AUBURN HILLS — Area wrestlers continued to shine on the second day of the MHSAA Individual State Wrestling Championships at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

While no wrestler will being home a state championship, several still have a chance to place as high as third at the end of the day.

Niles’ Noah Hall and Cassopolis’ Tymari Brown both lost semifinal matches Friday night in divisions 1 and 4 respectively.

Hall dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to Chase Veydt of Jackson Parma-Western, while Brown was defeated by Laingsburg’s Kevin Koenig 8-1.

 

MHSAA Individual State Wrestling Championships

At The Palace of Auburn Hills

Division 2

Consolation First Round

125: Hunter Vargo (Edwardsburg) d. Wyatt Cadmus (Tecumseh) 7-5

130: Brad Ronning (Sparta) d. Mitch Findeisen (Niles) 7-2

135: Shawn Lindsey (Warren Lincoln) d. Dustin Vires (Edwardsburg) 10-6

 

Championship Quarterfinals

103: Sam Russell (Lowell) d. Andrew Flick (Niles) 6-3

112: Dominic LaJoie (Gaylord) p. Michael Higley (Edwardsburg) 5:30

119: Michael Volyanyuk (Farmington Hills Harrison) d. Josh Dayhuff (Niles) 4-2

125: Jacob Busing (Byron Center) d. Brenden Hall (Niles) 8-4

130: Zeth Dean (Lowell) d. Warren Smith (Niles) 5-1

135: Noah Hall (Niles) d. Coby Moore (Bay City Western) 5-0

 

Consolation Second Round

103: Andrew Flick (Niles) p. Connor Heckel (Zeeland West) :36

112: Michael Higley (Edwardsburg) d. Jordan Richardson (Ionia) 4-0

119: Josh Dayhuff (Niles) t.f. over Nick Bleise (Chelsea) 15-0

125: Brenden Hall (Niles) p. Hunter Vargo (Edwardsburg) :36

130: Austin Makins (Fowlerville) d. Warren Smith (Niles) 5-1

Cons. Round 2 – Michael Higley (Edwardsburg) d. Jordan Richardson (Ionia) 4-0

 

Championship Semifinals

135: Chase Veydt (Jackson Parma Western) d. Noah Hall (Niles) 1-0

 

Division 3

Consolation First Round

12: Anthony Trudo (Capac) p. Gage Williams (Dowagiac) 1:54

160: Brian Hitts (Grant) d. Scotty Hassle (Dowagiac) 7-6

 

Championship Quarterfinals

285: Trent Montambo (Shelby) d. Tristan Howard (Dowagiac) 5-3 (OT)

 

Consolation Second Round

285: Tristan Howard (Dowagiac) p. Taylor Dean (Battle Creek Pennfield) 3:49

 

Division 4

Championship Quarterfinals

215: Tymari Brown (Cassopolis) d. Dominic Garcia (Leroy Pine River) 7-4

Kevin Koenig (Laingsburg) p. Charlie Rodriguez (Brandywine) :57

 

Consolation Second Round

215: Charlie Rodriguez (Brandywine) p. Dominic Johnson (Burton Bentley) 1:51

 

Championship Semifinals

215: Kevin Koenig (Laingsburg) d. Tymari Brown (Cassopolis) 8-1