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Anchor Bay, L'Anse Creuse North Wrestlers Achieve All-State Status
Anchor Bay's John Bourcier and L'Anse Creuse North's Gideon Gaiter each took sixth place in the wrestling finals at The Palace.
AUBURN HILLS – 's John Bourcier and L'Anse Creuse North's Gideon Gaiter both took sixth places at the weekend wrestling state tournament at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Bourcier, competing at the 160-pound class, was one of . He lost his final two matches of the weekend, the first to Shon Powell of Brother Rice and the next to Nick Mason of Detroit Catholic Central -- especially tough because he beat Mason in a 7-2 decision in the first round of the tournament.
Powell hit a takedown with only nine seconds left in the first round against Bourcier, and hit another in the second to take a 5-0 lead. Bourcier made things close in the third round, but ran out of time and lost on a 6-4 decision.
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Gaiter's nemisis of the tournament was Said Youssef, who defeated Gaiter 7-6 by decision in the first round on Thursday, and later sent Gaiter to the fifth-place match. Youssef was defeated in the consolation title match by , while Gaiter lost to Rocco Borg of Oxford, in a 5-3 decision.
Anchor Bay's other three qualifiers – Zach VanOverbeke, Eric Rybarz and John Yank – were all eliminated early on, with Rybarz losing to three-time state champion Malik Amine in the quarterfinals at 135 pounds.
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L'Anse Creuse North's Eric Maniaci and LaMonte Baker also competed, with Baker losing his first two matches and Maniaci winning the opening round but then losing in the quarterfinals and in his third match.
Anchor Bay
215 – Zack VanOverbeke
Record: 51-11
Record: 50- 9 Won Kevin Haughn Portage Central M-Dec 14-2 Lost Malik Amine Det. Catholic Central Dec 2-0 Lost Quentin Santiago Wyandotte-Roosevelt Dec 2-0 152 – John Yank
Record: 16-12 Lost Dakota Juarez Grand Haven M-Dec 15-4 Lost Nick Vandermeer Clarkston Dec 5-1 160 – John Bourcier (6th)
Record: 51-10
Won Nick Mason Detroit Catholic Central Dec 7-2 Lost Austin Geerlings East Kentwood M-Dec 9-0 Won Derick Waters Sterling Heights T-Fall 15-0 3:4 Won Marty Giannola Oxford Dec 6-1 Lost Shon Powell Brother Rice Dec 6-4 Lost Nick Mason Detroit Catholic Central M-Dec 11-2
L'Anse Creuse North
285 – LaMonte BakerRecord: 30-17 Lost Ildo Luca Walled Lake Central Dec 3-1 Lost Manny Haddad Livonia Churchill Fall 2:48 125 – Eric Maniaci
Record: 41- 7 Won Chase Kallil Plymouth Dec 8-4 Lost Alex Calandrino Howell Fall 2:36 Lost Andrew Fialka FH Harrison Dec 5-2 140 – Gideon Gaiter (6th)
Record: 45-8
Lost Said Youssef Plymouth Dec 7-6 Won Anthony Colaianne Hartland M-Dec 8-0 Won Kirk Wawrzyniak Roseville Dec 6-2 Won Thomas Garty Davison M-Dec 12-0 Lost Said Youssef Plymouth Dec 6-5 Lost Rocco Borg Oxford Dec 5-3
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- Thursday's opening round
- Friday's consolation, championship quarterfinals and semifinals
- Saturday's consolation rounds and finals, and championship finals
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