GRANTHAM, Pa. – Alvontae Drummond (Lincoln, Del./Milford) finished fifth at 141 to lead a trio of placewinners for McDaniel at the Petrofes Invitational hosted by Messiah in wrestling action on Friday and Saturday.
As a team, the Green Terror finished ninth of the 13 teams with 48.5 points. The host Falcons won the event with 186.5 points.
Mike O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./North Reading) also placed fifth at 133 while Jake Pooton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) was sixth at 197.
Drummond's day opened with a bye before he edged Nathan Kirk (Mount Union), 3-2. In the quarterfinals, Christian Hoogheem topped Drummond 8-2. In the consolation bracket, Drummond worked his way to Saturday with a 1-minute, 58-second pin. Drummond added a 6-4 win to open the second day before falling the fifth-place bout by a 5-2 decision to Ryan Wilson (Stevens). In the fifth-place match, Drummond exacted revenge on Hoogheem with an 8-4 win.
O'Boyle's day also opened with a bye before he topped Samuel Mass (Wilkes) 11-1. Kevin Hoogheem won by an 11-2 margin in the quarterfinals before O'Boyle advanced to Saturday with a 2-minute, 51-second fall in the consolation bracket. His second day started with an injury default win before Hunter Harris (Messiah) notched a pin early in the second period to relegate O'Boyle to the fifth-place match, where he won, 5-3.
Pooton won his three matches on Friday to move into the semifinals. He won by margins of 5-3, 11-2 and 3-2 before falling 11-0 to top seed and eventual champion Kyle Koser (Messiah), 11-0. Pooton dropped both of his matches in the consolation bracket (3-1 and 4-0) to finish sixth.
Trey Mitchell (Lewes, Del./Caesar Rodney) recorded a 3-2 day with three pins at 149 but came up a match short of placing in the largest bracket of the tournament. Mitchell's day opened with a bye before he recorded a 1-minute pin but dropped to the consolation bracket by a 19-2 score. His first two matches of the consolation bracket were won in the first period, notching falls in 1:52 and 43 seconds before he fell 9-4 to Messiah's Adam Peris.
Jake Rendelman (Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills), Micklos Zahora (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods) and Wade Bishop (Greensboro, Md./North Caroline) each won twice on Friday.
Rendelman (133) won twice in the consolation bracket, including a 7-4 win.
Zahora (141) received a medical forfeit to open the tournament before notching a 2-minute, 44-second fall in the consolation bracket.
Bishop (157) won 10-8 in the first sudden-victory period top open his day before adding a 13-7 win to advance to the quarterfinals.
Clint Wright (Glenville, Pa./South Western) added one win at 149, notching a 1-minute, 51-second pin in the consolation bracket.
Taylor Avino (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) recorded 10-4 victory in the consolation bracket at heavyweight.
The Green Terror returns to action at home in the Grapple on the Hill on Saturday. Action begins at 11 a.m.
Team Scores: 1. Messiah (Me) 186.5, 2. Stevens (S) 133, 3. Mount Union (MU) 116.5, 4. Wilkes (W) 111, 5. Baldwin Wallace (BW) 109, 6. Ursinus (U) 90, 7. Springfield (S) 81.5, 8. Gettysburg (G) 52.5, 9. McDaniel (Mc) 48.5, 10. West Virginia Tech (WVT) 31, 11. Bridgewater State (B) 23.5, 12. Muhlenberg (Mu) 22.5, 13. Thaddeus Stevens (TS) 4.
McDaniel Results: 125: Tristan Bean (WVT) pinned Nathaniel Frantz 3:49; 133: Louie Carusillo (G) pinned Jake Rendelman 3:45, Rendelman inj. def. Kevin Zarzana (S) 3:23, Rendelman dec. Jake Landers (BW) 7-4, Mike O`Boyle maj. dec. Samuel Mass (W) 11-1, Keven Hoogheem (U) maj. dec. O`Boyle 11-2, O`Boyle pinned Paul Gonzales (WVT) 2:51, O`Boyle inj. def. Patrick Sockler (Mu) 0:00, Hunter Harris (Me) pinned O`Boyle 3:21, O`Boyle dec. Trent Duffy (MU) 5-3; 141: Micklos Zahora med. for. Matt Darok (Me), Pankil Chander (W) tech. fell Zahora 23-7, Zahora pinned Everett Roach (G) 2:44, Bilal Bici (W) maj. dec. Mick Zahora 22-11, Alvontae Drummond dec. Nathan Kirk (MU) 3-2, Christian Hoogheem (U) dec. Drummond 8-2, Drummond pinned John Ritter (W) 1:58, Drummond dec. Joshua Decatur (BW) 6-4, Ryan Wilson (S) dec. Drummond 5-2, Drummond dec. Hoogheem (U) 8-4; 149: Trey Mitchell pinned Caleb Barley (WVT) 1:00, Zach Wilhelm (S) tech. fell Mitchell 19-2, Mitchell pinned Cory Obendorfer (Me) 1:52, Mitchell pinned Morgan Fuller (W) 0:43, Adam Peris (Me) dec. Mitchell 9-4, Peris (Me) tech. fell Clint Wright 17-0, Wright pinned Michael Rich (TS) 1:51, Greg Kabakjian (Me) maj. dec. Clint Wright 10-1; 157: Leo Wortman (S) maj. dec. Ronald Mattox 12-1, Graham Montague (BW) pinned Mattox 2:11, Derek Arnold (U) pinned Manuel Miranda 1:15, Jephte Paul (WVT) pinned Miranda 3:28, Wade Bishop dec. Vic Del Monico (S) (10-8, SV1), Bishop dec. Ashton Gyenizs (W) 13-7, Larry Cannon (Me) maj. dec. Bishop 16-4, Montague (BW) pinned Bishop 3:51; 165: none; 174: Jake Gordon (Mu) pinned Ronnie Wuest 5:50, Connor Sheehan (Sp) pinned Wuest 2:48, Derek Beitz (Me) pinned Marvin McKinney 1:00, Kaegan Pearsall (BW) pinned McKinney 2:10, Phil Woods (S) pinned Ricky Tisinger 1:58, Tony Rupert (MU) maj. dec. Ricky Tisinger 16-3; 184: Josh Thomson (Me) pinned Dominic States 0:43, Christopher Head (BW) pinned States 1:56, Jeremy Bailes (Me) dec. Nick Cross 9-8, Tyler Siefke (MU) pinned Cross 4:17; 197: Jake Pooton dec. Zachary Faust (W) 5-3, Pooton maj. dec. Alex Galizia (Sp) 11-2, Pooton dec. Anthony Puca (G) 3-2, Kyle Koser (Me) maj. dec. Pooton 11-0, Nick Havener (Me) dec. Pooton 3-1, Aaron Page (MU) dec. Pooton 4-0; HWT: Paul Triandafilou (G) pinned Taylor Avino 5:15, Avino dec. Kyle Gildner (W) 10-4, Mike Sinclair (MU) pinned Taylor Avino 5:41.
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