Finally time to send a tweet… congrats to Eugene Harney on becoming Sycamore’s 2nd ever state champion in wrestling, and the first since 1999.
Eugene is also the school’s first 3 time state placer.
What an incredible junior season!
Congratulations to our six varsity wrestlers who have been recognized as all GMC performers!
106 Adam Gelman- 1st team
138 Eugene Harney- 1st team
170 Mitch Reardon- 1st team
160 Matt Bonn- 2nd team
182 Tom Coyne- 2nd team
220 Evan Massey 2nd team
Congratulations to Alumnus Gary Traub on qualifying for the Olympic Team Trials!
Gary placed 3rd in Senior Nationals and will compete in the trials in April.
State update Session 2:
Mitch Reardon loses to St. Ed’s in round 1, then suffers a 4-0 loss to Marysville in Round 2.
Congrats on an outstanding season for our senior captain!
Congratulations to our team for being the Sycamore Invitational CHAMPS! Lots of contributors today.
A. Gelman, Harney- 1st
S. Gelman, Carmody, Abdeljabar- 2nd
Mangano, Laux, Courtney- 3rd
Pettijohn- 4th
Erck- 6th
Junior Adam Gelman falls in the consolation round 6-4. Adam finishes his outstanding season with a record of 28-3, and was a GMC Champ, Sectional Champ, and District Champ!
Congratulations to Caroline Kearns (1-2), Viktoria Emelianova (5th), and Katrina Schneider (2nd) for their performance at the OHSWCA district tournament today! Katrina qualifies for the state meet next week, and Viktoria is an alternate!
#wrestlelikeagirl
Sycamore Invitational Results: Started at 5:00, finished at 11:29. 1 champ (Harney). Vayo, Cornett, Draughn, Knaff 2nd. Isakov 3rd. Carpenter 4th. Reardon 5th. Aviators finish in 3rd. Congrats to Blanchester and Valley View. Full results below.
Congrats to our Sectional placers:
Isakov- 6th
Harney- 2nd- District Qualifier
Neal- 5th- District Alternate
Reardon- 3rd- District Qualifier
Bear 🐻- 5th- District Alternate
Aviators are currently sitting in 3rd place out of 42 teams here in Defiance. Ryan Draughn places 8th. Cornett will wrestle for 5th, Vayo, Son, Knaff will wrestle for 3rd, and Harney will wrestle for the championship.
Sectional placers: Vayo-Smith 4th, Harney 5th, Haunert 3rd, Folz 4th, Draughn 3rd. Thank you to our parents and fans that made the drive to support our kids!!! Districts Friday and Saturday at Fairmont.
Aves finish their final dual match with a win! Aves defeat Fairfield 42-31, earning 5 pins on the night.
Next up for varsity: Sectional Championships 2/26
MATCHDAY
Good luck to our district wrestlers and alternates as they compete today at Kettering Fairmont:
Izumi Harney, Matthew Neal, Mitch Reardon, and Bear Thomas-Newbolt
Great job by
@EvanMas23612921
… over 150 adults laughing, applauding, and loving to hear how Evan’s life has evolved through HS.
Proud of this young man and what lies ahead!
Championships semifinal results:
Eugene Harney gets a 3 to 2 victory and will advance to state!
Eugene will wrestle for the district championship later this afternoon.
Aves have a strong day and advance 7 wrestlers and 2 alternates to Districts. This tied the record for the number of qualifiers, set in 2013.
Gelman 🥉DQ
Mangano 🥉DQ
Messerschmidt 4th DQ
Isakov 5th alt
Harney 🥇DQ
Coyne 🥇DQ
Bonn 🥈DQ
Cathey 5th alt
Bobst 🥉DQ
Update from Defiance: Mitch Reardon upsets the
#4
seed to advance to the semifinals. Izumi Harney loses by injury default in the quarter finals. Zumi will wrestle in the consolation round tomorrow. All other wrestlers are out. The team is currently 23rd out of 43 teams.
Senior Captain Josh Haunert suffers an injury default in the conso round and is eliminated. Josh finishes in the top 25 for most wins in Sycamore history, and has 6 more wins than the legendary John Traub!