News and Notes

Jan. 12 - NBC Quad at Otsego - Fostoria 36, Woodmore 31; Woodmore 45, Otsego 30. Six Woodmore wrestlers won twice in the quad meet. Winning twice was freshman Matt Caldwell at 106 (forfeit, pin), senior Lukus Schaub at 120 (two pins), sophomore Jack Caldwell at 157 (major decision, forfeit), junior Garrett Geldine at 165 (pin, forfeit), junior Jacob Roginski at 175 (decision, forfeit), and junior Eli Wolph at 190 (pin, decision).

Jan. 7/8 - "A" Classic at Woodmore - The Wildcats captured the tournament, in which they host, with 346 team points. Ayersville was second with 329, and Eastwood was third with 297. There were 19 schools in the tournament. Woodmore had two individual champions and one runner-up. Senior Landon Emch recorded his 100th career win to earn the championship in the 144-pound weight class. Emch defeated Ian Patchen from Monroeville, 6-1, in the final. Also capturing his weight class was junior Eli Wolph at 215 pounds. Wolph pinned Brody Wilson from North Union in 4:12 to win the title. Sophomore Jack Caldwell was the runner-up at 157 pounds losing by pin to Kasen Wellman from Ayersville in the championship match. Placing third for Woodmore was senior Lukus Schaub at 120 pounds, sophomore Brant Deal at 150 pounds, junior Garrett Geldine at 165 pounds, and junior Jacob Roginski at 175 pounds. Freshman Matt Caldwell finished fourth in the 106-pound weight class.

Dec. 15 - NBC Quad at Woodmore - Woodmore 39, Genoa 33; Eastwood 43, Woodmore 27. The Wildcats had four double winners. Freshman Jack Morris won twice at 113 by forfeit. Junior Jacob Roginski won twice at 175 by pin and an overtime decision. Junior Eli Wolph won both his matches at 190 by pin as did senior Drew St. John at 285.

Dec. 8 - NBC Quad at Lake - Lake 48, Woodmore 35; Woodmore 52, Rossford 18. The Wildcats split NBC dual matches. Winning in the Lake match was: freshman Jack Morris (113, forfeit), senior Landon Emch (144, technical fall), sophomore Brant Deal (150, pin), sophomore Jack Caldwell (157, forfeit), junior Jacob Roginski (175, pin), senior Drew St. John (285, pin). Winners in the Rossford match were: freshman Matt Caldwell (106, pin), freshman Orion Kirk (113, forfeit), Morris (120, forfeit), senior Lukus Schaub (126, forfeit), Emch (144, pin), Deal (150, pin), Roginski (175, major decision), junior Eli Wolph (215, pin), St. John (285, forfeit).

Dec. 3-4 - Derr Invitational (Northwood) - The Wildcats finished fourth in the 24-team field with 182 points. Sophomore Jack Caldwell finished third at 157 pounds. Caldwell won eight of his nine matches in the tournament including his third-place match over Kian Moore from Bowsher, by pin. At 175 pounds, junior Jacob Roginski placed third winning five of his six matches, all by pin, including his third-place match over Walker Howell from Lake. Junior Eli Wolph won five of his seven matches at 215 pounds, all by pin, to place third. Wolph won his third -place match over Camron Kirtz from Swanton. And, senior Drew St. John won six of his nine matches to place third at 285 pounds. He won all his matches by pin including his third-place match over Gary Moore from Waite. Woodmore had three other wrestlers all finish fourth. Freshman Matt Caldwell was fourth at 106 pounds winning one of his six matches. He lost the third-place match to Conor Meyers from Sylvania Southview. Senior Lukas Schaub was fourth at 126 pounds winning six of his nine matches. Schaub, who had all six wins by pin, lost to David Bailey from Whitmer in the third-place match, 11-9. Junior Garrett Geldine won four of his seven matches at 165 pounds, all by pin. Geldine lost 5-1 to Grant Richardson in his third-place match. Sophomore Brant Deal was fifth at 150 pounds with a 4-2 record. He recorded all four wins by pin including his win in the fifth-place match over Mason Chamberlain from Toledo St. Francis. Freshman Jack Morris lost all six of his matches at 120 pounds.