Marquette, Parkway Central Wrestlers Still in State Championships

COLUMBIA—Day two of the 2011 Missouri Wrestling State Championships has come and gone.

Only 112 of the 896 wrestlers that survived day one still have a shot to win a state title. Here’s a recap of how Chesterfield-area schools have done so far:

Parkway Central (Class Three) – Tied for 35th place with six points. Jacob Didier won his last bout 7-5. He is still alive in the consolation bracket.

Parkway West (Class Four) – Tied for 32nd place with seven points. No wrestlers left competing.

Marquette (Class Four) – In 24th place with 18 points. Matthew Mosior is the only Marquette wrestler and he has a shot to earn third place.

Here's a round up of how other St. Louis-area schools are doing:

Class One

Maplewood Richmond Heights – tied for 31st place with nine points. No wrestlers left competing.

Whitfield – In second place with 108 points.  Whitfield seems to have secured a second-place spot overall, but Head Coach Charlie Sheretz said he won’t be totally satisfied with that result. 

“We’ve blown some opportunities,” Sheretz said. “I really thought coming in that we had a shot. I think that we just need to get as far as we can with the kids we’ve got left and see if we can hang on for second. I think we’re pretty much out of it to win first.” 

Brookfield sits comfortably on top of the class-one leader board with 154 points.

“Brookfield’s just wrestled an excellent tournament so far,” Sheretz said. “I am impressed. I underestimated them, and we just didn’t make our own breaks. It ain’t over, we got a lot of wrestling left, but in the team race they’re pulling away.”

Rodney Hahn will compete for a state title in the 135-pound bracket as will Mike Kissell in the 160-pound bracket. Jake Pantanella, Austin Smith, Chris Wilkes and Ethan Sheretz all have a shot to place third in the weight class.

Principia High School – In 12th place with 44 points. Josh Roometua will face Brookfield’s Byron Clayton for the 189-pound title. Roometua pinned Justin Hicks in the semi-final round.

Class Two

Clayton – tied for 39th with three points. No wrestlers remaining.

Priory – tied for last place with zero points. No wrestlers remaining.

Lafayette -- tied for last place with zero points. No wrestlers remaining.

Class Three

Chaminade – Tied for 27th place with 11 points. Zach Bozich is still alive in the consolation bracket. He’s 4-1 overall in the tournament and most recently pinned Farmington’s Brian Harman.

Ladue – In 29th place with nine points. Owen Blyth was knocked into the consolation bracket after falling 5-2 to Oak Park’s Brian Haynes. He can still place third overall.

Class Four

Fort Zumwalt North – In seventh place with 52 points. Zach Nelson advanced to the finals of the 112-pound weight class with his third win of the tournament. He will compete tomorrow for the state title against Jaret Singh from Kearney.

Cole Reedy defeated Payne Hatter from Neosho to earn a spot in the 152-pound championship. He will face Tyler Loethen from Helias.

Andrew Moore will battle for third place in the 152-pound tournament.  

Ryan Roth also has a shot at third place in the 215-pound bracket.

Fort Zumwalt East – Tied for 19th place with 20 points. Conor Vortherms is still competing in the consolation bracket in the 189-pound weight class.

Rockwood Summit – In 11th place with 43 points. Ian McIntosh will compete for third place in the 160-pound bracket. Drew Lance also has a chance to earn a third-place title in the 189-pound bracket.

Abram Reynolds is still around the consolation bracket of the 285-pound bracket.

Fox – Tied for 42nd with three points. No wrestlers left competing.

Seckman – In fourth place with 80.5 points. Matt Kraus and Timothy Niewald will both compete for the state title on Saturday. Kraus wrestles in the 112-pound weight class and Niewald in the 171-pound class.

Danny Farrell, Denny Kleinschrodt and Blake Pepper all have an opportunity to finish in third.

Oakville – Tied for last with zero points. No wrestlers remaining.

Pattonville – Tied for 42nd with three points. No wrestlers remaining.

Parkway North – Tied for 28th place with 13 points. Austin Adderley has a chance to finish third in the 125-pound weight class.

Timberland – In 10th place with 48.5 points. Jesse Freise will compete for a state title in the 152-pound weight class. Devan Rcihter, Colton Orlando and Jacob Hawks will all have a shot to earn third place. Every one of Timberland’s wrestlers remains in the tournament.

Holt – Tied for 28th with 13 points. Clayton Ream is the only wrestler from Holt still participating in the tournament. He has a shot to win third place tomorrow against Tom Korenak from Lindbergh.

Francis Howell Central – In third place with 94.5 points. The team is just half a point behind Park Hill for second place overall in the class four tournament. It will be up to Ben Henson and Terrel Wilbourn who have the opportunity to win state titles at the 119 and 140-pound weight classes, respectively.

Francis Howell North – In 25th place with 17.5 points. Jason Shell and Harold Ritchie both still have a shot at third place.

Lafayette – In 16h place with 29.5 points. While doesn’t have a shot at placing near the top over the overall standings this year, Head Coach Scott Sissom is very proud of his team.

“It’s a really tough tournament,” Sissmon said. “I thought my guys came down and wrestled hard and got after it. Right now we’re down to the last two guys.”

Maybe the most impressive note of Lafayette’s tournament was that every single one of its wrestlers won at least one match.

“I’m proud of all of them,” Sissom said. “Each kid won at least a match. They just battled the whole time. I couldn’t be prouder of how hard we went for it every match. Nobody I felt wrestled a bad match. They were going for the win each time and wrestling with confident.”

Mehlville – Tied for 42nd place with three points. No wrestlers remaining.

Lindbergh – Tied for 14th place with 34.5 points. Michael Slyman has an opportunity to grab a state championship on Saturday. He will face Timber’s Jesse Freise in the 152-pound weight class.

Northwest – In 13th place with 38 points. Nick Tufts will have a shot at the heavyweight title He will go up against Lee’s Summit West’s Evan Boehm on Saturday for the title.

Parkway South – In 34th place with 11 points. Only heavyweight Donnell Walker still remains in the tournament, and he is competing in the consolation bracket.