Wrestling wraps up season with 30-13 Senior Day victory over Otterbein
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern wresting team wrapped up its abbreviated 2021 season with a 30-13 victory over Otterbein on Sunday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
The Polar Bears finish with a 3-1 overall record and a 3-1 mark in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals end their season 1-3, 1-3.
Ohio Northern also celebrated Senior Day on Sunday and honored its graduating senior Rhett Roeder (Monroeville).
ONU won six of the 10 varsity bouts against OU, four of which were by fall.
Freshman Devon Harbison (Beloit, Wis./Turner) and sophomore Camden Spears (Plainfield, Ind.) each won by fall at 125 and 133 pounds, respectively, to get Northern off to a 12-0 lead.
No. 7-ranked sophomore Chase Sumner (Ada) put the Polar Bears on top 18-3 with a pin at 149 pounds just 46 seconds into his match at 149 pounds.
Junior Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) and junior Dylan Knotts (Russells Point/Indian Lake) each won by decision and ONU led 24-6 after the 174-pound weight class.
Sophomore Ben DePrest (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier) wrapped up the dual with a pin in 1:49 at heavyweight.
ONU also wrestled 20 exhibition matches against Otterbein and Wilmington wrestlers during the afternoon.
Otterbein also defeated Wilmington 39-9 as part of the tri-meet.
Roeder finished the day with a 2-0 record with a pin and a decision. He his four-year career with 24 victories and 14 pins.
Ohio Northern 30, Otterbein 13
125 — Devon Harbison (ONU) pinned Gavin DeAngelo, 2:13
133 — RV Camden Spears (ONU) pinned Cole Jackson, 4:07
141 — Joey Buckland (Ott) dec. Ross Rayfield, 2-0
149 — #7 Chase Sumner (ONU) pinned Jacob Williams, :46
157 — #4 Ryan Whitten (Ott) dec. RV Schuyler Caprella, 6-0
165 — RV Jordan Hardrick (ONU) dec. Levi Kibler (Ott), 7-3
174 — Dylan Knotts (ONU) dec. Kyle De Moss (Ott), 7-0
184 — Joey Bradbury (Ott) maj. dec. Nick Machuca (ONU), 15-1
197 — Jarrod Setliff (Ott) dec. RV Cash Thompson (ONU), 7-3
285 — Ben DePrest (ONU) pinned Bradley Minnard (Ott), 1:49
Exhibition v Otterbein
125 — Devon Harbison (ONU) pinned Chase Nelson (Ott), 2:17
149 — Bailey Gibson (ONU) pinned Jackson Reineke (Ott), 2:56
149 — Nathan Leko (Ott) dec. Bailey Gibson (ONU), 5-3
157 — Rhett Roeder (ONU) dec. Nathan Leko (Ott), 5-0
165 — Noah Williamson (ONU) dec. Sam Shalvey (Ott), 6-1
165 — Shaun Wagner (ONU) maj. dec. Sam Shalvey (Ott), 16-2
174 — Austin Amens (ONU) dec. A.J. Szigeti (ONU), 7-0
174 — Michael Duzzny (Ott) dec. A.J. Szigeti (ONU), 9-4
285 — Brandon Thomas (Ott) pinned Logan Painter (ONU), 3:40
285 — Jadon Brownlee (ONU) dec. Joey Simcoe, 4-1
285 — Brandon Thomas (Ott) pinned Jadon Brownlee (ONU), 2:40
285 — Joey Simcoe (Ott) tech fall Logan Painter, 4:54 (20-2)
Exhibition v Wilmington
133 — Camden Spears (ONU) dec. Jack Probus (WC), 4-0
141 — Ross Rayfield (ONU) pinned Jacob Scoville (WC), :50
157 — Rhett Roeder (ONU) pinned Adrian Salomone (WC), 1:45
165 — Noah Williamson (ONU) tech fall Patrick Kelley (WC), 4:16 (17-0)
165 — Shaun Wagner (ONU) maj. dec. Avery Blair (WC), 13-2
174 — A.J. Szigeti (ONU) pinned Elijah Wood (WC), :27
184 — Nick Machuca (ONU) pinned Skyler Cowgill (WC), 1:43
285 — Shadrach Brausch (WC) pinned Jadon Brownlee (ONU), 5:32
