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Caruso and Crenshaw of Beacon win Henlopen Conference wrestling titles

Anthony Caruso wins his second Henlopen Conference wrestling championship. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
February 11, 2015
Jacob Crenshaw tilts his opponent  in the championship bout, coming precariously close to pinning himself. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Billy Ott of Beacon wins third place at 170 pounds. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Jonah Robertson of Mariner thinks of his next move in the 170-pound title bout. Jonah hit the mat hard on his shoulder and had to default. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Mariner's Jamie Shirmer wrestles for control at 250. Jamie is a brawler. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Wayne Neusome coaches Dover Central. He was a 1981 state champ for Milford. BY DAVE FREDERICK

The gym at Milford Academy was incubator hot with hundreds of middle school bodies Saturday afternoon for the Henlopen Conference Wrestling Championships.

The 16-bout format single-mat championships took two hours, 6 to 8 p.m., to complete, and that followed a lightning round of consolation matches as by rule middle school grapplers can only wrestle five times in one day, so in anticipation there were enough medals to share for third- and fifth-place finishes.

Beacon crowned two champions with Anthony Caruso at 100, a three-time finalist, winning his second championship while Jacob Crenshaw won his first championship at 106 pounds.

Third-place finishes for Beacon were Jack Lee 82, Jackson Handlin 112, Robert Marsh  145, Billy Ott 170, and 250 where Edwin Lange shared third place with Kasim Lewis of Georgetown.

Mariner sent two wrestlers to the finals. Jonah Robertson 170  injured his shoulder during the championship bout and defaulted. Jamie Shirmer 250  got caught and lost by fall.

Michael Wright of Georgetown won the 185-pound title.

Expanded results will be available if they are ever published online as promised.

 

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