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Rookies on the rise: Dover's emerging talent shines at annual wrestling tournament

mike brown
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CALCUTTA — Dover High School’s youthful wrestling team had an excellent showing at the 46th annual Everett Hoppel Memorial Wrestling Tournament held at Beaver Local High School on Saturday.

The Crimson Tornadoes, who have many underclassmen in their starting lineup, had 10 individual placewinners in the popular tournament in which Dover has been an annual participant.

“I’m pretty happy with how things went,” said Dover’s first-year head coach Gannon Petrullo, a former multiple state qualifier for the Tornadoes. “We have kind of a young team this year, but we’re learning and we’re improving every week, and the results here showed that.”

In addition, the Tornadoes finished eighth in the 13-school team standings with 100.5 points.

Host Beaver Local won the team crown with 319 points and Youngstown-area power Austintown Fitch earned the runner-up trophy for a second consecutive season with 248.5 points.

Dover's Adolfo Lopez, top, prepares to pin Austintown Fitch's Liam Yanvari as the official, right, looks on during their 165-pound match at Saturday's 46th annual Everett Hoppel Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Beaver Local High School. Lopez placed fourth in the tourney.
Dover's Adolfo Lopez, top, prepares to pin Austintown Fitch's Liam Yanvari as the official, right, looks on during their 165-pound match at Saturday's 46th annual Everett Hoppel Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Beaver Local High School. Lopez placed fourth in the tourney.

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The Tornadoes’ top place winners included Frank Ramirez (fourth, 106 pounds) and senior Adolfo Lopez (fourth, 165).

“Our 106-pounder (Ramirez) did great,” Petrullo said. “He’s been working hard all season and just grinds every day at practice, and it shows on the mats because he hits all the moves that we show him. He’s working hard every day, and he deserves a little shout out here. He’s a freshman, so we’re excited to have him for the next three years.”

Dover’s other placers included sophomore Santos Pastor-Perez (fifth, 120), sophomore Brock Reynolds (sixth, 113), junior Braidan Jackson (seventh, 132), senior Alex Heaton (sixth, 215), freshman Aidan Yakley (eighth, 215), freshman Aiden Corder (seventh, 150), freshman Caiden Windsor (eighth, 150) and sophomore Dominik Ottena-Slider (fifth, 157).

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Petrullo said it’s extra special being able to lead the wrestling program of his alma mater.

“It’s really exciting,” Petrullo said, smiling. “I’m really looking forward to hopefully moving the program in the right direction and just see the kids succeed and see the program succeed and take it to its full potential. It will be a process, but I’m excited, and the kids are willing to work hard and that’s all I can ask for — to get better every week.”

The Tornadoes have a big week ahead as they prepare to host rival New Philadelphia on Thursday evening.

“We’re looking forward to it,” said Petrullo. “I know the kids are, because it’s Dover-Philly, and we’ll be ready to go and have the kids ready. There’s no extra motivation needed.”

46TH EVERETT HOPPEL MEMORIAL

WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES

1. Beaver Local 319, 2. Austintown Fitch 248.5, 3. Oak Glen (WV) 196.5, 4. Wheeling (WV) Central Catholic 171.05, 5. Edison 146, 6. Boardman 140.5, 7. River Valley 134, 8. Dover 100.5, 9. Meadowbrook 99, 10. Brooke (WV) 88, 11. Southern Local 80, 12. Crestview 30, 13. Steubenville Catholic Central 21.5.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — Justice Fisher (Beaver Local) dec. Brayden Gerthung (Austintown Fitch), 8-6. 113 — Aiden Anderson (Oak Glen) pinned Brecken Banovsky (Edison), 2:35. 120 — Logan Davis (Oak Glen) pinned Skye Jones (Austintown Fitch), 1:35. 126 — Braxton Birch (Wheeling Central) technical fall over Everett Levacy (River Valley), 18-2. 132 — Bobby Buchheit (Beaver Local) pinned Evan Protopapa (Austintown Fitch), 2:55. 138 — Evan Ours (Beaver Local) 13-0 major decision over Willie Rankin (Boardman). 144 — Lewis Deloach (Austintown Fitch) dec. Caiden Cooley (Edison), 4-1. 150 — Max Switka (Boardman) won by 16-4 major decision over Kai Cosa (Austintown Fitch). 157 — Ryan Chafins (Beaver Local) dec. Eli Tedrow (Wheeling Central), 5-0. 165 — Wyatt Brady (Wheeling Central) dec. Rowan Wiley (Southern Local), 4-0. 175 — Gabe Morgan (Beaver Local) pinned Logan Greer (Meadowbrook), 5:04. 190 — Devin Phillips (Austintown Fitch) dec. Kane Curran (Beaver Local), 5-1. 215 — Isaac Martin (Wheeling Central) won by 8-0 major decision over Mark Stankorb (Austintown Fitch). 285 — Noah Schmidt (Oak Glen) dec. Dominic Asbury (Wheeling Central), 2-0

This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Dover Tornadoes place multiple wrestlers at Everett Hoppel Tournament