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Two Hilltopper Wrestlers Place at Findlay Open

From the West Liberty Wrestling Website



11/17/2018

FINDLAY, Ohio – Two West Liberty University wrestlers placed and two more fell just shy of the podium in Saturday's Findlay Open at the University of Findlay's Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex.

Returning national qualifier Logan Kemp finished fourth at 197 pounds for Coach Mitch Smith's Hilltoppers while Ronnie D'Amico notched a fifth-place finish at 285 in the prestigious event.

Kemp came out smoking in the 197-pound bracket, easing to an 11-6 decision over Indiana Tech's Oscar Martinez in the first round before notching a second-period fall against Michael Dua of Edinboro in the second round.

That set up a quarterfinal bout with Notre Dame's Michael Viramontes and Kemp needed only 61 seconds to pick up his second consecutive fall and advance to the championship semifinal.

That's where Kemp's run came to an end as he suffered an injury early in the second period of the semifinal match with Tiffin's Nick Mason and lost by injury default. He forfeited the third place match to Cleveland State's John Kelbly to settle for fourth place.

D'Amico posted impressive wins in his first two matches, rolling to a 12-3 decision over Notre Dame's Paul McNight in the opener before getting a first-period fall against Devin Uzelac of Wheeling Jesuit.

The Hilltopper heavyweight dropped his quarterfinal bout to Lake Erie's Brandon Houle but battled back through the consolation rounds to get to the fifth place match, where he defeated Bellarmine's Brian Stears by rule.

West Liberty 125-pounder Corey Secrist and 184-pounder Chris Cook also advanced to the championship quarterfinals in their respective weight classes but came up one win shy of placing in the tournament.

The WLU wrestling team will be idle over the Thanksgiving holiday but returns to dual meet action on Dec. 2 when the Hilltoppers make the short trek down Route 88 to take on Ohio County rival Wheeling Jesuit.

Findlay Open Results for West Liberty University

Open 125

Corey Secrist's place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Corey Secrist (West Liberty University) won by decision over Christian Wellman (Ashland) (Dec 13-7)
Champ. Round 2 - Corey Secrist (West Liberty University) won by decision over Sawyer Miller (Indiana Tech) (Dec 9-6)
Quarterfinal - Jacob Dunlop (Gannon University) won by decision over Corey Secrist (West Liberty University) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Hunter Lucas (Ohio State) won by decision over Corey Secrist (West Liberty University) (Dec 5-2)

Open 133

Josh Talbott's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Mason Butler (Unattached) won by decision over Josh Talbott (West Liberty University) (Dec 5-0)
Cons. Round 1 - Gio Disabato (Ohio University) won by tech fall over Josh Talbott (West Liberty University) (TF 16-0)

Open 133

Steven Slack's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Steven Slack (West Liberty University) won by fall over Giuseppe Penzone (Tiffin University) (Fall 5:48)
Champ. Round 2 - Alexis Soriano (Mercyhurst University) won by decision over Steven Slack (West Liberty University) (Dec 8-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Erique Early (Indiana Tech) won by major decision over Steven Slack (West Liberty University) (Maj 18-6)

Open 141

Parker Mazik's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Parker Mazik (West Liberty University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Ryan Skonieczny (Findlay) won by decision over Parker Mazik (West Liberty University) (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Austin Pumphrey (Midway Unviersity) won by major decision over Parker Mazik (West Liberty University) (Maj 17-9)

Open 149

Miles Mazik's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gage Branson (Bellarmine University) won by major decision over Miles Mazik (West Liberty University) (Maj 14-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Dawson Combest (Indianapolis) won by major decision over Miles Mazik (West Liberty University) (Maj 10-2)

Open 157

Josh Cornell's place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.
Prelim - Chase Moore (Findlay) won by decision over Josh Cornell (West Liberty University) (Dec 3-1)
Prelim - Josh Cornell (West Liberty University) won by tech fall over Scot Laing (Ohio Northern University) (TF 16-0)
Cons. Round 1 - Josh Cornell (West Liberty University) won by decision over Micah Marshall (Ohio State) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Aaron Rehfeldt (Ohio State) won by decision over Josh Cornell (West Liberty University) (Dec 10-7)

Open 165

Owen Zeiders's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Braeden Redlin (Ohio State) won by fall over Owen Zeiders (West Liberty University) (Fall 4:41)
Cons. Round 1 - Connor Day (Gannon University) won by fall over Owen Zeiders (West Liberty University) (Fall 6:16)

Open 174

Chance Morgan's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Connor Craig (Wheeling Jesuit University) won by major decision over Chance Morgan (West Liberty University) (Maj 14-4)
Cons. Round 1 - Chance Morgan (West Liberty University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Chance Morgan (West Liberty University) won by decision over Andy Dobben (Bellarmine University) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 3 - Nathan Vandermeer (Findlay) won by tech fall over Chance Morgan (West Liberty University) (TF 16-0)

Open 184

Chris Cook's place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Chris Cook (West Liberty University) won by decision over Nicholas Konyk (Mercyhurst University) (Dec 4-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Chris Cook (West Liberty University) won by decision over Richard Almodovar (Midway Unviersity) (Dec 5-1)
Quarterfinal - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) won by fall over Chris Cook (West Liberty University) (Fall 3:37)
Cons. Round 4 - Hayden Bronne (Tiffin University) won by fall over Chris Cook (West Liberty University) (Fall 0:30)

Open 197

Austin Loew's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Duane Deerwester (Indianapolis) won by decision over Austin Loew (West Liberty University) (Dec 8-4)
Cons. Round 1 - Austin Loew (West Liberty University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Jud Ramage (Gannon University) won by major decision over Austin Loew (West Liberty University) (Maj 17-6)

Open 197

Logan Kemp's place is 4th and has scored 16.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) won by decision over Oscar Martinez (Indiana Tech) (Dec 11-6)
Champ. Round 2 - Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) won by fall over Michael Dua (Edinboro) (Fall 3:58)
Quarterfinal - Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) won by fall over Michael Viramontes (Notre Dame ) (Fall 1:01)
Semifinal - Nick Mason (Tiffin University) won by injury default over Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) (Inj. 3:29)
3rd Place Match - John Kelbly (Cleveland State) won by forfeit over Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) (FF)

Open 285

Ronnie D`Amico's place is 5th and has scored 15.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) won by major decision over Paul McKnight (Notre Dame ) (Maj 12-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) won by fall over Devin Uzelac (Wheeling Jesuit University) (Fall 2:20)
Quarterfinal - Brandon Houle (Lake Erie College) won by decision over Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) (Dec 11-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) won by decision over Seth Bloor (Wheeling Jesuit University) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Semi - Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) won by medical forfeit over Dylan Faulkenberg (Indianapolis) (MFF)
5th Place Match - Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) won by rule over Brian Stears (Bellarmine University) (RULE)

Open 285

Kyle McCoy's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gerald Seeney (Bellarmine University) won by major decision over Kyle McCoy (West Liberty University) (Maj 8-0)
Cons. Round 1 - Seth Bloor (Wheeling Jesuit University) won by medical forfeit over Kyle McCoy (West Liberty University) (MFF)


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