Area high school wrestlers took their first steps into the second season this weekend while taking part in various sectional wrestling tournaments. 

In all cases, the top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to next weekend’s district tournaments where they will face the challenge of earning a berth in the state tournament. 

Here’s a rundown on who advanced: 

DIVISION I 

Dover and New Philadelphia took part in separate Division I tournaments in the Northeast District. 

Dover wrestled in the field at Austintown-Fitch, while New Philadelphia took part in the tournament at Massillon Perry. 

The Tornadoes had two wrestlers qualify for the districts. Brock Reynolds (113) finished second, while Kyle Miller (120) was fourth. 

At Perry, New Philadelphia’s Tyler Ulmer (138) and Jackson Korns (215) were both second, while Camden Richardson (126) was fourth. 

All will wrestle in the Division I district tournament at North Canton Hoover.

DIVISION II 

Carrollton won the Division II title at Claymont, scoring 206 points, while host Claymont was second with 183.5 points. 

Cael Lowdermilk (113) and Nolan Dietrich (175) won individual titles for Carrollton. Lowdermilk pinned Minerva’s Kolton Almasy in 39 seconds, while Dietrich pinned Philo’s Jack Lincicome in 1:22. 

Sawyer Broadwater (106), Jayden Sutton (138) and John Childs (144) all finished second for Carrollton, while Justin Hart (120), Jon Byler (126) and Josh Rhiel (215) were all third and JaWayne Richardson (150) and Brody Gonda (157) were fourth. 

Nile Abbuhl (126), DerVonn Searcy (138) and Kamden Stout (150) won titles for Claymont. 

Abbuhl won a 19-4 technical fall over Carter Abdella of Maysville. Searcy pinned Carrollton’s Sutton in 3:45 and Stout decisioned Minerva’s Lincoln Wallace 7-2. 

Daniel McGarr (120) finished second for Claymont, while Nash Edwards (113) and Braylon Meuhlen were third and Kole Wallace (106) and Luke Henry (144) finished fourth.

Steubenville won the team title in the tournament at Steubenville, while West Holmes finished second with 210 point and Indian Valley third with 183.5. 

Peyton Martin (120), Louden Dixon (150) and Cole Porter (175) won titles for the Knights. 

Martin pinned Steubenville’s Kasyn Berkey in 1:52, Dixon won a 3-2 tie-breaker against Jake Hughes of Beaver Local and Porter won an 18-15 decision against Landon Crosier of Steubenville. 

Aaj Roberts finished second and Easton Ross (2150 and Dylan Sours (285) were both third, while Wyatt Crabb (106) and Gabe Umstead (126) were fourth. 

Bronko Braun (113) and Jason B Burcher (215) won individual titles for Indian Valley. 

Braun won an 18-3 technical fall over Jackson Scharfenberg of Indian Creek and Burcher pinned Steubenville’s Landyn Babel in 2:41. 

Brodie Raymont (106) was second for Indian Valley, While Boston Braun (132), Aiden Braun (138), Bradley Barr (175) and Cadyn Riggs (190) were all third, while Brett O’Connor (144) and Arian Braun (165) were fourth. 

The qualifiers from both sectionals will compete in district action at Steubenville.

DIVISION III 

Two sectional tournaments were held in the Eastern District in Division III. Qualifiers from both tournament will compete in district action at Coshocton. 

At Sandy Valley, Garaway won the team title with 237.5 points and Sandy Valley (133) finished second. River View (97.5) was fourth, Tusky Valley (93) fifth, Harrison Central (84) sixth, Newcomerstown (71) eighth, Malvern (68) 10th and Conotton Valley (31) 13th. 

Braylon Books (138), Mitchell Tetreault (144) and Wyatt Gordon (175) won titles for the Pirates. 

Books pinned Alex Ney of Bellaire in 1:45, Tetreault pinned Sandy Valley’s Jaysen Sonson in 3:52 and Gordon decisioned River View’s Blayne Mounts 15-9. 

