Leopards Take 3rd at OHSWCA State Dual Tournament – Wrestling

By Leopard Nation · Published February 12, 2022 · Updated February 14, 2022

Louisville Leopards Wrestling DII OHSWCA State Dual Team Tournament 2022 3rd Place

OHSWCA State Tournament: Louisville 3rd

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The Louisville Leopards Wrestling Team hosted the Division II Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Dual Team Tournament Saturday at Louisville High School. Louisville finished third in the state, the Aurora Greenmen were state runner-ups, and the St. Paris Graham Falcons were state champions.

The #2 seed Leopards defeated the #7 seed Miami Trace Panthers 42-24 in the state quarterfinals. Louisville then fell to the #3 seed Aurora Greenmen 43-29 in the state semifinals. In the consolation match, the Leopards defeated the #4 seed Ashland Arrows 48-25 to claim third place. In the championship match, St. Paris Graham defeated Aurora 48-22 to claim their 9th dual meet state title in 10 years.

Quarterfinal: #2 Louisville 42, #7 Miami Trace 24

The #2 seed Louisville Leopards never trailed in their 42-24 victory over the #7 seed Miami Trace Panthers in the OHSWCA State Dual Tournament Quarterfinals. Louisville won 5 of the first 6 bouts to build a 26-3 advantage. Miami Trace closed the gap by taking the next three matches in the middle weight classes to cut their deficit to 26-18. The Leopards claimed 4 of the final 5 matches to advance.

Four Louisville wrestlers won by fall during the quarterfinal dual. They included sophomore Kolten Barker (113), junior Dylan Rhoads (126), senior Pablo Castro (132), and senior Blake Schaffer (190). Junior Dominic Hoffarth (138) also won by technical fall and senior Brenden Severs (165) earned a 10-0 major decision. Other Leopards earning decisions included senior Lacy Harvey (106), senior Noah Peterson (175), and senior Cameron Brazek (285).

QUARTERFINAL: #2 LEOPARDS 42, #7 PANTHERS 24

106 Lacy Harvey (Louisville) decision Lyric Dickerson (Miami Trace), 7-5 | LHS 3, MTHS 0
113 Kolten Barker (Louisville) pins Spencer Smith (Miami Trace), 0:46 | LHS 9, MTHS 0
120 Corbin Melvin (Miami Trace) decision Connor Novosel (Louisville), 1-0 UTB | LHS 9, MTHS 3
126 Dylan Rhoads (Louisville) pins Garrett Carson (Miami Trace), 1:50 | LHS 15, MTHS 3
132 Pablo Castro (Louisville) pins Riston LeBeau (Miami Trace), 1:10 | LHS 21, MTHS 3
138 Dominic Hoffarth (Louisville) tech. fall Aiden Johnson (Miami Trace), 19-0 | LHS 26, MTHS 3
144 Weston Melvin (Miami Trace) pin Josiah Walker (Louisville), 2:37 | LHS 26, MTHS 9
150 Asher LeBeau (Miami Trace) pin Wyatt Smith (Louisville), 5:11 | LHS 26, MTHS 15
157 Ethynn Munro (Miami Trace) decision Jude Yeager (Louisville), 9-8 | LHS 26, MTHS 18
165 Brenden Severs (Louisville) maj. decision Vincent Munro (Miami Trace), 10-0 | LHS 30, MTHS 18
175 Noah Peterson (Louisville) decision Kylan Knapp (Miami Trace), 4-2 | LHS 33, MTHS 18
190 Blake Schaffer (Louisville) pins Jayden LeBeau (Miami Trace), 2:37 | LHS 39, MTHS 18
215 Bryce Bennett (Miami Trace) pins Gavin Knisley (Louisville), 0:25 | LHS 39, MTHS 24
285 Cameron Brazek (Louisville) decision Stephen Lehr (Miami Trace), 8-2 | LHS 42, MTHS 24

Semifinal: #3 Aurora 43, #2 Louisville 29

The #2 seed Louisville Leopards fell behind early and were unable to catch the #3 seed Aurora Greenmen in their 43-29 OHSWCA State Dual Tournament loss.

Aurora claimed the first four matchups in taking a 19-0 lead. Louisville answered back with three consecutive pins from junior Dylan Rhoads (132), senior Pablo Castro (138), and junior Dominic Hoffarth (144). All three Leopards earned victory by fall despite wrestling up a weight class. This cut the Greenmen lead to 19-18 at the midway point of the dual.

Aurora won the next four bouts in scoring 24 straight points to take a 43-18 advantage, which was enough to punch their ticket to the championship final. Senior Blake Schaffer (215) won by 15-0 technical fall and senior Cameron Brazek (285) earned a second period pin in the heavyweight match to close out the dual.

