buzard had 20 points, Josh Goetz 13 and Matt Getsy 10 for Mars (7-2), while James Bolden led Holmes County (14-0) with 27 points.MARS 60Garrett Ashbaugh 1 0-0 2, Ben Erdahl 2 0-0 4, Ethan Lewis 4 1-2 9, Matt Getsy 4 1-1 10, Mitch Buzard 6 7-10 20, Zach May 0 2-2 2, Josh Goetz 4 5-7 13. Totals: 21 16-22 60.Mars 5 24 15 16—60Holmes County26 18 13 11—683-point goals: Mars 2 (Getsy, Buzard)

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