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Trojans trio makes it to regionals

February 9, 2014 By Wes Morgan

Luke Carver took third at 152 pounds to move on to regionals with teammates Anthony Neal and Austin Smith. (Photo by Natalie Brew)

Luke Carver took third at 152 pounds to move on to regionals with teammates Anthony Neal and Austin Smith.
(Photo by Natalie Brew)

Sturgis produced a trio of top-four finishes at Saturday’s Division 2 individual wrestling district at Vicksburg.

In his second year wrestling, sophomore Anthony Neal is moving on to the regional round for the first time after claiming third at 160 pounds. A first-round bye pitted him against St. Joseph’s Alex Gould in the quarterfinals. Neal dug deep for a pin late in the third period to set up a semifinals clash with ninth-ranked Shawn Brew of Three Rivers.

Brew bested Neal in a 2-1 battle, but Neal came back through the consolation bracket with a 5-0 decision against Edwardsburg in the blood round and 10-0 major decision against Coldwater’s Sam DeMeester in the third-place match.

“I feel like I wrestled really well,” said Neal, who is now 29-10. “There was great competition but I fell short by one point to [Brew] and after that the best I could do was third, so I went out there and wrestled to the best of my abilities.”

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Fellow sophomore Luke Carver posted a third-place finish at 152 pounds after entering the tournament with a 36-5 record. It was a busy day filled with five matches, including first- and second-round victories by technical fall.

Carver lost a 4-3 decision to Battle Creek Central’s Kenny Grayer in the championship semifinals, forcing him to take on Vicksburg’s Hayden Waterhouse in the blood round. Carver won by pin in 3:26 and went on to beat Edwardsburg’s Joey Hess by technical fall the consolation finals.

Senior Austin Smith fought through all the turbulence the 130-pound bracket offered Saturday with a fourth-place finish. He beat Coldwater’s Zack Horter by pin (3:07) in the opening round and Mattawan’s Hunter Cochrane by fall in 4:41 in the quarterfinals.

Smith ran into Darek Bullock-Mills (Niles) in the semis and got stuck in 4:43 to slip into the consolation gauntlet. With a blood-round victory over Edwardsburg’s Keathley Marks (pin in 4:49), Smith lost to Parma-Western’s Chase Veydt 7-3 in the third-place bout.

“It was a pretty tough day,” said Smith, who now boasts a 31-11 record. “I had some good competition, but overall I couldn’t be happier.”

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