Four Lincoln County wrestlers placed in the Westlake Tournament in Bath on Saturday. Lincoln Academy’s Jesse Morkeski (189) placed second, and Dustin Creamer 3rd, Medomak’s Steven Genthner took 3rd and Boothbay’s Spencer Myshrall 3rd. Lincoln placed 9th and Medomak 12th out of 17 teams.
Nikki Leeman (LA-103) drew a bye in the first round, was pinned by Ryan Mostehr (Win) in 4:50 and by Gary Stevens (Mo) in 3:10.
Haley Benner (LA 112) was pinned by DJ Brackett (M0), won by pin over Caresse Marcotte (MB) in 22 seconds, and was pinned by Spencer Myshrall (BB) in 15 seconds. Myshrall pinned John Warming (BE) in 1:24, was pinned by Shane Shibles in 20 seconds, beat Benner to advance to the consolation finals, where he pinned Ryon Pelletier (Co) in 4:06 for 3rd place. Ben Lufkin (MV 112) was pinned Shibles in 1:40, won by pin over Warming in 2:37, and was pinned by Pelletier in 2:05.
Cheyenne Augustine (MV- 119) was pinned by Brandon Wright (MCI) in 3:08, and lost an 8-6 decision to Connor Dufour (Co). Devan Clark (LA-129) was pinned by Ken Hagan (No) in 1:55, won by pin over Zak O’Conner (Win) in 43 second and was pinned by Wright in 1:53.
Nathaniel McBrien (MV-125) beat Jasmine Garceau (Sk) 7-6 in the pigtails, was pinned by Joe Badger (No) in 32 seconds, and by Chris Folsom (La) in 2:18.
Nat Baptist (LA-130) pinned Shelby Leeman (Mo) in the pigtails, was pinned by Pat Gallant (Be) in 1:27 and by Dustin Vigue (Wi) in 20 seconds. Zach Gillespie (MV-130) was pinned in the pigtails.
Taylor Olsen (MV-135) pinned Curtis Patten (La) in 13 seconds, was pinned by Derek Juchnik (LA) in 21 seconds and by James Riley (BE) in 45 seconds. Juchnik lost to Kaleb Austin (Sk) 5-1 decision, and was pinned by Sean Kelly (MB) in 4:56.
Eric Bissonette (MV-140) pinned Robert Manks (Ga) in 22 seconds, was pinned by Ben Fredette (Wi) in 1:56, pinned Cody Geroux (Co) in 36 seconds, and was pinned by Andrew Currier (MB) in 2:25. Dylan York (LA-140) was pinned by Geroux in the pigtails in 4:08.
Adam Lynch (MV-145) was pinned by Taylor Murray (BE) in the pigtails. Jake Garrett (BB-145) was pinned by Ben Valencia (No) in 4:36 in the pigtails. Tucker Phinney (LA-145) beat Zack McManus (La) by 12-4 major decision, was pinned by Joey Buzzell (Sk) in 3:23, and by Geoffrey Ancira (Co) in 4:01.
Alex Benner (LA-152) lost a 12-6 decision to Chris Robbinson (Co), and a 12-4 major decision to Thomas Gregg (BE). Steven Genthner (MV-152) beat Jon James (MB) by tech fall 17-2, lost a 3-2 decision to Jake Sylvain (Sk) pinned Thomas Gregg (BE) in 1:28, and beat Chris Robinson (Co) 10-6 to take 3rd place.
Chad Bolster (MV-160) pinned Kyle Calvo (Wi) in 1:48, was pinned by Dillow White (Sk) in 10 seconds, won by pin over Dan Slater (MB) in 2:16, and was pinned by Revelin Goewey (MCI) in 2:30. Ryan Wahle (LA-160) pinned Richard Gadway (La) in 3:24, was pinned by Goewey in 4:30, pinned Bryan Bentley (No) in 3:06, and lost a 19-9 decision to Jared Michaud (Ga).
Brian Sweeney (MV-171) was pinned by Derek Beaulieu (BE) in 47 seconds in the pigtails. Ben Field (LA-171) was pinned by Derek Babcock (Ha) in 1:13 in the pigtails.
Jesse Morkeski (LA-189) pinned TJ Buckley (No) in 1:50, pinned Zac Kidney (Mo) in 2:26 to advance to the finals where he lost to Mike Soucier (Sk) by 14-2 major decision to take second place. Wes Clermont (MV-215) was pinned by Mike Fraser (Co) in 1:18, and by Colby F-Brown (Ga) in 55 seconds.
Dustin Creamer (LA-215) was pinned by TJ Vallee (Co) in 1:16, won by forfeit over Seth Overlock (Wi), won by injury default over Trevor Savage (No) and pinned Dustin Warren (Sk) in 2:45 for 3rd place.
Brian Stebner (LA-285) was pinned by Brandon Gardner (Ga0 in 1:18. and by Colby Dunham (MB) in 2:15.