Bedford's rules Sheriff's Invitational for first time since 2019

MONROE – The trophy is going back to Temperance.

Bedford’s wrestling team took first place in Saturday’s Monroe County Sheriff’s Invitational at the Jefferson Recreation Center, capturing the crown for the first time since 2019.

“It’s been a couple of years,” Bedford coach Kevin Vogel said. “The kids showed improvement. We’re starting to see what we do in the (practice) room transfer onto the mat.”

“It feels good,” said Bedford junior Noah Benore, who won the 144-pound championship. “We’ve been working hard.”

The elephant that wasn’t in the room was Dundee.

The state powerhouse decided to send it’s starting lineup to another tournament Saturday. The Viking B team posted an impressive fourth-place finish, but it took some of the luster off the Sheriff’s without Dundee’s best there.

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“We can only wrestle who is here,” Vogel said. “It’s their decision.”

Said Jefferson coach Ryan Nadeau, “Their B team is as good as most people’s first team. I understand. They need to get the best competition they can, but we’d like to have them here.”

Added Airport’s Jon Morris, “They have to do what’s best for their program, and only their coaches know what is best for them.”

Bedford scored 282 points to finish 38 ahead of runner-up Jefferson. New Boston Huron was third with 172, followed by Dundee B with 157, Airport 134.5, Monroe 114.5, Ida 79, Flat Rock 34, SMCC 27.5, Erie Mason 24 and Milan 22.

Cody Duvendack (106), Tristan King (113), Vincent Cole (120), Connor Green (215) and Chase Norbury (285) joined Benore as Bedford champions.

Griffin Tibai (113) and Dylan Sevilla (132) were second for the Mules, Camden Lewis (150), Connor Hall (157) and Zach Miracle (165) place third and Max Benore (120), Lucas Gerber (138) and Branden Bruning (190) took fourth.

“We all wrestled pretty well,” Benore said.

Issac Masserant (132) and Carter Simota (150) were champions for Jefferson with Tyler Vanderpool (120), Ty Rose (126), Gary Rice (144), Martre Pearson (157) and Malachi Pribyl (175) second and Ryder Mulherin (138) Gabe Hall (190) and Anthony Cousino (215) third.

“I thought the kids did great,” Nadeau said. “They worked hard. Bedford is a tough opponent.”

Other coaches were raving about the third-place showing by Huron, but coach Logan Ritchie always is striving for more.

“Overall we did pretty well,” he said. “There were some tough teams here, but we have high expectations. Even if we won it, I would find things we need to work on.”

Braydon Hall won at 138 pounds, and Drew Ladach was the 157-pound champ for Huron.

Daniel Hubbard (190) was second and Carson Gemmel (113), Daniel Gemmel (120), Josh Hubbard (144) and Colton Marentette (285) were all third for the Chiefs.

Dundee’s Wyatt Burns, who scored a technical fall over Jefferson’s Rose in the 126-pound finals, was voted the meet’s Most Outstanding Wreslter. Burns was unseeded, but wound up with two pins and a trio of technical falls.

The Vikings also had another strong candidate in Owen Motylinski, who came up with a last-second pin of Monroe’s Angel Rincon in the 165-pounds finals.

Benjamin Motylinski (106) and Avery Lane (138) were runners-up for Dundee, and Cooper Buhl (175), Landon King (215) and Abe Bruck (285) placed fourth.

Jack Mills, who won the Hustler Award for most pins in the shortest amount of time, won the 190-pound title for Airport, and Isaac Kemp ruled at 190.

The Jets also had a second from Holden Otter (215), a third from Kyle Link (126) and a fourth from Kenneth Wingate (106).

“We have an alright day,” Morris said. “We left some points out there.”

Rincon’s loss to Motylinski was Monroe’s only appearance in the finals, but Trojan coach Jordan Mayes said his team improved over last year’s performance at the Sheriff’s Invitational.

“I can’t complain,” he said. “We made progress.”

Rincon's 8-second stick earned him the Fastest Pin Award.

Monroe got thirds from Tyrone Evans (132) and Brock Graves (175) and fourths from Mason Goltowski and Zack Graves (144).

