Conrad Rosch became the 3rd Canal Winchester wrestler to stand on the podium at the OHSAA Wrestling Championships by recording an outstanding 5th place finish in the 140 lb. weight class.  Rosch joins Seth Morton (twice), and brother Harrison Rosch as Indians state placers.  Conrad finished the year with a tremendous 50-7 record.  The 50 wins sets the school record for most wins in a season.  He finished the tournament with a 6-3 decision over Mitchell Beemer (37-9) Wapakoneta.

Senior Harrison Rosch (45-8) 160, and Sophomore Brady Hutchins (42-10) 112 fell just one match short of reaching the podium themselves.  Rosch topped Anthony Nadeja (Hubbard) in the 1st round, but then fell to eventual champion Kyle Ryan (St. Paris Graham) in the quarterfinals.  The elder Rosch concluded an outstanding athletic career at Canal Winchester.  In addition to being a standout for the Indians football squad, Rosch earlier this season became only the 3rd member of the "100 Win Club" in the history of the wrestling program.

Brady Hutchins recorded an exciting upset win over 2 time state placer B.J. Miller (45-6) Defiance in the opening round.  Hutchins trailed 4-0 with 30 seconds left in the match, but scored a reversal and then ended things with a pin (his 29th of the season).  Hutchins then fell in consecutive matches to eventual state placers to end his fine sophomore season....one win short of reaching the podium.

Joe Boswell (29-21) was the first ever freshman Indians wrestler to qualify for the state tournament.  Boswell's post-season run included multiple upsets over highly ranked wrestlers to reach the Schottenstein Center.  Joe had an unfortunate draw in having to face the eventual 4th & 5th place state finishers in two tough losses to end his season.

Follow this link to all the completed brackets:

http://www.jakeswrestling.com/div2.htm

The Canal Winchester wrestling team finished in 6th place at the 39-team D2 Heath District Wrestling Tournament held on February 27th & 28th.  In the process, the team qualified 4 wrestlers to the 2009 OHSAA Wrestling Championships which begin this coming Thursday, March 5th at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University.

The top 4 finishers in each weight class at the Heath Tournament punched their tickets to the state tourney.  Harrison Rosch (Sr. 44-6) was a District runner-up at 160 lbs.  Rosch was outstanding before falling in the title match to Brett Mellor (46-1) from River View.  Brady Hutchins (Soph. 41-8) pinned Mike Mercer (East Liverpool) in the 3rd place match at 112 lbs. after falling 4-1 to eventual champ Kyle Warner (Uhrichsville Claymont) in a tough semi-final match.  Conrad Rosch (Jr. 46-5) recorded a 4th place finish at 140 lbs.  He was forced to forfeit his 3rd place match after suffering an injury in an earlier semi-final bout, but should be ready to go on Thursday.  In the preliminary rounds, Rosch knocked off former state champ Cody Garbrandt (Uhrichsville Claymont) in a thrilling match.  Freshman Joe Boswell (29-19) shocked the competition for a second straight weekend at 119 lbs.  Last Saturday at the Amanda Clearcreek sectional, Boswell captured the title as an unseeded wrestler.  This weekend at Heath, he continued his late season surge by topping highly regarded Preston Foster (East Liverpool) in the state qualifying match on his way to an impressive 4th place finish.
 
Nathan Pressley (Soph. 20-17) had an outstanding tournament as he knocked off multiple state-ranked wrestlers on his way to a 6th place spot on the podium.  The Indians had 3 other wrestlers who had qualified for the District Tournament and wrestled at Heath.  Jordan Bellomy (Jr. 31-14), Tyler Jenkins (Frosh. 30-13), and Joe Ramsey (Sr. 34-11) all wrestled well, but fell just short of advancing to the state tourney….Ramsey completes a fine wrestling career with the Indians.

The 6th place district finish, 5 district placers, and 4 state qualifiers were all program bests in the short 7 season history of the wrestling program at Canal Winchester.  Congratulations to Coach Trent Brooks, his staff, and all the wrestlers on a job well done......

Link to results:

http://www.baumspage.com/cedist/he2/res09.htm

2009 Heath Division II District Scores
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1. Uhrichsville Claymont  157.5
2. Harrison Central  139.0
3. St. Francis DeSales  123.0
4. River View  98.0
5. Beaver Local  87.0
6. Canal Winchester  83.5
7. Carrollton  72.5
8. Amanda-Clearcreek  68.0
9. West Holmes  67.0
10. Cambridge  63.0
11. Big Walnut  61.0
12. Licking Heights  59.0
13. East Liverpool  56.5
14. New Philadelphia  48.5
15. Utica  45.0
16. Buckeye Local  44.0
17. Steubenville  38.0
18. Buckeye Valley  36.0
     New Albany  36.0
20. Dover  35.5
21. Whitehall-Yearling  29.5
22. Hamilton Township  28.0
      John Glenn  28.0
24. Coshocton  27.5
25. Indian Creek  20.0
      Lakewood  20.0
27. Jonathan Alder  19.0
28. Granville  15.0
      Licking Valley  15.0
30. London  14.5
31. Morgan  14.0
32. Tri-Valley  10.0
33. Meadowbrook  6.0
      West Muskingum  6.0
35. Philo  5.0
36. Edison  4.0
37. Olentangy Orange  3.0

The Canal Winchester wrestlers won the first sectional title in school history on Sat., Feb 21st at the Amanda Clearcreek D2 Sectional Tournament.  The Indians crowned 4 champions on the day:  112 Brady Hutchins (37-7), 119 Joe Boswell (25-17), 140 Conrad Rosch (43-3), and 160 Harrison Rosch (41-5).  Two wrestlers grabbed runner-ups spots:  103 Tyler Jenkins (30-11) and 145 Joe Ramsey (32-9).  152 Jordan Bellomy (30-12) - 3rd, and 285 Nathan Pressley (17-14) - 4th also punched their tickets to next week's District Tournament at Heath High School.  The 8 district qualifiers is the most the wrestling program has ever advanced.  The Indians also had two 5th place finishers (District Alternates):  135 Kyle Rohrig, and 189 Teddy Banks.  Follow this link for the final completed brackets:

 http://www.amandaclearcreekaces.com/other/ACHSSectionalWrestlingBrackets09.htm

Final team standings:

1. Canal Winchester 191.5
2. Amanda Clearcreek 170
3. Big Walnut 147.5
4. Whitehall 139.5
5. Jonathan Alder 137.5
6. Granville 135
7. Utica 101.5
8. Olentangy Orange 82
9. London 78
10. Columbus East 39
11. Mifflin 9
12. Beechcroft 0

Here is a link to the pairings for the D2 Heath District Tournament:

http://www.baumspage.com/cedist/he2/pairings.htm