BEREA MIDPARK WRESTLING: Dipierro, Heil are Columbus Bound!

Pino Dipierro and Shane Heil will compete on the ultimate OHSAA stage next weekend thanks to their performance Saturday in the district round of the OHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament. Dipierro and Heil both punched their respective tickets to states, which will begin Thursday evening starting at 5:35PM inside the Jerome Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University.  This is the first time in school history that the Titans will send wrestlers to the State Tournament.

Heil, the No. 6 seed who came into the district following a second-place showing at sectionals, went 4-2 overall on the weekend.  Heil controlled No. 2 seed Case George from Ashland in the consolation semifinals throughout, earning a 8-4 decision, a ticket to the State Tournament and setting up a showdown with St. Edward’s Richard Delsanter, the top seed in the third place match.  Heil fell to Delsanter in the third period by technical fall, finishing fourth in the Perrysburg district.

Dipierro, the No. 7 seed who also finished second at the Brecksville sectional, went 4-2 at the Perrysburg district tournament. Dipierro looked dominant, recording second period pins against Whitehall-Yearling’s No. 9 seed Jace Peck and North Olmsted’s No. 14 seed Alexander Reagon to set up his consolation semifinal match with No. 8 seed Scott Richter from St.

Edward. Dipierro dismantled the sophomore from Ed’s, winning by major decision 10-0, securing his spot in the State Tournament and advancing to the third place match with No. 1 seed Andrew Perelka from Brecksville-Broadview Heights.  Dipierro would fall to Perelka by way of a second period pin, finishing fourth at the district tournament.

Sophomore Caden Wendling placed sixth overall in the tournament with a 3-3 record on the weekend.  Senior Andrew Bachie also finished sixth at Perrysburg, recording a 3-3 record in the tournament.

UP NEXT
Dipierro and Heil will compete Thursday March 8th in the Division 1 Championship Preliminaries at the Jerome Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University.  Preliminaries begin at 5:35PM.

Berea-Midpark Wrestling
2018 Perrysburg District Tournament

Team Score – 56.5 (10th out of 37)
106 | Heil (4-2) 4th Overall, State Qualifier
113 | Dipierro (4-2) 4th Overall, State Qualifier
120 | Wendling (3-3) 6th Overall
132 | Hinton (0-2)
138 | Brunskole (0-2)
145 | Gute (0-2)
160 | Paletta (1-2)
170 | Williams (1-2)
182 | Weaver (0-2)
195 | Bachie (3-3) 6th Overall
220 | Yu (1-2)
285 | Chapman (0-2)