Four from area are Michigan individual district wrestling champions
The Michigan Individual Wrestling Districts were held Saturday with area wrestlers competing in Division 2 at Battle Creek, Division 3 at Constantine and Division 4 at Schoolcraft.
The top four finishes in each weight class advance to next week's individual regional round.
Earlier last week. Edwardsburg was a Division 2 team district title while Dowagiac won a Division 3 team title.
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Area individual champions on Saturday include Edwardsburg's Keegan Parsons (126) in Division 2 and teammate Colten Strawderman (144), and Julian Means-Flewellen of Niles at 175.
In Division 3, the area district champ is Andrew Hartman (165) of Dowagiac.
Division 2 District
At Battle Creek
Championship round
106: Brady Baker (Lakeshore) p. Joelan Coyer (Lakeshore) 1:59; 113: Korbin Diehl (Gull Lake) p. Caden Manfred (Edwardsburg) 3:15; 120: Cole Lausch (Lakeshore) d. Rasler Warner (Gull Lake) 11-8; 126: Keegan Parsons (Edwardsburg) d. Noah Dahlke (St. Joseph) 10-6; 132: Aaron Lucio (Lakeshore) d. Landon Thomas (St. Joseph) 4-2; 138: Camden Miller (Gull Lake) d. Jayden Schwartz (Charlotte) 4-3; 144: Colten Strawderman (Edwardsburg) d. Josh Roe (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 12-5; 150: Nolan Berglin (Paw Paw) p. Everett Smith (Marshall) 1:27; 157: Andrew Byerle (Lakeshore) p. Luke Ponton (Lakeshore) 2:40; 165: Nick Martinez (Battle Creek Harper Creek) d. Nathan Andrina (Edwardsburg) 7-5 (OT); 175: Julian Means-Flewellen (Niles) p. Alexander Trudell (Parma Western) 2:47; 190: Gavin Turk (Paw Paw) d. Austin Mark (Edwardsburg) 10-3; 215: Garrie Mann (Gull Lake) wins by injury default over Andrew Harris (Edwardsburg) 0:31; 285: Ricky Johnson (Battle Creek Harper Creek) p. Braylon Kennedy (Paw Paw) 2:44.
Consolation Round
106: Marcus Lowry (St. Joseph) p. Camren Brock (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 4:01; 113: Kaden Engelter (Parma Western) p. Avan Katz (Battle Creek Harper Creek) 4:41; 120: JP Culver (Vicksburg) d. Vernon Riggins (Lakeshore) 13-6; 126: Hayden Oman (Gull Lake) d. Quinn Ferris (Parma Western) 6-1; 132: Carter Moore (Charlotte) d. Kaiden Waldron (Sturgis) 8-5; 138: Braedyn Baryo (Lakeshore) 4-3; 144: Jess Crawford (Gull Lake) d. Daniel Rodriguez (Charlotte) 10-9; 150: Jaron Kiss (Charlotte) wins by forfeit over Trent Dollaway (Battle Creek Pennfield); 157: Hunter Town (Vicksburg) wins by forfeit over Blake McKenzie (Gull Lake); 165: Sam Rucker (Niles) d. Daniel VanderMeer (Gull Lake) 5-2; 175: Isaac Codde (St. Joseph) p, Matt Hulsebos (Charlotte) 2:03; 190: Carter Mann (Vicksburg) p. Logan Niccum (Lakeshore) 1:54; 215: Elijah Turner (St. Joseph) d. Jimmy Gaya (Niles) 2-1; 285: Chase Brawley (Niles) m.d. Brett Barrett (Niles) 9-1.
Division 3 District
At Constantine
Championship Round
106: Ronaldo Vergara (South Haven) m.d. Josmer Perez (Brandywine) 8-0; 113: Ernesto Rodarte (Hartford) p. Jak Monroe (Three Rivers) 1:14; 120: Talan Flowers (Three Rivers) p. Kaiden Rieth (Brandywine) 5:07; 126: Bear Geibe (Constantine) p. Ajelandro Saldana (Hartford) 1:35; 132: Ayden Keller (Three Rivers) p. Drake Heath (Brandywine) 3:57; 138: Owen Jackson (Hopkins) d. Israel Villegas (Dowagiac) 11-4; 144: Brody Jones (Constantine) d. Landon Moreland (Three Rivers) 8-1; 150: Louis Smith (Three Rivers) d. Roman Paredes (Dowagiac) 5-2; 157: Jeremiah Detwiler (Three Rivers) d Gavin Schoff (Brandywine) 7-2; 165: Andrew Hartman (Dowagiac) d. Leland Payne (Buchanan) 12-5; 175: Julian Hawthorn (Constantine) d. Riley Hess (Watervliet) 7-0; 190: Troy Demas (Constantine) d. Lloyd Ruesink (Three Rivers) 7-2; 215: Bennett VandenBerg (Constantine) p. Phillip McLaurin (Brandywine) 3:21; 285: Jackson Reynolds (Three Rivers) d. Gregg Reed (Constantine) 10-5.
