Allen East wins NWC wrestling tourney

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ADA — Allen East scored a total of 233.5 points to take the 2018 Northwest Conference Wrestling Championship held at Ada High School on Saturday. Columbus Grove finished second with 199 points while Bluffton took third with 195 points. Repeating as conference champs for the second consecutive year, Allen East’s title was their seventh overall NWC wrestling championship.

Ada senior Chase Sumner (145) was named Wrestler of The Year in the NWC for the second year in a row. Mike Abbey of Allen East was voted by his peers as NWC Coach of The Year.

Repeat winners from last year included Chase Sumner (Ada, 145 pounds), Chase Caprella (Allen East, 113 pounds), Enoch Jones (Columbus Grove, 170 pounds) and Deandre Nasser (Bluffton, 195 pounds).

Allen East led the way with five individual champions while Columbus Grove and Bluffton each had three individual champions in the tournament. Sumner finished his conference career with four individual titles.

Lincolnview finished eighth with 14 team points. David Parsons (285 pounds) won his seventh round match by pinning Sloan Foster of Paulding in 1:32. Louis Ulery (182) also competed for the Lancers.