The Crushers Girl's squad shine in their much-anticipated Debut at The Queen of the Mountain! Fouse, Fordyce, Snider, Forrest all claim Championships

 It was a great Sunday at Central Mountain HS for The Queen of the Mountain. Over 300 girl wrestlers packed the gym and the Crusher Girls made their debuts! Jordyn Fouse, Lane Fordyce, Raegan Snider and Jovie Forrest all claimed Queen of the Mountain Championships for the Crushers. Alyssa Favara was able to place second, losing to another nationally ranked opponent in the finals. Yana Noronha placed second and was 2-1 on the day. Myah Miller wrestled her first ever matches and took third. Myah recorded an excited pin in the consy finals to claim third. 

Jovie Forrest recorded the first official Girls wrestling victory with a pin in the first round. Jovie went on to finish 3-0. Jordyn Fouse, Lane Fordyce and Raegan Snider were completely dominating all day with all bonus point victories. The whole squad followed the Crushers WC signature and scored a ton of points. Alyssa Favara scored 22 points in a single match. Fouse Scored 18, Snider scored 15 and Fordyce scored 15 in two of her matches. Fordyce and Fouse tied and led every wrestler scoring 38 total match points on the day. 

The girls next event with be at the Powerade on Dec 27th! 

Crushers WC Highschool boys have a great showing at the Barnesville Invitational. Bassett, Forrest, Herring and Magro claim titles

 Week 2 of the Crushers HS Boys season had them traveling back out of state and back to Ohio. The Crushers were invited to participate in the Barnesville Doan Ford Invitational. The Crushers had eight wrestlers compete in the event. Bo Bassett, Jax Forrest, Sam Herring and Devon Magro all were champions and going unbeaten on the weekend. Bassett, Forrest and Magro recorded all bonus points victories. Jackson Butler finished second and lost a tough match to teammate, Sam Herring in the 132 final. Owen McMullen battled tough all weekend and placed fourth. Jordan Butler and Joe Cernic also competed but did not place. The Crushers next tournament will be at Powerade on Dec 28-29th at Canonsburg, PA. This is a top event and over 70 schools will be competing.

Barnesville Doan Ford Invitational

Barnesville High School, Barnesville, OH
December 16 - 17, 2022


Barnesville Doan Ford Invitational Scores
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1. Park. South 192.0; 2. Stow-Munroe Falls 151.0; 3. Barnesville 150.5; 4. Bishop McCort 141.0; 5. Indian Creek 138.0; 6. Rootstown 130.0; 7. Teays Valley 126.5; 8. Nordonia 124.0; 9. Troy Christian 112.5; 10. John Marshall 106.5; 11. Westfall 82.0; 12. Shenandoah 73.0; 13. Washington 72.0; 14. Claymont 64.5; 15. Caldwell 33.0; 16. Waterford 30.0; 17. Maumee 28.5; 18. Hawken 25.0; 19. Mingo Central 14.0; South Gallia 14.0; 21. Bridgeport 10.0; Obama Academy 10.0; 23. Bellaire 8.0; 

First Place

106: Johnathan Huntsman (Barnesville) dec.  Aaydin King (Park. South)   7-0; 
113: Gunner Havens (Teays Valley) dec.  Kyle Schroer (Troy Christian)   11-7; 
120: Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort) tech. fall  Will McEwuen (Rootstown)  tf21-5; 
126: Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort) pin  Ethan Cook (John Marshall)   0:31; 
132: Sam Herring (Bishop McCort) dec.  Jackson Butler*BMCC (X2)   4-2; 
138: Devon Magro (Bishop McCort) tech. fall  Ryan Martin (Park. South)  tf19-0; 
144: Reese Stephen (Barnesville) dec.  Israel Petite (Nordonia)   2-1; 
150: C.J. Spencer (Indian Creek) tech. fall  Makiya Powell (Park. South)  tf18-3; 
157: Dominic Paterra (Indian Creek) dec.  Ayden King (Barnesville)   2-1; 
165: Gage Bolt (Westfall) pin  Kyle Wheeler (Park. South)   0:54; 
175: Connor Havill (Troy Christian) dec.  Jeremy Olszko (Nordonia)   3-1; 
190: Lee Burkett (Troy Christian) Default  Robert Shockey (Park. South)  Default; 
215: Teddy Gregory (Stow-Munroe Falls) pin  Elijah Llewellyn (Indian Creek)   5:56; 
285: Axle Saling (Shenandoah) pin  Will Greenberg (Hawken)   5:53;

