Local wrestlers earn berths to Ohio state tournament

COSHOCTON — Add one more tournament to three wrestlers seasons.

Ironton Fighting Tigers’ Nate Sloan, Chesapeake Panthers’ Bryce Myers and Symmes Valley Vikings’ Enoch Patterson all earned a berth in the Ohio High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament.

All three wrestlers placed in the top four places in the Division 3 district tournament this past weekend.

Sloan is making a second straight trip to the state tournament after placing fourth in the 132-pound weight division.

Myers was fourth in the 106-pound division while the 165-pound Patterson is capping a Cinderella season as he placed second to earn a berth in the state tournament in the first-ever season of wrestling for the Symmes Valley.

Patterson won his first round match with an 18-10 major decision over Tre Smith of Madison Plains. He won his quarterfinal with a 17-16 decision of Richard Welshans of Martins Ferry and took his semifinal match 6-5 over David Warner of Adena.

The win put him in the championship match but he lost 10-9 to Carson Campbell of Northmor.

Sloan opened the district meet with a technical fall 23-6 win over Jakob Kreptowski of Harrison Central. He lost 7-0 to Cooper Schlegel of Elgin in the quarterfinals but got a technical fall 5-0 win over Chris Adamik of Newcomerstown in the second consolation.

Next came a 10-7 decision over Raiden Boney of Nelsonville-York which put him in the third place match but he lost 14-8 to Owen Simpson of Sandy Valley which left him with a fourth place finish.

Myers began the tournament by pinning Mason England at the 3:40 mark. In the quarterfinals Myers fell 9-7 to Easton Stephen of Burnsville to put him in the second consolation match where he pinned Wyatt Paisley of Coshocton in 1:23.

Myers then pinned  Owen Hatfield of Ridgewood at the 4:32 mark to reach the third place match only to lose 8-2 in a technical fall to Bryce Brooks of Garaway.

The state tournament will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University.