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Sectional Preview: Hillsboro and McClain set to wrestle in sectional tournament

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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The 2018 SE District Division II Sectional Tournament is set to take place this Saturday at Washington Senior High School in a one-day event.

Schools in the Division II sectional event are Circleville, Fairfield Union, Hillsboro, Logan Elm, McClain, Miami Trace, Unioto, Washington, Westfall and Zane Trace, as there are 108 wrestlers entered in the event and on the seed nominations a total of 72 wrestlers were named.

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For the Tigers, they’ll have the following wrestlers competing in the sectionals: Lucas Johnson (106), Dawson Jansen (126), Quinton Smith (132), Keegan Rawlins (152), Phil Waters (160), Justin Kegley (170), Kyler Trefz (182), Ethan Taylor (195) and Kade Rawlins (220) as listed on the seed nominations page. Wrestlers are also listed at 138, 145 and 285 but not named on the seed nominations page.

The Tigers have had what may be their best season in school history with records broken, 14 wins and even were co-dual champions in the Frontier Athletic Conference and second place overall in the FAC.

One of the top reasons for the team’s success is the individual success of McClain senior Keegan Rawlins, who earned his 150th career win last Saturday and this season stands at 42-4 overall. Other overall records for MHS are: Waters (24-13), Kegley (14-12), Trefz (31-14), Taylor (37-9), Kade Rawlins (33-6), Johnson (31-9), Jansen (22-20) and Smith (24-16).

For the Indians, they will have the following wrestlers take part in the event: Scott Eastes (138), Cordell Covault (145), Mason Stanley (160), Deegan Boris (195) and Lane Cluff (285) as listed on the seed nominations page. According to the individual entry, the Indians also have wrestlers listed at 113, 120, 126, 152, 170 and 182, but not listed on the seed nominations page.

Wrestlers listed on the nomination pages have the following current records for this season: Eastes (22-16), Covault (8-5), Stanley (16-8), Boris (32-9) and Cluff (39-3).

At time of publishing, weight brackets for the sectional tournament were not posted.

More on the sectionals can be seen at baumspage.com.

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