By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Led by two individual weight class winners, the Bluffton varsity wrestling squad finished fourth in the 11-team Allen County Invitational meet at Lima Senior Saturday.
Top Pirate finishers:
Weight class, wrestler, place, record
106 Thayne Kleman 1st place, 3-0
126 Tayton Kleman 1st, 4-0
160 Kaden Basil 2nd, 4-1
195 Trent Howard 3rd
170 Gabe George 4th
Allen East won the meet with 266 points, well ahead of second-place Shawnee (199) and Spencerville (160). Bluffton came in a solid fourth with 134 points.
Tayton Kleman recorded his 100th career win at Bluffton in the 126 lbs. weight class. He pinned Carder Miller of Spencerville at 2:53 to win the 126 lbs. crown.
Thayne Kleman pinned Skyler Kirk of Elida to win the 106 lbs. title match at 3:09.
Chase Miller of Allen East won a majority decision over Pirate Kaden Basil in the 160 lbs. championship bout, 14-6.
Bluffton's Trent Howard pinned Shawnee's Isaiah Meeks at the 40-second mark to take the third-place bout at 195 lbs.
Team Results
1. Allen East 266 points
2. Shawnee 199
3. Spencerville 160
4. Bluffton 134
5. Jefferson 121
6. Delphos St. John's 111.5
7. Elida 110.5
8. Bath 65
9. Lima Senior 62
10. LCC 30
11. Pandora-Gilboa 17
