Senior Sachem Wilson of Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and soccer careers at Liberty University.

The Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy girls’ tennis finished fourth in the Division II state coaches’ poll this week – the highest area finish this season.

In Division I, Walsh Jesuit was No. 8 and North Canton Hoover was No. 11. Hudson finished tied for 13th.

The state tournament is this weekend (Friday and Saturday) at Ohio State University.

Dublin Jerome and Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy finished No. 1 in the respective Division I and Division II polls.

The following list includes area football teams that are currently ranked high enough to make the post season and may include those just on the outside looking in.  The top eight teams will make the state playoffs.  Here are this week’s computer rankings as provided by the Ohio High School Athletic Association:

Division I, Region 2
No. 1:  Canton GlenOak
No. 5:  Canton McKinley
No. 6:  Massillon Jackson

Just outside:  Wadsworth

Division II, Region 5
No. 4:  Kent Roosevelt
No. 5: Walsh Jesuit
No. 6 (tied):  Copley with Aurora

Division III, Region 9
No. 3:  Ravenna
No. 5:  St. Vincent-St. Mary

Just outside:  Southeast (No. 8); CVCA (No. 9)

Division III, Region 11
No. 4:  Northwest
No. 5:  Marlington

Division IV, Region 13
No. 3:  Canton Central Catholic

Just outside:  Manchester (No. 7)

For a look at example of how rankings are calculated per OHSAA visit: http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/rankcalc.htm

Below are the results from the finals of the 74th state wrestling championships at Value City Arena in Columbus (local athletes are in bold). For complete results from the state tournaments, click here:

DIVISION I

103: Brandon Thompson, Solon dec. David Bavery, Perry 2-0
112: George DiCamillo, Cle. St. Ignatius dec. Edgar Bright, Lakewood St. Edward 3-1 SV
119: Dean Heil, Lakewood St. Edward dec. Max Byrd, Cin. LaSalle 7-2
125: Joey Ward, Cin. Arch. Moeller dec. Kagan Squire, Wadsworth 2-1 TB
130: Anthony Collica, Solon dec. Mike Carlone, Mayfield Vill. Mayfield 7-6
135: Cody Shivener, Springboro maj. dec. Ruben Burrows, Canton McKinley 16-6
140: Zach Dailey, Perry maj. dec. Nate Ball, Wadsworth 11-2
145: Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson dec. Tanner Lemon, Perry 9-4
152: Mark Martin, Lakewood St. Edward dec. Teddy Hammer, Medina 8-4
160: Domenic Abounader, Lakewood St. Edward dec. Sheldon Brandenburg, Wadsworth 5-1
171: Michael Baker, Twinsburg dec. Ian Korb, Cin. Elder 3-1SV
189: Sam Wheeler, Copley dec. Kevin Hyland, Cin. Elder 1-0
215: Nick Tavanello, Wadsworth dec. Ty Walz, Lakewood St. Edward 5-2
285: Kyle Rose, Centerville dec. Greg Kuhar, Lakewood St. Edward 3-2

DIVISION II

103: Mike Rix, St. Vincent-St. Mary dec. Cody Burcher, Uhrichsville Claymont 1-0
112: Ryan Taylor, St. Paris Graham Local dec. Cory Stainbrook, Walsh Jesuit 6-3
119: Micah Jordan, St. Paris Graham Local dec. Calvin Campbell, Lexington 9-6
125: Tyler Hackworth, Oak Harbor dec. Robby Reed, Canfield 2-0
130: Johnni DiJulius, Walsh Jesuit pin Alex Benedict, Canfield 3:19
135: Nate Skonieczny, Walsh Jesuit dec. Case Garrison, St. Paris Graham Lo 3-1 SV
140: Nick Brascetta, St. Paris Graham Local dec. T.J. Fox, Field 9-4
145: Bo Jordan, St. Paris Graham Local pin Zane Zeman, Avon 3:24
152: Matt Stephens, St. Paris Graham Local dec. Ian Miller, Oak Harbor 2-0 SV
160: Isaac Jordan, St. Paris Graham Local dec. Konner Witt, Oak Harbor 5-3SV
171: Cody Ryba, Crestwood dec. Jake Cramer, Oak Harbor 5-4
189: Chaz Gresham, Goshen dec. Huston Evans, St. Paris Graham Local 5-2
215: Travis McIntosh, Wash. C.H. Miami Trace dec. Logan Erb, Wapakoneta 4-2TB
285: Riley Shaw, Wash. C.H. Washington dec. Trevor Strickland, Clyde 4-1

