Wrestling the inaugural State Dual Meets Wednesday, Chillicothe traveled to Circleville’s Everts Middle School to tangle with Hamilton Township.

The Cavs trailed 24-6 after five matches, but the Chillicothe Wrestlers battled back to win their first round match against Hamilton Township. 48-33.

Nick Lawhorn (113), Caleb Price (132) and Gene Dunn (182) earned victories by forfeit.

In the contested matches, Chillicothe used the pin as a deciding factor in five of them. Jacob Price (138) pinned his opponent in 2:27, Jacob Johansen (145) did so in 3:20, Christian Collins (160) in just 1:17, Tyler Kelley (195) followed suit in 1:58 and Michael Williams (220) in 3:44.

Cavs coach Mike Peck said his team was trailing 33-30 and “(we) needed a major decision, tech fall, or pin to clinch the match. Tyler Kelley came through with a pin to wrap things up and Michael Williams put extra icing on the cake with his pin.”

Even in a loss, Daiquan Hall’s (170) match was important. Peck said Hall “battled to a 15-11 to decision to only give up 3 team points for Hamilton Township to make the score 33-30 in Hamilton’s favor.”

Chillicothe qualifies to wrestle #1 seed Circleville next Wednesday January 30^th at Circleville Eberts Middle school at 6:00p.

The Cavs wrestle this Saturday the 26^th at the Miami Trace Invitational.

GIRLS BASKETBALL LOSES AT CIRCLEVILLE:

The Lady Cavs fell at Circleville 54-51 to slip to 4-12 on the season.

The two teams were tied at 45, but Coach Shawn Blue said it came down to free throws. The Tigers made 22-of-33 free throw attempts. Just four field goals came from inside the arc as Circleville hit 8-of-15 three pointers.

Chillicothe returns to SEOAL action Saturday night with Portsmouth. The JV game will be shortened to two quarters since Portsmouth is short on numbers. The Varsity game will be broadcast on WBEX 1490AM and 92.7FM beginning around 6:45pm Saturday.

ZANESVILLE TAKES TWO FROM THE CAVALIER BOWLERS:

Zanesville won their matches with Chillicothe Thursday.

The Boys dropped a 2277-2220 match at Shawnee Lanes. Robbie Vest led the Cavs with a 464 series.

The Girls fell 2073-1883. Summer Finley led Chillicothe with games of 191 and 259,for a 450 series.

Both teams resume action this Saturday against Logan at 10am.

Wednesday begins the State Dual Meets for High School Wrestling. In the past, there was always a state tournament for teams, but it was for the top two teams from the district tournament with the most returning qualifiers, which basically meant the top eight teams would advance, but Chillicothe Coach Mike Peck explains the new format will allow more teams to advance in the tournament."This year, they decided if you have at least 8 kids could qualify and enter the tournament."
The Cavaliers drew Hamilton Township with the quarterfinals meet to be wrestled at Circleville's Everts Middle School at 7pm Wednesday. The winner meets #1 seeded Circleville on January 30th.
The Cavs have an 11-2 record in dual meets. In the five seasons prior, Chillicothe had won a dual until last season, which has Peck and his team pretty excited. "It puts the spotlight on the team and not so much on individual and makes everyone be a team player and try to get pins and try to get as many points possible in the dual for your team."
Peck and his staff have pieced together lineups for the dual meets due to illness or injury. "We haven't had the same lineup at all this year. Most years you'd be worried, but with the numbers of kids we've had and the depth we've had... every kid's stepped right up and done their best."
The Cavs wrestle in the McDonald's Classic at Miami Trace High School Saturday.

