Wrestling falls at No. 6-ranked Baldwin Wallace 36-12

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern wrestling team got a pin from sophomore Chase Sumner (Ada), but fell 36-12 at No. 6-ranked Baldwin Wallace in a battle of Ohio Athletic Conference unbeatens in the Lou Higgins Center on Sunday.

The Polar Bears fall to 2-1 overall and are 2-1 in the OAC, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 3-0, 3-0.

Sumner won by fall just 47 seconds into the 149-pound bout to tie it at 12-12.

After BW won at 125 and 133, freshman Ross Rayfield (Delta) won by injury default at 141 to make it 12-6.

The Yellow Jackets then won the next six matches to clinch the match.

There were three bouts between top-10 competitors in the dual.

At 157, No. 2-ranked Dalton Leightner of BW topped No. 10-ranked senior Schuyler Caprella (Harrod/Allen East) by fall in 4:32.

BW's No. 3-ranked Stanley Bleich then edged No. 8 junior Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) 3-1.

Doug Byrne, who is ranked No. 6 at 184 pounds, went up a class and won by decision 6-0 over No. 6-ranked senior Cash Thompson (Lake Odessa, Mich./Lakewood) at 197 pounds.

The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season next weekend when they host a quad meet with Muskingum, Otterbein and Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center.

#6 Baldwin Wallace 36, Ohio Northern 12,

125 — #6 Jack Stanley (BW) pinned Devon Harbison, 4:52
133 — Dante Ginnetti (BW) pinned Camden Spears, :33
141 — Ross Rayfield (ONU) won by injury default
149 — Chase Sumner (ONU) pinned Connor Deboe, :47
157 — #2 Dalton Leightner (BW) pinned #10 Schuyler Caprella, 4:32
165 — #3 Stanley Bleich (BW) dec. #8 Jordan Hardrick, 3-1
174 — Joseph Koplow (BW) dec, Dylan Knotts, 14-10
184 — Lucas Salmon (BW) pinned Connor Dixon, 1:47
197 — Doug Byrne (BW) dec. #6 Cash Thompson, 6-0
285 — Andrew Levis (BW) dec. Ben DePrest, 6-1

Exhibition

149 —Michael Patrella (BW) pinned Matt Dewitz, 2:00
149 — Bailey Gibson (ONU) pinned Robert Palmieri, 6:49
157 — Kevin Kelly (BW) maj. dec. Rhett Roeder, 12-3
165 — Ryan Orr (BW) pinned Noah Williamson, 2:30
165 — Shaun Wagner (ONU) dec. Luke Hopkins, 6-5
174 — Ryan Haas (BW) maj. dec. A.J. Szigeti, 18-10
184 — Griffin Rathburn (BW) dec. Nick Machuca, 2-0
285 — Jarod Miller (BW) dec. Logan Painter, 4-2 sv
285 — Dominic Shelley(BW) dec. Jadon Brownlee, 4-2