Over 400 compete at Ridgway tourney
Ridgway wrestling hosted a round-robin tournament on Jan. 28 that drew over 400 wrestlers from 22 programs.
Forty-five local grapplers competed in the Open, Novice, and Junior High categories.
"It takes all the parents and volunteers to make it happen," said John Costion, one of the program's coaches. "It was great the kids all helped out and did a wonderful job, especially at the scoring tables once they were done wrestling for the day."
There are over 50 young athletes involved with JOs – a great sign of things to come for the sport locally.
"I go way back in wrestling and really enjoy coaching," said Costion. "So, it's fun being around to teach the young kids. It's cool to see them picking up on things and becoming good wrestlers because they are the future."
Among the JO grapplers that competed at the Ridgway event included - 8-under open - Cooper Burkhouse; 10-under Open - Hank Gerber, Eastan Burkhouse, Devin Klink, Zaiden Straneva, Leo Schreiber, Jaydon Gurskey, Cael Norlin; 12-under Open - Anson Magnuson, Marcus Gasbarre, Dane Papa,
Ethan Wolfe, Hunter Miller, Charlie Steger, Hunter Dellaquila, 6-under Novice - Landon Giovannelli, Jevic Hubbell, Alex Stahl, Max Straneva, Blake Samick, Neil Slattery,
Vincent Villella, Jevic Hubbell, Dean Quail, Alex Stahl; 8-under Novice - Max Shaver, Wyatt Launer, Kyler Delia, Vincent Parana, Jacob Gardner, Maddox Aiello, RJ Lanese,
JJ Marche, Henry Shaver, Declan McClelland, Tucker Wonderly, Louie Villella, Peter Bobnar; 10-under novice - Teddie Gardner, Logan Girts, Mason Santiso, Keegan Stewart,
Landyn Gardner, Ben Hall, Devonte McMillen; Junior High Owen Steger, Connor Baloga, Markus Gerg, Casey Kneidel, Nate Steger, Ralph Benson, Jace Cenni.