Shank 3rd, Rehm 5th

By Cort Reynolds

COLDWATER–The Bluffton High School wrestling team finished 16^th at the 22-team Coldwater Cavalier tournament on Saturday, December 13. (See Meet the Bluffton Pirates wrestling teams)

Indianapolis Cathedral won the tournament with 326.5 points. Bluffton finished 16^th with 66.5 points.

Two Pirate grapplers placed in the top five of their individual weight brackets.

MASON SHANK
Pirate junior Mason Shank finished third in the heavyweight division. Shank decisively won all four of his pool play matches by pin in under a minute, and advanced to the tournament stage undefeated.

As the champion of Pool D, he lost in the semifinals to Pool C champ senior Breese Bollenbacher of Van Wert by a 6-0 decision.

In the third-place bout, Shank bounced back to capture a 9-4 decision over Coldwater sophomore Carter Heitkamp and finish 5-1 on the day.

MICAH REHM
Bluffton senior Micah Rehm finished fifth in the 150 lbs. division after going 5-1 at the tournament. He posted a 3-1 record in preliminary Pool D action to finish second and advance to the tourney stage.

He then won his consolation semifinal tournament match to advance to the fifth-place bout, which he also won by pin in just 40 seconds over sophomore Brandt Beaverson of Bowling Green. 

MORE RESULTS
Sophomore Jesus Rivera went 2-2 at the 190 lbs. division to finish third in Pool D. Only the top two in pool play advanced to the knockout stage.

Pirate Titus Koogler went 1-2 with a pin at the 126 lbs. bracket.

Freshman Hunter Beasley posted a 1-3 record with one pin in the 138 lbs. division.

Freshman Parker Kimmel was 1-3 with a pin at 157 lbs.

Bluffton is slated to wrestle in the Allen County Invitational at Bath Saturday, Dec. 20.

Pirate Placers

285 lbs.
1st Christopher Timms 12, Indian Lake, md15-6
2nd Breese Bollenbacher 12, Van Wert
3rd Mason Shank 11, Bluffton, Dec 9-4
4th Carter Heitkamp 10, Coldwater
5th Lazurus Tipton 12, Indi. Cathedral, Fall 1:26
6th Lukas Vogel*COLD 10, X2
7th Alex Genson 12, Syl. Southview, md13-2
8th Caleb Pulfer 9, Ottawa-Glandorf

150 lbs.
1st Edward Kessen 12, St. John's, tf20-4
2nd Brady Hamilton 12, Coldwater
3rd D.J. Orcelletto 10, Woodmore, Fall 3:50
4th Owen Steffel 9, Ottawa-Glandorf
5th Micah Rehm 12, Bluffton, Fall 0:40
6th Brandt Beaverson 10, Bowling Green
7th Liam Geeding 11, Covington, Fall 0:42
8th Zaelen May*TROY 10, X2

Coldwater Cav team results

1. Indy Cathedral 326.5 points 

2. Woodmore 288.5

3. Indian Lake 178.5

4. Ben Logan 169

5. Coldwater 153.5

6. McNicholas 141

7. Van Wert 135

8. Covington 117

9. Bowling Green 115.5

10. St. John's 114.5

11. Troy 97.5

12. Liberty-Benton 86

13. Ottawa-Glandorf 79

14. Columbus Grove 70

15. Lake 67

16. Bluffton 66.5

17. Paulding 61.5

18. Sylvania Southview 54.5

19. Catholic Central 35

20. Belmont 24.5

21. Meadowdale 0 & Stivers 0.

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