Hear Dan Ramey's interview with Mike Peck

The Cavaliers hosted a Quad Swim Meet at the Ross County YMCA Saturday. The Boys were second place finishers to Washington Court House while the Lady Cavs came in third.
Both Chillicothe teams had three event champions each.
The Cavs will be in the pool again Saturday January 26th at Rio Grande.
Team results and the Cavalier finishers in the top three:
Girls Results: Athens-131, Washington CH-118, Chillicothe-109, Hillsboro-108
200Medley Relay- 3rd Anna DeGarmo, Hannah Lunde, MacKenzie Smitley, Chianne Burgin.
200 Free- 2nd Hannah Lunde, 3rd Abby Guerra
200 IM- 1st MacKenzie Smitley
50 Free- 3rd Hannah Arth
100 Free- 2nd Hannah Lunde
500 Free- 1st Abby Guerra
100 Back- 3rd Chianne Burgin
100 Breast- 1st MacKenzie Smitley
400 Free Relay- 2nd Hannah Lunde, Abby Guerra, Chianne Burgin, Mac Kenzie Smitley.
Boys Results: Washington CH-144, Chillicothe-96, Hillsboro-85, Athens-73
200 Medley Relay- 1st David Masters, Lander Zook, Joel deGarmo, Per Petersen
200 Free- 2nd Dominic Villarreal
200 IM- 3rd Per Petersen
100 Fly- 2nd Joel DeGarmo
100 Free- 3rd David Masters
500 Free- 2nd Dominic Villarreal
200 Free Relay- 1st David Masters. Joel DeGarmo, Lander Zook, Per Petersen
100 Back- 2nd David Masters
100 Breast- 1st Lander Zook, 3rd Per Petersen

The Chillicothe Wrestling team finished 3rd out of 14 teams at the Amanda Clearcreek tournament finishing behind second place John Glenn and tournament champion Amanda Clearcreek.
Coach Mike Peck was happy with his team’s performance despite having a number of wrestlers out with injuries or sickness.
The Cavs won two weight class championships with Nick Lawhorn (106 Class) and Christian Collins (160 Class). Both wrestlers finished 5-0 on the day.
Collins may have had the match of the day for Chillicothe when he broke a 1-1 tie by a takedown with 35 seconds remaining. Collins won the match with Amanda’s Steven Fearnow 3-1.
Brothers Caleb (132 Class) and Jacob Price (138 Class) were 4-1 on the day placing second in their classes. Caleb’s loss was in overtime, 6-4.
The Cavs travel to Hamilton Township this week for the first round of the State Dual Meet with Circleville and then Saturday the annual McDonald’s Classic at Miami Trace High School.
Placing for the Cavs:
1st Place
106 Nick Lawhorn (5-0)
160 Christian Collins (5-0)
2nd Place
132 Caleb Price (4-1)
138 Jacob Price (4-1)
4th Place
195 Tyler Kelley
220 Mike Williams
285 Tyler Howard
5th Place
145 Jake Johansen
170 Daiquan Hall
6th Place
182 Jalen Mischal
220 Austin Mathis

The Cavalier Bowling teams split their matches with the Lancaster Golden Gales Saturday at Tiki Lanes in Lancaster.
The Boys fell 2304 to 2162. Trevor Chaney led the Cavs with a 408 series.
The Lady Cavs were 1770 to 1757 winners. Summer Finley led Chillicothe with a 406 series.
Both teams resume action Thursday at Shawnee Lanes with Zanesville at 5pm.

In Basketball, the Lady Cavs lost at Jackson 58-38.

The Chillicothe Wrestling team improved to 11-2 in dual matches Tuesday night.

The Cavs traveled to Nelsonville York and beat the Buckeyes 47-29 and then defeated Warren 43-30.

Chillicothe’s defeat of Warren avenged a loss to the Warriors in December.

The win for Austin Mathis in the 220 was especially sweet. Coach Mike Peck said Mathis “was able to control the entire match (with Chris Massey) and score 5 team points with a technical fall.”

The Cavs had to contend with state level talent in Nelsonville York, which has only eight wrestlers, but Coach Peck adds “Every kid is very competitive.”

At 170 pounds Daiquan Hall faced off against returning Division 3 State Champion Zack Mays.

At 138 Pounds Jacob Johansen competed against Dakota Mays who placed 6^th at State last season.

Christian Collins had a tough match against senior Mike Dailey. “Christian was able to overcome earlier penalty points and some mistakes to win 11 to 9.”

The Cavs will travel to Amanda Clearcreek on Saturday for the Jeff Arndt Invitational.