 Third Place 

106: Graham Pohlmeyer (Nordonia) dec.  Alex Ely (Rootstown)   8-5; 
113: Tristen Rossiter (Shenandoah) pin  Antony Hoty (Westfall)   2:30; 
120: Josh Zimmer (Teays Valley) pin  Talon Freese (Washington)   1:10; 
126: Braxton Sheets (Teays Valley) pin  Reece Butler (South Gallia)   1:15; 
132: Dakota King (Barnesville) pin  Robert Davis (Stow-Munroe Falls)   3:15; 
138: Tyler Paulus (Rootstown) dec.  Hines Ford (Barnesville)   8-6; 
144: Nathan Murphy (Park. South) pin  Owen McMullen (Bishop McCort)   4:56; 
150: Matthew Hamad (Nordonia) dec.  Ryan Ward (John Marshall)   2-0; 
157: Gino Perrine (Nordonia) dec.  Blake Kaminski (Stow-Munroe Falls)   10-3; 
165: Austin Blackburn (Teays Valley) dec.  Mack Parsley (Washington)   7-1; 
175: Cody Coontz (Rootstown) def.  Klypsan Wallace (John Marshall)  Default; 
190: JT Hill (Stow-Munroe Falls) pin  Lane Mckenzie (Rootstown)   2:00; 
215: Wyatt Shaw (Claymont) pin  Brycen Arthur (Park. South)   0:42; 
285: Joey Thurston (Teays Valley) pin  Mathieu Wright (John Marshall)   1:54;

Bassett wins Ironman, Bishop McCort has a strong showing!

 This weekend kicked off the highschool season at Ironman. This tournament is the hardest in season event in the country and no better place for the McCort freshmen to start their careers. The event definitely lived up to its reputation and featured 119 teams, 35 of the 50 top wrestling programs from around the country. The Crushers placed 7th, which was incredible for the fact they only took 6 wrestlers. Bo Bassett and Jax Forrest both lit up the score board and had very impressive starts to their official HS careers. They both started off with 3 straight technical falls each and gained their team alot of extra bonus points. The first day, the Crushers advanced three into the Ironman semi finals. Bassett got them off to a quick start by tech falling Anthony Mutarelli 19-4. Forrest was on next on the same mat. He quickly went to work and did the same scoing a technical fall 21-6 over Kael Lauderison. Mason Gibson was next and wrestled Marc Anthony McGowan. They battled in regulation to a 1-1 tie. In the first over time period, neither wrestler scored and it forced ultimate tie breaker, where Gibson chose bottom. McGowan was able to ride him out in the 30 seconds for the win. Mason battled back and took 5th. In the Finals, Bassett wrestled the returning Ironman champ and Oklahoma State commit, Beric Jordan. The match was very good and Bassett was able to win all three positions racking up the major decision 9-0 and claiming an Ironman Championship. Jax wrestled Luke Lilledahl in the finals. Luke is a Cadet world champion and a very good opponent. These two battled into overtime and Jax lost a heart breaker with very little time on the clock. 

Devon Magro went 2-2 and had a few very strong victories. Owen McMullen and Jackson Butler both had tough draws going 0-2. The Crushers will be traveling back into Ohio this weekend for another Individual tournament. That event is Friday and Saturday. 

GO BIG OR GO HOME! The Crushers HS team heads to Ironman!

 

The Ironman is the hardest in season tournament in the country. Where else would The Crushers want to wrestle? 

The Crushers from Bishop McCort enters the Ironman for the first time and will bring perhaps the youngest team in the tournament. But don’t be fooled by their age. Their youth movement is as promising as we have seen.

“We are excited to take the boys the number one in season tournament in the country” said CrushersWC Club Coach Bill Bassett. “We are definitely looking forward to it and are bringing nine or ten wresters to compete with our oldest wrestler being a Junior.” The future is bright for this team! 

The roster includes three highly ranked marquis wrestlers that will be strong challengers in their respective weights. Rankings supplied by Flo Sports.

Freshman Bo Bassett ranked #1 at 113.
Freshman Jax Forrest ranked #1 at 120 and #4 at P4P
Junior Mason Gibson ranked #3 at 126 and #30 at P4P

“I am so excited to finally get a chance to compete at Ironman. I watched all the greats compete there and finally get my chance. This is the premier event for HS wrestling, and I can’t wait. Ironman is our states and postseason”-Bo Bassett

“I can’t wait for my chance to wrestle Davino and McGowan. We are the best at the weight, and it will be settled at Ironman. I am honored to get to compete. I would rather be at Ironman than Pa States.”-Mason Gibson

“Ironman is the best HS tournament of the season. We value this event more that PIAA states. I am excited for my teammates and I to show all our hard work “-Jax Forrest

The projected lineup

106 Lincoln Sledzianowski (FR) Fargo Champ, U15 Pan am Champion
113 Bo Bassett (FR) Cadet World Champion, Super 32 Champion, Super 32 Runner Up
120 Jax Forrest (FR) Cadet World Silver, Super 32 3rd
126 Mason Gibson (JR) 2X Fargo champ, Super 32 Champion
132 Jackson Butler Super (FR) PA MS State Champion
138 Devon Magro (SO) PA MS State Champion
145- Jordan Butler (FR) PA MS State Champion
152- Owen McMullen (FR) PA MS State Champion
215 Jake Yatsky (FR)2 x PA MS State Champion

Info taken from the ironman website! 

