Liberty Center, Archbold to grapple in state dual meet

1/3/2004

Two Northwest Ohio Athletic League teams are included in the eight-team field for the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association s Division III state dual meet tournament tomorrow at Evergreen High School.

Liberty Center, the No. 2 seed, will take on No. 7-seed Galion Northmor in a quarterfinal meet, while No. 4 seed Archbold battles No. 5 Casstown Miami East. Both meets begin at noon. The championship bracket is single elimination and determines the top four teams, and losing teams are placed in the consolation bracket, which will decide the fifth through eighth places.

Also in first-round action at noon: No. 1 Beachwood vs. No. 8 Clarksville Clinton-Massie and No. 3 Bedford St. Peter Chanel vs. No. 6 London Madison Plains.

The championship semis will pit the Beachwood/Clinton-Massie winner vs. the Miami East/ Archbold winner and the Chanel/Madison Plains winner vs. the Northmor/Liberty Center winner. Losers of those respective matches will face off in the consolation semifinals.