CLARION – The Clearfield Bison made the first step in the 2009 wrestling post-season a successful one by defending their District IX AAA title at Clarion University on Saturday. It was the 51st team title in Clearfield’s storied history.
All four Bison number one seeds – Andrew Spicer at 119, Holden Lowe at 130, Derek Danver at 145, and Sean Owen at 285, won titles.
They were joined on the top step of the podium by Andre Buck at 215, who had the biggest upset of the AAA finals by knocking off undefeated St. Marys strongman Sean Sadosky. Sadosky had pinned Buck twice earlier this year; but Buck returned the favor earning a pin of his own.
A total of eleven Bison grapplers will make the trek to next weekend’s Northwest AAA Regional Tournament at Altoona Area High School.
Teammates joining the first place winners at Altoona are silver medalists Andrew Hill at 125, Shane Harper at 140, Shawn Hall at 160, Cliff Hill at 189 and third place finishers Shane Peters at 103 and Kodie Lowder at 112.
Other District champions were TJ Stanton (DuBois) at 103, Nick Bogacki (DuBois) at 112, Kody Young (Punxsuatwney) at 125, Geno Morelli (DuBois) at 135, Kyle Bish (St. Marys) at 140, Mark Havers (Bradford) at 152, Billy Morrison (DuBois) at 160, Justin McAninch (DuBois) at 171, and Shane Krise (St. Marys) at 189.
Clearfield Head Coach Jeff Aveni was awarded the AAA coach of the year. Bradford\’s Mark Havers won the Kata Award as the tournament\’s outstanding wrestler.
Final Team Standings
1. Clearfield – 177
2. DuBois – 155
3. St. Marys – 130.5
4. Punxsutawney – 111.5
5. Bradford – 59
Clearfield bout-by-bout results:
103 Lbs Seth Spack, Punxsy DEC Shane Peters, Clearfield 6-2
103 Lbs Shane Peters, Clearfield DEC Trenton Bowers, St Marys 3-0
103 Lbs Shane Peters, Clearfield DEC Luke McMurtrie, Bradford 4-3
112 Lbs Nick Bogacki, DuBois DEC Kodie Lowder, Clearfield 7-2 OT
112 Lbs Kodie Lowder, Clearfield FALL Evan Smith, St Marys Fall 2:22
119 Lbs Andrew Spicer, Clearfield FALL Jordon Bullers, Punxsy Fall :19
119 Lbs Andrew Spicer, Clearfield DEC Sam Miller, St Marys 6-1
125 Lbs Andrew Hill, Clearfield DEC Gage Bunker, Bradford 10-3
125 Lbs Kody Young, Punxsy DEC Andrew Hill, Clearfield 9-4
130 Lbs Holden Lowe, Clearfield MAJOR Chris Powers, DuBois 17-6
130 Lbs Holden Lowe, Clearfield DEC Zach Britton, Bradford 9-2
135 Lbs Ryan Orner, Bradford FALL Max VonGunden, Clearfield Fall 2:25
135 Lbs Butch Yetzer, St Marys DEC Max VonGunden, Clearfield 5-0
140 Lbs Shane Harper, Clearfield DEC Dustin Brewer, Punxsy 2-0
140 Lbs Kyle Bish, St Marys DEC Shane Harper, Clearfield 7-0
145 Lbs Derek Danver, Clearfield FALL Steve Glatt, St Marys Fall 2:36
145 Lbs Derek Danver, Clearfield DEC James Shirley, Punxsy 3-2
152 Lbs Wil Beauseigneur, Clearfield DEC Austin Palumbo, DuBois 8-7
152 Lbs Mark Havers, Bradford FALL Wil Beauseigneur, Clearfield Fall 2:59
152 Lbs Patrick Mahan, Punxsy DEC Wil Beauseigneur, Clearfield 6-0
160 Lbs Shawn Hall, Clearfield FALL Austin Reams, Bradford Fall 3:07
160 Lbs Billy Morrison, DuBois DEC Shawn Hall, Clearfield 10-4
171 Lbs Logan Shadeck, Clearfield DEC Tige Woodson, Punxsy 11-6
171 Lbs Justin Brem, St Marys FALL Logan Shadeck, Clearfield Fall 2:41
171 Lbs Zach Smith, Bradford FALL Logan Shadeck, Clearfield Fall 4:10
189 Lbs Cliff Hill, Clearfield MAJOR John Rivera, DuBois 12-3
189 Lbs Shane Krise, St Marys FALL Cliff Hill, Clearfield Fall :49
215 Lbs Andre Buck, Clearfield DEC Tyler Burkett, Punxsy 3-0
215 Lbs Andre Buck, Clearfield FALL Sean Sadosky, St Marys Fall 3:48
285 Lbs Sean Owen, Clearfield FALL Jake Long, Punxsy Fall :24
285 Lbs Sean Owen, Clearfield DEFAULT Josh Yohe, DuBois Inj Def; 2:10