Beaver Local Beavers at Louisville Leopards 2020 Wrestling Video
Louisville 53, Beaver Local 12
The #2 ranked Louisville Leopards Varsity Wrestling Team rocked the #7 ranked Beaver Local Beavers 53-12 in a rematch of last year’s Dual Team Tournament Regional Championship Thursday Night at Louisville High School. With the victory, Louisville remains unbeaten at 8-0 on the season.
Devon Salsberry (152) and Logan Krulik (160) both earned decisions to give the Beavers a 6-0 advantage at the start of the match. Salsberry (ranked #11 in 145) wrestled up a class to blank Daniel Kennedy (#12 ranked in 152) 1-0 in the opening bout. The Krulik (#4 ranked in 160) then won by 9-3 decision over Brenden Severs (#9 ranked in 160).
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The Leopards roared back by winning the next 10 matchups in scoring 53 consecutive points. Jax Leonard (#2 ranked in 170) got Louisville on the board with a pin of Skyler Lasure (#6 ranked in 152) in just 1:06. In a rare battle of unranked wrestlers, Noah Peterson (182) edged out Alex Solansky 1-0 to give LHS their first lead at 9-6.
The Leopards quickly turned a close match into a rout as they followed Peterson’s decision with four consecutive pins. Brent Paulus (#3 ranked in 195) needed just 26 seconds to make quick work of Nicholas Wukotich. Blake Robbins (#6 ranked in 220) and Cameron Brazek (#20 in 285) both won by fall in the first period. Dominic Hoffarth (#4 ranked in 106) concluded the string of pins by dropping Kayden Bobby in only 18 seconds to put Louisville ahead 33-6.
Dan Adams (#14 ranked in 113) followed with a 19-3 technical fall victory over Cameron Henderson. Then Lacey Harvey (120) earned a 5-2 decision and Garett Lautzenheiser (#1 ranked in 120) moved up a class to win by forfeit in 126. Top ranked Davin Rhoads (132) pinned John Woodburn in the second period (3:36) to end the Leopards run of 10 straight matches won in giving them a 53-6 lead.
Beaver Local ended the match just as they had started it with back-to-back decisions. Logan Ours (#5 ranked in 132) doubled up Carter Mickley (#18 ranked in 138) 4-2 in the 138 match. Jonathan Potts (#11 ranked in 145) shutout Logan Vanicek (#2 ranked in 145) 5-0 to conclude the match.
The Beavers defeated the Leopards in all three of their meetings over the previous two seasons. But this DII Regional Championship rematch belonged to Louisville on Thursday.
Beaver Local at Louisville Box Score
LEOPARDS 53, BEAVERS 12
- 152 Salsberry, Devon (BEAVER) defeated Kennedy, Daniel (Louisville) === {Decision 1-0} (Score: 0-3)
- 160 Krulik, Logan (BEAVER) defeated Severs, Brenden (Louisville) === {Decision 9-3} (Score: 0-6)
- 170 Leonard, Jax (Louisville) defeated Lasure, Skyler (BEAVER) === {Fall 1:06} (Score: 6-6)
- 182 Peterson, Noah (Louisville) defeated Solansky, Alex (BEAVER) === {Decision 1-0} (Score: 9-6)
- 195 Paulus, Brent (Louisville) defeated Wukotich, Nicholas (BEAVER) === {Fall 0:26} (Score: 15-6)
- 220 Robbins, Blake (Louisville) defeated Allen, Payne (BEAVER) === {Fall 1:51} (Score: 21-6)
- 285 Brazek, Cameron (Louisville) defeated Spencer, David (BEAVER) === {Fall 0:42} (Score: 27-6)
- 106 Hoffarth, Dominic (Louisville) defeated Bobby, Kayden (BEAVER) === {Fall 0:18} (Score: 33-6)
- 113 Adams, Daniel (Louisville) defeated Henderson, Cameron (BEAVER) === {Tech Fall 19-3} (Score: 38-6)
- 120 Harvey, Lacey (Louisville) defeated Dugan, Colton (BEAVER) === {Decision 5-2} (Score: 41-6)
- 126 Lautzenheiser, Garett (Louisville) defeated Forfeit (BEAVER) === {Forfeit} (Score: 47-6)
- 132 Rhoads, Davin (Louisville) defeated Woodburn, John (BEAVER) === {Fall 3:36} (Score: 53-6)
- 138 Ours, Logan (BEAVER) defeated Mickley, Carter (Louisville) === {Decision 4-2} (Score: 53-9)
- 145 Potts, Jonathan (BEAVER) defeated Vanicek, Logan (Louisville) === {Decision 5-0} (Score: 53-12)
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next compete at the Hephner Memorial Tournament on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 at Austintown Fitch High School.
Cover Photo Taken By Amy Paulus
Video By EOWL Coaches Office
