Spring Valley wins Chesy tournament

Published 3:25 am Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The annual Chesapeake Panthers Invitational wrestling tournament sent its championship trophy across the Ohio River.

Spring Valley (W.Va.) posted a 5-0 record to win the round robin tournament. Wellston was the runner-up at 4-1 followed by Winfield (W.Va.) at 3-2, Chesapeake 2-3, Fairland 1-4 and Lincoln County (W.Va.) was 0-5.

Justin Pitts was the only Chesapeake wrestler to place among the top two individuals in each weight class as he finished runner-up in the 103-pound division.

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Fairland’s Tanner Sowards was second in the 145 class, Nathaniel Brewer was runner-up at 171, and Schylar Moore also placed second in the 189 division.

This past weekend at the WSAZ-TV 3 wrestling tournament, the Panthers had three wrestlers advance to the round of 16. Pitts advanced in the 103 class, Alex McDonald in the 112-pound division, and Cody Crank also came within one win of playing for a place in the 140 class.

Here are the results from the annual Chesapeake Invitational:

Chesapeake Invitational

Team Results

1. Spring Valley 5-0, 2. Wellston 4-1, 3. Winfield 3-2, 4. Chesapeake 2-3, 5. Fairland 1-4, 6. Lincoln County 0-5.

Individual Results

103 — 1. John Swann (SV), 2. Justin Pitts (Ch). 112 — Adam Fairchild (We), 2.Brandon Stacy (SV). 119 — 1. Alex Bryant (Wi), 2. Melvin Tolliver (SV). 125 — 1. Justin Gioffride (SV), 2. Michael McKinnis (We). 130 — 1. Richie Zinn (We), 2. Dave Rutherford (SV). 135 — 1. Dane Nida (SV), 2. John Willis (We). 140 — 1. Joey Savine (Wi), 2. Jake Smith (SV).

145 — 1. Devin Hall (SV), 2. Tanner Sowards (Fa). 152 — 1. Tyler Wilburn (We), 2. Justin Marshall (SV). 160 — 1. Derek Larson (SV), 2. Matt Kelly (We). 171 — 1. Scott Stewart (SV), 2. Nathaniel Brewer (Fa). 189 — 1. Matt Lockhart (We), 2. Schylar Moore (Fa). 215 — 1. Benny Gray (We), 2. Zach Wellman (SV). 285 — 1. Seth Moore (SV), 2. Jesse Sigman (Wi).