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Grandville was first with Chippewa Hills second. Pine River was fourth.

The Hornets opened the day with a 59-15 win over Grant. They followed with a 51-15 win over Ithaca. In the third dual, New Lothrop lost 28-26 to Chippewa Hills. They closed out the day with a 43-17 loss to Grandville.

Blake Birchmeier (112 lbs.), Allen Krupp (119) and Ethan Bishop (215) led the Hornets. The trio went 4-0 on the day at their respective weights.

Justin Kruppp (103), Kelly Krupp (130) and Ben Burtch (135) each had three wins. Jesse Lorencz (125), Taylor Copes (140), Tom Wenzlick (160), Kyle Trent (171) and Donny Dawes (285) each had two wins.

Chesaning's Reiber wins his fourth straight Saginaw County title

Bulldogs grapplers finish fifth

FRANKENMUTH -- Chesaning stand-out wrestler Chad Reiber notched his fourth straight Saginaw County title Saturday at the annual meet, held this year at Frankenmuth High School.

Reiber, who was an impressive 23-1 on the season going into Saturday's tourney, collected four wins on the day, including a 13-3 major decision over Alex Dalton of Carrolton in the finals at 135 lbs.

He was also voted Most Valuable Wrestler in the lower weight classes by the coaches.

Swan Valley was the team champion of the county meet, amassing 260 points. Birch Run was second with 226 points, followed by Arthur Hill with 194, Freeland with 185 and St. Charles with 139.5. As a team, the Indians finished 12th with 94 points.

The Indians also got a pair of third place finishes from Josh Tithof at 112 lbs. and Jaxon Wirgau at 160 lbs.

Tithof went 4-1 on the day, defeating Arthur Hill's Drico Flowers 5-4 in the consolation finals. Tithof's only loss on the day was by decision to eventual champion Darius Wass of Swan Valley.

Wirgau also went 4-1 for the Indians. He pinned Josh Brassow of Michigan Lutheran Seminary in 34 seconds of the consolation finals.

The Bulldogs had seven medalists, led by Matt Moore (140) and Jeff Bradley (215), each of whom finished fourth. Kyle Anderson (125) brought home a fifth place medal. Brett Watts (112), Chris Truckner (135), Mike Spannagel (152) and Brett Gustavison (189) each finished sixth.

Zach Weisbarth (145) and Jason Smith (160) bounced back from opening round losses to win four matches apiece and finish seventh. Austin Martin (119), Jake Nagel (130), Brian Halas (171) and Pat Waswick (285) also contributed team points with wins, and double entries Jason Walker (135) and Julius Nagel (152) won two matches each for the 'Dawgs.

Hornets split with GAC duo in quad

MONTROSE -- New Lothrop's varsity wrestlers earned a split Wednesday night at a Genesee Area Conference quad match at Montrose.

The Hornets opened with night with a tough 44-21 loss to Goodrich, then clipped Byron, 65-12.

Double winners on the night for New Lothrop were Justin Krupp (103 lbs.), Blake Birchmeier (112), Allen Krupp (119), Kyle Trent (160/171), Marc Confer (171/189) and Ethan Bishop (215/275).

Against the Eagles, the Hornets also got wins from Kelly Krupp (130), Ben Burtch (135), Taylor Copes (140), Luke Dawes (152), Tom Wenzlick (160) and Donny Dawes (275).

Tribe matmen bow to SV, Freeland in quad

CHESANING -- The Indian varsity grapplers dropped a pair of contests at their own Tri-Valley Conference quad Wednesday night.

The Chesaning squad opened the night with a 58-19 loss to Swan Valley, winner of the Saginaw County meet on Saturday. They followed with a 60-17 loss to Freeland.

Chad Reiber (135 lbs.), Lucas Hnevsa (152) and Jaxon Wirgau (160/171). Chance Smith (189) also had a win against Swan Valley.

Reiber improved to 29-1 on the season with 23 pins. Wirgau is 23-6 on the year with 18 pins.

The Indians are 1-14 on the season, 1-3 overall.

Bulldog cheer gals take 2nd at Merrill

MERRILL -- The St. Charles competitive cheer squad brought home a second place trophy from the Merrill Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 5.

