Yellow Jacket Wrestlers 2023 Sectional Champions

Yellow Jacket wrestlers win the Sectional Championship, qualifying 11 individuals, a school record, for the Darby Districts on March 3 and 4. Individual OCC Champions are Brock Blankenhorn, Preston Hempfield, Rylan Firebaugh, Jake Taylor, Luke Mullins, and Alex Taylor. Second place Aden Burdulis and Kayden Packard. Third place Mavrik Gregory and Kyler Howard. Fourth place Mason Mitchell along with 2 District Alternates AJ Fonner and Charlie Bell, placing fifth.

Sect. Tournament: Div. I – Watkins Memorial Team Scores
1. Mount Vernon 256.0
2. Wester. North 193.5
3. Olen. Berlin 189.5
4. Pick. North 146.0
5. Watkins Memorial 141.5
6. Reynoldsburg 108.0
7. Dub. Scioto 104.5
8. Logan 52.0
9. Franklin Hts. 39.0
10. Briggs 30.0
11. Col. West 21.0
12. Groveport-Madison 15.0

First Place
106 Brock Blankenhorn (Mount Vernon) pin Nolan Perry (Watkins Memorial) FALL 2:26
113 Preston Hempfield (Mount Vernon) pin Grant Gibson (Olen. Berlin) FALL 1:28
120 Gavyn Louks (Watkins Memorial) pin Aden Burdulis (Mount Vernon) FALL 0:15
132 Rylan Firebaugh (Mount Vernon) dec. Peter Emery (Olen. Berlin) 8-4
150 Jake Taylor (Mount Vernon) tech. fall Alex Moore (Franklin Hts.) T.F 16-1
165 Hunter Lowery (Watkins Memorial) dec. Kayden Packard (Mount Vernon) 7-0
190 Luke Mullins (Mount Vernon) pin Christopher Price (Dub. Scioto) FALL 2:51
215 Alex Taylor (Mount Vernon) pin J.T. Tompkins (Olen. Berlin) FALL 3:14

Third Place
144 Mavrik Gregory (Mount Vernon) dec. Colin Touvell (Pick. North) 3-1
175 Kyler Howard (Mount Vernon) maj. dec. Kevin Bosque (Briggs) m.d. 10-2

157 Ahmad Deifallah (Dub. Scioto) pin Mason Mitchell (Mount Vernon) FALL 4:19

Fifth Place

126 A.J. Fonner (Mount Vernon) maj. dec. Cole Hoffman (Logan) m.d. 8-0
138 Charlie Bell (Mount Vernon) pin Tyler Harmacek (Reynoldsburg) FALL 2:21