BUCYRUS — First-year coach Shane Kokensparger guided his Bucyrus Redmen to a fifth-place finish in the 34th Bucyrus Wrestling Invitational at Alex Kish Memorial Gymnasium Saturday.
Elgin won the 14-team tournament with a team score of 210. James Crabtree finished first in the 285-pound weight class, collecting 26 points to lead the Comets. Other firsts for Elgin were Nels VanGundy (165) and Kaiden Luikart (150).
The Redmen had two first-place finishers — Bryant Pfeifer wrestling at 215 and Dalton Barker at 126. Each went 5-0 on the day with four pins and each earned 26 points to help give Bucyrus the fifth spot with 115 team points.
Kyrian Kershner finished third was third at 113, Cody Furfluh (150), Andy Case (157) and Nate Zehring (285) each finished fourth and Blake Rittenour (120) was fifth for Bucyrus.
Upper Sandusky finished fourth with 113.5 points on the strength of three first-place finishers — Carson Barrows (138), Caleb Clary (132) and Abraham Baldwin (106). Creighton Morton finished second at 285 for the Rams.
Buckeye Central finished 10th with 42 team points. Kaiden Vaughn (190), Jr. Martin (138) and Dominic Allgyre (126) all finished fourth in their weight classes to lead the Bucks.
Ridgedale’s only wrestler in the meet was sophomore Ridge Barkley, who won the 144-pound weight class for 25 points.
Team scores
- Elgin 210
- Toledo Waite 151
- Monroeville 148
- Upper Sandusky 133.5
- Bucyrus 115
- Findlay 78.5
- Kenton 65.5
- Ashland 59
- Lakota 56
- Buckeye Central 42
- Hillsdale 37
- Ridgedale 25
- Northwood 19.5
- Cardington 6