Ohio high school wrestling recap for week 1 of the 2023/2024 season.
Week 1 of the Ohio high school wrestling season did not disappoint. Over 20 natives made the podium at the Walsh Ironman, Eddie Neitenbach earned Wrestler of the Week honors, and we saw a ton of monster matchups to kick off the season.
Catch up with the action with the week 1 roundup below.
Walsh Ironman Results
21 Ohio wrestlers place at the Walsh Ironman – widely considered the toughest high school tournament in America.
- 106 (8th) Timmy Mazur (St. Edward)
- 113 (4th) Grey Burnett (Perrysburg)
- 113 (6th) Rylan Seacrist (Brecksville)
- 120 (4th) Karson Brown (St. Edward)
- 132 (2nd) Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg)
- 132 (6th) Dillon Campbell (Legacy Christian)
- 138 (2nd)Omar Ayoub (Dublin Coffman)
- 144 (6th) Brodie Dominique (Archbold)
- 144 (8th) Brogan Tucker (St Paris Graham)
- 150 (4th) Jaxon Joy (Wadsworth)
- 150 (6th) Ty Wilson (Dublin Scioto)
- 150 (8th) Mitch Younger (Bishop Watterson)
- 157 (4th) Jeremy Ginter (Whitmer)
- 157 (8th) Eugene Harney (Sycamore)
- 165 (4th) Ethan Birden (Dublin Coffman)
- 175 (3rd) Eddie Neitenbach (Buckeye)
- 175 (7th) Ty Miller (St. Edward)
- 190 (4th) Jarrell Miller (St. Edward)
- 190 (8th) Matt Kowalski (Springboro)
- 215 (3rd) Max Shulaw (St. Francis Desales)
- 285 (5th) Aidan Fockler (Massillon Perry)
5 Ohio teams finished in the top 20.
- St. Edward (4th)
- Perrysburg (10th)
- Massillon Perry (14th)
- Dublin Coffman (15th)
- St. Francis DeSales (19th)
Eddie Neitenbach named Wrestler of the Week
Eddie Neitenbach of Medina Buckeye earns the first ever DubStat Wrestler of the week with his third-place finish at the Walsh Ironman (full article here)
Monster Matchups
Week 1 brought a load of monster matchups including 6 between Ohio state champions.
- Ryan Seacrist (Brecksville) upsets World Champion Dom Munaretto 7-3 at the Walsh Ironman
- Brodie Dominique (Archbold) defeats Brogan Tucker (Graham) 7-3 (D3 champ vs 2x D2 champ)
- Reese Stephen (Barnesville) defeats Ryan Bennett (St. Ed’s) 4-1 (D3 champ vs D1 champ)
- Ty Wilson (Dublin Scioto) defeats Mitchell Younger (Watterson) 3-2 (2x D1 champ vs 2x D2 champ)
- Jaxon Joy (Wadsworth) defeats Ty Wilson (Dublin Scioto) 11-2 (2x D1 champ vs 2x D1 champ)
- Eugene Harney (Sycamore) defeats Tristin Greene (Keystone) 3-2 (D1 champ vs D3 champ)
- Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg) defeats Dillon Campbell (Legacy Christian) 7-1 (2x D1 champ vs 3x D3 champ)
- Lincoln Shulaw (DeSales) defeats Xander Myers (Liberty Center) 12-1 (D2 runner-up vs D3 champ)
Other Notable Results:
- Johnny Green (Aurora) def Liston Seibert (Massillon Perry) 6-2
- Timothy Mazur (St. Ed’s) def Luke Green (Aurora) 8-0
- Ayden King (Barnesville) def Brencyn Evans (Monroeville) F 1:21
- Bryce Kohler (Graham) def Ayden King (Barnesville) 7-5
- Tristin Greene (Keystone) def Skyler King (Barnesville) 2-0 SV
- Rowan Riley (Perry) def Anthony Rocco (Bay) 13-0
- Kane Shawger (St. Xavier) def Aiden King (Bishop Hartley) F 2:28
- Kaden King (Buckeye) def Copper Rathburn (Bishop Hartley) 4-2
- Joseph Curry (Watterson) def Jaiden Sarabia (Whitmer) 7-1
- Colyn Limbert (Buckeye) def Neal Krysty (Watterson) 3-0
- Colyn Limbert (Buckeye) def Mason Rohr (Massillon Perry) 5-2
- Mitchell Younger (Watterson) def Antonio Shelley (Mentor) 13-2
- Evan Rizzo (Brecksville) def Zachary Lopez (DeSales) 6-0
- Karson Brown (St. Ed’s) def Brett Stanley (Brecksville) 15-6
- Joseph Sanderfer (DeSales) def David Zambounis (Brecksville) 12-5
- David Zambounis (Brecksville) def Braden Dunlap (SVSM) 13-4
- Kaden King (Buckeye) def Cooper Rathburn (Bishop Hartley) 4-2
- Lance Overmyer (Clyde) def Marcus Medina (Edison) 3-0
- Omar Ayoub (Coffman) def Holden Huhn (Lasalle) 3-2
- Holden Huhn (LaSalle) def Lucan O’Brien (St. Ed’s) 3-1
- Kohen Horvath (Edison) def Braxton Quaintance (Lakota) 6-1
- Luke James (Edison) def Aiden Helmke (Tinora) 6-0
- Gunner Cramblett (Graham) def Jack Hoffman (Springboro) 7-1
- Dillon Campbell (Legacy Christian) def Joey Romano (Lake Catholic) 15-0
- Tyler Deericks (Olentangy Liberty) def Cooper Rathburn (Bishop Hartley) 2-1