St. Edward Wrestlers Dominate National Tournament

For grapplers at , wrestling is a year-round sport.

At the Asics Cadet & Junior National Freestyle Tournament in Fargo, ND, last week, the Eagles placed five wrestlers.

They were also named all-Americans.

St. Edward Coach Greg Urbas arrived late Sunday night from North Dakota, but was able to catch up with Lakewood Patch.

He said the tournament was split into two divisions: cadet for 15 and 16 year olds, and juniors, who are either seniors, or recent graduates.

At 125 pounds, became national champion in the cadet division, finishing in first place.

Juniors

Domenic Abounader (171) took third place as a cadet; Mark Martin (160) took fourth place in the junior division; Markus Scheidel (135) took sixth place as a cadet; and junior Ty Walz (215) took seventh place in the junior category.

All five of them were named to the All-American team. 

Other St. Edward wrestlers representing the Ohio National Team were Alex Moore, Nick Barber, Jacob Davis, James Suvak, Joe Belford, Sal Corrao, Ray Barr, Collin Heffernan and Gabe Dzuro. 

Urbas said his squad represented the state well.

"The state did darn well, and St. Ed's did really well also," he said. "I am proud of all of them. They worked hard all spring and this just caps off the summer."

The grapplers at St. Edward will take a few weeks off, he added, and then get right back at it in September.