Ravish to wrestle for title
Published 11:26 pm Friday, March 2, 2012
AUBURN HILLS — Chanc Ravish of Brandywine and Gage Hutchison of Buchanan will compete for state championships Saturday at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Ravish and Hutchison won their respective semifinal matches in Division 4 and Division 3 at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Individual State Wrestling Finals.
Ravish needed overtime to advance to the 130-pound championship match Saturday afternoon as he edged Patrick Waterstradt of Athens 5-3.
The Brandywine junior, who is 49-3 on the season, will face New Lothrop’s Jacob Perrin (51-3) for the title.
Hutchison, 56-0, hasn’t had a match get out of the first period so far in the state finals.
Friday night he pinned Nick Huckabay of Montrose in 1:27 to advance to the championship match where he will face Tyler Gruszak (44-3) of Comstock Park for the 215-pound crown.
Earlier in the day, Niles’ Donte Stevens and Buchanan’s Jeff Mucha both remained alive in the consolation bracket.
Stevens defeated Kasey Shriner of Clio 3-0 in the second round of consolation at 145. Mucha edged Jordon Bennett of Lake Odessa-Lakewood 4-3 at 135.
Both will begin competition Saturday morning as the third round of consolation begins at 8:30 a.m.
The consolation semifinals are slated for 10:10 a.m. with the consolation final set to begin at approximately 11:30.
The championship finals will begin at 4:45 p.m.
All the matches can be seen live on www.MHSAA.tv or foxsportsdetroit.com.
MHSAA Individual Wrestling Finals
At The Palace of Auburn Hills
Championship Semifinals
Division 3
215
Gage Hutchison (Buchanan) p. Nick Huckabay (Montros), 1:27
Division 4
130
Chanc Ravish (Brandywine) d. Patrick Waterstradt (Athens), 5-3 OT
Championship Quarterfinals
Division 2
145
Gabe Stepanovich (Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern) d. Donte Stevens (Niles), 8-3
Division 3
215
Gage Hutchison (Buchanan) p. Jay Sroufe (Dundee), 0:41
Division 4
130
Chanc Ravish (Brandywine) t.f. Nick Barnhill (Jonesville), 17-2
MHSAA Individual State Finals
At The Palace of Auburn Hills
Consolation Second Round
Division 2
130
Nikolas Leal (Holland) p. Michael Kempton (Edwardsburg), 1:56
135
Travis Heller (Escanaba) d. Casey Burandt (Niles), 4-2
145
Donte Stevens (Niles) d. Kasey Shriner (Clio), 3-0
Division 3
135
Jeff Mucha (Buchanan) d. Jordon Bennett (Lake Odessa-Lakewood), 4-3
Division 4
103
Kyle Barkovich (Lawton) p. Victor Moranchel (Brandywine), 3:35
189
Spencer Gross (New Lothrop) d. Dominic Forbes (Cassopolis), 4-3
Consolation First Round
Division 2
103
Derek Krajewski (Lowell) p. Brenden Meek (Niles), 2:37
130
Michael Kempton (Edwardsburg) d. Dominic Ciaramella (Marysville), 10-8 OT
135
Casey Burandt (Niles) d. Jared Vodry (Cedar Springs), 4-2
152
Matthew Minus (Flint Kearsly) p. Fritzel Findeisen (Niles), 4:08
189
Ryan Casey (Niles) d. Jake Martin (Riverview), 7-2
Division 4
103
Victor Moranchel (Brandywine) d. Brock Vicek (Manchester), 10-6
189
Dominic Forbes (Cassopolis) d. Clae Henderson (Saginaw Nouvel), 8-2