Wrestling highlights

• Firelands placed 11th out of 26 teams at the Perrysburg Invitational. Sophomore Payton Burgdorf (106) won a title with two wins over top 10-ranked opponents, and is 24-0 overall. Heavyweight Sean Lipscomb (285) won a title, and topped a pair of stateranked opponents along the way. He is 25-1. Tyler Bennett (220) also earned an eighth-place finish.

• Amherst finished fifth at the Perry Pin City Invitational. Senior heavyweight Matt Lee suffered his first loss of the season to Cathedral Prep’s Kawaun Deboe in a 5-2 decision, but Lee is still a resounding 20-1 overall. He won the other matches by pinfall in a combined 3:29.

North Ridgeville’s Jacob Dunstan (126) took third place at Pin City, and teammate Patrick MacGregor (220) was fourth. Lutheran West junior Parker Watson (132) took third after a 4-2 decision over Madison’s

Jeff Birchford. Watson is 15-4 overall. North Olmsted’s Alex Reagan finished third in the 113-pound class.

• Bay junior Matthew Cover (182) won the Outstanding Wrestler award at the JC Gorman Invitational. He is 22-1 overall. The Rockets took second out of 36 teams.

• Olmsted Falls went to Lake Catholic and wrestled five matches. The Bulldogs beat Aurora, Lake Catholic, Brunswick and Hoover, and lost to St. Vincent St. Mary. They finished second overall.

• Keystone finished second at Plymouth. David McCullough (182) and Justin Ocheltree (195) each had five pins and firstplace wins. Ocheltree was voted Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Hudson Hall (152) was second. Brandon Smith (285) and Nick Hickman (220) were third.

• Midview topped Avon Lake in a Southwestern Conference dual, 41-30, to remain undefeated in the conference at 3-0.

• Westlake’s Liam Kruger (145) went 6-0 in duals vs. Berea-Midpark, North Olmsted and Bedford. He went 4-0 in the Bedford duals and was named outstanding wrestler 145 pounds and under. He had three pins in the six wins.