Edwardsburg seventh at Allegan

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, December 15, 2011

Edwardsburg’s Bradley Brasfield is seen here competing in the Southwest Classic Saturday in Allegan. Brasfield finished third at 171-pounds. Blake King won the 145-pound title and Dylan Dixon was third at 112. (Edwardsburg Argus Photo/Provided)

ALLEGAN – The Niles wrestling team finished sixth at the Southwest Classic hosted by Allegan Saturday.

Shelby captured the team title with 223 points. The host Tigers were second with 187 and Lowell third with 147.5. The Vikings finished with 133 points. Edwardsburg was seventh with 76 points.

The Eddies’ Blake King captured the 145-pound championship with a 12-4 win over Ryan Pinnell of Allegan.

Casey Burandt finished first at 135 pounds for Niles, which also got a third-place finish from Donte Stevens at 152 pounds.

Derek Scott was fourth at 285. Finishing fifth were Nicholas Zimmerman (112), Derek Mills (125), Fritzel Findeisen (160) and Ryan Casey (189).

Southwest Classic at Allegan

Team scores

Shelby 223, Allegan 187, Lowell 147.5, Whitehall 137, Niles 133, Edwardsburg 76, Gull Lake 65, Kalamazoo Central 50, Holland 47, Grand Rapids West Catholic 37, Battle Creek Harper Creek 30, Portage Northern 27.5

Championship round

103: Logan Irey (W) d. Austin Felt (S) 4-1; 112: Dylan Unger (S) d. David Markowicz (KC), 3-0; 119: Austin Kelley (A) d. Will Foster (S) 10-2; 125: Jordan Hall (L) d. Anthony Guerra (S), 12-9; 130: Nikolas Leal (H) d. Josh Couturier (W), 13-0; 135: Casey Burandt (N) d. Kemps Miller (GL), 8-3; 140: Kyle Simaz (A) p. Trevor Dezwaar (S), 3:38; 145: Blake King (E) d. Ryan Pinnell (A), 12-4; 152: Taylor Simaz (A) d. Angus Arthur (L), 6-2; 160: Tyler Bachelos (Allen) d. Drew Huff (A), 4-3; 171: Andrew Kelley (A) d. Joe Sika (W), 9-6; 189: Mason Courtright (S) d. Garrett Stehley (L), 7-4; 215: Gabe Dean (L) t.f. Logan Potter (W), 19-3; 285: Kevin Brink (S) d. Jose Colegrove (L), 2:47