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Brad Ballinger
​Athletic Director
937-783-2461 ext 4115
​ballingerb@blan.org
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3/3/18 - Wrestling Districts @ Troy Hobart Arena
CONGRATULATIONS Clayton Schirmer STATE Qualifier!
Clayton wrestled incredibly well all weekend and placed 2nd in the District tournament.  Clayton will wrestle  Carlton Roberts(Rossford)So 43-6 in the first round on Thursday.  
DIII state tournament bracket
​State tournament schedule
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3/2/18 - Wrestling Districts @ Troy Hobart Arena
Four Wildcats survive to wrestle day two at districts.  
Torres and Stubbs season's come to an end.  Both young men had good seasons after taking one year off.  Both return with promising future.
J Schirmer, Gage Huston, Steven Latchford all wrestling in the consolation rounds.  Clayton Schirmer is in the Championship Semi Finals.  complete results from baumspage.com
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2/24/18 - Sectional Wrestling tournament hosted by Blanchester High school
The young Wildcat Wrestlers finished 2nd overall in the 25 team SW sectional tournament.  Five wrestlers advance to the district tournament next weekend at Troy's Hobart Arena. Top four finish at districts advances you to the STATE tournament.

Steven Latchford was the SECTIONAL CHAMPION in the 182 pound weight class.  Steven beat the #1 seed in the championship finals Sat afternoon. 
Johnny Schirmer was the sectional runner up.
Clayton Schirmer, Ramiro Torres, and Christian Stubbs all won their final match of the day to place 3rd.
Other placers for the Wildcats include;
Gage Berwanger 6th
Kadin Berwanger 5th
Gage Huston 5th
Colt Conover 5th


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2/17/18 - SBAAC wrestling championship @ Blanchester
Competing against 6 of the top 10 teams in the Cincy area, our Wildcats placed 2nd in the National Division. The Wildcats had 3 placers in this tough tournament. 
Johnny Schirmer placed 2nd in the 132 weight class.
Clayton Schimer placed 2nd in the 152 weight class.
Colt Conover placed 3rd in the 160 weight class.  
full results click here

Thank you to all of the parents who donated food, ran the hospitality room, and concessions stand.  Mr. and Mrs. Collier, Mr. Snider, Mr. Mulvihill for running score tables for over 8.5 hours with just two short breaks.  Coach Sammons for selling tickets.  And to all the others that ensured the tournament ran smoothly.  THANK YOU!
​-Coach Pennix




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2/10/18 - HS wrestling @ Batavia
Led by the CHAMPIONSHIP finalist brother duo of Johnny and Clayton Schirmer, the Wildcats finished in 2nd place at the Steve Shinkle Bulldog invitational.
106 - Davenport 3rd
​113 - G Berwanger 6th
126 - Frump 5th
132 - J Schirmer 2nd
152 - C Schirmer CHAMPION
160 - Conover 6th
170 - Garrett 3rd
182 - Latchford 4th
195 - Stubbs 4th

for complete results click here

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1/31/18 - OHSAA Wrestling Regional Semifinals and Finals @ Blanchester
Wildcats beat Brookville in the Regional Semifinals 37-36*  Tiebreak criteria most pins
Lost to Bethel Tate 45-30
Each match the Wildcats started in a 12-0 deficit due to forfeiting two weight classes.  They were able to overcome this obstacle in the first round.  They were not able to in the second match against the #2 team in the Cincinnati area.  
Our wrestlers finish Regional Runners up.  Top 16 D3 team in the STATE
Congratulations!  - Coach Pennix
story from the News Journal


1/26 & 27 - HS wrestling @ Lima Central Catholic Thunderbird Invitational
The Wildcats made the trip to compete in the 43 school invitational over the past weekend.

Top performers were Johnny Schirmer who placed 4th and Gage Huston who placed 8th.
for complete results click here

1/20/18 - HS wrestling @ Sycamore Invitational
Paced by Clayton Schirmer's CHAMPIONSHIP title the varsity Wildcats wrestled their way to a RUNNER UP finish in the 20 team field.  Coming just 3 points short of earning 1st place.  Great day of wrestling earned HARDWARE. 
Davenport 4th
G Berwanger 5th
J Schirmer 3rd
C Schirmer  1st
Conover 3rd
Torres 3rd
Latchford 5th
Stubbs 2nd

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1/10/18 - HS wrestling HOME Super Tri vs Goshen, New Richmond, Ross
Ou #3 ranked Wildcats battled the #8 and #2 teams in the Cincy area last night.
In the first round our wrestlers beat Goshen 42-34
In the second round our wrestlers lost to #2 Ross 56-13


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1/6/18 - HS wrestling @ Madeira
The 47th Madeira Invitational was cancelled Saturday due to a power failure.  C Schirmer, Conover, and Peters were in the championship semifinals.  All other wrestlers were still in the consolation rounds.  The team was in 6th place out of 24 teams at the time of the cancellation.


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12/21/17 - HS and BMS wrestling @ East Clinton
BMS beat Wilmington 63-24, lost to Clinton Massie 54-36
BMS now 7-1 on the season

Varsity beat #3 Wilmington 45-33, lost to Clinton Massie 39-34
Varsity now 8-1 on the season. 
story from the News Journal
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12/15 & 12/16 - HS wrestling HOME for Blanchester Holiday Duals
The Wrestling team was crowned CHAMPIONS on Saturday.  The won 7 straight matches to earn the title.  James Peters was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

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Blanchester Holiday Wrestling Tournament takes place this weekend.  8 schools, 7 dual meets, 2 days. 
 

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12/2/17 - Wrestling @ Taylor 
2 weight class champions pace the Wildcats, finish in 2nd place

Gibson - 2nd
G Berwanger - 3rd
J Schirmer - 2nd
K Berwanger - 3rd
C Schirmer - 1st
Conover - 1st
Latchford - 4th
Peters - 2nd


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Head Coach Scott Nicely
​snicely521@gmail.com 
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Assistant Coach James Tissandier

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