{"id":174692,"date":"2024-01-15T04:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174692"},"modified":"2024-01-15T04:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:41:13","slug":"crestview-hosts-12-team-wrestling-duals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/15\/crestview-hosts-12-team-wrestling-duals\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview hosts 12-team wrestling duals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being short on wrestlers for the day, Crestview finished fourth out of 12 teams at the Crestview Wrestling Duals on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Levi-Grace-1-14-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174710\"\/><figcaption>Crestview&#8217;s Levi Grace is declared the winner after one of his five matches on Saturday. <em>Photo courtesy of Wyatt Richardson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe walked in shorthanded due to some injuries and illness and the boys gave it all they had with the lineup we had left,\u201d Crestview head coach Jake Sawmiller said. Head to head, they won every dual meet they wrestled by two or three matches each but unfortunately, we just couldn\u2019t make up the points we lost with open weight classes today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knights won three of the five rounds and fell by just one, 36-35, to Elida in another round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Crestview wrestlers went 5-0 on the day: Gavin Grubb, Zayden Martin and Ayden Martin. Two wrestlers, Levi Grace and Evan Walls went 4-1, and five of the nine Knights wrestlers went a combined 23-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an impressive outing for those kids on their home mat,\u201d Sawmiller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maumee was crowned as the team champion and Elida was the runner-up. Spencerville was fourth, followed by the Knights. Here are Crestview\u2019s dual results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Round 1: Crestview 48 Antwerp 12<br>Round 2: Elida 36 Crestview 35<br>Round 3: Crestview 42 Defiance 36<br>Round 4: Crestview 42 Ada 30<br>Third place match: Spencerville 42 Crestview 34<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview also recognized the officials as part of Winter Sports Officials Appreciation Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t thank our officials enough for the time they put in to allow our student athletes to compete,\u201d Sawmiller said. It\u2019s a tiring and many times thankless job. We have great wrestling officials all across the state of Ohio but the crew that officiates locally are second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to give another special thanks to Josh Montgomery, Josh Neilson, Brett Carlin, Brian Carlin, Robert Mojica, Troy Underwood and David Eicher,\u201d he added. \u201cThey did an amazing job once again this year at our tournament and I hope we continue to see this same crew of officials in future years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Despite being short on wrestlers for the day, Crestview finished fourth out of 12 teams at the Crestview Wrestling Duals on Saturday. \u201cWe walked in shorthanded due to some injuries and illness and the boys gave it all they had with the lineup we had left,\u201d Crestview head coach Jake Sawmiller said. 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