Hiseys advance at district wrestling
Districts Steelers strike deal with Big Ben
NORWALK — It was a good start for the district wrestling tournament for two St. Marys grapplers, while the three Wapakoneta entrants struggled on this first day of competition.
The Hisey brothers are both through to the championship semifinals, that will take place on Saturday morning at 9:30.
Tyler Hisey won the 106 pound division at the Defiance Sectional last week, and the junior defeated Jayden Depinet of Columbian by a pin in 39 seconds, then collected another pin against Colyn Limbert of Buckeye at the 1:21 mark of their match.
His twin brother Trevor, wrestling at 113 pounds, also won his first two matches to advance to the championship semi-finals. He pinned Kaleb Ruhl of Norwalk (1:36), then went the distance against Frank Depinet II, who won the Clyde sectional, winning by a 9-2 count.
Wapakoneta’s Colin Mellott, who was the 113-pound champion of the Defiance sectional, won his first contest, a pin at 1:29 against Braylen Williams of Huron. But Robbie Sagaris of Aurora was able to squeak out a 6-4 win against the Redskin to knock him to the conso lation bracket with only his second loss of the season. His next match was against Kaleb Ruhl of Norwalk, and the Redskin senior dominat ed with a 17-1 technical fall.
The Sagaris family was not kind to Wapako neta on Thursday night as Robbie’s brother An twan defeated the Red skins’ Bryce Knapke (120 pounds)by a 15-0 technical fall in round one of the championship bracket, but the senior kept his season alive with a pin over Kreston Shaw of Vermillion at 4:27. He caught a tough break in round two. He had to take on Dierre Clayton of Akron, who had won the Beachwood sectional, but was up set in the championship bracket and Knapke was eliminated from the tournament by a pin in 33 seconds.
Wapakoneta’s third wrestler of the night was Gavin Hall at 132 pounds. The junior lost a tough 5-1 decision to Shareef Williams of Benedictine, then was pinned by Garrett Mont gomery of Shelby to drop
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Elida’s Connor Douglas (138) was able to win his first two matches on Thursday at 3:31 and a 13-1 major decision so he will wrestle in Saturday’s championship semi-final.
Treven Rittenhouse of Defiance won two of his first three matches (W 3:40/ L - :55/ W - 3:40), as did Derrick Slater of Celina (W - 1:20/ L - TF 18-1/ W - 4-1), so both are still in the hunt for a possible fourth place finish and a trip to the state tournament.
Western Buckeye League wrestlers that competed but lost both of their matches were, Killian Sudduth (126) of Van Wert, Kyler Bowlby (138) of Celina, Ethan Scurlock (145) of Shawnee, and Owen Thomas (145) of OttawaGlandorf.
Tournament action continues today with weight classes 152 to 285 beginning at 5 p.m.
The Redskins will send out Jacob Schlesselman (160), Ean Kramer (195), Trevor Houts (220), and Cael Rostorfer (285).
The St. Marys line-up will include, Mason Saeler (160), Jace Schaefer (170), Defiance sectional champion Stashu Patterson (182), and Carter Sharpe (195).
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger is returning for an 18th season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is taking a pay cut to do it.
The team and the twotime Super Bowl winner announced on Thursday they have agreed on a new contract that assures the 39-year-old will be back in 2021.
Financial details were not immediately available, though the Steelers made no secret of the need for Roethlisberger to take a pay cut to ease some of the burden of his NFL-high $41.25-million salary-cap hit scheduled for 2021.
NFL Network, citing anonymous sources, said Roethlisberger’s new deal will essentially pay him $14 million this season and adds four voidable years to spread out the dead money.
“I am grateful to be at this stage of my career and more than happy to adjust my contract in a way that best helps the team to address other players who are so vital to our success,” Roethlisberger said in a statement. “I love this game and love to compete, and I believe in this team and my ability to deliver when called upon. It all starts with great preparation and I am ready to go.”
Roethlisberger passed for 3,803 yards with 33 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 15 games in 2020 after missing almost all of 2019 with a right elbow injury. The Steelers won their first 11 games on their way to a 12-4 record and captured the AFC North title but were stunned at home by Cleveland in the first-round of the playoff game thanks in part to four Roethlisberger interceptions.