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Beaver Local’s Dorian Jackson usually takes on Ambridge’s Tyler Holman at 145 pounds on Wednesday at the 25th yearly Tri-Condition Wrestling Clash of Champions at West Liberty University.

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — Not even a tornado warning could stop the 25th annual Tri-State Wrestling “Clash of Champions” Wednesday night time.
On the other hand, the Ohio Valley Athletic Convention All-Stars could not climate a late flurry by the Midwestern Athletic Conference from western Pennsylvania in dropping a razor-slender, 26-25, conclusion inside the ASRC on the campus of West Liberty University.
The OVAC held a commanding 25-9 benefit with 3 matches remaining, but the Keystone Staters received a pair of pins and a technical tumble to eke out the victory, their very first because 2018. The OVAC potential customers the all-time sequence 17-8.
Trailing 25-21, Moon’s Khyvon Grace put on a takedown clinic in the 3rd period of time towards Beaver Local’s Mark Emmerling Jr. Primary 9-2 immediately after two periods, Grace acquired a reversal, 5 takedowns and a critical penalty level for a 22-6 specialized slide and the winning details. His ultimate takedown arrived just in advance of the last buzzer.
“I seriously didn’t pay out much consideration to the team rating until finally it got near there,” Cameron’s Tim Jones, who served as the OVAC’s head coach, reported. “We had a very good direct there, but give the MAC credit score. They battled back and obtained the task performed.”
The OVAC savored its 16-level lead after St. Clairsville’s Gannon Kazmirski acquired a 14-2 significant choice more than Montour’s James Walzer at 113 pounds. Kazmirski, the Crimson Devils’ flyweight who gained the OVAC Ron Mauck Event and completed eighth in the Division II OHSAA Point out Match, did not squander any time in taking regulate with eight initial-period details.
The senior-only twin started out at 138 and the MAC took a 3- direct on a 4- choice by Ambrose Boni (Central Valley) more than Emmerling Jr., who wrestled twice for the quick-handed OVAC squad.
Beaver Local’s Dorian Jackson gave the OVAC a 6-3 nod with a pin in 5:32 although top Ambridge’s Tyler Holman at 145.
Chartiers Valley’s Christopher Beatty held off St. Clairsville’s Division II state 150-pound winner Caden Stout, 9-7, at 152. It was Beatty’s 100th job win and tied the rating at 6.
Back again-to-back again choices by Gabe Carman (Wheeling Park) and Elijah Wellings-Osha (University) gave the hosts a 12-6 margin.
Carman, a West Virginia Class AAA state champion, used a late takedown to edge Montour’s Aaron DeLuca, 7-6, although Wellings-Osha dominated Quaker Valley’s Mason Diemert, 10-3, at 170.
Quaker Valley’s Patrick Cutchember rallied from a 4-3 deficit against Cameron’s two-time OVAC Ron Mauck titlist and two-time WVSSAC Class A state champ, 5-4. Trailing 4-3, Cutchember secured a takedown with 10 seconds still left for the acquire.
A 9-3 determination at 195 by Steubenville’s Brandon Kinney in excess of Freedom’s Landon Millward started a three-match get streak as Big Crimson teammate Peyton Tuttle pinned Central Valley’s Lance Crawley in 45 seconds prior to Kazmirski’s victory.
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≤The match was officiated by Chester’s Derrick Stickles and Wheeling’s Jim Copney.










