Day one was a lot of fun at the Southview District and day two promises more of the same. It is no surprise that 13-time defending state champion St. Edward advanced every wrestler to the semi-finals.

Elyria was impressive advancing six wrestlers to the semifinals and Coach Erik Burnett expects some of his consolation wrestlers to step up tomorrow.

Freshman 125 pounder Eli Garcia lost to Southview senior Narcisco Inchaurregui 12-3. Inchaurregui is 31-1.

"Eli fought hard tonight but probaly not enough offense," Burnett said. "We need to get our offense going tomorrow. Eli is a tough kid. He showed some fight against Cisco."

Freshman Zach Woodings was pinned by undefeated St. Edward 160 pounder Nick Sulzer.

"He wrestled Sulzer, one of the best wrestlers in the country," Burnett said. "So we have to see how he will bounce and maybe there will be some good things for him. There are no rearview mirrors in sectionals or districts."

Avon Lake senior Kevin Brunner raised his record to 41-2 with two pins.

"It was nice to get in and get out of there on the first day," Brunner said. "It helps going into the semi with as much energy as you can especially going into a tough match against (Elyria's) Kodie Egnor."

Southview was a bit short handed on Friday night.

"We have a few injuries and some discipline problems so we didn't come in with all of our numbers," Southview head coach Billy Kopp said. "But the numbers we did have I think the kids wrestled really well. We had a couple kids wrestle some really smart matches."

Avon Lake head coach Vinnie Curiale was pleased with his squad's performance.
"I am pretty happy with how we wrestled and I thought things went well tonight and hopefully that will carry over tomorrow and hopefully we will get a few guys out."