No. 23 Wrestling wraps up its OAC schedule with a 43-9 victory at Wilmington

By Tim Glon

ADA — The No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team wrapped up the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 43-9 victory at Wilmington on Tuesday night at Raizk Arena.

The Polar Bears finish their dual meet season with a 13-5 overall record and finish third in the OAC with a 4-2 mark. This marks the third consecutive winning season for ONU.

The Quakers end their dual meet season 0-12, 0-7.

Northern won eight of the 10 weight classes, including three by fall, two by tech fall and two by forfeit.

Freshmen accounted for all three pins, as No. 9-ranked Jacob Reed (Canal Winchester/Lancaster), Jayden Jones (Ashland) and Gavin Layman (Chesterton, Ind.) had first period falls at 141, 149 and 184 pounds, respectively.

Seniors Schuyler Caprella (Bluffton/Allen East) and Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) had tech falls at 157 and 165.

Junior Ben DePrest (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier) won by decision at Heavyweight.

ONU won 125 and 133 by forfeit to start the match ahead 12-0, then got falls from Reed and Jones to go ahead 24-0.

Tech falls at 157 and 164 made it 34-0 before the Quakers got on the board with a win at 174.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday when they host the Mid-States Invitational at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.

No. 23 Ohio Northern 43, Wilmington 9

125 — Colin Mellott (ONU) won by forfeit
133 — Dylan Le (ONU) won by forfeit
141 — #9 Jacob Reed pinned Garrett Simmons, 1:47
149 — Jayden Jones (ONU) pinned Adrian Salomone, :25
157 — Schuyler Caprella (ONU) tech fall Patrick Kelley, 16-0, 1:47
165 — Jordan Hardrick (ONU) tech fall Trey Williams, 16-1, 4:40
174 — Alex Hobbs (WC) dec. Adam Dillon, 10-4
184 — Gavin Layman (ONU) pinned Skyler Cowgill, 1:00
197 — Caleb Tackett (WC) pinned James Paletta, 5:26
285 — Ben DePrest (ONU) dec. Shadrach Brausch, 9-5

Exhibition Matches

285 — Jadon Brownlee (ONU) pinned Mahamadou Sissoko, 2:24