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Coldwater wrestling boasts three All I-8 honors, Miller wins gold at 138 pounds

troy tennyson, coldwater daily reporter
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Coldwater's Tre'a Miller took home the gold medal at Saturday's I-8 Wrestling tournament, winning the 138 pound weight class
Coldwater's Tre'a Miller took home the gold medal at Saturday's I-8 Wrestling tournament, winning the 138 pound weight class

JACKSON, MI. — Jackson Lumen Christi High School played host to the whole of the Interstate 8 conference on Saturday for the end of season Interstate 8 Conference Wrestling Invite. When all was said and done it was the Hastings Saxons taking home the victory, besting the field with a score of 216 points. Northwest was not far behind in second place with a score of 208 points, followed by Western in third place with 157.5 points. Harper Creek finished in fourth place with 91 points, followed by Marshall in fifth place with 56 points, Coldwater in sixth place with 39 points, Lumen Christi in seventh place with 36 points, and Pennfield in eighth place with 9 points.

Coldwater came away with three medalists on the day, including one conference champion and two All I-8 honorees.

At 138 pounds it was Coldwater’s Tre’a Miller (34-9) besting the field to bring home the gold. Miller kicked off the day with a first round bye, followed by an intense back and forth battle with Josh Roe of Harper Creek in the semifinals. The two grapplers battled for three tough and high scoring periods, with Miller leading 7-1 after one period, only to see Roe close the score to 7-3 after two. The third quarter was fast and furious in terms of points, as an escape by Miller to start the period was followed by a Roe takedown and three point near fall, followed quickly by a reversal and a three point near fall for Miller as well, bringing the score to 13-7 with just under a minute left. Roe wasn’t done just yet, hitting a reversal with only :30 seconds left and moving in for a near fall, but only getting a two point near fall in the scramble as Miller hung on for the razor thin 13-12 win.

Miller took the momentum from his semifinal victory straight into the finals where he controlled Owen St. Andre of Parma Western, eventually taking the 9-5 decision victory and the Interstate 8 conference title.

Coldwater's Maverick Johnson took third palce at 157 pounds at the I-8 tournament on Saturday
Coldwater's Maverick Johnson took third palce at 157 pounds at the I-8 tournament on Saturday

Also earning All Conference honors for the Cardinals was Maverick Johnson (20-17) who took third place at 150 pounds. Johnson kicked off the day with a 14-5 Major Decision win versus Trent Dollaway of Pennfield, followed by a tough battle in the semifinals where he faced the top seed in Robby Slaughter of Hastings. Slaughter was able to turn Johnson to earn the pin fall win in 3:29, sending the Cardinal to the consolation bracket. There Johnson defeated Aiden Stiltner of Harper Creek via pin fall in 1:39, setting up a third place match up with Gain Beach of Northwest. Again Johnson went to the pin fall well, sticking Beach in 3:54 to claim the bronze medal on the day.

Coldwater's Yahya Umari took fourth place at 106 pounds Saturday at the I-8 Invite.
Coldwater's Yahya Umari took fourth place at 106 pounds Saturday at the I-8 Invite.

Coldwater’s final All Conference honor came at 106 pounds where freshman Yahya Umari (19-24) finished in fourth place overall. Umari kicked off his run to All Conference honors with a first round 12-9 decision win over Jermaine McElroy of Western, followed by a tough pin fall loss to Camren Brock of Harper Creek in :56 seconds, sending Umari to the consolation bracket. In the consolation semifinals it was Umari defeating Pennfield’s Kadin Thomas via a 6-1 decision, setting up a battle with Thomas Fall of Northwest for third place. Fall would end up turning Umari for the pin fall win in 2:30, giving the Cardinal freshman a very respectable fourth place finish.

Coldwater will next see action Wednesday when they travel to Marshall to compete in the D2 District 151 team tournament . The Cardinals will face off with Charlotte in the semifinals with the winner moving on to face either Parma Western or Marshall later that night.

Final Weight Class Results

106 pounds- Troy Hokanson of Hastings (30-6) over Camren Brock of Harper Creek (32-4) via a 6-3 decision

113 pounds- Cameron Beach of Northwest (23-6) over Kaden Engelter of Parma Western (27-12) via pin fall in 2:37

120 pounds- Kayden Beach of Northwest (25-5) over Zach Chipman of Hastings (28-14) via an 8-3 decision

126 pounds- Jeffry Miller of Northwest (26-7) over Colton Smith of Hastings (35-7) via pin fall in 5:55

132 pounds- Keegan Sutfin of Hastings (39-2) over Israel Waite of Harper Creek (23-12) via pin fall in 2:00

138 pounds- Tre’a Miller of Coldwater (34-9) over Owen sT. Andre of Parma Western (23-9) via a 9-5 decision

144 pounds- Reid Garcia of Lumen Christi (18-6) over Cohen Smith of Hastings (34-8) via an 11-7 decision

150 pounds- Robby Slaughter of Hastings (39-3) over Titan Parker of Western (1-1) via pin fall in 2:15

157 pounds- Braden Gariety of Northwest (27-7) over Everett Smith of Marshall (20-12) via pin fall in 2:33

165 pounds- Nick Martinez of Harper Creek (19-0) over Zach Jacobs of Northwest (25-3) via a ultimate tie breaker 4-2

175 pounds- Alex Trudell of Parma Western (30-11) over Tate Warner of Hastings (32-12) via pin fall in 1:10

190 pounds- Lanny Teunessen of Hastings (39-3) over Kooper Lewis of Marshall (18-8) via pin fall in 3:42

215 pounds- Adam Haselius of Hastings (39-0) over Isaac Friddle of Hastings (37-5) via pin fall in :47 seconds

285 pounds- Ricky Johnson of Harper Creek (25-6) over Parker Roslund of Hastings (26-12) via pin fall in 3:49

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