Schlegel and Castro place at Adrian Invite

The Defiance wrestling team competed at the Adrian College Invite on Saturday finishing 11th out of 15 teams. Sophomore Jonah Schlegel placed fifth in the 285 weight class and junior Alejandro Castro took sixth place in the 157 bracket.

Schlegel went 4-1 on the day, winning his first match in sudden victory - 1 over Da`veon Parker of Heidelberg before dropping his quarterfinal match to Wabash's James Lewis. Schlegel then pinned Lewis's teammate Colin Baker in 1:10 and then won a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Parker to advance to the fifth-place match where he pinned Alex Naylor from Wabash in 4:16.

Castro went 5-1 with four wins by decision and advancing on a medical forfeit. Castro won his matches by scores of 6-0,6-1,7-1 and 5-4. 

Freshman Matthew Beard went 2-2 in the 157 bracket with pins over Micah Mydloski of Heidelberg in 3:52 and Adrian's Reginald Ryder in 5:41. he wins and pins are the first of Beard's career.

Junior Seth Majewski, senior Cortez Bradley, sophomore Sean Rankin, freshman Joey Perez, junior Jack Minner, and senior Mason Morris each won matches at the event. Rankin and Perez each the first wins of their careers. 

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Saturday, November 20 at the Baldwin Wallace Invite.