The Ultimate Fan Guide to the 2010 Division 3 High School Wrestling Forecast by Brian Brakeman
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2010 HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING FORECAST (39th ANNUAL EDITION)
Brian F. Brakeman
January 26, 2010

Division 3

103 pounds

All-Ohio
State Champion: MH-1 Nathan Tomasello - Freshman - Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2nd place: MH-2 Brian Spangler - Sophomore - Keystone High School - LaGrange, Ohio [2009:D2-103-4th]
3rd place: MH-3 Aaron Assad - Freshman - St. Peter Chanel High School - Bedford, Ohio
4th place: OC-1 Cam Michel - Junior - Edison High School - Milan, Ohio [2009:D3-103-A]
5th place: KF-1 Cody Steiner - Sophomore - Waynesville High School - Waynesville, Ohio [2009:D3-103-Q]
6th place: OC-2 Dexter Lee - Sophomore - Elmwood High School - Bloomdale, Ohio
7th place: HE-1 Sean Regoli - Sophomore - Bloom-Carroll High School - Carroll, Ohio
8th place: MH-4 Kyle Ferguson - Junior - Manchester High School - Akron, Ohio

Qualifiers
9. OC-3 Brandon Fahrer - Senior - Evergreen High School - Metamora, Ohio
10. HE-2 Zon Fields - Sophomore - Pleasant High School - Marion, Ohio
11. OC-4 C.J. Reyes - Junior - Pike-Delta-York High School - Delta, Ohio
12. HE-3 Robert Carter - Sophomore - Northridge High School - Johnstown, Ohio
15. HE-4 Ben Bartrug - Junior - River High School - Hannibal, Ohio
16. KF-2 Dalton Hiltibran - Sophomore - Mechanicsburg High School - Mechanicsburg, Ohio
19. KF-3 Matt Buxton - Freshman - Dixie High School - New Lebanon, Ohio
23. KF-4 Ryan Johnston - Senior - Bluffton High School - Bluffton, Ohio

Challengers
13. MH-5 Steve Flury - Junior - Lutheran West High School - Rocky River, Ohio
14. OC-5 Alex Guerra - Freshman - St. Mary Central Catholic High School - Sandusky, Ohio
17. OC-6 Nick Lang - Junior - Northwood High School - Northwood, Ohio
18. HE-5 James McWilliams - Senior - Garaway High School - Sugarcreek, Ohio [2009:D3-103-A]
20. HE-6 Gennar Feucht - Freshman - West Jefferson High School - West Jefferson, Ohio
21. MH-6 Nick Chuha - Freshman - Cuyahoga Heights High School - Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio
22. HE-7 Luke Lehmiller - Senior - Sandy Valley High School - Magnolia, Ohio
24. HE-8 Justin Callarik - Freshman - St. Clairsville High School - St. Clairsville, Ohio
25. KF-5 Alan Seagraves - Freshman - Miami East High School - Casstown, Ohio

In most years the chore at this weight class would be very easy. Brian Spangler had a great freshman year winning a district title and finishing fourth in Columbus while collecting four state victories. This year he was the champion at Avon Lake and the runner-up at Brecksville, losing only to DiCamillo. Those credentials may not be enough. The freshman Tomasello has been amazingly good. He was fourth at the Ironman, twice losing to the Blair wrestler but winning five bouts. He was also the runner-up at Medina, losing to Heil (for the second time), 3-0 and was third at the Top Gun. A junior high state runner-up two years ago at 78 pounds, he has taken time to grow into this weight class. He is very good and it will be interesting to watch his progress these next four years.

Maple Heights District
I believe there is a large but not insurmountable step between this duo and the rest of a broad group of contenders, some of whom will exit the best district at Maple Heights. While Tomasello and Spangler both compete at this district, that is by no means the full story. The freshman Assad is also very good. He was third at Solon and Brecksville and a semifinalist at the CIT before being injured. His only losses have been to people like DiCamillo and Garcia. Ferguson was one bout from state qualification last year, placing sixth at the district tournament, and recently won at Woodmore while finishing a strong third at the Dies. Flury and Chuha are also strong, with the latter boy beating Feucht 8-0 at the State Duals. The big issue here is geography. Five of my top six ranked wrestlers at this district emerge from the sectional at Brooklyn. That means one won't even qualify for the district tournament and with the often weird seeding one finds at the sectional level, bracket mischief could occur. Hopefully that will work itself out because the district pairings would then be optimal.

Owens Community College District
There is excellent depth at Owens but I'm not sure anyone there can compete at the top level. I like state alternate Michel the best after a strong season at both 112 and now 103 pounds. Last year's state champ Goebel knocked him out of the championship bracket in district competition, then Elchert beat him in the go-to-state bout. He placed at Brecksville and won at Edison. I've bunched Fahrer, Reyes and Lang together and see them about equal. Lang was the runner-up at Woodmore (to Ferguson) and Reyes finished in the same spot at Perrysburg and was fifth at the GMVWA. Lee was a district qualifier at 112 pounds last year, moving up with Goebel at 103 pounds. This year they've switched places and both have thrived. Lee placed seventh at Medina and will be a major factor at Owens. I'm not sure what to do about Guerra. He has wrestled kind of a strange schedule up to this point but has done so with real success.

Heath District
The group competing at Heath is kind of an amorphous collection of wrestlers from throughout that District with nothing firmly determined so far. Five of this group were District qualifiers at this weight class last year but none qualified for Columbus. McWilliams and Regoli were one bout from qualification but both lost convincingly. This year Bartrug and Fields have scored, in my mind, the biggest wins. Bartrug's 10-1 win over Lehmiller to win at Shadyside was impressive, as was his win at the Ford. Fields was the champ at Elgin, pinning the excellent McCurdy in the finals.

Kettering Fairmont District
Steiner should dominate at Fairmont. A state quarterfinalist last year, he lost to Dronzek and then dropped an overtime thriller in his placement bout. Most recently and in his first meet at 103 pounds, he totally dominated at Madeira. Carter, one bout from qualification last year and Hiltibran look to be next best with Buxton also in the mix. The latter boy beat Feucht by four in the State Duals and won at Coldwater. Johnston, Seagraves and Smith (Cory-Rawson) are other possibilities.