DIVISION III

103: Nathan Tomasello, CVCA dec. Aaron Assad, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 7-4
112: Jacob Danishek, Day. Christian dec. Cody Steiner, Waynesville 11-9
119: Tyler Heminger, Galion Northmor pin Nick Goebel, Bloomdale Elmwood 2:23
125: Stephen Myers, Reading dec. Jeremy Border, Caldwell 10-4
130: Johnny Matacic, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton dec. Alex Carroll, Galion Northmor 8-2
135: Hunter Stieber, Monroeville pin Tyler Majoy, Milan Edison 1:00
140: Cam Tessari, Monroeville dec. Shane Brown, Manchester 11-4
145: Kyle Burns, Milan Edison dec. Dan Orrill, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 5-4
152: Felipe Martinez, Genoa Area dec. Dominic Prezzia, St. Clairsville 9-5SV
160: Cody Walters, Bedford St. Peter Chanel dec. Xavier Dye, Hamler Patrick Henry 1-0
171: Chris Phillips, Monroeville maj. dec. B.J. Toal, Troy Christian 16-7
189: Alex Utley, CVCA dec. Kurt Schaefer, Northwestern 6-0
215: Ethan Hayes, New Lebanon Dixie pin Kennedy Smith, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 5:31
285: Mimmo Lytle, Swanton dec. Clint Endicott, Ashland Crestview 6-0

1. Bedford St. Peter Chanel 41.0

2. Monroeville 30.5

 3. Cuy. Falls CVCA 29.5

 4. N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 27.5

5. Milan Edison 24.5

6. W. Salem Northwestern 22.5

7. Galion Northmor 21.0

8. Mechanicsburg 20.0

9. Covington 19.5

10. Apple Creek Waynedale 18.0

Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy saw three of its remaining five wrestlers move on to the semifinals at the Ohio High School State Wrestling Tournament tonight.

Nathan Tomasello  won his match in the 103 lbs. class and Alex Utley won in the 189 lbs. class. Josh Decatur lost in the 125 lbs. class, Matt Dobben lost in the 140 lbs. class and Matt Meadows lost in the 215 lbs. class.   All will move to tonigh’s consolation round.

Despite winning a state championship last year, CVCA’s Nathan Tomasello, said that he’s not feeling any pressure this time around.

Ranked No. 1 in the country, the sophomore easily won his opening match Thursday night at Value City Arena.

‘’It’s not much pressure; I’m just going out and trying to wrestle my match that I’ve been wrestling, the whole year.  I’m not trying to focus on all the rankings and all of that,’’ he said.

But for someone who didn’t sound fazed by what was going on around him, he was serious about the task in front of him and his team.  But there is something else to it.

‘’Because it’s so important, it makes it fun,’’ he said.

His coach, Don Lorence, agreed.

‘’This is exciting.  This can be an exciting three days. Blood’s flowing, every match is important, every bonus point is important,’’ Lorence said.

Tomasello wasn’t above criticizing himself in his opening match that he one with a pin.

‘’It felt a little bit sloppy in the beginning, but I think calmed down as the match went on,’’ he said.

He won it at 2:28 in the match.

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Upset of the day:  Clay Wenger loses a decision to Derek Spangler of Sidney 8-6.  Wenger had been projected to finish in the top three.

Quote of the day:  Wadsworth’s Nick Tavanello on defending the state championship:  ‘’We’re not protecting it.  We already won that one last year. We’re just trying to win another one.’’

CVCA’s Nathan Tomasello, who is ranked No. 1 in his weight class in the nation, breezed through his opening match at the OHSAA 74th Annual State Wrestling Tournament Thursday afternoon.

Tomasello, a sophmore, pinned St. Martin’s Ferry’s Damon Outward in the championship prelims.