Ford wins twice Friday, will place no less than 6th in state
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
COLUMBUS — On the second day of the 75th annual 2012 OHSAA State Wrestling Championships, Hillsboro junior Kordell Ford won twice, advancing to the semifinals of the consolation bracket on Saturday.
Ford, on Friday afternoon, defeated Dominic Scarberry, 2-1 in the second consolation bracket match, and later Friday evening, defeated senior Jake Lagace of Newark Licking Valley, 6-3. Lagace ends his senior season at 48-8.
"Kordell wrestled a great match against (Lagace)," Hillsboro head coach Nathan Horne said. "He came out and dominated. This was about one of his better matches of the year.
"In his first match (Friday), Kordell was trailing 1-0 with five seconds left, and he switched the kid, gained two points and won. It was a close match."
[[In-content Ad]]Thus far in the state tournament, Ford is 3-1, and overall this season, he stands at 43-4.
With the win, Ford has guaranteed himself no less than a sixth-place overall finish in the state tournament, which also guarantees a spot at the podium on Saturday. The last HHS wrestler to place at the state level was Oney Snyder in 2008.
Ford will wrestle again on Saturday at 10 a.m., where he will wrestle Marshall Overholt of Millersburg W. Holmes. The winner will wrestle in the third-pace match and the loser will go to the fifth-place match.
For the season, Ford won the South Central Ohio League 160-pound championship, placed second in the Washington C.H. Division II SE District Sectional tournament and won the Division II Goshen SE District tournament.
On the first day of the state tournament on Thursday, Ford went 1-1, winning in the first consolation match, defeating junior Jared Chambers (30-13) of Oak Harbor, 9-7.
In the highly competitive match, Ford went up 2-0 after the first period, followed by a 6-3 lead after the second period. The match got closer in the third period with Chambers maneuvering his way to within one point of tying the score at 6-5, but Ford regrouped and made it a 9-7 score for the win.
Ford lost a heartbreaker in his preliminary match, as he led his 160-pound match against Chagrin Falls senior Ricky Kochert, 8-1 with 58 seconds left on the clock in the second round.
As the time ticked off the clock, Ford was slowly wrestled onto his back, where Kochert gained a pin fall win at 3:59, gaining the pin fall with one second left before the second round ended.
Ford, on Friday afternoon, defeated Dominic Scarberry, 2-1 in the second consolation bracket match, and later Friday evening, defeated senior Jake Lagace of Newark Licking Valley, 6-3. Lagace ends his senior season at 48-8.
"Kordell wrestled a great match against (Lagace)," Hillsboro head coach Nathan Horne said. "He came out and dominated. This was about one of his better matches of the year.
"In his first match (Friday), Kordell was trailing 1-0 with five seconds left, and he switched the kid, gained two points and won. It was a close match."
[[In-content Ad]]Thus far in the state tournament, Ford is 3-1, and overall this season, he stands at 43-4.
With the win, Ford has guaranteed himself no less than a sixth-place overall finish in the state tournament, which also guarantees a spot at the podium on Saturday. The last HHS wrestler to place at the state level was Oney Snyder in 2008.
Ford will wrestle again on Saturday at 10 a.m., where he will wrestle Marshall Overholt of Millersburg W. Holmes. The winner will wrestle in the third-pace match and the loser will go to the fifth-place match.
For the season, Ford won the South Central Ohio League 160-pound championship, placed second in the Washington C.H. Division II SE District Sectional tournament and won the Division II Goshen SE District tournament.
On the first day of the state tournament on Thursday, Ford went 1-1, winning in the first consolation match, defeating junior Jared Chambers (30-13) of Oak Harbor, 9-7.
In the highly competitive match, Ford went up 2-0 after the first period, followed by a 6-3 lead after the second period. The match got closer in the third period with Chambers maneuvering his way to within one point of tying the score at 6-5, but Ford regrouped and made it a 9-7 score for the win.
Ford lost a heartbreaker in his preliminary match, as he led his 160-pound match against Chagrin Falls senior Ricky Kochert, 8-1 with 58 seconds left on the clock in the second round.
As the time ticked off the clock, Ford was slowly wrestled onto his back, where Kochert gained a pin fall win at 3:59, gaining the pin fall with one second left before the second round ended.