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Trio of state champs among county’s best wrestlers
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
It was quite the abbreviated wrestling sea-
son in Barry County this winter.
The local varsity wrestling teams don’t
currently quite have the depth of talent to
push for spots in the team state finals, but
Barry County sent 16 wrestlers to the individ-
ual state finals in their respective divisions at
the end of the season. Lakewood junior Zac
Gibson, Delton Kellogg junior Caden Ferris
and Maple Valley senior Jesse Brumm all
wrestled their way to their first state champi-
onships.
A handful of other local wrestlers closed
the season on the state medal stands, and all
those state medalists earned spots on these
2020-2021 All-Barry County Teams.
Thornapple Kellogg wrestled its way to
another OK Gold Conference Championship
this winter, and followed up with a district
championship in Division 2. Delton Kellogg
also captured a Division 3 District title.
Only TK had more state qualifiers among
the county teams than the Lakewood team
that finished second to Leslie in the Greater
Lansing Activities Conference.
Hastings finished with the most wins of any
team in the Interstate-8 Athletic Conference
this winter, claiming a share of that confer-
ence crown.
Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg had some
studs, but just didn’t quite have the numbers
to advance further than they did in the team
state tournament.
Here are the 2020-2021 All-Barry County
Wrestling First and Second Teams.
All-Barry County
Wrestling First Team
103 – Ashton Clark, Lakewood: An indi-
vidual regional qualifier for the Vikings this
winter at 103 pounds.
He closed the season with a 25-6 record,
one victory shy of earning a spot in the
Individual State Finals.
112 – Matthew Slaght, Maple Valley: A
three time individual state qualifier, Slaght is
now a two-time state medalist after placing
fourth in Division 4’s 112-pound weight class
at the Individual State Finals earlier this
month.
Slaght won his way to the state semifinals
before being suffering his first defeat. He
closes his junior season with a record of 36-2.
119 – Ashton Corson, Thornapple Kellogg:
Corson, a junior, won his way to the third
place medal in Division 2’s 119-pound weight
class this season, battling all the way through
the consolation bracket at Van Andel Arena
after falling in his first match at the finals.
Corson put together a record of 30-4 this
season and is now a two-time state medalist.
He was seventh at 103 pounds as a sopho-
more.
125 – Zac Gibson, Lakewood: Gibson, a
junior, earned his third all-state medal by win-
ning the 125-pound weight class at the
Division 3 Individual State Finals.
Gibson was 33-1 this season. He defeated
Coloma’s Caeleb Ishmael 2-1 in the state
championship match after winning district
and regional championships in the postsea-
son.
130 – Jesse Brumm, Maple Valley: Brumm
finishes his varsity wrestling career as a four
time state medalist and a state champion after
winning the 130-pound weight class at the
Division 4 Individual State Finals the firstweekend in April.
Brumm finished his senior season with a
record of 32-2, with the only two losses
against wrestlers who have won state titles as
well.
135 – Kyron Zoet, Thornapple Kellogg: A
sophomore, Zoet is now a two-time individual
state qualifier in Division 2 after winning his
way to a spot in the Division 2 Individual
State Finals at 130 pounds this season.
Zoet placed seventh to earn his first state
medal at the finals, closing the season with a
record of 27-9.
140 – Andrew Middleton, Thornapple
Kellogg: Middleton closed his sophomore
season by qualifying for the Division 2
Individual State Finals for the first time.
Middleton had 20 wins this season.
145 – Matthew Middleton, Thornapple
Kellogg: An individual state qualifier as a
sophomore in 2019, Middleton was unable to
wrestle in the state tournament this winter.
Middleton was one of nine individual con-
ference champions for the TK team this sea-
son. He had 17 wins on the season.
152 – Keegan VanAlstine, Lakewood:
VanAlstine capped his senior season by win-
ning the third-place medal in the 152-pound
weight class at the Division 3 Individual State
Finals.
VanAlstine, a two-time individual state
qualifier in high school, was 30-7 this season.
160 – Kyle Petrie, Lakewood: Petrie quali-
fied for the individual state finals for the first
time as a senior this winter, earning a spot in
the 160-pound weight class at the Division 3
finals.
Petrie had 16 wins on the season.
171 – Nathaniel Graham, Lakewood:
Graham was 21-3 during his junior season
this winter, but an injury kept him out of the
state postseason tournament.
Graham was undefeated against Greater
Lansing Activities Conference foes this sea-
son and had a big pin against the Saxons to
help the Vikings win a close dual in Hastings
in March.
