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By Frank DiRenna Enquirer contributor
COLUMBUS - Mason senior Zachary Marshall earned some sweet redemption Saturday at the Ohio state wrestling championships at Ohio State University. A week after being disqualified from his semifinal match at the Fairfield district competition, Marshall capped the Division I state tournament with a dramatic 7-6 win over Lakewood St. Edward's Ben Kuhar at 275 pounds. Marshall's takedown with two seconds remaining pulled out the state crown, the first by a Mason wrestler. "I did exactly what I practiced," Marshall said. "Snap down and go for his leg. Mter the snap was there, I was able to get around just in time." Marshall wrestled the final two periods with his head bandaged after sustaining a cut late in the first period. "You could see on his face that he was not going to let anything standinhisway,"MasoncoachJerry Schrock said. Senior Patrick Lanham, the alltimevictoriesleaderatMiddletown Madison, earned the program's second state title with a 1-0 win over McComb's Justin Hill in the Division lli championship match at 140 pounds. "l:.astweeklwasworkingtoward a goal of placing, and as it got closer and closer, I finally got realistic that I can actually do this," Lanham said. Greg Gephardt earned Madison's other title, in 1983. Lanham (50.1) scored on a release in the second period for the match's lone point, then controlled Hill (42-2) in the third period. Lakota West freshman Ryan Fields' quest for a title fell short in the Division I championship match at 103. Fields (35-4) lost a 7-3 decision to Youngstown AustintownFitch freshman Tony Jameson. Division 1: The area had several other placers, with Lakota East's Kent Pierson, Sycamore's Victer Crenshaw and Miamisburg's Jake Wood leading the way with thirdplace perlonnances. Pierson needed overtime to beat 1- Greenville's Jeremy Depoy 4-2 at
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Lakota West's Ryan Fields (bottom) was outpointed by AustintownFitch's Tony Jameson 7-3 in the Division 1103-pound final.
State wresUing 125, Crenshaw defeated Reynoldsburg's Sean Stevenson 9-5 at 140 andWooddownedMacedoniaNordonia'sJoe Kowalski 8-6 at 275. Moeller qualified 11 wrestlers and seven placed, although there were no state titles. "Seven ties the record for us," Crusaders coach Jeff Gaier said. 'We had seven placers in 2001." Earning fourth-place finishes for the Crusaders were Alex Weaver (103) and Dean Gaier (145). Eric Gobin (112) and Charles Quehl (215) finished fifth, and Josh Newbanks (125), Mike Mahon (152) placed seventh and Eric Cameron (171) was eighth. Other area place finishers were Hamilton's Josh Steele (fifth, 119), St. Xavier's Alex Boerger (fifth, 152) and Louis Miller (seventh, _ 1
171), Elder's Rob Nusekabel (sixth, 160) and Sean Jameson (eighth, 215), Glen Este's Jake Porter (eighth, 130), Harrison's Tyler Adams (sixth, 112), Lakota East's Billy Baker (sixth, 130) and Kody Pierson (seventh, 119), LaSalle's Joe Kaake (sixth, 119), Mason's Dan Mizener (seventh, 145), Oak Hills' Eric Meyer (seventh, 130) and Lakota West's Nick Bohl (eighth, 140). Division II: Indian Hill's Zach Reckman and Ross' Dylan Ray led the area contingent. Reckman finished fourth after being pinned by Warren Howland's Rob Holbert in the third-place match at 275 (2:40). Ray took sixth after being edged by Orrville's Jesse Cecil 3-2 in the fifth-place match at145. Division Ill: Batavia's Jacob !son (145) and Reading's Derek Mages (152) earned fourth-place finishes.