The Chillicothe Wrestling team was placed 4^th place in the Jackson Invitational Saturday, despite having three open weight classes and four first time varsity participants.

The Cavs managed two champions, Nick Lawhorn (106) and Christian Collins (160), three 3^rd place finishers, Caleb Price (132), Tom Dunn (195) and Austin Mathis (220) and a 5^th place finisher in Darris Harris (120) earning her first Varsity win.

Gallia Academy won the event overall, followed by Belpre, Vinton County, Chillicothe, Unioto, Southeastern, Wellston, Jackson, Logan, Adena and Alexander.

How the Cavs fared with Coach Mike Peck’s comments:

106: Pounds: Nick Lawhorn (4-0), 1st place. “Lawhorn won his Championship 
match by major decision over Gavin Stalnaker of Belpre, 12-4.”

120: Pounds: Darris Harris, 5th place “Gaining her first varsity win.”

132: Caleb Price (4-1), 3rd place. “Price bounced back from a disappointing 
semi-final match, where he was up 11-1, to lose by fall with a pin over Alex 
Wright (Logan) in 3:46 to gain 3rd place.”

145: Chris Powell, 8th “his first two wins on the season.”

160: Christian Collins (5-0) 1st. “Collins wrestled his best match of the day in 
the championship match winning by tech fall 16 to 1 over Matthew Colvin 
from Belpre.”

182: Daiquan Hall (3-2) 8th “3-2 on the day in his first every varsity appearance.”

195: Tom Dunn (4-1) 3rd

220: Austin Mathis  (4-1) 3rd

285: Tyler Howard  (2-3) 8th.

2012 American Legion Post 81 Scores

1. Gallia Academy     371.0

2. Belpre                   366.5

3. Vinton County       304.0

4. Chillicothe             218.0

5. Unioto                   209.0

6. Southeastern        178.0

7. Wellston                114.0

8. Jackson                   95.0

9. Logan                      91.0

10. Adena                    72.0

11. Alexander               70.0