Ohio, Illinois and National Teams Sweep Grand River Rumble

ILLINOIS, OHIO, AND NATIONAL TEAMS WIN ALL THREE DIVISIONS

The 2014 Grand River Rumble went down Friday through Sunday in Kellogg Arena and was packed from start to finish with elite level wrestling from all over the Midwest.

All in all, there were 80 teams in attendance from 9 different states: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York, Wisconsin, & New Jersey,

In addition, the individual tournament attracted over 700 wrestlers on Saturday.

Read below for a full recap of the Dual Meet Tournaments.

HIGH SCHOOL RECAP

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The Rumble got underway with the always stacked high school division and it was two out-of-state teams that met in the finals with Ohio and Indiana going after it, however, GRR regulars Chubb Chubb and Rampage finished 3rd and 4th, respectively.

There were a ton of big time matchups, but arguably the most notable win of the day came in the Championship Semifinals when 2x State Champ Jacob Cooper of Springport knocked off IN State Runner Up Blake Rypel, who is ranked 5th in the country at 182lbs.

Read below for a full list of undefeated wrestlers from Michigan and click here to see the full brackets and results.

UNDEFEATED MI WRESTLERS (with at least 5 matches)
105 - Nate Keaton (MI Gold Pitbulls)
105 - Austin Boone (Flat River Black)
108 - Kevin Thomas (Rampage White)
108 - John Siemasz (Team Fury)
108 - Zack Donathan (MI Gold Pitbulls)
108 - Caleb Brooks (MI Red Poppers)
117 - Kevin Fuller (MI Red Poppers)
125 - Noah Gonser (Rampage Red)
125 - Romey Riley (MI Gold Pitbulls)
130 - Mason Smith (Chubb Chubb)
130 - Joe Shuler (MC Hammers)
145 - Chris Root (Capital City Shockwave)
167 - Logan Ritchie (MI Gold Pitbulls)
182 - Devin Pingel (Chubb Chubb)
200 - Hunter Dunn (Rampage Red)
295 - Joe Foret (MC Hammers)

MIDDLE SCHOOL RECAP

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The Middle School division featured 15 teams from MI, PA, IL, and IN and was won by King Select out of Illinois, however, a pair of Michigan squads were right on the brink of winning this division.  The Michigan Maulers lost 29-23 in the semifinals and the MI Gold Pitbulls fell 30-28 in the finals. In both duals, it came down to the final bout.  The Maulers were tied going into heavyweight and the Pitbulls were winning by 4 points before the final bout, but in both rounds IL big man Ronald Tucker scored pins to seal the deal and win it for the King Select squad.

Click here for full brackets.

UNDEFEATED MI WRESTLERS (at least 5 matches)
80 - TJ Daugherty (Maulers)
100 - Kevon Davenport (Battle Cats)
105 - Cameron Amine (Maulers)
110 - Caleb Brooks (Pitbulls)
110 - Alec Reese (Flat River)
110 - Austin Franco (Maulers)
160 - Ryan Ringler (Maulers)
250 - Tyler Hill (Rampage)

ELEMENTARY RECAP

The Elementary Division was absolutely loaded with 29 teams from Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York.

In the end, it was Team USA Fire which consisted of Michigan wrestlers along with youth studs from all over the country, including SD, PA, WA, and MN, who won the title with a 42-22 win over IL Orange/Black in the finals.  USA Fire also beat Catalyst Black (OH) in the semifinals and King Select (IL) in the quarterfinals of the Championship Gold bracket.

Click here for full brackets.

UNDEFEATED MI WRESTLERS (at least 5 matches)
60 - Dylan Gilcher (Battlecats Orange)
70 - Riley Bettich (USA Fire)
80 - Tyler Conley (Contenders Blue)
100 - Cole Spencer (Flat River North)
110 - Cole Rees (Team USA Fire)
110 - Elan Heard (Pitbulls)

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