Three Solon wrestlers advance at sectional

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 9:36pm
Lance Evans locks up his opponent in a 195-pound match at the sectional meet in Tiffin.

TIFFIN– The Solon varsity wrestling team crowned two champions and earned a third berth in the district tournament to be hosted by Solon Saturday, Feb. 9.
Individual champions for Solon at the sectional meet in Tiffin included Louis Gnida at 113 pounds and Lance Evans at 195 pounds. Logan Linderbaum took second place at heavyweight.
Gnida pinned Mount Vernon’s Levi Wade and earned a 9-5 decision over Keaton Sherwood of Benton Community. Evans pinned one opponent and took a 9-0 major decision over Conner Welch of Mount Vernon.
Other results for Solon included:
Bailey Redlinger (third at 106 pounds)
Cole Fritz (third at 120 pounds)
Trevor Yahr (sixth at 126 pounds)
Brian Haight (fifth at 132 pounds)
Josh Bender (fifth at 138 pounds)
Yegeniy Bulatov (fourth at 145)
Aaron Shulista (fourth at 160)
Matt Quinn (fourth at 182)
Max Turkal (fifth at 220 pounds)
The top two finishers at each weight class from Saturday’s district tournament at Solon will advance to the state meet. Wrestling begins at noon.