Seconds by Joshua Rose (150) and Christopher Galloway (285) highlighted Ida’s day. Trevor Konieczny (132) and Kaden Gerth (165) placed fourth.

Nicholas Dropiewski (126) and Wyatt Mack (150) were fourth for Flat Rock.

A fifth by Kyle Bashaw (190) was the best finish for SMCC.

Samir Jomaa (165) had a fifth for Milan.

TEAM SCORES

Bedford 282, Jefferson 244, New Boston Huron 172, Dundee 157, Airport 134.5, Monroe 114.5, Ida 79, Flat Rock 34, SMCC 27.5, Erie Mason 24, Milan 22.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106: Cody Duvendack, B, d. Benjamin Motylinski, D, 9-6.

113: Tristan King, B, d. Griffin Tibai, B, 4-2.

120: Vincent Cole, B, p. Tyler Vanderpool, J, 2:20.

126: Wyatt Burns, D, tf. Ty Rose, J, 19-3.

132: Issac Masserant, J, p. Dylan Sevilla, B, 2:26.

138: Braydon Hall, H, d. Avery Lane, D, 16-11.

144: Noah Benore, B, p. Gary Rice, J, :35.

150: Carter Simota, J, p. Josh Rose, I, 1:52.

157: Drew Ladach, H, md. Martre Pearson, J, 15-5.

165: Owen Motylinski, D, p. Angel Rincon, Mon, 5:51.

175: Jack Mills, A, md. Malachi Pribyl, J, 8-0.

190: Isaac Kemp, A, p. Daniel, Hubbard, H, 2:54.

215: Connor Green, B, d. Holden Otter, A, 5-0.

285: Chase Norbury, B, p. Christopher Galloway, I::26.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

106: Dannyh Van Eekoutte, EM, d. Kenneth Wingate, A, 9-4.

113: Carson Gemmel, H, p. Mason Goltowski, Mon, 2:36.

120: Daniel Gemmel, H, md. Max Benore, Bed, 14-3.

126: Kyle Link, A, md. Nicholas Dropiewski, FR, 11-1.

132: Tyrone Evans, Mon, d. Trevor Konieczny, I, 7-4.

138: Ryder Mulherin, J, d. Lucas Gerber, B, 10-3.

144: Josh Hubbard, H, md. Zack Graves, Mon, 17-5.

150: Camden Lewis, B, md. Wyatt Mack, FR, 18-7.

157: Connor Hall, B, p. Myles Myers, Mon, 4:00.

165: Zach Miracle, B, p. Kaden Gerth, I, 1:25.

171: Brock Graves, Mon, p. Cooper Buhl, D, :41.

190: Gabe Hall, J, p. Branden Bruning, B, 4:56.

215: Anthony Cousino, J, md. Landon King, D, 12-1.

285: Colton Marentette, H, d. Abe Bruck, D, 3-2.

FIFTH-PLACE MATCHES

106: Joseph Peer, J, p. Caleb Frazier, H, :47.

113: Daniel Allen, J, md. Logan Bundon, Mon, 16-4.

120: Colton Ray, D, d. Collin Assenmacher, Mon, 8-5.

126: Nolan King, B, p. Joe Moussade, B, :47.

132: Jackson Martin, D, p. Nicklas Bovair, A, 2:38.

138: Zakary VanBuskirk, A, p. Xander McCoy, Mone, 1:49.

144: Landon Julio, H, d. Joseph Lesko, A, 9-8.

150: Nate Matsos, H, p. Malachi Rodriguez, EM, 2:03.

157: Tristen Sedlar, I, p. Beau LeBlance, Mil, 2:29.

165: Samir Jomaa, Mil, p. Philbert Dietrich, SMCC, 2:38.

171: Simon Montrie, B, d. Austin Bentley, H, 10-5.

190: Kyle Bashaw, SMCC, d. Daniel Phipps, J, 8-7.

215: Quinton Lephew, D, p. Ethan DeLand, SMCC, :33.

285: Arjay Rhodes, A, p. Chance Murray, D, 1:57.

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: 51st annual Monroe County Sheriff's Wrestling Invitational