Lukas Miller (106), Bryce Brooks (113), Colton Domer (157) and Matt Frey (165) were all second for the Pirates. Bryce Johnson (126), Mycah Schlabach (132), Alex Hamsher (150), Cole Westfall (190) and Dillon King (215) all finished third. 

Owen Simpson (120) won an individual title for Sandy Valley, decisioning Bridgeport’s Robert Weekley 9-6.

Sandy Valley’s Asher Crissey (126) and Jaysen Sonson (144) finished second, while Hunter Knepper (138) was third and Jacob Kandis (150) fourth. 

Tusky Valley had three champions in Jarred Moyer (113), Taylor Wiseman (150) and Kyler Postlewaith (157), while Beb Congdon (285) was second. 

Moyer pinned Books in 1:50, Wiseman won a 15-0 technical fall over Owen Hunt of Caldwell and Postlewait won a 7-2 decision over Domer. 

Malvern’s Tyson Clear was the champion at 160 pounds, pinning Frey in 1:05, while teammates Dalton Pennington (126) and Jacob Rubins (175) were fourth. 

Newcomerstown had four district qualifiers in Cage Miller (second at 215), Martin Hernandez (third at 285), Chase Norman (fourth at 113) and Tegan Gonter (fourth at 165). 

Conotton Valley’s Rylan Bagby finished third at 175. 

For River View, Gavin Huff (132) was second, while Cameron Mobley (144), Brayden Carpenter (190) and Kydon Snow (215) were fourth. 

Harrison Central had a pair of champions in Knox McKibben (215) and Landon Thomas (285). McKibben pinned Newcomerstown’s Miller in 1:15 and Thomas pinned Congdon in 5:56. 

Host Barnesville won the title at Barnesville with 230 points. Fairless was second with 188.5. Ridgewood (126) was fifth and Coshocton (44) finished 10th. 

Fairless had two champions in Dylan Stevens (190) and Collin Sullivan (285). Stevens decisioned Barnesville’s Austin Armstrong 5-4 and Sullivan pinned Toronto’s Heath Thomas in 1:24. 

Logan Slatzer (113), Troy McVicker (144) and David Post (150), while Jack Bucher (106) was fourth. 

Ridgewood’s Aiden Sparger won the 157-pound title, decisioning Martins Ferry’s Richard Welshans 5-4. 

Brodi Hardesty (126), Aadon Slaughter (138), Drake Angle (150), Gabriel Lamneck (165) and Logan Sesser (285) were all third for the Generals. 

Caden Griffiths (126), Ethan Larrison (215) and Julian Rivera (285) were all fourth for Coshocton.

GIRLS 

Steubenville won the one-division girls’ sectional at Claymont with 130 points. Carrollton was third in the 24-team field with 98 points. New Philadelphia (78) was fifth, while Claymont (72) was sixth, Tusky Valley (54) seventh, Fairless (23) 10th, Sandy Valley (26) 13th and Malvern (3) 22nd. 

Sandy Valley’s Madison Vickers (135), Tusky Valley’s Tori Wilson (145) and Carrollton’s Riley Alborn (190) won individual titles on the day. 

Vickers pinned East Liverpool’s Bernadette Gotera in 50 seconds, while Wilson needed 26 seconds to pin Carrollton’s Hannah Barr. Alborn pinned New Philadelphia’s Isabelle Ramirez in 1:29. 

Carrollton’s Barr, Ashly Jasso (155) and Kailey Delawader were second, while Paityn Crank (135) and Ayrina Krantz (14) were third. 

New Philadelphia’s Easton Miller (115) and Ramirez were second, while Rilee Jones (100), Kaydence Sansom (120) and Annabelle Rummell (135) were fourth. 

Jilian Patterson (110) was second for Claymont, with Kyndall Boitnott (130) and Chloe Tufford (155) finishing third and Emma Western (105) fourth. 

Kayleigh Wiseman (125) was second for Tusky Valley. 

Miley Sesser (2nd at 170) and Brayleigh Cox (235) advanced for Ridgewood and Katie Berresford (170) advanced for Fairless. 

Qualifiers from Claymont will compete in district action at Mentor.