The 49th Annual Little State Wrestling Tournament is in the books with ten new champions crowned at Chadwick Court Saturday afternoon.
Wisconsin-Whitewater 125-pounder Max Oldenburg was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler and also received the Most-Pins Award after putting three opponents on the mat during the two-day event. Oldenburg defeated top-seeded PJ Martinez from the University of the Cumberlands 13-1 in the championship match.
Top-seed Eric Ellington from Rend Lake held on for a 6-5 victory in the 133-pound title bout against third-seeded Ethan Harris from the University of Indianapolis. The Greyhounds' Matt Irwin was an 11-4 winner at 141 pounds after defeating Eric Meyer from the College of Mount St. Joseph.
Cumberlands' Jeff Steele beat David Harris in the 149-pound title bout. Unseeded Bryan Massong from Mount St. Joseph knocked off top seed Cory Fornal 3-1 in the championship match at 157 pounds to claim the Little State title. Pat Nagel added another title to the Wisconsin-Whitewater effort with a 5-3 win against Jake Holler at 165 pounds.
Top-seeded Nick Kraus put a cap on his 174-pound title run by pinning second seed JT Jenkins 4:27 into their championship match. David Casper from Wisconsin-Whitewater won 6-5 at 184 pounds against Chad Craft. Rob Nusekabel won by technical fall with a 16-1 decision in the 197-pound championship match. Travis Clark beat fellow Findlay teammate Matt Clum in the heavyweight title match with a 3-1 decision.
Complete brackets from the two-day, non-team scoring tournament are available below.
Photos - (top right) UW-Whitewater's Max Oldenburg shows his trophies for Outstanding Little State Wrestler and Most Pins after the presentation by Wabash head wrestling coach Brian Anderson.
(Bottom left) The ten Little State wrestling champions.
Tournament Results