NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The No. 11 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team claimed the title at the North Central (Ill.) College Invitational inside Residence Hall.
BW was first of 15 teams with 166.0 points. The Yellow Jackets had 11 athletes in the top five, including four individual champions and two second-place finishers.
Junior and No. 2 nationally-ranked 125-pounder Jacob Decatur (Akron/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) – Champion
- Bye in first round
- Won a 24-7 technical fall over Brady Ester of Wabash (Ind.) in second round
- Won a 17-5 major decision over Brendan Johnston of Wheaton (Ill.) in quarterfinals
- Won a 8-2 decision over Derek Steele of Augsburg (Minn.) in semifinals
- Won a 15-6 major decision over Wyatt Kaczrowski of Augsburg (Minn.) in finals
Sophomore 149-pounder Michael Petrella (Reynoldsburg/Bishop Hartley) - Champion
- Bye in first round
- Pinned Charlie O'Connor of Manchester (Ind.) in 1:19 in second round
- Won a 6-2 decision over No. 7 nationally-ranked Alex Villar of North Central in quarterfinals
- Pinned Tj Driessens of Wabash (Ind.) in 6:31 in semifinals
- Won a 5-3 decision over Charlie Stuhl of Augsburg (Minn.) in finals
Senior and No. 3 nationally-ranked All-American 165-pounder Dalton Leightner (Ravenna/Rootstown) – Champion
- Bye in first round
- Pinned Eero Gross of Wabash (Ind.) in 5:56 in second round
- Won a 4-1 decision over Noah Leisgang of Wisconsin-La Crosse in quarterfinals
- Pinned Nick Fetzner of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 5:00 in semifinals
- Pinned Hayden Krein of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1:49 in finals
Junior All-OAC and No. 6 nationally ranked 184-pounder Luke Salmon (Sandusky/Perkins) – Champion
- Bye in the first round
- Pinned Dylan Regnier-Jamnik of Aurora (Ill.) in 0:47 in second round
- Won a 15-0 technical fall over Jerrod Grell of Wisconsin-Whitewater in quarterfinals
- Won a 4-2 extra time decision over Isaac Gust of Wisconsin-La Crosse in semifinals
- Won a 8-2 decision over Giovanni Jackson of Harper (Ill.) in finals
Senior and No. 13 nationally-ranked All-American 157-pounder Stanley Bleich (North Ridgeville/Elyria Catholic) – Second Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 5-2 decision over Mawuli Nevis of Wabash (Ind.( in second round
- Won a 12-5 decision over Shane Piper of Wisconsin-Whitewater in quarterfinals
- Won a 10-7 decision over Cole Cervantes of North Central in semifinals
- Fell in 17-1 technical fall to Tyler Shilson of Augsburg (Minn.) in finals
Junior All-American and No. 10 nationally-ranked 197 pounder Doug Byrne (Wickliffe) - Second Place
- Bye in first round
- Pinned Josh Nowak of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2:10 in second round
- Pinned Matthew Lepper of Wabash (Ind.) in 2:17 in quarterfinals
- Pinned Parker Venz of Augsburg (Minn.) in 0:48 in semifinals
- Fell in 3-2 decision to Cody Baldridge of North Central in finals
Sophomore 133-pounder Jaden Hinton (Glassboro, N.J.) – Third Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 13-3 major decision over Carson Murray of Augsburg (Minn.) in second round
- Won a 16-1 technical fall over Matt McEnroe of Wisconsin-Whitewater in quarterfinals
- Fell in 5-4 decision to Robbie Precin of North Central in semifinals
- Won a 21-7 major decision over Justin Stauffacher of Augsburg (Minn.) in the third-place match
Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC 149-pounder Tanner McHugh (New Ringgold, Pa./Tamaqua) - Third Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 7-0 decision over Alex Valenzona of Wisconsin-Whitewater in second round
- Won a 3-1 decision over Cody Snook of Wabash in quarterfinals
- Fell in 10-0 major decision to Charlie Stuhl in semifinals
- Won by 9-0 decision over Tj Driessens in the third-place match
Junior Academic All-OAC 174-pounder Griffin Rathburn (New Albany/Bishop Hartley) – Fourth Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 7-4 decision over Kobe Gilbert of Carthage in second round
- Won a 6-3 decision over Nolan Paar of Wisconsin- La Cr in quarterfinals
- Fell in 14-2 major decision to Solomon Nielsen of Augsburg in semifinals
- Fell in 8-1 decision to Joey Jens of North Central in the third-place match
Senior 285-pounder Jarod Miller (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) – Fourth Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 6-3 decision over Isaiah McWilliams of Wabash in second round
- Won a 4-1 decision over Andrew Bejarano of North Central in quarterfinals
- Fell in a 5-1 decision to Robby Bates of North Central in semifinals
- Fell in a 3-1 tiebreaker by decision to Jason Nako of North Central in the third-place match
Freshman 157-pounder Tyler Wittreich (Painsville/Riverside) - Fifth Place
- Pinned John Garcia of Harper in 0:55 in first round
- Won a 14-5 major decision over Collin Mojena of North Central in second round
- Pinned by Tyler Shilson of Augsburg in 2:05 in quarterfinals
- Pinned Cameron Jacobs of Harper in 5:46 in consolation fourth round
- Pinned Brenden Parks of Harper in 2:42 in consolation semifinals
- Pinned Kaden Reetz of Augsburg in 1:58 in the fifth-place match
Junior 141-pounder Zak Anderson (Elyria/Midview) - Sixth Place
- Bye in first round
- Fell in 6-4 decision to Daniel Uribe of Wabash in second round
- Pinned Jean Guerrero of Morton in 1:33 in consolation second round
- Pinned Rufino Bustos of Morton in 1:20 in consolation third round
- Won a 16-0 technical fall over Zach Lemp of Harper in consolation fourth round
- Won a 10-8 sudden victory over Daniel Uribe in consolation semifinals
- Pinned by Cole Nelson of Carthage in the fifth-place match
Freshman 133-pounder Brett Blaess (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial) - Sixth Place
- Bye in first round
- Won a 9-5 decision over Sebastian Rosales of Carthage (Wis.) in second round
- Fell in 13-2 major decision to Robbie Precin of Wisconsin-Lacrosse in quarterfinals
- Won a 8-5 decision over Carson Murray of Augsburg in consolation fourth round
- Won a 7-5 decision over Matt McEnrow of Wisconsin-Whitewater in consolation semifinals
- Pinned by Julian Purney of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 0:40 in the fifth-place match
BW returns to the mats on Saturday, December 18th when it travels to Sandusky, Ohio to compete in the Kalahari Duels hosted by Heidelberg University. The Yellow Jackets will take on Defiance College, Trine (Ind.) University, Adrian (Mich.) College and No. 11 nationally-ranked Wisconsin-Oshkosh with the action beginning at 10:00 a.m. Also on December 18th, BW travels to Olivet, Michigan for a pair of matches against Olivet (Mich.) College at 4:00 p.m. and Division I Michigan State University at 5:30 p.m.