Consolation Round
106: Maximus Pigeon (Hopkins) t.f. AJ Munson (Dowagiac) 17-1; 113: Matt Veach (Brandywine) Jace Vavui (Constantine) 19-10; 120: Preston Like (Constantine) 12-0; 126: Colton Kennedy (Hopkins) m.d. Carter Hensley (Three Rivers) 15-5; 132: Caden Brown (Hopkins) p. Collin Featherstone (Constantine) 3:51; 138: Treydan Vanderkooi (Allegan) d. Blake Hassevoort (South Haevn) 9-5; 144: Braeden Birkhead (Hartford) d. Zachary Schultz (Dowagiac) 6-5; 150: Jeremy Rowland (South Haven) d. Aaron Amsman (Hopkins) 8-4; 157: Doug Hawley (Brandywine) d. Brayden Sebasty (Buchanan) 5-1; 165: Rysten Williams (Allegan) m.d. Carter Godrey (Constantine) 11-3; 175: Jackson Starnes (Buchanan) m.d. Jaxon Smith (Three Rivers) 13-1; 190: Josh Bruin (Allegan) p. Hayden Groth (Dowagiac) 0:38; 215: Dean Roberts (Buchanan) p. Govani Gonzalez-Perez (Hartford) 0:10; 285: Ryder Andersen (Buchanan) p. Cael Vansandt (Brandywine) 4:29.
Division 4
At Schoolcraft
Championship round
106: Logan Gilbert (Martint) d. Mazzy Lambert (White Pigeon) 7-1; 113: Austin Garcia (Lawton) p. Aiden Munez (Bangor) 2:59; 120: Jayce Ritchie (Martin) wins by injury default over Caleb Lipscomb (Schoolcraft) 3:58; 126: Giovanni Alvarado (Eau Claire) m.d. Victor Ruimveld (Lawton) 15-6; 132: Hayden Buell (Martin) p. Fernado Munoz (Bangor) 3:18; 138: Dustin Mallory (Lawton) p. Noah Brooks (Centreville) 1:52; 144: JJ Crall (Lawton) d. Rowan Bradford (Decatur) 3-1; 150: Mason Mansfield (Gobles) d. Jack Bagwell (Martin) 9-5; 157: Ryan Ling (Schoolcraft) p. Brody Mead (Decatur) 2:34; 165: Carter Cosby (Lawton) p. Isaac Noora (Schoolcraft) 1:50; 175: JR Hildebrand (Martin) wins by forfeit over Gavin Hart (Schoolcraft); 190: Tagg Gott (Schoolcraft) wins by forfeit over Eli DeYoung (Gobles); 215: Tanner Shugars (Decatur) d. Henry Breelen (Bangor) 3-2; 285: Braydon Ross (Decatur) d. Zachary Hayes (Bangor) 6-4.
Consolation Round
106: Brandon Hemminger (Cassopolis) p. Devin Doorlag (Gobles) 2:17; 113: Kristian Heighton (Martin) d. Hunter Pant (White Pigeon) 5-3; 120: Drew Johnson (White Pigeon) p. Cameron Vyverman (Lawton) 3:57; 126: Thor Baker (Decatur) p. Logan Simpson (River Valley) 3:10; 132: Angel Guzman-Valle (Eau Claire) p. Gavin McGrady (White Pigeon) 4:53; 138: Kolby Lloyd (Schoolcraft) p. Darnell Rimpson (Cassopolis) 0:44; 144: Drake Buell (Martin) d. Trenton Mansfield (Gobles) 7-5; 150: Evan Rudlaff (White Pigeon) wins by forfeit over Blake Holder (Lawton); 157: Owen Taylor (Centreville) d. Malcom Smith (Martin) 8-3; 165: Aidan Fisher (Eau Claire) d Caleb Lane (White Pigeon) 8-4; 175: Jovany Raya (Eau Claire) p. Landen Swart (Decatur) 1:00; 190: Nate Irwin (White Pigeon) p. Ismael Pena (Decatur) 1:13; 215: Sam Bleeker (Martin) d. Conner Tangeman (Lawrence) 7-3; 285: Stephos Georgiou (Bloomingdale) p. Chaz Underwood (White Pigeon) 2:09.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Michigan Individual Wrestling Districts were held Saturday
