Beachwood Takes Sixth at Chagrin Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament

While Beachwood ultimately finished in sixth place at the Chagrin Valley Conference wrestling tournament, four wrestlers took home top-three honors in their respective weight classes, with Alec Jacober bringing home a championship.

Kenston ultimately won the tournament, edging out Aurora 227-223.5. Perry (193.5) took third while Cardinal and Independence round out the top five with 124 and 95.5 points, respectively.

Jacober won the 130-pound weight class championship with two major decisions, 22-8 in the semifinals over Logan Henderson of Berkshire and then 20-6 in the finals over Tony Tarulli of Orange.

“[Jacober] did what we expected him to do," Head Coach Dugan Bentley said. “He was very aggressive and put a lot of points on the board. He was relentless with his attacks from all different angles. He put on a clinic in wrestling.”

Ryan Harris defeated Aaron Gessic of Perry to advance to the finals of the 125 class with a 6-1 decision. He lost to Tre Smith of Kenston by a 9-6 decision.

“Harris wrestled Tre Smith before and was much more aggressive this time,” Bentley said. “Tre Smith is one of the top-ranked kids in the state. He ended up losing, but if he wrestles that way he’ll find himself going very far in March.”

David Shapiro beat Brian Deming of Perry with a pin at 2:28 to advance to the 171 class championship. He lost to Danny McNamara of Aurora in a 7-1 decision.

“Shapiro wrestled very tough and put himself in a position to win against a state qualifier,” Bentley said. “A lot of people may have thought [Shapiro] wouldn’t be that tough but he gave [McNamara] everything.”

Sammy Gross took third in the 112 class with a 7-3 decision over TJ Malkus of Berkshire. Gross lost earlier in the semifinals to Casey Johns of Cardinal by a 6-1 decision.

“Sammy Gross really had a good day,” Bentley said. “He had some tough kids that he had to go through and we didn’t see the best of him. He has a lot more ability than he showed out here today.”

Earlier in the day Beachwood only won one of their seven consolation matches. Aaron Friedman defeated Cody Charvat of Berkshire with a 4-2 decision. Friedman was pinned by Grahm Montague of Independence in the next round at 4:22.

“We weren’t able to put up a lot of points from some of our younger guys,” Bentley said. “We were looking for them to get some wins here and there. We had a couple kids who were maybe a little shell-shocked with the crowd. I would have liked to (have) been in the top four but fifth or sixth isn’t bad.”

Beachwood hosts the OHSAA Div. III Sectional Wrestling Tournament on Friday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m.

Tournament Results: (Listed from first through sixth place)

103 Class: Collin Dees (Perry), Nick Orr (Cuyahoga Heights), Sean McKinley (Hawken), Kyle Polman (Independence), Dakota Ward (Cardinal), Collin McLaughlin (Wickliffe).

112 Class: Mike November (West Geauga), Casey Johns (Cardinal), Sammy Gross (Beachwood), TJ Malkus (Berkshire), Pat Thomas (Kirtland), Michael Pavone (Kenston).

119 Class: Ryan Cash (Aurora), Cory Roth (Hawken), Brian Loxterman (Perry), Mike Peters (Cardinal), Grahm Montague (Independence), Wesley Newell (Kenston).

125 Class: Tre Smith (Kenston), Ryan Harris (Beachwood), Dominic Marotta (West Geauga), Aaron Gessic (Perry), D.J. Lieberth (Aurora), Mike McManus (Cuyahoga Heights).

130 Class: Alec Jacober (Beachwood), Tony Tarulli (Orange), Andrew Sawayda (Kenston), Logan Henderson (Berkshire), Matt Vendeville (Perry), Scott Sabolsky (Independence).

135 Class: Ben Kazimir (Kenston), Mike Pappas (Kirtland), Jason Kaser (Berkshire), Alonzo Turner (Painesville Harvey), Tony Sansalone (Perry), Tim Maxwell (Aurora).

140 Class: Kyle Brezovec (Aurora), J.C. Giffin (Fairpoint Harding), Alec Schenk (Perry), Dennis DiSanto (Kenston), Frank Mercuri (West Geauga), Landon Gates (Cardinal).

145 Class: Patrick Hanlon (Kenston), Daniel Gatalyak (Orange), Brian Wells (Aurora), Ryan Sill (Perry), Mikey Baratz (Hawken), Mike Duffy (West Geauga).

152 Class: Tommy Gallagher (Aurora), Sam Stretar (Independence), Ricky Kochert (Chagrin Falls), Jeremy Etling (Kenston), Ryan Sala (Hawken), Austin Mansfield (Newbury).

160 Class: Chad Zeigler (Cardinal), Patrick Houlahan (Aurora), Matt Olson (Kenston), Tino Vargas (Painesville Harvey), Matt Ezzo (Independence), Bill Cale (Chagrin Falls).

171 Class: Danny McNamara (Aurora), David Shapiro (Beachwood), Brian Deming (Perry), Micheal Braun (Kenston), Brian Deming (Perry), Mike Brettrager (Kirtland), Andy Bryan (West Geauga).

189 Class: Andrew Weaver (Aurora), Zack Mackulin (Independence), Evan Brettrager (Kirtland), Evan Nichols (Perry), Hunter Auletta (Orange), Weston Kondik (Kenston).

215 Class: Anthony Miller (Perry), Mickey Carrasco (Aurora), Andrew Tesler (Cuyahoga Heights), Jim Durst (Kirtland), Caleb Fry (Cardinal), Nate Lewis (Kenston).

285 Class: Clayton Thurling (Cardinal), Louis Mantush (Kenston), Billy Miller (Perry), Andrew Thomas (Hawken), Erick Zuberer (Kirtland), Thomas Tesar (Chagrin Falls).