GRANTHAM, Pa. – Ryan O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./Central Catholic) won the 133-pound weight class for the third straight year at the Petrofes Invitational hosted by Messiah to lead McDaniel to an eighth-place finish as a team in wrestling action on Friday and Saturday.
O'Boyle was one of three placewinners for the Green Terror, who posted 62 points. Wis.-Whitewater won the 13-team invititational with 161.5 points.
O'Boyle opened his day with back-to-back pins, notching a 2-minute, 46-second fall of Maatt Laux (Gettysburg) and a 3-minute, 54-second takedown of Alex Colton (Mount Union).
O'Boyle added a 3-1 win to advance to the semifinals, where he defeated Matthew Grossman (Wilkes), 2-1. In the championship bout, the seeds held as the top-seeded O'Boyle down the second-seeded Ronny Hauser (Whitewater), 4-3.
Alvontae Drummond (Lincoln, Del./Milford) finished second at 141, finishing the day with a 4-1 record.
He opened his day with a 10-3 win before notching a 2-minute, 38-second of Kevein Pappadopulos (Bridgewater State). An 11-2 win over Joshua Decatur (Baldwin-Wallace) advanced Drummond to the semifinals, where he topped Jacob Strohman (Springfield), 9-5.
The seeds once again held in the title bout with top-seeded Matt Adcock (Whitewater) topping the second-seeded Drummond, 4-1.
Nick Cross (Centreville, Md./Queen Annes County) rounded out the placewinners for McDaniel, finishing seventh at 184.
Cross had a bye in the opening round before dropping a 10-4 decision to Ben Lubrun (Baldwin-Wallace) to fall to the consolation bracket.
Cross recorded back-to-back falls (2:32 and 4:24) in his first two wrestleback matches before edging Wilkes' James McNalley 13-12. Lebrun once again topped Cross 10-4 to relegate Cross to the seventh-place match, where he downed Levi Veppert (Wilkes), 3-2.
Anthoney Savage, Luke Yox (Westminster, Md./Liberty) and Jake Pooton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) all added 2-2 days for the Green Terror.
Savage recorded a 17-10 win and 5-minute, 58-second pin at 141 for his two wins.
Yox's two wins both came in the consolation bracket at 157, winning by medical forfeit and 3-2.
Pappas, like Savage, opened with a 7-2 win before falling to the consolation bracket. He added a 2-minute, 35-second fall for his other win at 174.
Pooton notched a 24-second pin to start his day at 184 before falling to the consolation bracket. His addd an 8-6 win for his other victory.
The Green Terror returns to action against Ferrum at Colonial Forge H.S. on Saturday, Jan. 3.
Team Scores: 1. UW-Whitewater (UWW) 161.5, 2. Wilkes (W) 154, 3. Messiah (Mes) 37, 4. Baldwin-Wallace (BW) 133, 5. Stevens (SIT) 106.5, 6. Mount Union (MU) 105.5, 7. Ursinus (U) 71, 8. McDaniel (McD) 62, 9. Springfield (S) 53, 10. West Virginia Tech (WVT) 38.5, 11. Gettysburg (G) 32.5, 12. Bridewater State (BSC) 20.5, 13. Muhlenberg (Mu) 7.
McDaniel Results: 125: Zac Denny (UWW) maj. dec. Nathaniel Frantz 13-2, Austin Petril (U) tech. fell Frantz 18-1; 133: Ryan O'Boyle pinned Matt Laux (G) 2:46, O'Boyle pinned Will Alfano (BSC) 3:54, O'Boyle dec. Alec Colton (MU) 3-1, O'Boyle dec. Matthew Grossmann (W) 2-1, O'Boyle dec. Ronny Hauser (UWW) 4-3, Christian Hooghem (U) maj. dec. Benjamin Montanye 11-0, Barrett Connor (G) pinned B. Montanye 4:11, Markus Cruz maj. dec. Nick Montanye 9-0, N. Montayne dec. Andrew Dickerson (SIT) 6-4, Kevin Hoogheem (U) maj. dec. N. Montanye 10-2; 141: Alvontae Drummond dec. Bilal Bici (W) 10-3, Drummond pinned Kevin Pappadopulos (SC) 2:38, Drummond maj. dec. Joshua Decatur (BW) 11-2, Drummond dec. Jacob Strohman (S) 9-5, Matt Adcock (UWW) dec. Drummond 4-1, Anthoney Savage dec. Edwin Fiscal (W) 17-10, Kyle Ferguson dec. Savage 10-8, Savage pinned Jared Furry (Mes) 5:58, Nathan Kirk (MU) dec. Savage 9-3, Marcos Mercado maj. dec. Jake Bracken (G) 10-2, Sam Valenti (MU) dec. Mercado 10-5, Tom Meer (Mes) med. for. Mercado; 149: Casey Crangle (UWW) pinned Trey Mitchell 7:00, Mitchell pinned Christian Oster (WVT) 0:49, Seth McCurdy (MU) dec. 13-7, McCurdy pinned Manuel Miranda 1:59, Rodney Martin (BW) pinned Miranda 6:40; 157: Jesse Gross (MU) dec. Luke Yox 9-6, Stephen Turner (W) maj. dec. Colton Smith 12-4, Yox med. for. Smith, Yox dec. Conrad Lacey (WVT) 3-2, Sean Lombardi (W) dec. Yox 9-5, Erik Meyers maj. dec. Blake Perry (BW) 9-0, Lombardi maj. dec. Meyers 13-3, Jacob Tremoulis (MU) dec. Meyers 2-1; 165: none; 174: Bryce Pappas dec. Shahn Savino (G) 7-2, James Ilvento (W) dec. Pappas 7-5, Pappas pinned James Ritchie (BW) 2:35, Kalen Gans (SIT) dec. Pappas 8-3, Chad Ziegler (MU) pinned Marvin McKinney 1:19, Nate Marsh (U) maj. dec. McKinney 10-2; 184: Ben Lebrun (BW) dec. Nick Cross 10-4, Cross pinned Nochimson 2:32, Cross pinned Daniel VanBrunt (W) 4:24, Cross dec. James McNally (W) 13-12, Lebrun dec. Cross 10-4, Cross dec. Levi Veppert (W) 3-2, Jake Pooton pinned Jordan Nochimson (W) 0:24. Ryan Aprahamian (UWW) maj. dec. Pooton 13-5, Pooton dec. Jeremy Bailes (Mes) 8-6, Veppert dec. Pooton 8-4; 197: Shane Siefert (UWW) pinned Ricky Tisinger 4:38, Adam Manzoni (BSC) pinned Tisinger 5:46; HWT: Taylor Avino dec. Rodney Dukes (BSC) 8-1, Nick Havener (Mes) pinned Avino 7:55, Avino dec. Joey Bragg (G) 4-1,Wyatt Norfolk (WVT) pinned Avino 3:27, David Oberrender (W) tech. fell Rob Donovan 16-1, David Giovannacci (Mes) dec. Donovan 8-5.
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