HYDE — Fifteen teams from across the state braved the weather conditions and participated in the 15th Annual Clearfield Bison Duals on Saturday at the Clearfield Area Junior/Senior High School.
The Montoursville Warriors went 5-0 on the day, raising their overall record to 17-2, and unseated two-time defending Bison Duals champion Clearfield 32-31 in the finals to claim the crown. It was Montoursville’s third team title at the Bison Duals, their last one taking place in 2020 to go along with their 2016 title.
The Bison went 4-1 on the day, seeing their undefeated regular season go by the wayside, as they are now 11-1.
In the final, the Bison quickly went down 10-0, but then won four matches in a row, and five out of six to take a 25-13 lead. Four Montoursville wins in a row gave the Warriors a seven point lead, and the win, with one bout remaining. A Bison fall in the last bout set the final at 32-31.
Six Bison went undefeated on the day – Cash Diehl (16-7), Colton Ryan (20-8), Colton Bumbarger (15-7), Ty Aveni (21-10), Brady Collins (24-2), and Carter Chamberlain (15-4). Collins, a junior, and Chamberlain, a senior, each ended the tournament with 97 career wins. If all goes well, both should reach the century mark at next weekend’s Thomas Chevrolet Tournament at Bedford High School.
Championship Finals Results (Clearfield wrestlers in BOLD)
127 – David Kennedy pinned Bryndin Chamberlain, 3:25 (6-0)
133 – Blaize Vogel maj. dec. Adam Rougeux, 17-4 (10-0)
139 – Colton Ryan maj. dec. Karter Stone, 9-0 (10-4)
145 – Ty Aveni pinned Hunter Gee, 1:22 (10-10)
152 – Colton Bumbarger pinned Hayden Harvey, 5:00 (10-16)
160 – Brady Collins dec. Gage Wentzel, 6-4 (10-19)
172 – Owen Kleinman dec. Will Domico, 3-1 (13-19)
189 – Carter Chamberlain pinned Evan Bloom, 0:31 (13-25)
215 – Cole Yonkin pinned Hunter Ressler, 0:44 (19-25)
285 – Landon Morehart dec. Nick Bailor, 3-1 (22-25)
107 – Aristotel Bobotas pinned David Magnuson, 1:41 (28-25)
114 – Brody Bower maj. dec. Xavier Lutz, 10-2 (32-25)
121 – Cash Diehl pinned Ryan Aguirre, 1:20 (32-31)
The Bison defeated Kane 74-0, Ridgway 66-10, Union City 65-5, and Port Allegany 42-24 to reach the final against Montoursville.
The Curwensville Golden Tide went 1-4 in the tourney to finish in 11th place. They then took an extra match and defeated Union City 42-30 to go 2-4 overall and are 8-11 on the season now. A highlight for the Tide was Logan Aughenbaugh going 6-0 on the day to raise his career record to 90-27, as he needs 10 wins over the next month to reach the century mark.
Trenton Guiher (17-8) went 5-1, while Alex Murawski (16-10) and Brooks Hendershot (6-8) each went 4-2.
The top-8 teams behind Montoursville and Clearfield were General McLane, Port Allegany, Mifflin County, Indiana, Brockway, and Union City.
Clearfield will host St. Marys (5-3) on Tuesday while the Tide will host Brookville (5-10) on Wednesday.
Complete results courtesy PA-Wrestling.com can be found by clicking HERE.