Leopards Win District, Record 8 Qualify for State – Wrestling

Louisville – 224.5 (1st Out of 44)

The Louisville Leopards Wrestling Team competed at the DII Alliance District Tournament Friday and Saturday at Alliance High School. Louisville racked up 224.5 points in taking first place as a team against individuals from 44 schools. 

Three Leopards won District Championships individually with three others finishing as District Runner-Ups. Garett Lautzenheiser (120), Davin Rhoads (132), and Blake Robbins (220) all went undefeated for the tournament en rout to claiming District Titles. Carter Mickley (138), Dan Kennedy (152), and Brent Paulus (195) all reached the championship finals of their respective brackets before bowing out as District Runner-Ups.

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Leopards Set Team Record with 8 State Qualifiers

Altogether a team record 8 Louisville Wrestlers qualified for the State Meet in Columbus next weekend. Dominic Hoffarth (106) and Jax Leonard (170) both overcame championship quarterfinal defeats and battled their way back up the consolation bracket. Both finished in third place and both qualified for state as a result. 

Overall 10 of the 13 Leopard District Wrestlers placed in the top 5. Dan Adams (113) and Brenden Severs (160) both won their final matches to take fifth. Logan Vanicek (145) and Noah Peterson (182) both bowed out in the second round of consolation. Jason Goard (285) earned back-to-back pins in consolation before dropping a 10-9 decision in the consolation quarterfinals to just miss placement.

Louisville finished ahead of 2019 State Runner-Up Aurora who took District Runner-Up as a team with 195.5 points. Lake Catholic also placed 3rd with 172 points and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary took 4th with 103.5 points.

UP NEXT: The 8 Qualifying Leopards will next compete in the Individual Wrestling State Tournament at Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus next weekend. Championship Preliminaries begin on Friday, March 13 at 3:00 PM and the tournament will conclude on Sunday, March 15 with championship matches beginning at 5:15 PM. See OHSAA.org for the full schedule.

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DII Alliance District Wrestling Team Scores

Place	TeamName	Score
1	Louisville	0224.5
2	Aurora	0195.5
3	Lake Cath.	0172.0
4	Akron SVSM	0103.5
5	Copley	0071.0
6	CVCA	0068.0
7	Canfield	0066.0
8	Woodridge	0057.0
9	Perry	0049.5
10	Chardon	0049.0
11	Geneva	0048.0
12	West Branch	0047.5
13	Alliance	0047.0
14	Cloverleaf	0039.0
15	Revere	0033.0
16	Streetsboro	0032.5
17	Norton	0029.0
18	Hoban	0026.0
19	Triway	0026.0
20	Girard	0024.0
21	Canton South	0024.0
22	Marlington	0023.5
23	Poland Seminary	0022.0
24	CF Northwest	0022.0
25	Tallmadge	0021.5
26	Orange	0021.0
27	Field	0021.0
28	Ash. Edgewood	0020.5
29	Fairless	0019.0
30	Salem	0019.0
31	Howland	0018.0
32	Ravenna	0016.0
33	West Geauga	0011.0
34	Beachwood	0004.0
35	Chagrin Falls	0004.0
36	Harvey	0002.5
37	Hubbard	0000.0
38	Shaw	0000.0
39	Buchtel	0000.0
40	Coventry	0000.0
41	Ak. Springfield	0000.0
42	Cle. JFK	0000.0
43	University Scho	0000.0
44	Warrensville He	0000.0

