Paulding High School will host the 2011 Northwest Conference Tournament with 86 wrestlers entered. The tournament is a pool format, with 2 pools of 4 and qualifiers paired for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th places. If there are six or less wrestlers in a weight, a full round robin will be wrestled with placers awarded by criteria. Wrestling will begin at 10:00am on Saturday, with the finals scheduled 45 minutes after the preliminaries (app 2:15pm).
Rosters, seed nominations, and the entry grid will be posted on Baumspage.com
Returning champions include:
119# Jake Graham (Columbus Grove) 103#
119# Brandon McCormick (Lima CC) 112#
125# Dustin Brinkman (Bluffton) 125#
130# Dylan Kleman (Columbus Grove) 119#
135# Austin Lloyd (Allen East) 135#
152# Grant Dues (Allen East) 152#
171# Cody Lovejoy (Allen East) 171#
215# Curtis Miller (Jefferson) 189#
130# Colt Lovejoy (Allen East) was a 2009 NWC champion.
Miller and Lovejoy qualified for state in 2010 along with Bluffton’s Zach Wilson.
District qualifiers include NWC champions Graham, McCormick, Lloyd, Kleman, Brinkman, Dues, Cody and Colt Lovejoy, Miller and Wilson. Other district qualifiers include: 103# Tregg Keysor (Columbus Grove), 112# Tyler Baker (Allen East), 130# Kevin Markward (Lincolnview), 140# Justin Pryer (Allen East), 145# Cody Hahn (Lima CC), 189# David Gremling (Lima CC), 215# Nick Hanenkratt (Paulding), and 285# Greg Martin (Columbus Grove).
Allen East won the team championship in 2010, followed by Columbus Grove and Lima Central Catholic.