Chillicothe 43, Warren 30

160 Pounds Christian Collins won by pin in 44 seconds over Miles

170 Pounds Daiquan Hall won by pin in 1 minute and 42 seconds over Wayne Bailey

195 Pounds Trevon Bond-Pennington won by forfeit

220 Pounds Austin Mathis won by technical fall over Chris Massey 18 to 3

126 Pounds Brandon Anderson won by forfeit

132 Pounds Caleb Price won by forfeit

138 Pounds Jacob Johansen won by major decision 14 to 4 over Cody Dobbs

145 Pounds Jacob Price won by major decision 14 to 2 over Braden Hewitt

Chillicothe 47, Nelsonville York 29

160 Pounds Christian Collins won by decision over Mike Dailey 11 to 9

182 Pounds Gene Dunn won by forfeit

195 Pounds Trevon Bond-Pennington won by forfeit

285 Pounds Tyler Howard won by forfeit

113 Pounds Nick Lawhorn won by decision over Conner Hammonds 14 to 9

120 Pounds Daries Harris won by forfeit

126 Pounds Brandon Anderson won by forfeit

132 Pounds Caleb Price won by tech fall over Andrew McDonald 17 to 1

145 Pounds Jacob Price won by forfeit

The Cavalier Swim Teams went to Wilmington College for the Wilmington Invitational with Miami Trace, Madison Plains, Washington Court House and Wilmington.

Chillicothe placed second place both the Boys and Girls Meets and had one event champion, in the 200 Meter Free Relay team of Per Petersen, Joel DeGarmo, David Masters, Tommy Conaway.

The Cavs will host Athens, Miami Trace and Washington Court House next Saturday at the Ross County YMCA.

Girls Team Results: 1) Wilmington 154, 2) CHS 52, 3) Miami Trace 42, 4) Washington C.H. 34, 5) Madison Plains 10.

Boys Team Results: 1) Wilmington 97, 2) CHS 78, 3) Washington C.H. 63, 4) Miami Trace 39

Chillicothe Girls Top 5 Individual Results:

200 Medley Relay- 4^th Anna DeGarmo, Hannah Lunde, MacKenzie Smittley, Chianne Burgin
200 Free- 3^rd Hannah Lunde, 4^th Abby Guerra
200 IM- 3^rd MacKenzie Smittley
50 Free- 5^th Chianne Burgin
100 Free- 3^rd Hannah Lunde
400 Free- 3^rd Abby Guerra
100 Breast- 3^rd MackKenzie Smittley
400 Free Relay- 2^nd Hannah Lunde, Abby Guerra, Chianne Burgin, MacKenzie Smittley, 5^th Anna DeGarmo, Shelby Wilburn, Hannah Arth, Jessica Limle

Chillicothe Boys Top 5 Individual Results:

200 Medley Relay: 2^nd Tommy Conaway, Lander Zook, Joel DeGarmo, Per Petersen
200 Free- 2^nd David Master, 3^rd Dominic Villarreal
200 IM- 4^th Joel DeGarmo
50 Free- 2^nd David Masters, 4^th Per Petersen
100 Free- 2^nd Tommy Conaway, 4^th Lander Zook, 5^th Jaeron Beverly
400 Free-3^rd Dominic Villarreal
200 Free Relay- 1^st Per Petersen, Joel DeGarmo, David Masters, Tommy Conaway
100 Back- 3^rd Tommy Conaway
100 Breast- 2^nd Lander Zook, 4^th Matthew Hurf

Logan 62, Lady Cavs 34

Chillicothe fell behind early in their contest at Logan Saturday night. Chillicothe dug a 21-2 hole for itself in the first quarter and could bounce back.

The Chiftains tooks a 34-18 lead at the half and led 51-21 through three quarters.

Chillicothe slips to 4-9 on the season and 1-5 in the SEOAL.

The Lady Cavs will host Watterson Wednesday at Hatton Gym.

2009 Chillicothe graduate Hannah Day and the Otterbein Cardinals were 58-42 winners over Wilmington Wednesday. (Get the game recap HERE)

The senior forward led all scorers with 16 points against the Quakers as Otterbein improved to 5-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference and 11-3 overall.

Day leads the Cardinals in scoring with 16.2 points and rebounding 6.5 per game in her final season with Otterbein.

She had a career high 30 points in a 71-58 win over Thiel December 29th.

Day and the Cardinals travel to Heidlberg Saturday.