Individual Louisville District Tournament Results

Round	WClass	Winner	WinTeam	Result	Loser	LoseTeam	Score
1	106	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	Pin1:43	Joey Jafarace-11	Ash. Edgewood	2-0
2	106	Marlon Yarbrough-11	Copley	TechFall	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	18-3
3	106	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	Pin1:55	Tyler Hicks-11	West Branch	4-1
4	106	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	Pin2:34	Ty Stricko-9	Canfield	2-0
5	106	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	Dec	Codie Cuerbo-10	Aurora	3-1
6	106	Dominic Hoffarth-9	Louisville	MajDec	Jake Arnold-12	Cloverleaf	10-1
1	113	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	Pin1:59	Alex Courtney-10	West Branch	4-1
2	113	Jake Hamulak-12	Chardon	Dec	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	3-2
3	113	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	Dec	Alex Bailey-11	Alliance	12-5
4	113	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	Dec	Voorhis-10 Zane Van	Copley	4-2
5	113	Kenneth Crosby-11	Akron SVSM	Dec	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	7-2
6	113	Dan Adams-11	Louisville	Dec	Robbie Sagaris-11	Aurora	6-3
1	120	Garett Lautzenheiser-11	Louisville	Pin2:51	Nick Gayner-11	Revere	5-0
2	120	Garett Lautzenheiser-11	Louisville	Pin1:	Jacob Frost-12	Salem	8-2
4	120	Garett Lautzenheiser-11	Louisville	MajDec	Dierre Clayton-11	Akron SVSM	14-3
6	120	Garett Lautzenheiser-11	Louisville	Dec	Kyle Rowan-12	Perry	3-1
1	132	Davin Rhoads-11	Louisville	Pin2:44	Brian Kennedy-11	Aurora	11-1
2	132	Davin Rhoads-11	Louisville	MajDec	Ethan Smith-10	Lake Cath.	12-1
4	132	Davin Rhoads-11	Louisville	Pin2:00	Jayden Morr-11	Norton	7-1
6	132	Davin Rhoads-11	Louisville	Dec	Matthew Williams-12	CVCA	3-1
1	138	Carter Mickley-12	Louisville	Pin2:18	Thomas Sicker-11	Harvey	6-2
2	138	Carter Mickley-12	Louisville	Pin0:31	Sam Miller-12	Streetsboro	2-0
4	138	Carter Mickley-12	Louisville	Dec	Nicholas Coreno-12	Lake Cath.	9-7
6	138	Nic Willingham-10	Aurora	Dec	Carter Mickley-12	Louisville	8-1
1	145	Logan Vanicek-12	Louisville	Pin1:31	Brett Goff-12	Geneva	2-0
2	145	David Cumberledge-12	Aurora	Pin0:57	Logan Vanicek-12	Louisville	5-2
3	145	Shane Michael-10	Ravenna	Dec	Logan Vanicek-12	Louisville	5-2
1	152	Daniel Kennedy-11	Louisville	Dec	Gage Bickley-12	West Branch	3-2
2	152	Daniel Kennedy-11	Louisville	Dec	Sam Partain-10	Chagrin Falls	4-0
4	152	Daniel Kennedy-11	Louisville	Dec	Tyler Bodovetz-11	Streetsboro	3-1
6	152	Tyler Lillard-10	Aurora	MajDec	Daniel Kennedy-11	Louisville	17-6
1	160	Brenden Severs-10	Louisville	Pin5:39	James Flowers-12	Beachwood	17-3
2	160	Brenden Severs-10	Louisville	Pin5:06	Seth Hull-12	Canfield	7-6
4	160	Dylan Fishback-10	Aurora	TechFall	Brenden Severs-10	Louisville	23-8
5	160	Tyler Williams-11	Canton South	Dec	Brenden Severs-10	Louisville	2-1
6	160	Brenden Severs-10	Louisville	MajDec	Ashton Smith-10	Streetsboro	13-1
1	170	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	Pin1:1	Jordan Motley-12	Cle. JFK	6-2
2	170	Zayne Lehman-11	Revere	Dec	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	7-6
3	170	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	Pin1:32	Micah Schwartzentraub-12	Fairless	5-0
4	170	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	TechFall	Logan Bell-12	Alliance	19-2
5	170	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	Pin1:37	Dillon Smith-10	Poland Seminary	10-0
6	170	Jax Leonard-12	Louisville	Dec	Brody Stallings-12	Cloverleaf	7-1
1	182	Bryson Getz-9	Akron SVSM	Dec	Noah Peterson-10	Louisville	7-1
2	182	Noah Peterson-10	Louisville	Dec	Ricardo Valadez-12	Harvey	6-2
3	182	Jakob Hopkins-12	Norton	Dec	Noah Peterson-10	Louisville	6-3
1	195	Brent Paulus-12	Louisville	Pin0:52	Nick Mijavec-11	Howland	4-1
2	195	Brent Paulus-12	Louisville	Pin0:42	Brandon Thomas-12	Geneva	4-1
4	195	Brent Paulus-12	Louisville	Pin1:12	Warren Gentile-12	Alliance	4-1
6	195	Evan Anderson-10	Aurora	Dec	Brent Paulus-12	Louisville	3-1
1	220	Blake Robbins-12	Louisville	Pin0:25	Danny Morgan-10	Lake Cath.	2-0
2	220	Blake Robbins-12	Louisville	Pin1:40	Miles Ashbaugh-12	Woodridge	5-0
4	220	Blake Robbins-12	Louisville	Pin1:49	Charles Taylor-11	Geneva	2-0
6	220	Blake Robbins-12	Louisville	Pin0:45	George Linberger-10	Akron SVSM	2-0
1	285	Richie Hofus-12	Canfield	Pin5:46	Jason Goard-12	Louisville	5-1
2	285	Jason Goard-12	Louisville	Pin0:51	Jernox Jones-11	Shaw	2-0
3	285	Jason Goard-12	Louisville	Pin2:06	Cody Luther-12	Revere	3-0
4	285	Max Vanscoy-12	Akron SVSM	Dec	Jason Goard-12	Louisville	10-9

See Full Individual Results and Brackets on Baum’s Page