Niles wrestlers take tournament
Published 7:42 pm Sunday, January 8, 2012
The Niles wrestling team had all 10 wrestlers competing in the finals and consolation finals of the Orchard View Tournament Saturday to help lead the Vikings to the victory.
Niels finished with 233 points to easily outdistance runner-up Lansing Waverly, which finished with 182.5 points. Dansville was third with 145.
Winning championships for the Vikings were Brendon Meek (103), Casey Burandt (140), Jerricho Lamberton (145), Donte Stevens (152) and Ryan Casey (189).
“We wrestled completely opposite from Wednesday’s ugly guals,” Niles coach Todd Hesson said. “The kids worked hard over the past two days and made a complete turn around from Wednesday. I was very proud of those efforts. We still have a ways to go, but the Orchard View tournament got us headed in the right direction.
“This is the first time I can remember a tournament that we won all 10 consolation finals and championship finals matches. Ryan Casey won his first career tournament. Ryan works hard in practice every day. He is a strong kid, who hands in and grinds on you until he finally wears kids out.”
Orchard View Invitational
At Muskegon
Team scores
Niles 233, Lansing Waverly 182.5, Dansville 145, Muskegon Orchard View 140.5, Muskegon Mona
Shores 112.50, Kingsley 99, Ludington 87, Muskegon 80, Montague 79, Ravenna 50.5, Mason County
Eastern 25
Championship round
103: Brendon Meek (Niles) p. Jacob Lalberte (Ludington), 2:28
112: Che Woods (Lansing Waverly) d. Hank Martin (Montague), 3-0
119: Tyler McPhail (Mona Shores) t.f. Robert Walkter (Lansing Wavearly), N/A
125: Cole Ragon (Dansville) d. Corey Burt (Orchard View), 6-1
130: Luke Ragon (Dansville) d. Cody Daniels (Lansing Waverly), 3-0
135: Pat Denny (Kingsley) p. Foster Bunce (Dansville), N/A
140: Casey Burandt (Niles) d. Marcus Riggle (Ludington), 5-3
145: Jerricho Lamberton (Niles) d. Frank Vodyarka (Ludington), 17-8
152: Donte Stevens (Niles) d. Aaron Mays (Lansing Waverly), 7-6
160: Thomas Houston (Lansing Waverly) p. Zack Fields (Mona Shores), 4:09
171: Joey Stid (Dansville) p. Matt Nowak (Mona Shores), 4:39
189: Ryan Casey (Niles) d. Josh Parks (Kingsley), 0:53
215: Cameron Lee (Lansing Waverly) d. Lantz Miller (Dansville), 1-0
285: Chen Martinez (Montague) p. Brandon Foster (Lansing Waverly), 1:19