Wrestling | 11/3/2024 10:43:00 PM

CLARION, Pa. – The Bloomsburg wrestling team finished 22^nd at the Clarion Open with 11 team points in the first tournament of the 2024-25 season.
 
William Morrow (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) went 2-2 on the day in the 157-pound bracket but fell in the consolation round of 8 to end his day. Morrow dropped his opening match of the day, 7-0, to Alejandro Herrera-Rondon. Morrow bounced back for his first bonus-point win of the year with a 18-3 tech fall over Chad Jesko of Pitt.-Johnstown. He followed that with a 7-1 decision over Jayden O'Farrill, who wrestled unrostered, to move to the Round of Eight. Morrow's day came to an end with a fall at 2:27 to Jeb Prechtel of Bellarmine.
 
Tyler McCatharn (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) went 1-2 on the day in the heavyweight bracket after receiving a bye in the first round. McCatharn fell in his first match 10-1 to John Meyers from Clarion, who was wrestling unrosterd. McCatharn kept his day alive with a 4-1 sudden victory win in overtime over Bryson Harrington of Pittsburgh. Austin Champan of Clarion won 7-1 in the consolation bracket to knock McCatharn out.
 
Mason Rebuck (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) also received a bye through the first round and won his opening match by a major decision, 12-0, over Connor Jacobs of Clarion. Hayden Walters from Michigan defeated Rebuck 17-5 in the Championship Bracket Round of Eight for the 197-pound bracket. Rebuck lost his first consolation bracket match 15-2 to Gage Yackee of Navy Wrestling Club.
 
Also wrestling in the 197-pound bracket was Kolby Flank (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area), who went 1-2 on the day. Flank dropped his opening match 4-1 to Ethan Wiant of Clarion before getting a bye in the first round of the consolation bracket. Flank moved through the bracket with a 15-4 major decision over Connor Jacobs of Clarion. Flank lost to Andrew Liber of Bellarmine, 11-8, to finish out his day.
 
Leo Hess III (Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield) went 1-2 on the day as he lost his first match, 4-2 to Gavin Wilmoth of Clarion before getting a bye in the first consolation round of the 165-pound bracket. After earning a medical forfeit win over Jared Keslar of Pittsburgh, Hess fell to Trent Hoover of UPJ as an unattached wrestler, 17-4.
 
The Huskies get back on the mat next Saturday, November 9, when they travel to the George Mason Duals. Bloomsburg opens the day against George Mason at noon before taking on Williams College at 1:30 p.m. and Millersville at 3:00 p.m.