CALCUTTA — Beaver Local had five individual champions and ran away with the team title in the 46th annual Everett Hoppel Memorial Wrestling Tournament held before a large crowd in the Beavers’ gymnasium Saturday evening.

It marked the Beavers’ second consecutive team championship in the ever-popular regular-season wrestling tournament which uses a pool format.

“All of our kids competed hard and they did really well,” praised Beaver Local head coach Johnny McComas, a former mat standout with the Beavers during his prep days. “We had a placer in the top four in every weight class but 113, because we have a forfeit there right now.”

Beaver Local won the trophy in the 13-team tourney with 319 points, outdistancing second-place Austintown Fitch which finished with 248.5 points.

“It’s nice to win in front of your home crowd, obviously,” smiled McComas. “It’s good competition here with Austintown — and Oak Glen brought some good guys.”

Other area team finishes included Oak Glen (third, 196.5 points), Edison (fifth, 146), Southern Local (11th 80) and Crestview (12th, 30).

Beaver Local’s 132-pound sophomore standout Bobby Buchheit, ranked fourth in the state according to the wrestling website borofanohio.net, was one of the Beavers’ five individual champions and was voted by the coaches as the Most Valuable Wrestler of the tourney.

Buchheit pinned Austintown Fitch’s Evan Protopapa in 2:55 of his title bout and went undefeated in the tournament.

Other Beaver Local champs included Justice Fisher (106 pounds), Evan Ours (138), Ryan Chafins (157) and Gabe Morgan (175).

Fisher edged Brayden Gerthung of Austintown Fitch 8-6 to claim his championship, while Ours recorded a 13-0 major decision over Willie Rankin of Boardman, Chafins decisioned Ed Tedrow of Wheeling Central 5-0 and Morgan pinned Logan Greer of Meadowbrook in 5:04 — all in their title matches.

“The kids took it serious and they practiced hard and I’m proud of all of them,” said McComas. Other placers for Beaver Local included Justin Cox (third, 132), Kane Curran (second, 190), Preston Brown (third, 120), Zaiven Riley (third, 150), Leo Wilkes (third, 126), Collin Ring (fifth, 132), Braedon Landfried (fourth, 144), Christopher Warrick (fourth, 126), Isaac Prescott (fourth, 215), Robert Marra (seventh, 190) and Brady Smith (fourth, 285).

“It’s just a good team win for the guys,” praised McComas. “The guys definitely showed up today.”

Team runner-up Fitch had two individual champions, including Lewis Deloach (144) and Devin Phillips (190).

“Hats off to Beaver Local,” lauded Austintown Fitch head coach John Burd. “They put on a nice show every year and we’re thankful to come out here and they (the Beavers) have a really good team this year.”

Oak Glen had an excellent tournament and had three individual champions, including Aiden Anderson (113), Logan Davis (120) and Noah Schmidt (285).

Other placers for the Golden Bears were Michael Heath (fourth, 157), Micah Julian (fourth, 113), Nathan Pasco (fifth, 106), Cole Raines (eighth, 120), Wyatt Wolanski (fifth, 126), Greg Sauers (third, 190), Ritchie Guidino (fifth, 215), Ethan Haenke (seventh, 144) and Jordan Tomsic (eighth, 106)

Crestview’s placewinners included Hayden Lamb (third, 138), Cory Chlebus (sixth, 150) and Josh Smith (sixth, 157).

Southern Local had five place winners, including Rowan Wiley (second, Austin Harshbarger (third, 113), Jacob Conley (seventh, 138), Maddox Dickey (fifth, 144), Josh Gilliam (fifth, 150) and Evan Householder (eighth, 175).

Edison’s placers included Brecken Banovsky (second, 113), Caiden Cooley (second, 144), Kelsey Hedrick (third, 132), Owen Krepps (sixth, 132), Ricky Sinsel (fourth, 150), Evan Yohman (fifth, 138), Drake Givens (sixth, 120), James Behnke (sixth, 285), Patton Carr (seventh, 126), Eddie Mcalister (seventh, 157), Ryan King (seventh, 175) and Galvin Furmanski (eighth, 144).

Beaver Local goes back in action Wednesday night when it hosts the Canfield Cardinals.

“We’re looking forward to them coming to our place and hopefully get that one (a win) back from last year,” closed McComas.

EVERETT HOPPEL MEMORIAL

WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES

1. Beaver Local 319, 2. Austintown Fitch 248.5, 3. Oak Glen 196.5, 4. Wheeling Central Catholic 171.05, 5. Edison 146, 6. Boardman 140.5, 7. River Valley 134, 8. Dover 100.5, 9. Meadowbrook 99, 10. Brooke 88, 11. Southern Local 80, 12. Crestview 30, 13. Steubenville Catholic Central 21.5.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — Justice Fisher (Beaver Local) dec. Brayden Gerthung (Austintown Fitch), 8-6

113 — Aiden Anderson (Oak Glen) pinned Brecken Banovsky (Edison), 2:35

120 — Logan Davis (Oak Glen) pinned Skye Jones (Austintown Fitch), 1:35.

126 — Braxton Birch (Wheeling Central) technical fall over Everett Levacy (River Valley), 18-2

132 — Bobby Buchheit (Beaver Local) pinned Evan Protopapa (Austintown Fitch), 2:55

138 — Evan Ours (Beaver Local) 13-0 major decision over Willie Rankin (Boardman)

144 — Lewis Deloach (Austintown Fitch) dec. Caiden Cooley (Edison), 4-1

150 — Max Switka (Boardman) won by 16-4 major decision over Kai Cosa (Austintown Fitch)

157 — Ryan Chafins (Beaver Local) dec. Eli Tedrow (Wheeling Central), 5-0

165 — Wyatt Brady (Wheeling Central) dec. Rowan Wiley (Southern Local), 4-0

175 — Gabe Morgan (Beaver Local) pinned Logan Greer(Meadowbrook), 5:04

190 — Devin Phillips (Austintown Fitch) dec. Kane Curran (Beaver Local), 5-1

215 — Isaac Martin (Wheeling Central) won by 8-0 major decision over Mark Stankorb (Austintown Fitch)

285 — Noah Schmidt (Oak Glen) dec. Dominic Asbury (Wheeling Central), 2-0