{"id":2229,"date":"2011-01-31T03:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T08:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2011-01-31T04:04:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T09:04:51","slug":"vwhs-wrestlers-2nd-at-middletown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/01\/31\/vwhs-wrestlers-2nd-at-middletown\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS wrestlers 2nd at Middletown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Wert independent sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MIDDLETOWN \u2013 The Van Wert High School wrestling team competed in a dual-team tournament at Middletown High School this past Saturday.\u00a0The Cougar grapplers were able to win four of the five duals.\u00a0 There were\u00a0no individual placings at this tournament, since it was a team-formatted event, but the team earned a second place trophy and individual medals for being on the runner-up team.<\/p>\n<p>In the first dual contest, Van Wert won against Hughes 42-36.\u00a0Next up was Little Miami and\u00a0Van Wert won 41-31.\u00a0The Cougars were matched against\u00a0Trotwood Madison next and\u00a0came out with a 46-21 team victory.\u00a0Van Wert then faced Monroe and won 48-36.<\/p>\n<p>The last match of the day\u00a0proved to be the\u00a0toughest, as they were pitted against the Pool A winner Middletown and were\u00a0defeated 58-20.<\/p>\n<p>The individual wrestlers and their summary of matches follow by weight class (in pounds):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>103 &#8211; VOID<\/li>\n<li>112 &#8211; VOID<\/li>\n<li>119 &#8211; Jermaine Defore &#8211; L pin 2:38, W void, W void, L pin 2:43, L pin 1:14 (2-3)<\/li>\n<li>125 &#8211; VOID<\/li>\n<li>130 &#8211; Sean Dorsch &#8211; W 15-0 Tech Fall, W 15-0 Tech Fall, W 15-4 Major Decision, W void, W 7-2 (5-0)<\/li>\n<li>135 &#8211; Daniel Thompson &#8211; W 15-5 Major Decision, L 13-3 Major Decision, W void, W pin 2:57, L pin 1:43\u00a0(3-2)<\/li>\n<li>140 &#8211; Colton Royer &#8211; W pin 3:17, W void, W pin 2:10, W void, L 13-4 Major Decision\u00a0(4-1)<\/li>\n<li>145\/152 &#8211; Connor Massillo &#8211;\u00a0W 17-1\u00a0Tech Fall, W void, W void, W pin\u00a0:15, W 20-4 Tech Fall (5-0)<\/li>\n<li>145\/152 &#8211; Jordan Daniels &#8211; W\u00a0pin 1:52, L 14-9, L 6-3, W void, L pin 1:48 (2-3)<\/li>\n<li>160 &#8211; Gabe Hill &#8211;\u00a0W void, L pin 2:29, W pin 2;25, W pin :42, L pin 1:21 (3-2)<\/li>\n<li>171 &#8211; Kyle Loshe &#8211; L pin 1:26, L pin :20, L pin :17, L pin :38, L pin 1:21 (0-5)<\/li>\n<li>189 &#8211; Cory Hirschy &#8211; W pin 1:22, W pin 1:12, W pin 1:37,\u00a0W 1:59, W void (5-0) 100th win in 3rd round<\/li>\n<li>215 &#8211; VOID<\/li>\n<li>285 &#8211; Terrin Contreras &#8211; W void, W pin 2:49,\u00a0W pin 1:21, W pin 2:36, W pin 1:42 (5-0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Extra wrestlers were 171 pounds, Bradie Strawser 0-5, Tyler Priest 1-4; 285 pounds, James Hardman 5-0 (5 pins)<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert will host Wapakoneta in a Western Buckeye League contest this coming Thursday, February 3, in the Cougar&#8217;s Den.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2230\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2230\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/?attachment_id=2230\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2230 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VWHS-wrestlers-at-Middletown-2011-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The VWHS wrestling team at Middletown on Saturday. 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