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SPORTS

SPORTS

WRESTLING

By RANDY ROGERS
Contributor
Marshall High School
wrestlers traveled to
Kalamazoo on Jan. 15
to compete at the 2022
Horseshoe Classic held at
Comstock High School. Ten

Redhawk grapplers go 2-3 at Comstock event

teams competed in two five-
team pools first wrestling
the other four teams in their
respective pool, and then
wrestling one finally meet
against a team from the
other pool.
In the days leading up to
the tournament, Marshall’s
team was hit with a flu bug
that not only took down 10
of its 18 team members,
but it also sidelined head
coach Nick Zuehlke. With
Zuehlke out, long-time
assistant coach Adam
Wilson handled coaching
duties.
Forfeiting six of the
14 weight classes, and
thus giving the opponent

36 points, normally leads

to an almost certain

defeat. However, the

Redhawks were not the

only team without its full

contingent of wrestlers

and managed to pick up

two victories against three

losses.

Wrestlers scoring four

victories were awarded

a gold medal and those

scoring three victories

were awarded a silver

medal. Marshall’s Carson

Drumm at 103 pounds won

a gold medal, and silver

medals were picked up

by Josh Geairn (119) Eric

Settineri (160) and Kooper

Lewis (189).

The opening match

was against Constantine,

a school with a wrestling

program robust enough

to send two teams to this

tournament. After picking

up 12 points to start the

meet in forfeit points, the

only other points scored

by Marshall came via a

pin fall by Lewis. The

Constantine wrestler had

Lewis on his back in the first

period, but Lewis fought

back hard and eventually

pinned Smith in the third

period. Constantine

won the match 52-

18.

The second

meet was against

Colon. Of the actual

four matches that

took place, the

Redhawks scored

three pin falls

by Drumm 103,

Settineri and Lewis.

Marshall won the

match 42-18.

The third

meet pitted

Marshall against

Reading. Drumm

switched to the

112-pound bracket

for this meet and

started the first

period quickly down

5-0 in points and nearly

getting pinned. The score

went back and forth over the

second period which ended

with Drumm down 11-9.

Drumm started the third

period in the top position

and largely dominated his

opponent by never giving

up a point and won by pin

fall. In the next match at

119, Geairn ran up 12-2 lead

and pinned his opponent

33 seconds into the second

period. Those were the only

highlights for the Redhawks

in this matchup, however, as

the Rangers won nine of the

remaining 12 matches; four

by pin fall and five by forfeit

to win the match 54-18.

The fourth meet

was against the Homer

Trojans. Highlights for

Marshall were first period

pins by Settineri and Landon

Holibaugh (215) and a hard-

fought 12-8 regular decision

by Drumm at 103. Homer

picked up three pin fall and

five forfeit victories to close

out the match as the Trojans

won the match 48-21.

The loss of 130-pound

Coby Brubaker earlier in

the day to illness left the

Redhawks with only seven

healthy wrestlers for the

fifth and final meet against

host Comstock, another

team hit hard by illness.

Ethan Harris (140) opened

the scoring for Marshall

with a first period pin fall.

After three double forfeits,

that was followed by three

more Redhawk pin fall

victories by Settineri, Lewis

and Holibaugh, who had

a blazing fast 14 second

pin fall. Marshall won the

match 24-18.

“It was a good day - the

Marshall’s Carson Drumm pins Colon’s Jared

Blanton Jan. 15 in the 103-pound match. (Photo by

Randy Rogers)

In the 119-pound match Jan. 15, Marshall’s Josh Geairn
pins Reading’s Kutter VanAken. (Photo by Randy Rogers)

Olivet wrestler Tyler
Schofield (160-pound
weight class) placed second
at the Jim Mooney Classic in
Williamston on Jan. 15.
Schofield received a bye
in round one and won by pin
in rounds two and three to
advance to the finals, where
he was defeated by the top
ranked Division 3 wrestler in
the state.

Olivet wrestler Tyler

Schofield finishes 2nd at

Jim Mooney Classic

Tyler Schofield. (Photo

via OHS Athletics Twitter).

kids did really well,” said

Wilson. “They stayed off

their backs; we went over

that a lot in practice this

week. They fought really

hard.”

Regarding the

improvement of Drumm,

Marshall’s only gold medal

winner at this tournament,

Wilson said, “I talked

with Carson a couple of

times in recent practices

about ramping up his

aggressiveness. He’s

coming out of his shell

and really showing some

toughness. And it’s really

starting to pay off.”

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