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Boardman wrestling team competed at the Columbiana Tournaments on Dec. 10.
Each athlete performed exceptionally. The individual results are as follows:
Nicholas Esmail made it to the semi-finals before he was defeated by Zach Lahood of Black River and Ellie Paterra of Indian Creek. Jason Robinson made it to the semi-finals before he was defeated by Kyle Keenan of South Range and Javid Brock of Waterloo. Kyle Berardi won his first place match against Michael Grimm of Indian Creek. Anthony Baglama was defeated in the quarterfinals by Daniel Forbes of Loudenville, but came back to defeat Tyler Merry of Black River in cons. quarters. Derek Slipkovich defeated Derek Houser of Crestview to gain a first-place match. Chandler Klinker was defeated in the cons. semis by Nathan Jackson of Black River. James Vaughn made it to a first-place match but was defeated by Dalton Metheney of Waterloo. Cade Pollak was defeated in cons. quarters by Kelly Keenan of South Range.
John Fleet made it to a third-place match and was defeated by Christopher Helms of Brooke Co. Brandon Zigotti was defeated in the cons. semis by Brock Lowery of Loudenville. Kelley Williams won cons. round one against Christian Barth of Salem. Kareem Hamden also won cons. round one over Austin Williams of Brooke Co., as did Nick Leonardo over Zack Strohecker of Crestview.
Michael O’Horo won every match, winning his first-place match against Willie Beverly of Austintown.
Carlo Deniro also won every match, winning his first place match against Cole Hurd of Waterloo. Alex King was defeated in cons. semis by Nathan Thomas of Indian Creek. Nick Caraballo was defeated in cons. round one by Billy Haislet of Indian Creek. Donavan Turney also made it to cons. round one, but was defeated by Hunter Baumiller of Brookfield.