As always, thanks for all your updates, POTP!
For those who do not follow wrestling that closely, in the opening round of a district meet sectional champs are paired with fourth place finishers from different sectionals and second place finishers wrestle third place finishers from different sectionals. Here are the opening pairings for the 13 Panthers who will wrestle at Kettering Fairmont on Friday at 4:00 p.m.:
106: Broxterman (3) vs (2) Brody Palm (Harrison)
(h2h: Broxterman lost dec 7-0 SWOWCA and lost dec 6-3 Harrison dual)
113: Lambers (1) vs (4) Andrew Pitcher (Mason)
120: J Thamann (2) vs (3) Isaac Bulugaris (Beavercreek)
126: Weigand (3) vs (2) Hunter Smith (Fairfield)
132: Mentz (2) vs (3) Jack Probasco (Kettering Fairmont)
(h2h: Mentz dec 5-1 Elder Duals, 138)
138: DiTullio (1) vs Colton McHale (Lebanon)
144: A Thamann (3) vs (2) Lincoln Krull (Miamisburg)
150: Corcoran (4) vs (1) Conner Kleinberg (Springboro)
157: Kurzhals (2) vs (3) Justin Turner (Kettering Fairmont)
165: Lay (4) vs (1) Fletcher Rose (Miamisburg)
175: Kuhling (4) vs(1) Ferman Mirzaev (Kettering Fairmont)
(h2h: Kuhling lost maj dec 10-1 Elder Duals)
190: James (3) vs (2) Ryan Iams (Ross)
(h2h: James lost pin State Duals)
285: Yerian (4) vs (1) Lucas Stuerenberg (Moeller)
(h2h: Yerian lost dec 3-1 SWOWCA and lost dec 3-0 Moeller dual)
The top four finishers in each weight class advance to next week’s state tournament at the Schottenstein Center here in C-bus.