Host East Jay finishes third (02/14/05)

PORTLAND — East Jay won more titles than any other team Saturday, but it was still not quite enough for a team victory.

The Chief wrestling team got championships from Cameron Pfeifer, Casey Kenney, Caleb Culy and David Jones and finished in third place at the hotly-contested East Jay Invitational with 243.5 points. The hosts finished behind Yorktown with 251.5 points and Winchester Driver with 248.5.

West Jay got an individual title from Sha White and placed ninth in the 12-team field with 98 points.

Pfeifer stayed perfect on the year at 8-0 as he won his title at 90 pounds. He won all three of his matches by pin, finishing off Caleb Smith of Yorktown in the title match in 2-minutes, seven seconds.

David Jones (9-1) also got pins to end all of his matches as he took the 135-pound title. His championship victory came in 1:13 over Shenandoah’s Jakob Payne.

Casey Kenney and Caleb Culy also each improved to 9-1 on the year as they won titles at 95 and 110 pounds respectively. Kenney pinned Yorktown’s Derek Bevans in 4:00 for his championship, and Culy scored a 16-0 technical call over Tyler Fields of Union City in his final match.

Also finishing the day with winning records for East Jay were Nate Wood (152) in second place at 2-1, Mitchel Martyne (225) in second place at 3-1, Matt Price (175) in fifth place at 4-1, Zach Somers (85) in fifth place at 4-1 and Aaron McLaughlin (145) in sixth place at 3-2.

All three of White’s wins came by decisions as he earned the 152-pound title for West Jay. He won the championship match with a 13-2 major decision over Wood.

The Eagles’ Andrew Lancaster placed third at 160 pounds, Seth Drumm was fourth at 95 pounds, Jarid Conatser finished fifth at 105 pounds and Alan Brown was fifth at 135 pounds.[[In-content Ad]]