SEMIFINAL: #3 GREENMEN 43, #2 LEOPARDS 29

106 Johnny Green (Aurora) pins Lacy Harvey (Louisville), 5:01 | LHS 0, AHS 6
113 Codie Cuerbo (Aurora) maj. decision Kolten Barker (Louisville), 18-8 | LHS 0, AHS 10
120 Luke Green (Aurora) decision Connor Novosel (Louisville), 2-1 | LHS 0, AHS 13
126 Kaden McGohan (Aurora) pins Luke Miller (Louisville), 1:38 | LHS 0, AHS 19
132 Dylan Rhoads (Louisville) pins Connor Tschudy (Aurora), 3:04 | LHS 6, AHS 19
138 Pablo Castro (Louisville) pins Andrew Leon (Aurora), 1:35 | LHS 12, AHS 19
144 Dominic Hoffarth (Louisville) pins Cole Walton (Aurora), 0:34 | LHS 18, AHS 19
150 Kyle Bizjak (Aurora) pins Josiah Walker (Louisville), 1:10 | LHS 18, AHS 25
157 Nic Willingham (Aurora) decision Brenden Severs (Louisville), 7-3 | LHS 18, AHS 28
165 Ashton Smith (Aurora) maj. decision Jude Yeager (Louisville), 16-6 | LHS 18, AHS 32
175 Tyler Lillard (Aurora) pins Gavin Hamilton (Louisville), 2:52* | LHS 18, AHS 37
190 Dylan Fishback (Aurora) pins Noah Peterson (Louisville), 1:02 | LHS 18, AHS 43
215 Blake Schaffer (Louisville) tech. fall Quinn Gorman (Aurora), 15-0 | LHS 23, AHS 43
285 Cameron Brazek (Louisville) pins Killian Snitzer (Aurora), 3:30 | LHS 29, AHS 43

* Aurora loses one team point for unsportsmanlike

3rd Place Match: #2 Louisville 48, #4 Ashland 25

The #2 seed Louisville Leopards never trailed during their 48-25 consolation third place match victory. With the win, Louisville finishes the season 12-1 in dual matches.

Senior Lacy Harvey (106) and sophomore Kolten Barker (113) set the tone early for the Leopards with back-to-back first period pins to begin the dual. Harvey needed just 10 seconds to win by fall in his match.

The Arrows won the next two matches to cut the Louisville lead to 12-10 before the Leopards roared back with three straight pins. Just like in the semifinal dual against Aurora, the trio of junior Dylan Rhoads (132), senior Pablo Castro (138), and junior Dominic Hoffarth (144) all wrestled up a weight callas and all won by fall in the process. The trifecta was capped off with a 17 second pin by Hoffarth.

Freshman Wyatt Smith (150) earned an 8-4 decision in the next bout to put Louisville comfortably ahead 33-10. Ashland cut into the lead by winning the next three matches to get within 33-25. But the Leopards matched the Arrows by sweeping the final three bouts to take the dual. senior Noah Peterson (190) won by 11-3 major decision, senior Blake Schaffer (215) won by 18-2 technical fall to clinch the match, and senior Cameron Brazek (285) earned a first period pin to finalize the score at 48-25.

CONSOLATION MATCH: #2 LEOPARDS 48, #4 ARROWS 25

106 Lacy Harvey (Louisville) pins Xander Patterson (Ashland), 0:10 | LHS 6, ASH 0
113 Kolten Barker (Louisville) pins Korbyn Jones (Ashland), 1:38 | LHS 12, ASH 0
120 Roman Parobek (Ashland) maj. decision Connor Novosel (Louisville), 11-3 | LHS 12, AHS 4
126 Milan Parobek (Ashland) pins Luke Miller (Louisville), 1:20 | LHS 12, AHS 10
132 Dylan Rhoads (Louisville) pins Tyler Dodson (Ashland), 2:21 | LHS 18, AHS 10
138 Pablo Castro (Louisville) pins Griffin Adkins (Ashland), 1:00 | LHS 24, AHS 10
144 Dominic Hoffarth (Louisville) pins Noah Fent (Ashland), 0:17 | LHS 30, AHS 10
150 Wyatt Smith (Louisville) decision Ashden Maffett (Ashland), 8-4 | LHS 33, AHS 10
157 Jon Metzger (Ashland) decision Brenden Severs (Louisville), 2-1 | LHS 33, AHS 13
165 Angelo Seitz (Ashland) pins Jude Yeager (Louisville), 0:19 | LHS 33, AHS 19
175 Brady Welch (Ashland) pins Gavin Hamilton (Louisville), 0:17 | LHS 33, AHS 25
190 Noah Peterson (Louisville) maj. decision Hayden Flynn (Ashland), 11-3 | LHS 37, AHS 25
215 Blake Schaffer (Louisville) tech. fall Cayden Spotts (Ashland), 18-2 | LHS 42, AHS 25
285 Cameron Brazek (Louisville) pins Hayden Hensel (Ashland), 1:39 | LHS 48, AHS 25