Davidson leads Wrestlers with 3rd place finish at Wheaton (Ill.) Invitatational

January 27, 2018

By Tim Glon

WHEATON, Ill. — The Ohio Northern wrestling team placed four wrestlers at the Wheaton (Ill.) Pete Willson Invitational on Friday-Saturday at King Arena.

Junior Clayton Davidson (Kirtland) led the Polar Bears with a third place finish at 174 pounds. Davidson was seeded fourth in his weight class and posted a 5-1 record on the weekend.

Fifth-seeded sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Area) placed sixth at Heavyweight. Barcaskey posted a 3-0 record on Friday to reach the semifinals, but medical forfeited his three matches on Saturday to finish sixth.

Senior Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay), who was seeded fourth at 157, and freshman Schuyler Caprella (Harrod/Allen East), who was unseeded at 149, each finished seventh in their respective weight classes with 4-2 records.

Senior Seth Meyer (Defiance) went 2-2 at 165 and freshman Cash Thompson (Lake Odessa, Mich./Lakewood) was 2-2 at 184 pounds before behind eliminated on Friday.

In all, six of the Polar Bears' seven wrestlers posted two or more victories and the group finished with a collective record of 19-10 against a very strong field.

The Polar Bears finished 10th of 35 teams with 52.5 points in the team standings.

Ohio Northern will get back to Ohio Athletic Conference dual meet action on Tuesday when Otterbein comes to the ONU Sports Center for a 7:30 p.m. match.