189 – Hunter Belew, Delton Kellogg:
Belew closed out his senior season by wres-
tling in the 189-pound championship match at
the Division 4 Individual State Finals, finish-
ing as the runner-up to Clinton’s Logan Badge
as he lost out in a tough 3-1 match.
Belew was 33-3 on the season, winning
district and regional championships on his
way to the finals.
215 – Caden Ferris, Delton Kellogg: Ferris
is now a two-time state medalist and a state
champion after scoring a 13-11 sudden victo-ry win over New Lothrop’s Camden Orr in the
215-pound final at the Division 4 Individual
State Finals to close his junior season.
Ferris won district and regional titles to get
to the state finals for the second time and
closes the year with a record of 33-2. Both of
those losses came to heavyweights who were
also wrestling at the finals the first weekend
of April.
285 – Carter West, Thornapple Kellogg:
West closed his senior season by winning his
first state medal. He placed fourth in Division
2’s 285-pound weight class at the Individual
State Finals.
West finishes his varsity wrestling career
with more than 100 victories. He was 34-
this season, suffering two of the losses at the
state finals.
All-Barry County
Wrestling Second Team
103 – Dylan Bailey, Thornapple Kellogg:
Bailey was an individual regional qualifier as
a freshman this winter for the Trojans.
He put together a record of 23-11.
112 – Jack Wright, Thornapple Kellogg: A
sophomore, Wright won 17 matches for the
Trojans this season.
Wright was unable to wrestling in the indi-
vidual state tournament, but had big wins for
TK throughout the season in helping the team
to conference and district titles.
119 – Andrew Appelman, Maple Valley: A
junior 119-pounder in his first season with the
Lions, Appelman won his way to a 27-
record.
Appelman was one win away from qualify-
ing for the Division 4 Individual State Finals
twice, reaching the semifinals of his individu-
al regional tournament after placing third at
districts.
125 – Zach Gibson, Thornapple Kellogg:
Gibson is now a two-time state medalist after
placing seventh in the 125-pound weight class
at the Division 2 Individual State Finals this
winter.
Gibson was also seventh in his weight class
at the finals as a freshman. His sophomore
season concludes with a record of 34-3.
130 – Tyler Bushman, Thornapple Kellogg:
Getting to practice with state medalists all
around him in the Trojan room, Bushman had
a great sophomore season in which he com-
piled a 21-3 record.
He was an individual regional qualifier in
Division 2, but was unable to finish off his
state tournament run.
135 – Jackson Curtis, Thornapple Kellogg:
A sophomore, Curtis wrestled his way to a22-8 record this season.
He was an individual regional qualifier at
135 pounds in Division 2, just missing out on
a spot in the state finals when he fell 5-4 in the
blood round at regionals to Zeeland East’s
Martin Landes.
140 – Mason Denton, Hastings: Denton
closed his junior season by earning a spot in
the regional round of the Division 2 state tour-
nament.
Denton wrestled his way to a 23-12 record
this winter.
145 – Jackson LaJoye, Thornapple Kellogg:
LaJoye compiled 18 victories in his senior
season this winter with the Trojans.
He was a conference champion for the
Trojans going undefeated against OK Gold
opponents.
152 – Austin Chivis, Thornapple Kellogg:
Chivis was an individual regional qualifier for
the second time as a sophomore this winter,
falling in the blood round at regionals to
Hastings’ Robby Slaughter by two points in a
sudden victory period.
Chivis put together a record of 27-6 this
season.
160 – Robby Slaughter, Hastings: Slaughter,
a sophomore, was the Saxons’ lone individual
state qualifier this season in Division 2 – earn-
ing a spot in the finals for the first time.
Slaughter compiled a record of 31-8 this
season.
171 – Victor Ramirez, Hastings: Ramirez
was an individual regional qualifier as a
junior this winter.
He finished the season with 19 wins.
189 – Gavin Vaughn, Lakewood: Vaughn
was an individual regional qualifier as a soph-
omore this season.
Vaughn compiled a record of 23-8, and was
one win shy of earning a spot in the individu-
al state finals in Division 3.
215 – Jackson Dubois, Hastings: Dubois
wrestling mostly at heavyweight and some at
215 he won 25 matches in his junior season.
Dubois dropped a wild 15-14 match with
Kelloggsville’s Salama Furaha in the blood
round of their individual district tournament.
285 – Eastin Stank, Lakewood: In his sec-
ond varsity wrestling season, Lakewood
junior Eastin Stank followed in the footsteps
of great Lakewood heavyweights by winning
his way to the Division 3 Individual State
Finals.
Stank compiled 14 wins as he grew
throughout the season, placing fourth at both
districts and regionals.Caden FerrisJesse Brumm and Zac GibsonHunter Belew