Burnett, Boyle, and Zmorowski named DubStat’s freshmen wrestlers of the year in Ohio
Freshmen of the Year
Division 1: Grey Burnett (Perrysburg)
Division 2: Michael Boyle (Bishop Watterson)
Division 3: Danny Zmorowski (Lake Catholic)
Grey Burnett (Perrysburg)
Grey Burnett won the 113-pound division 1 state championship in a bracket that contained 3 nationally ranked wrestlers and was featured on FloWrestling as one of the toughest state brackets to win in the entire nation. In the finals, Burnett defeated returning state champion, Ethan Timar of St. Edward, by a score of 3-2, avenging a district finals loss.
Grey had wins this year over D2 state champion Blake Bartos of Buckeye, and 2x D3 state champion Adam Mattin of Delta.
With his state championship, Burnett helped lead Perrysburg to their third straight runner-up team trophy.
Grey finished the season as the #1-ranked P4P freshman in Ohio.
Michael Boyle (Bishop Watterson)
Michael Boyle was the lone freshman state champion in division 2 this year. He won the 165-pound title, a weight class typically dominated by upper classmen. In fact, he defeated the returning 6th, 5th, 4th, and 3rd place finishers from last year’s state tournament to claim the gold medal.
With Boyle’s win, Bishop Watterson has now produced a freshman state champion in the past three seasons.
Michael finished the season as the #3-ranked P4P freshman in Ohio.
Danny Zmorowski (Lake Catholic)
Danny Zmorowski finished in 3rd place in the 215-pound division 3 weight class. In his placement match, Danny defeated returning state runner-up, Wyatt Ripke of Archbold, by a score of 6-0, avenging an overtime loss from earlier in the tournament.
Danny was the only freshman 215-pounder to make it to state across all three division this year and the only freshman state placer in division 3 above 157-pounds.
Danny finished the season as the #10-ranked P4P freshman in Ohio.
All-Ohio Freshman Team
106
1st: Brandon Bickerton (Medina Highland)
2nd: Lincoln Rohr (Massillon Perry)
3rd: Mason Bauer (Ashland)
HM: Derion Williams (Trinity)
HM: Ben Takats (Perrysburg)
113
1st: Grey Burnett (Perrysburg)
2nd: Spencer Shore (Miami East)
3rd: Bronson Begley (Archbishop Alter)
HM: Austin Bickerton (Medina Highland)
HM: Carter Trukovich (Galion)
120
1st: Blaze Van Gundy (Dublin Coffman)
2nd: Tyton Kostoff (Colerain)
3rd: Nile Abbuhl (Indian Valley)
HM: Noah Curry (Licking Valley)
HM: Brandon Veno (Massillon Perry)
126
1st: Blaine Demarco (Graham)
2nd: Yhantg Irwin (Butler)
3rd: Josiah Puller (Wilmington)
HM: Riley Greathouse (Waynedale)
HM: Guardian Miller (Ashland)
132
1st: Kane Shawger (St. Xavier)
2nd: Tyson Spicer (New Lexington)
3rd: Micah Krieger (Graham)
HM: Thor Etter (Paulding)
HM: Drevonn Searcy (Claymont)
138
1st: Taggart Wade (St. Vincent St. Mary)
2nd: Brennan Kicker (Medina Highland)
3rd: Lukas Jordan (Uniontown Lake)
HM: Riggins Hansgen (Miami East)
HM: Marshall Laishley (Cambridge)
144
1st: Jordan Neal (Allen East)
2nd: Gunner Gossett (Union Local)
3rd: Ben James (St. Mary CC)
HM: Maximillian Weimer (Springboro)
HM: Gabe McNally (Oregon Clay)
150
1st: Zachary Aquila (Brecksville)
2nd: Eli Esguerra (Dublin Coffman)
3rd: Kolten Gustin (Miami East)
HM: Colton Domer (Garaway)
HM: Austyn McWhorter (Adena)
157
1st: Joel Welch (DeSales)
2nd: Brody Perzanowski (Union Local)
3rd: Lane Lopez (Delta)
HM: Rafael Gross (St. Paul)
HM: Frank Pieffer (St. Edward)
165
1st: Michael Boyle (Bishop Watterson)
2nd: Jace Love (Butler)
3rd: Hayden Hites (Benjamin Logan)
HM: Aidan Newdigate (Springboro)
HM: Landon Crosier (Steubenville)
175
1st: Caige Horak (Massillon Perry)
2nd: Gabe Miller (Canfield)
3rd: Jonathan Sims (Brush)
HM: Gage Stull (Graham)
HM: Braylon Paxson (Allen East)
190
1st: Boden Ballinger (Wadsworth)
2nd: Kolten Snyder (Meadowbrook)
3rd: Jackson McNeal (Huntington)
HM: Timothy Crowley (Holland Springfield)
HM: Connor Nichols (Gallia Academy)
215
1st: Danny Zmorowski (Lake Catholic)
2nd: Danny Hoke (Graham)
3rd: Jackson Phillips (Barberton)
HM: Blake Welker (West Geauga)
HM: Mason Parrill (Dublin Coffman)
285
1st: Brayton Feister (Archbishop Hoban)
2nd: Mason Wilt (St. Clairsville)
3rd: Danny Waters (Loveland)
HM: Ben Bell (Gahannah Lincoln)
HM: Chandler Moore (Chaminade-Julienne)
Ohio All Freshman team members were selected using the following criteria:
- Final Elo Ratings – the top six freshmen were selected from each weight
- Wrestlers were then moved up or down in the list based on:
- State and district achievements
- Head-to-head wins
- Common opponent results
- The top 3 wrestlers were then chosen for the Ohio all-freshman team