State Wrestling Day 3: Jackson’s Craft Repeats as 100-Pound Champion
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Day three of the OHSAA State Wrestling tournament saw Jackson’s Mckennah Craft atop the podium for her third consecutive state championship. Craft took 3:38 to pin Oak Hills’ Brianne Graves.
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Craft, a junior, won a title in 2022 before the OHSAA added the Girls Division. She followed the 2023 championship with an undefeated ‘24 season at 32-0.
Eighteen area wrestlers reached the podium… half of them, girls. Washington’s Lyndyn Gibbs grabbed a 4th Place finish while Waverly’s Abby Green, Sionna Sanborn of Hamilton Township, Alexis Cowan of West Union and Hamilton Township’s Audrina Pack were 5th Place finishers. Taking 6th in their weight classes were Leah Marine of Washington and Teays Valley’s Ava Miller, while Scotlyn Adams earned 7th place.
The highest placing of area boys, Chillicothe’s Cannan Smith repeated his Division-2 3rd Place performance from 2023. The 132-pound sophomore pinned Franklin’s Tucker Campbell in 3:43.
Other placers in D-2, Logan Elm’s Gavin Hoover who outscored Vinton County’s Travis Bucklew 10-5 for 7th Place in the 126 Class with Bucklew finishing 8th. Athens’ Steve Kaiser and Bloom-Carroll’s Tristan Britch placed 8th in their respective classes.
In Division-3, 6th Place finishes for Zane Pickerrell from Zane Trace and Gage Bolt from Westfall.
Lancaster’s Luke Cox placed 5th and Cole Dickerson placed 7th.
D-1
215 – 7th Place: Cole Dickerson (Lancaster) won by pin, :58.
285 – 5th Place: Luke Cox (Lancaster) won 5-2.
D-2
126 – 7th Place: Gavin Hoover (Logan Elm) defeated Travis Bucklew (Vinton County) 10-5.
126 – 8th Place: Travis Bucklew (Vinton County) lost 7th Place match to Gavin Hoover (Logan Elm) 10-5.
132 – 3rd Place: Cannan Smith: Won consolation semi-final match 11-4; Won 3rd place match by pin, 3:43.
150 – 8th Place: Luke Kaiser (Athens) lost 10-2 in 7th Place match.
190 – 8th Place: Tristan Britch (Bloom-Carroll) lost by pin, 2:24 in 7th Place match.
D-3
132 – 6th Place: Zane Pickerrell (Zane Trace) lost 2-0 in 5th Place match.
165 – 6th Place: Gage Bolt (Westfall) lost by, 2:28 in 5th Place match.
Girls
100 – Championship Match: Makennah Craft, 11 (Jackson) vs Brianne Graves, 12 (Oak Hills)
105 – 6th Place: Leah Marine (Washington CH) lost 4-2 in 5th Place match.
105 – 7th Place: Scotlyn Adams (West Union) won by default.
110 – 6th Place: Ava Miller (Teays Valley) lost by pin, 4:10 in 5th Place match.
130 – 5th Place: Sionna Sanborn (Hamilton Twp.) won 4-2.
130 – 4th Place: Lyndyn Gibbs (Washington CH) lost 7-4 in 3rd Place match.
140 – 5th Place: Abby Green (Waverly) won by pin, 2:07.
235 – 5th Place: Alexis Cowan (West Union)
235 – 5th Place: Audrina Pack (Hamilton Twp.) won by pin, :39.
