Mentor District Outlook




(above): Brian Roddy of St.Edward may be Ohio's most intimidating wrestler. Photo Credit: Bob Tuneberg, Villager News

Meatgrinder No More? 

The days of the “Mentor Meatgrinder” have passed.  However, it isn’t quite “Hamburger Helper” either.  29% of the wrestlers ranked in the top ten will exit the Mentor District, meaning that Mentor is “above average”.  This District has more “star power” than any other District thanks to Lakewood St. Edward’s “super six” of Sean Nemec, Chris Honeycutt, Collin Palmer, Brian Roddy, Shawn Harris, and Jamie Clark- all of whom are ranked #1 in the state.  So great is the shadow cast by St. Edward’s at Mentor this year that they could conceivably win 13 out of 14 weights (and are favored in 12 of 14). However, the depth (what matters for qualification purposes) does not even compare to that of Massillon Perry (though it is still greater than either Darby or Fairfield).

Best of the Best: Sean Nemec

While a case can be made for several of St. Edward’s stars, in the end, the only choice can be Sean Nemec. Nemec is a fluke loss away from having been St. Edward’s 3rd four-time state champion, and has been better than ever the 2nd half of the season.  With the possibly exception of his third straight state final with Derek Foore, Nemec won’t be tested again until the post-season.

Critical Quarterfinal: 
The stakes of the quarterfinal between #10 Scott Lowe and #11 Zach Goins are very high.  The loser of that bout will most likely have #4 Thomas Graszl in the go-to-state match, while the winner of the bout will be favored in their semifinals or if they lose there, they will be a solid favorite in the go-to-state match as well.

Who’s Going to the Big Dance? 

103 LBS
1. #1 Jamie Clark
2. #5 Nick Lawrence
3. #11 Garrett Manley
4. #15 Martin Cruz
5. #18 Kory Mines
6. Tony Rodriguez

Other Contenders: Josh Whitt

112 LBS
1. #4 Steve Mitcheff
2. #6 Nick Sulzer
3. #7 Kyle Ciccarello
4. #8 Justin Guerra
5. #10 Cody Schilling
6. #22 Pete Schlegel

Other Contenders: #13 Bryce Leedy, #24 Gavin Speelman

119 LBS
1. #8 Scott Fuller
2. #16 Cortez McLaughlin
3. #17 Todd Bowman
4. #20 Mike Skilton
5.  Austin Dechant
6. #19 Dave Gyorfi

Other Contenders: Kyle Leedy, Clarence Semple

125 LBS
1. #1 Collin Palmer
2. #15 (130) Jovan Highbaugh
3. #6 Andrew Dinda
4. #15 Frankie Mercado
5. #16 Josh Carmona
6. #23 Alex Latham

Other Contenders: #20 Russell Hauser, #22 Callen Vanderhoff, #24 Bryan Smith, #25 Victor Puskas, Devon Mezinger

130 LBS
1. #1 Neil Birt
2. #5 Matt Dennis
3. #11 Pat Duffy
4. #12 Dalton McHenry
5. #10 Kyle Sutter
6. #16 Greg Johnson

Other Contenders: #18 Cory Hayes, #20 Justin Yetzer, #23 John Schreiner

135 LBS
1. #5 Andrew Gasber
2. #6 Josh Speelman
3. #8 Vinnie Lopez
4. #9 Nick Webb
5. #12 Kevin Byers
6. #14 Mark Tomanek

Other Contenders:  #22 Evan Schreiner, Chase Churchill

140 LBS
1. #1 Shawn Harris
2. #10 Scott Lowe
3. #4 Thomas Graszl
4. #19 Alex Herrick
5. #11 Zach Goins
6. #20 Andrew Gushard

145 LBS
1. #2 Dan Gonsor
2. #4 Roshawn Jones
3. #8 Justin Gooden
4. #13 Rudy Henson
5. #19 Dominic Jones
6. #25 Dave Jindra

Other Contenders: #22 Jerrell Valiant, Deonte Wiggins
 

152 LBS
1. #5 Scott Elliott
2. #9 Andy McNamara
3. #11 Evan Roth
4. #12 Wes Myers
5.  #11 (145) Gabe Garcia
6.  #13 Ed Cotton
Other Contenders:  #14 Mac Henry, #16 Josh Nemec, #21 Darren Henry

160 LBS
1. #1 Sean Nemec
2. #8 Jeff Green
3.  #9 Matt Findley
4. Pat Pizzuli
5. #12 Mike Harting
6.  #25 Shaun Munson

Other Contenders: Brian Helminiak, Michael Alexander

171 LBS
1. #1 Brian Roddy
2. #9 John Harasyn
3. #10 Nick Harpel
4. #11 Aaron Winemiller
5. John Spearman
6. Nate Zellers

Other Contenders: #17 Travis Zipfel, Hada El Tatawy

189 LBS
1. #1 Chris Honeycutt
2. #6 Matt Alexander
3. #3 Chris Iammarino
4. #5 Tim Samson
5.  #20 Shane Molder
6.  #23 Greg Isley

215 LBS
1. #8 Ben Rios
2. #10 Fred Hale
3. #12 Drew Metzger
4. #11 (189) Cody Hayes
5. Dewon Tufts
6. Ryan Smugala

285 LBS
1. #5 Ben Kuhar
2. #13 Chris Holland
3. #8 Nick Piccirillo
4. #10 Matt Urban
5. #12 Jon Warford
6. Ryan Ernst

Other Contenders:  #15 Kevin Kinder, Greg Byrd

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