SWIMMERS SPLIT AT McCLAIN:

In their first dual meet of the season, Chillicothe’s Boys and Girls split with McClain Thursday.

The Girls were 48-37 winners, while the Boys fell short 52-41. The Girls took first in eight events and the Boys won five events.

Up next for the Cavs, the Wilmington Invitational Saturday morning.

Individual Chillicothe Boys results:
200 Medley Relay- 1st Tommy Conaway, Lander Zook, Joel DeGarmo, Per Petersen
200 Free- 2nd David Masters, 3rd Dominic Villarreal
50 Free- 2nd Tommy Conaway, 4th Joel DeGarmo
100 Fly- 1st Joel DeGarmo
100 Free- 1st Tommy conawy, 4th Jaeron Beverly
500 Free- 2nd Dominic Villarreal
200 Free Relay- 2nd Per Petersen, Joel DeGarmo, David Masters, Tommy Conaway
100 Back- 1st David Masters, 4th Jaeron Beverly
100 Breast-1st Lander Zook, 2nd Per Petersen
400 Free Relay- 2nd Dominic Villarreal, David Masters, Jaeron Beverly, Lander Zook
Individual Chillicothe Girls results:
200 Medley Relay- 1st Anna DeGarmo, Hannah Lunde, MacKenzie Smittley, Chianne Burgin
200 Free- 1st Hannah Lunde, 3rd Chianne Burgin
200 IM- 1st Jessica Limle
50 Free- 2nd Hannah Arth, 4th Shelby Wilburn
100 Free- 1st Hannah Lunde, 2nd Anna DeGarmo
500 Free- 1st MacKenzie Smittley, 3rd Jessica Limle
200 Free Relay- 2nd Hannah Arth, Shelby Wilburn, Sadi Cory, Jessica Limle
100 Back- 1st Anna DeGarmo
100 Breast- 1st MacKenzie Smittley,3rd Hannah Arth
400 Free Relay- 1st Hannah Lunde, Chianne Burgin, Anna DeGarmo, MacKenzie Smittley, 4th Hannah Arth, Shelby Wilburn, Sadi Cory, Jessica Limle

BOWLERS SWEEP FISHER CATHOLIC:
Chillicothe swept their Bowling matches with Lancaster Fisher Catholic at Shawnee Lanes Thursday. The Boys were 2318 to 2028 winners and the Girls won 1752-1378.

The Boys were led by Jarrad Zeisler with a 460 series and Robbie Vest’s 434 series.

In the Girls match, Michelle Crawford topped the Cavs scoring with a 371 series. Summer Finley had a 340 series.

Both teams battle Zanesville Monday at Sunrise Lanes at 5pm.

SWIMMING PLACES 2nd AT SHAWNEE STATE:

Pam Allen's Swim teams finished behind host Portsmouth Notre Dame Wednesday in a Quad Meet at Shawnee State University.

Team scores for the Girls Meet, PND 94, Chillicothe 79, Portsmouth 72 and Lucasville Valley 16. In the Boys Meet, PND 133.5, Chillicothe 83, Lucasville Valley 31 and Portsmouth 24.5.

Allen said the Shawnee pool is measured in meters meaning “each lap is a few feet longer but it is hard to adjust mind and strokes but the Cavaliers show their true colors, determination and strength.” Allen added “The only reason we took second is numbers, something we hope will change next year.”

The Cavs are back in the pool Thursday at Greenfield McClain and will swim in the Wilmington Invitational Saturday morning.

Individual Cavalier results:

GIRLS:

200 Free- 1^st Hannah Lunde, 2^nd Abby Guerra

50 Free- 2^nd Chianne Burgin, 5^th Jessica Limle

100 Fly- 1^st MacKenzie Smittley

100 Free- 2^nd Hannah Lunde, 4^th Anna DeGarmo

500 Free- 1^st Abby Guerra, 2^nd Jessica Limle

100 Back- 2^nd Chianne Burgin, 3^rd Anna DeGarmo

100 Breast- 1^st MacKenzie Smittley

400 free Relay- A team (Hannah Lunde, Chianne Burgin, Abby Guerra, MacKenzie Smittley), 4^th B team (Anna DeGarmo, Shelby Wilburn, Sadi Cory, Jessica Limle)