The Crushers MS Team goes 4-1 with huge wins over WPIAL AAA Squads

 This weekend the Crushers MS Team got to open their season. They competed at the Seneca Valley Duals and wrestled all the big Pittsburgh Area Programs. 

The Crushers had six forfeits in the lineup because of a few injuries and sickness. This means they started each match losing 36-0 to start. In the first match McCort was able to win 58-40 over North Allegheny. In match 2, they lost to Seneca Valley 48-45. Match 3 was vs Butler. McCort won that dual 49-36. In match 4, McCort beat Pine Richland 48-39 and in the last match of the day McCort wrestled West Allegheny. McCort won that one 48-36. The Crushers MS team will next compete at Powerade. 

The Crushers had a bunch of unbeaten wrestlers: Keegan Bassett 5-0, Eli Herring 5-0, Emory Gunby 5-0, Melvin Miller 5-0, Jaeger Forrest 4-0, Josh Spontak 5-0, and Marquz Gordon 5-0. 

Marquez Gordon was cleared Friday from a broken collarbone he suffered in Football. He wrestled the next day and looked amazing. 

CrushersWC Spotlight of the week: Devon Magro

 CrushersWC Spotlight of the week: 

Devon Magro is a sophomore at Bishop McCort and had an amazing freshmen season. Devon knocked off many top AAA and AA wrestlers in his weight class, including the AA & AAA State Champion. Unfortunately Devon couldn’t wrestle the PIAA state championships. With significant victories like that, it’s safe to say he is ready to have a huge sophomore season. #BurnTheShips

Devon's hit list: 

Dalton Perry, PSU Commit and AAA State Champion

Ethan Lebin, AAA State Runner Up

Maddox Shaw, AAA State Third

Julian Everitt, AAA State sixth

Scott Johnson, Clarion Commit, AA State Champion

JoJo Przbycien, AA State Fourth 

PA POWER State Rankings dropped! CrushersWC have three #1's and seven ranked.

 The PA Power state rankings dropped and the CrushersWC were well represented. Bo Bassett, Jax Forrest and Mason Gibson were all #1 ranked in their weight classes. This was no surprise with all three nationally ranked. National Rankings: Bassett #1, Forrest #1 and Gibson #2. 

Devon Magro enters the rankings #3 and has a preseason win over the #1 ranked returning state champion, Scott Johnson from Muncy. Lincoln Sledzianowski is ranked #4 at 107 and will be a force when he is able to compete. Sam Herring is #5 at 133 and has put together an amazing preseason piling up some impressive victories. Big Owen McMullen gets on the rankings at #24 and is poised to have a great freshman season. Bassett, Forrest, Sledzianowski, Herring and McMullen are all freshmen. Magro is a sophomore and Gibson is just a Junior. 

The Crushers WC will be kicking off their season at the Ironman in Ohio. This event is labeled the #1 HS event in the entire country. They will leave next Thursday and compete Friday & Saturday! #BurnTheShip

Melvin Miller #5 & Keegan Bassett #8: Top 10 Pennsylvania MS Wrestler Pound for Pound List was released!

 The PA MS Top 10 Pound for pound wrestlers. This list is loaded with talent as always. The CrushersWC had two wrestlers in the top ten out of the entire state. This is super impressive, especially after having 8 on the PA Power top incoming freshmen list!

Melvin Miller comes in #5. This kid is another one who has jumped levels the last year. Miller may be the most skilled wrestler on the list. He was a Super 32 Runner up and also a state runner up a season ago losing to Landon Sidun. The bigger Miller gets the better and more dangerous he becomes. Miller had his breakout at The HS Surge event where he knocked off four straight HS State or Prep Placers.

Keegan Bassett comes in at #8 as a 7th grader. Keegan is returning state champion & 5 time state finalist. Bassett was a Super 32 runner up and has some huge wins this preseason. Look for Keegan to make his run come post season! Keegan below after winning a Greco National title. His Greco makes him extremely dangerous in every match.

These two and the rest of the Crushers MS Team will have their first PIAA event this Saturday at the Seneca Valley Duals 

Lincoln Sledzianowski is #13: Crushers WC add another wrestler into the Top 15 for the Pound for Pound, Top incoming Freshmen list.

  Bishop McCort had 8 wrestlers make the top 50 on the Pennsylvania Top Incoming Freshmen list. This list was a combination of AA, AAA and PA Prep Schools. 

Lincoln was a 2022 Fargo National Champion, a U15 World Team Trial Champion and represented the USA in Colombia for the Pan American Championships where he won double golds. 

Owen McMullen comes in the Top Incoming Freshmen list at #17! Huge things coming for this guy

 Bishop McCort had 8 wrestlers make the top 50 on the Pennsylvania Top Incoming Freshmen list. This list was a combination of AA, AAA and PA Prep Schools. 

Owen was a 2022 Keystone State Champion and a 4 time PJW Medalist. He was a double U15 US Open champion last year in Las Vegas. Owen was a Super 32 and 4x TOC Medalist. Owen will be wrestling 152 for the Bishop McCort HS Team.