By Sam Brauen
www.blufftonpirates.com
The Bluffton wrestling team turned in a terrific third place finish at the Northwest Conference meet led by Tayton Kleman, James Badial-Luna and Deandre Nassar who all won their class championship. Nassar and Badial-Luna each picked up career win #100.

Jeremy Sturgeon, Elijah Conley and Landen Luginbuhl took second in their classes and Josh Mehaffie and Brady Romick finished third.  

Bluffton’s team total of 195 was second only to Allen East’s 221.5 and Columbus Grove’s 199.

NWC team standings

1. Allen East 233.5 points
2. Columbus Grove 199
3. Bluffton 195          
4. Ada 147.5          
5. Spencerville 146
6. Paulding 143.5          
7. Delphos Jefferson  127
8. Lincolnview 14

Individual weight class placers, with class and school

106:
1st Tayton Kleman 9, Bluffton
2nd Jordan Kennedy 10, Allen East
3rd Colton Biederman 9, Ada

113:

1st Chase Caprella 10, Allen East
2nd Jeremy Sturgeon 9, Bluffton
3rd Caleb Langhals 11, Columbus Grove

120:
1st Drake Carmean 9, Allen East
2nd Jordan Mudel 10, Paulding
3rd Josh Mehaffie 9, Bluffton
4th Mark Rice 10, Jefferson
5th Grayson Ford 10, Spencerville

126:
1st Ryan Woodring 12, Paulding
2nd Johnathon Brooks 10, Jefferson
3rd Ryder Romick 12, Bluffton
4th Garrett Jones 10, Spencerville

132:
1st Logan Mudel 12, Paulding
2nd Jay Goetz 10, Spencerville
3rd Kade Cortez 12, Ada
4th Evan Schroeder 10, Columbus Grove
5th Trent Pearson 9, Bluffton

138:
1st Lucas Freeman 12, Allen East
2nd Jordan Weidenhamer 12, Paulding
3rd Cody Bockey 9, Spencerville
4th Cameron Bober 9, Ada

145:
1st Chase Sumner 12, Ada
2nd Elijah Conley 9, Bluffton
3rd Ben McKee 10, Jefferson
4th Caden Johnston 9, Spencerville

152:
1st James Badial-Luna 12, Bluffton
2nd Cooper Chung 12, Jefferson
3rd Blake Hershberger 9, Allen East
4th Dylan Pitts 11, Columbus Grove
5th Reece Evans 10, Ada
6th Brennan Greber 9, Spencerville

160:
1st Caleb Welch 9, Allen East
2nd Ezra Jones 9, Columbus Grove
3rd Xavier Greber 9, Spencerville
4th Carson Hissong 11, Ada
5th Riley Coil 10, Paulding
6th Jesse Montel 11, Bluffton

170:
1st Enoch Jones 12, Columbus Grove
2nd Adrian Simonin 11, Paulding
3rd Ethan Boday 10, Allen East
4th Tyler Onions 11, Ada

182:
1st Garrett Neth 10, Allen East
2nd Kane Plescher 10, Jefferson
3rd Xander White 12, Ada
4th Ian Langhals 9, Columbus Grove
5th Reuben Noriega 9, Spencerville
6th Louis Ulrey 9, Lincolnview

195:
1st Deandre Nasser 11, Bluffton
2nd Dakota Sargeant 10, Columbus Grove
3rd Brandon Dues 9, Spencerville
4th Erryk Katayama 12, Ada
5th Jordan Bonifas 12, Jefferson
6th Cole Austin 9, Allen East

220:
1st Dylan Sargeant 10, Columbus Grove
2nd Landen Luginbuhl 10, Bluffton
3rd Jayden Moore 12, Jefferson
4th Corbin McKinley 9, Spencerville

285:
1st Jeff Meyer 9, Columbus Grove
2nd Brennan Davies 10, Allen East
3rd Brandon O'Dell 12, Spencerville
4th Adam Bailey 12, Ada
5th David Parsons 12, Lincolnview
6th Sloan Foster 11, Paulding

The Div. III sectionals are in Lima Feb. 24.