The host Vandals led the Division 4 field with 680.430. The Bulldogs were second with 616.190. Ithaca was third with 610.880. New Haven was fourth with 600.120. St. Louis was fifth with 498.840.

The Bulldogs scored a 193.0 in the first round, a 166.190 in the second, and a 257.0 in the third.

Bulldog wrestlers split with TVC duo

ST. CHARLES -- The St. Charles wrestling squad defeated Carrollton, 51-27, but fell to St. Louis by the same score, 51-27 on Wednesday night as they hosted a Tri-Valley Conference quad meet.

In the other match-ups of the meet, Carrollton defeated Michigan Lutheran Seminary, 57-15 and St. Louis knocked off Seminary, 60-15.

Kyle Anderson (125 lbs.), Matt Moore (140), Zach Weisbarth (145) and Pat Waswick (285) were double winners for the Bulldogs. They also got wins from Brett Watts (112), Jake Nagel (130), Jason Smith (160), Brett Gustavison (189) and Jeff Bradley against the Cavaliers, and from Chris Truckner (135) against the Sharks.

The split put the Bulldogs at 3-1 in the TVC West Division, and 11-2 overall.

Ram matmen split with Byron, Goodrich in GAC quad

MONTROSE -- The Ram matmen downed Byron 52-24, but then lost 52-17 to Goodrich in a Genesee Area Conference quad meet on Wednesday night. New Lothrop was the fourth team at the Montrose meet, and also split with Byron and Goodrich (see separate story).

Against the Eagles, the Rams were led by pins from Andrew Frame, Brad Smith, Brandon McNiel, Shane Henry, Nick Wallace, Brandon Boone and Brad Boone. Also picking up wins for the Rams were Corey Madden, Bobby Barron and Cody Wray, who defeated state runner-up Keven Schaefer, 4-2.

The Rams closed out the night with a battle against Goodrich, ranked first in Division 3. Picking up victories for the Rams were Brad Boone, Smith, Wray and Jake Freeman.

"We wrestled well against Byron and picked up a lot of bonus points," said Montrose coach Jason Perrin. "Goodrich is just tough as nails this year. They have a group of wrestlers who have been together for some time now and they work extremely hard."

Perrin added, "They are probably the favorite to win it this year. We didn't wrestle them with enough of a sense of urgency and against a great team like that, you really need to be aggressive."

On Saturday, the Rams took part in the prestigious Michigan Duals at Bay City Western and finished 4-1 on the day.

Montrose opened up with a 42-29 loss Dundee, ranked second in Division 3. The Rams then defeated Clarkston, ranked sixth in Division 1, by a score of 37-32. The Rams closed out their pool action with a 35-33 win over Linden.

Because Clarkston defeated Dundee, all three teams ended pool action with identical 2-1 records, and a tiebreaker was used to determine placement. The Rams were third in the tiebreaker.

Montrose then defeated Romeo 39-38 and Richmond, ranked eighth in Division 3, 38-33 to finish 4-1 on the day.

Going 5-0 for the Rams was Corey Madden, while Greg Martin, Cody Wray, Brad Boone and Marvin Boswell were all 4-1.

"This is the toughest team tournament in the state," Coach Perrin said. "Sixteen teams competed, and I belive 13 of them were ranked in the top 10 in their respective divisions. We wrestled really well and I think we surprised some teams today. I was very proud of our effort and the way the guys responded to an extremely long day of excellent competition."

"Corey Madden wrestled outstanding today and is starting to gain a lot of confidence," Perrin added. "Greg Martin stepped in and had a big day for us at 119 lbs. as well."

On Wednesday, Jan. 9, the Rams cruised past Bendle 62-18, and Bentley 72-6. Going 2-0 on the night were Andrew Frame, Brad Smith, Cody Wray, Corey Madden, Brandon McNiel, Trevor Atwell, Nick Wallace, Brandon Boone, Brad Boone and Marvin Boswell.

The Rams are 17-3 on the season, and 5-1 in the Genesee Area Conference.

Cody Wray lead the team with a 29-3 record, while Brad Boone stands at 29-4, Brad Smith is 27-4, Corey Madden is 24-8, Marvin Boswell is 22-8 and Brandon Boone is 22-10.