The 2026 Ohio High School Wrestling Tournament is underway at Ohio State University, and here are results from round 1:
In Division 2, Hayden Groll and George Eggers of Napoleon picked-up first match wins. Another winner in round 1 was Tyler Doeden-Kiessling of Defiance. Suffering first round losses were Westen Mast and Alex Hinojosa of Defiance; along with Carter Stuckey, Kahle Albright, and Joseph Lugabihl of Wauseon.
In Division 3 there were plenty of first round winners from NW Ohio:
Brenden Bosco, Ty Bosco, Isaac Brown, and Kayden Wellman of Archbold.
Liberty Center’s Braedyn Tammarine, and Daine Bayer were first-round winners, along with Trent Johnson of Patrick Henry.
Other area wrestlers scoring first match wins were Jaxten DeWeese of Tinora, along with Landon Dasher and Thor Etter of Paulding.Delta had several winners in the first round of state wrestling: Tyler Barnes, Lane Lopez, Gunner Taylor, Marcus Nagel, and Brady Smith.
Dropping first round matches in state wrestling were Ethan Bowman and Lars Soles of Archbold; along with Eli Berner of Ayersville, Logan Sifuentes of Liberty Center, and Parker Bixler of Archbold.