BOYS:

200 Medley Relay- 1^st Tommy Conaway, Lander Zook, Joel DeGarmo, Per Petersen

200 Free- 1^st David Masters, 2^nd Dominic Villarreal

50 Free- 2^nd Tommy Conaway, 3^rd Per Petersen

100 Free- 2^nd Tommy Conaway, 3^rd Per Petersen

500 Free-1^st Dominic Villarreal

200 Free Relay- 2^nd Tommy Conaway, Joel DeGarmo, David Masters, Per Petersen

100 Back- 3^rd Joel DeGarmo, 4^th David Masters

100 Breast- 1^st Lander Zook

400 free Relay- 2^nd Jaeron Beverly, Lander Zook, Dominic Villarreal, Davis Masters

WRESTLING IMPROVES TO 9-2 WITH SPLIT DUALS:

Chillicothe hosted Whitehall and Adena in a pair of dual matches at CHS Wednesday.

The Rams were heavy with senior experience and had three returning state qualifiers in the match.

Despite losing 42-21, Coach Mike Peck was happy the Cavs displayed maturity from the course of the season, saying his team “fought hard and showed their growth half way into the season.”

The Cavs managed four wins against Whitehall, Nick Lawhorn (106) by pin in 1:59, Jake Crompton (145) by forfeit, Gene Dunn (185) by decision 11-4 and Trevan Bond-Pennington (195) after falling behind 5-0 came back to win by fall 2:26.

The Cavs blanked Adena 69-0. The Warriors forfeited 8 weight classes. In contested matches, Christian Collins (152) pinned Kyle Dyke in 1:38, Erik Alderman (160) pinned Lee Gray in 1:52, Daiquan Hall (170) beat Mike Crispen 8-2, Gene Dunn (182) over Brody Anderson by fall 2:32 and Mike Williams (220) pinned Mike Wiley in just 27 seconds.

The Cavs (9-2) and SEOAL member Warren head to Nelsonville-York for a match next Tuesday.

LOGAN ELM EDGES CAVALIER GIRLS 54-49

Shawn Blue’s Lady Cavs used a 9-0 run to take a 32-29 lead over the visiting Braves Tuesday, but Logan Elm regained the lead and held on for a 54-49 win.

Bri Dawes and Jenna Holton had 13 points each for the Cavaliers and Kayla Keener added 10. Holton added a team leading 8 rebounds.

Chillicothe (4-8) return to SEOAL play this Saturday at Logan.

Chillicothe finally got into the win column in league play with a 55-44 victory over Gallia Academy Saturday night.

The Lady Cavs broke the game open in the second quarter. Trailing 14-12, the Cavs tied the game at 18 and then went on an 18-1 run and kept the Blue Angels at bay.

“And that’s good, because our second quarters have not been good” said Cavs Coach Shawn Blue. The Cavs didn’t have Jenna Holton available at Washington Court House which Coach Blue said hindered Chillicothe’s player rotation, something they had Saturday against Gallia. “We didn’t get into that eight man rotation, where we had that rotation tonight. So, late in that quarter I think that made a big difference because late in the first quarter we’ve been having problems to where we haven’t scored well in the second quarter.”

The Blue Angels threw pressure at Chillicothe, which has given the Cavs problems this season, but then pulled it back. “We were attacking the basket out of it” said Blue. “We still have to learn how to handle pressure and close out games.”

Chillicothe committed 17 turnovers to Gallia’s 13.

The Cavs shot 57% from the field and did well protecting their lead. Gallia made two runs at cutting into what was a 16-point deficit, getting within six points.

Bri Dawes led all scorers with 21 points. Nashayia Lett added 16 points and 9 rebounds, Jasmine Jordan added 8 points and 8 boards, Kayla Keener had 7 rebounds and four points, Jenna Holton added five points and Hayley Large two.

Chillicothe’s victory forges a three way tie with Gallia Academy and Portsmouth in the SEOAL.

Jackson took over the top spot in the league with a 51-44 win over second place Warren. Earlier in the day, Logan got past Portsmouth 59-52.

Chillicothe (4-6/1-4) will host Logan Elm Tuesday at Hatton Gym. The Lady Braves beat Amanda 57-53 Saturday.