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[email protected] September 2018 S THE BEACON Page 1B BEACON Cole Wins Regional Title PORTS SCENE South Ripley junior Megan Cole (green uniform) is pictured taking the lead in the 3200 M Run on her way to the IHSAA Regional title. She is the first female from South Ripley to win a regional title in the school’s history. She went on to break her own school record at the state finals by running a time of 11:12 to finish 23rd. (Photo taken by Jeff Gorrell and submitted by Karen Cole) By By Jack Chris Zoller Nobbe beaconsports @live.com [email protected] Bryer Hall Finishes 4th at Fargo Freestyle Nationals Bryer Hall continues to hone his wrestling skills and acquire accolades with his exciting and non- stop style By Maxine of wres- Klump tling. After capturing the Community ISWA Cadet Correspondent Freestyle State Cham- pionship at [email protected] 145 back in May by recording two wins by fall and two by technical superiority Bryer Hall in claiming (Photo courtesy that title, Mr. of ISWA) Hall recently traveled with Team Indiana to compete in Fargo, North Dakota. Fargo is the site of the USMC/USAW Cadet and Junior Freestyle Nationals held at FloArena. Mr. Hall competed in the cadet (ages 15-16) free- Bryer Hall is seen preparing for a match earlier this sum- mer as a member of Team Indiana at the Cadet National Duals in Spokane, Washington on June 15-16. Hall com- peted in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at this tourna- ment. (Photo courtesy of ISWA) style competition from July 14-16 and enjoyed great success at the tournament while wrestling some terrific matches. With 86 wrestlers in the 138-pound weight class, Bryer Hall was able to amass a record of 8-2 over three days and claim fourth place which also awards him All-American status for the national tournament. Fargo is considered one of the elite national summer tournaments for wrestling and attracts top competition from around the country. Of the 86 competitors in Mr. Hall’s weight class, top wrestlers from 36 of the 50 states were represented in the bracket. After receiving a bye in the first round, Mr. Hall defeated Aidan Ernst of Iowa by a score of 10-0 at the 1:22 mark of the first period. Ernst is an Iowa Greco champion this year and freestyle runner-up. A ten-point win demonstrates technical superiority to end the match at that point. This advanced Mr. Hall to the round of 32 to face Aaden Valdez of Colorado. Mr. Hall suffered one of his two de- feats to the Colorado wrestler who would later forfeit out of the freestyle competition but placed fourth in the Greco- Roman Nationals the next week. The score was tied 2-2 when Mr. Hall was pinned at the :24 mark of the first period. The loss dropped Mr. Hall to the consolation bracket where he would battle his way back to gain All-American status. Mr. Hall’s first match in consolation was against Sean Dawson of West Vir- ginia where Mr. Hall scored another win by technical fall 10-0 at the 2:45 mark of the second period. Next, Mr. Hall faced Jacob Tinajero in an exciting match. Tinajero is the Illinois free- style state champion this year at 145 pounds. Mr. Hall and Tinajero were in a close battle 5-4 when Mr. Hall recorded a great pin at the 2:45 mark in the second period over a neighboring-state champion. Mr. Hall’s next match was against Isaac Ortegon. The second-place Greco wrestler and third-place freestyler from Wisconsin proved no match for Mr. Hall. After a couple of stall warnings on Mr. Hall early, he turned on the gas to Every First Sunday May - October record a 12-2 win by technical superiority at the 3:06 mark of the second period. Michael Caliendo, the Illinois freestyle runner-up this year at 138, was the next match for Mr. Hall. He dis- played his technical superior- ity again over this opponent with a 10-0 win at the 2:17 mark of the second period. A win in Mr. Hall’s next match would guarantee him All-American status as a top- eight finisher. Mr. Hall faced Brayden Roberts of West Virginia and put an emphatic stamp to the match with a fall at the 1:06 mark of the first period while leading 4-0 at that point. Now it would be about gaining steps up the podium for Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall’s next opponent was Wisconsin Greco-Roman and freestyle state champion Luke Mechler. Mr. Hall pulled out a great match decision victory 6-2. This advanced him to wrestle Jagger Condomitti of Penn- sylvania. Condomitti comes with an extensive resume as well as both the 2017 Penn- sylvania freestyle champion and Northeast (US) Greco champion as well as being a national champion in disci- plines in both 2015 and 2016. The match was a back and forth battle that went the dis- tance. Mr. Hall takes an early lead, with Condomitti coming back with big points. Mr. Hall then battled back to go up five and held on after a final four- point flurry by his opponent Indiana’s Largest “Antiques & Vintage-Only” Market 2018 Season: May 6 • June 3 • July 1 August 5 • September 2 • October 7 Lawrenceburg, Indiana Fairgrounds - US 50 1 mile west of Exit 16,I-275 (Cincinnati Beltway) Admission: $3.00 • 7am - 3pm EDST Rain or Shine (Earlybirds at 6am) LawrenceburgAntiqueShow.com • 513-353-4135 for a 10-9 decision victory. Mr. Hall had battled his way back through the entire con- solation bracket for a chance for third place. He faced Jackson Dean of Delaware but wrestling with New Jersey at the tournament. Mr. Hall got caught in a quick-scoring move by Dean and lost a 10-0 technical fall at the :17 mark of the first period. Bryer competed as part of Team Indiana during the tour- nament and wrestles scholas- tically for the South Dearborn Knights where he will be en- tering his sophomore year. As a freshman, Mr. Hall placed sixth for the Knights at the IHSAA State Championships at 126 pounds. Ashlan Hill Competes at State Meet Ashlan Hill, a sophomore at Franklin County, competed in the IHSAA Track and Field State Finals in the long jump. This was Hill’s second year competing in the state finals as she also quali- Ashlan Hill fied as a freshman. Ms. Hill qualified for the state meet by placing third at the Shelbyville Regional on May 22 with a best jump of 17 feet 7 ¾ inches. During the state meet, Ms. Hill’s best jump was 17 feet 1 ¾ inches to place 14th overall. This fi