STORY BY ROB KISER - PIQUA DAILY CALL
EDGEWOOD — The Piqua wrestling team had hopes of winning the Edgewood Invitational Saturday.

And the Indians nearly pulled it off, finishing second to Troy and placing all 11 wrestlers in the top six.

“We had hoped to win the title,” Piqua coach Scott Kaye said. “But, there were some strong teams there that had 14 wrestlers to our 11. If we had one more guy do what the other guys did, that would have easily put us past Troy. But, we don’t have that. So, only having 11 guys really hurt us. Anytime you can have all your wrestlers place in the top six that is pretty good.”

Corey Kemp (125) and Colin Nickolai (160) both won their weight class.

Kemp went 4-0, with all four wins by pin.

Nickolai is now 12-0 on the season with nine pins. On Saturday, he was 5-0 with two pins, a tech fall and a major decision.

Piqua will be at the GMVWA Holiday on Dec. 28 and 29 at Vandalia, with more than 40 teams competing.

Team scores: Troy 295.5, Piqua 278.5, Edgewood 262. Wilmington 258, Bellbrook 254.5, West Carrollton 244, Anderson 234.5, Middletown 189, Milton-Union 188.5, Mount Healthy 152.5, Cincinnati McNicholas 120, Oxford Talawanda 111, Tri-County North 61, Indian Hill 51.

Piqua Results
112: Billy Pummill (fifth place) — p. David Wright (Edgewood) 5:52; lost by dec. to Blake Stradling (Troy) 8-4; dec. Isaac Bray (Wilmington) 5-2; dec. Zach Dawson (Oxford-Talwanda) 7-4.
119: Jordan Casey (third place) — p. David Alley (Middletown) :22; p. Austin Randi (Oxford-Talawanda) 1:20; lost by p. to Cole Cochran (Troy) 5:48; dec. Ethan Usborne (Wilmington) 7-3 OT.
125: Corey Kemp (champion) — p. Ryan Lewis (Middletown) 1:00; p. Mark Parker (Edgewood) 1:01; p. Dominic Ranier (McNicholas) :45; p. Nathan Bolton (Bellbrook) 4:46.
130: Alex Fox (sixth place) — p. Bill Thomas (Indian Hill) 2:28; lost by p. to Patrick McHugh (Bellbrook) :36; p. Alex Holtzman (West Carrollton) 2:57; lost by p. to Kyle Lyons (Troy) 2:57.
135: Josh Byers (fifth place) — p. Darion Brewer (West Carrollton) 3:25; lost by p. to Billy Malicote (Middletown) 4:42; p. Will Corwin (Anderson) 1:47; p. B.J. Seibert (West Carrolton) :22.
140: Trevor Nickolai (second place) —p. Justin Giles (Troy) :57; p. Jeffrey Hodge (Wilmington) :51; won by tech. fall over Jeff Morris (Middletown) 22-3; lost by dec. to Brendon Johnson (Milton-Union) 3-2.
145: Zach Patrizio (fifth place) — p. Tyler Baker (Middletown) 3:49; lost by p. to Jeremy Myers (West Carrollton) 5:26; p. Chad Cleveland (Indian Hill) :42; p. Dustin Fugate (Milton-Union) 1:14; dec. Michael Raymond (Anderson) 10-5.
152: Marcus Deshner (third place) — p. Alex Reese (Edgewood) 4:46; p. Jake Woolridge (Oxford-Talawanda) :48; p. Joey Cross (Middletown) 5:20; lost by p. to Sam Clements (Mount Healthy) 3:36; p. Steve Herick (Milton-Union) 3:17.
160: Colin Nickolai (champion) — dec. Jordan Lear (Troy) 4-0; p. Edward Velasquez (Middletown) 2:31; won by tech. fall over Brian Justice (Edgewood) 20-5; p. Adam Athmer (Wilmington) :44; won by maj. dec. over John King (Milton-Union) 12-4.
171: Nate Shearer (sixth place) — p. Josh Stephens (Anderson) 2:42; p. Shane Eshelman (Milton-Union) 2:46; lost by dec. to Eric Richardson (Mount Healthy) 11-5; p. Alex Turrito (Wilmington) 3:42; lost by dec. to Aaron Lewis (Middletown) 18-13.
189: Matt Kiser (sixth place) — p. Ryan Sowers (Anderson) 1:48; lost by maj. dec. to Mike Farrell (Edgewood) 20-8; p. Killian Vallieu (Milton-Union) 2:33; p. Chris Cowman (Wilmington) :49; lost by maj. dec. to Derek Mincy (Mount Healthy) 17-4.

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