Hilliard Darby Outlook

Best of the Best: Brendon Barlow

Tough to go against Brendon Barlow.  Barlow, has tasted defeat just once in the past two years, in what would be considered a fluke.  He is not only among the best heavyweight in a great group in Ohio, but is among the best nationally as well.  That said, he will have is hands full this weekend as he meets #3 Andy Hartshorn in the semifinals (in a rematch of last year’s state final) and most likely #4 ranked Antonio Jeremiah in the finals.  Barlow’s compact build will present an interesting style matchup with the 6’8” Jeremiah.
If Barlow is the #1 wrestler in this District, state runner-up Michael Lybarger is 1-a.

The weight to watch:

Though heavyweight is outstanding (with the #1, #3, and #4 ranked wrestlers), I think the weight class to watch at this District will be 140 lbs.  Lybarger looks to have the edge after winning Sectionals over Vaccari and Guy.  Lybarger has a very aggressive style and scores a lot of backpoints- often with tilts from the top position.  Besides Lybarger, two other state place-winners return at this weight (Vaccari, Guy) along with the very tough Messerall.  Messerall and Guy are rated #8 and #9, but could easily be in the top six.  The draw is situated that, barring a huge upset, all four should qualify.   The action should heat up starting with the quarterfinals, when state placers Vaccari and Guy meet.

Who’s Headed to the Show?

103 LBS
1. #6 Kent Li
2. #12 Aaron Smith
3. #9 Jimmy Millar
4, #17 Tyler Regan
5. Alex Marsico
6. Jason Seiple

112 LBS
1. #18 Jared McCombs
2. #19 Jared Crasto
3. #23 Charlie Hill
4. Ross Hartley
5. Jasper Few
6. Terry Schilling

119 LBS
1. #7 Alex Radsky
2. #12 Matt Stoll
3. #13 Shaun Fayette
4. #22 Greg Roeth
5. #25 Robbie Nein
6. Kolten Stemen

Other contenders: Tommy Potter, Kyle Bivenour

125 LBS
1. #2 Jordan McGuire
2. #12 Chad Channel
3. #17 Vitaly Radsky
4. #19 Gavin Moore
5. Paul Chaney
6. Nick Ducilli

130 LBS
1. #2 Josh Palivoda
2. #8 Austin Sanders
3.  #9 Kyle Weaver
4. #21 (135) Matt Tuttle
5. #25 Tommy Sasfy
6. Zac Williamson

135 LBS
1. #11 Aaron Paplyczyk
2. Caleb Marsh
3. Elijah Kolevski
4. Joey Grandomininco
5. Justin Edwards
6. Adam Jacobs

140 LBS
1. #3 Michael Lybarger
2. #5 Adam Vaccari
3. #9 Tucker Guy
4. #8 Caleb Messerall
5. #24 Michael Harker
6. Daniel Klontz

145 LBS
1. #3 Jesse Dong
2. #6 Ryan Andreas
3. #10 Brett Ewing
4. #12 J.T. Rice
5. #22 Gabe Andrews
6. John Payne

152 LBS
1. #4 Chris Kline
2. #7 Tyler Mickley
3. #8 Greer Bivenour
4. #24 Matt Morley
5. #17 Nick Rees
6. Matt Ferguson

160 LBS
1. #4 Mazin Shalash
2. #16 Jason Seckman
3. #13 AJ Muscaro
4. #20 John Hiller
5. AJ Muscaro
6. #14 Jason Faiella

171 LBS
1. #4 Angelo Mauro
2. #6 Ben Witry
3. #5 Jeremy Sanders
4. #8 Brad McKinely
5. #17 Felipe Moreno
6. #15 Nick Sasfy

Other contenders: #25 Ryan Boggs, J.D. Cecil

189 LBS
1. #15 Clayton Brown
2. #18 Bo Delande
3. #24 Ben Roehrig
4. Brock Snyder
5. John Thesing
6. Matt Cook

Other Contenders: Darren Hogg, Zac Colvin

215 LBS
1. #4 Cody Beatty
2. #13 Justin Fletcher
3. #6 Cody Smith
4. #15 Chris Brogan
5. #16 Shane Sato
6. Kelly Powell

Other Contenders: John Havarilla

285 LBS
1. #1 Brendon Barlow
2. #3 Antonio Jeremiah
3. #4 Andy Hartshorn
4. #20 Jesse Moddessitt
5. Tim Cline
6. Aaron Geis

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