{"id":24624,"date":"2026-03-22T01:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=24624"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:49:38","slug":"ncaa-wrestling-championships-in-cleveland-feature-36-ohioans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=24624","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland feature 36 Ohioans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">CLEVELAND \u2014 It&#8217;s time to flex, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/sports\/college\/2026\/03\/18\/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-national-championships-practice-updates-brackets\/89205030007\/\">NCAA National Championships<\/a> run March 19-21, and the Buckeye state has 36 wrestlers competing out of the 330 entries, which equates to 11% of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Of those 36, 15 are from the Greater Akron\/Canton area. Here&#8217;s who will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/sports\/pro\/cavs\/2025\/02\/18\/rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse-new-name-rocket-arena\/79064052007\/\">Rocket Arena<\/a> this week:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nfhs-network.pxf.io\/BndQWL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Watch Ohio High School Sports Live on the NFHS Network all season<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 133 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lucas Byrd, Illinois\/La Salle<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Blaze, Penn State\/Perrysburg<\/li>\n<li>Ben Davino, Ohio State<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Shawver, Rutgers\/Elyria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 141 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jesse Mendez, Ohio State<\/li>\n<li>Julian Tagg, South Dakota State\/Brecksville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 149 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jaxon Joy, Cornell\/Wadsworth<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Stiles, Ohio State<\/li>\n<li>Brock Herman, Little Rock\/Brecksville<\/li>\n<li>Kade Brown, Pitt\/ St. Edward<\/li>\n<li>Eugene Harney, Morgan State\/Sycamore<\/li>\n<li>Austin McBurney, Brown\/Perry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 157 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brandon Cannon, Ohio State<\/li>\n<li>Derek Raike, Ohio University<\/li>\n<li>Jaivon Jones, Little Rock\/Nordonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"oembed-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#8217;s going back to Nationals!<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Lillard has earned an at-large bid for his third career NCAA Championships appearance. \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bk6EJWZPGy\">pic.twitter.com\/bk6EJWZPGy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indiana Wrestling (@IndianaWR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianaWR\/status\/2031463763467972622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 165 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joey Blaze, Purdue\/Perrysburg<\/li>\n<li>Connor Euton, Iowa State\/Westerville North<\/li>\n<li>Chris Earnest, Kent State\/Wadsworth<\/li>\n<li>Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State\/St. Edward, Chesterland resident<\/li>\n<li>Bryce Hepner, North Carolina\/St. Edward<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Lillard, Indiana\/Aurora<\/li>\n<li>Sean Seefeldt, Penn, St. Edward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"oembed-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your MAC CHAMPION! NCAA bound!<br \/>Logan Messer wins by major decision against Rider&#8217;s Enrique Munguia to earn his first trip to the NCAA Championship! \ud83d\udcaa Congrats!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeUncommon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeUncommon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YTnIUoj3Cr\">pic.twitter.com\/YTnIUoj3Cr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Mason Wrestling (@GMUWrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMUWrestling\/status\/2030399307392708815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 174 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carson Kharchla, Ohio State\/Olentangy Liberty<\/li>\n<li>Myles Takats &#8211; Bucknell\/Perrysburg<\/li>\n<li>Garrett Thompson, Ohio University<\/li>\n<li>Logan Messer, George Mason\/Wadsworth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 184 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dylan Fishback, Ohio State\/Aurora<\/li>\n<li>Eddie Neitenbach, Wyoming\/Buckeye<\/li>\n<li>Sal Perrine, Ohio University\/Nordonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"oembed-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ohio Wrestling leaves the MAC Championships with four NCAA qualifiers and three conference champions.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Raike (157), Sal Perrine (184), and Zayne Lehman (197) win MAC titles, while Garrett Thompson (174) battles through the consolation bracket and true-second match to punch\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QHHBTjv7FE\">https:\/\/t.co\/QHHBTjv7FE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Lights (@WrestlingSNL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestlingSNL\/status\/2031166356192727297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifiers at 197 pounds<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Camden McDanel, Nebraska\/Teays Valley<\/li>\n<li>Luke Geog, Ohio State\/St. Edward, Upper Arlington resident<\/li>\n<li>Zayne Lehman, Ohio University\/Revere<\/li>\n<li>Ben Vanadia, Purdue\/Brecksville<\/li>\n<li>Blake Schaffer, Kent State\/Louisville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">NCAA qualifier at 285 pounds<\/h2>\n<p><em>Brad Bournival can be reached by email at bbournival@usatodayco.com<\/em>\u00a0<em>and is on X at<\/em>\u00a0@<em>bbournival<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/sports\/college\/2026\/03\/17\/ncaa-wrestling-championships-cleveland-ohio-qualifiers-schedule-brackets\/89093779007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 It&#8217;s time to flex, Ohio. The NCAA National Championships run March 19-21, and the Buckeye state has 36 wrestlers competing out of the 330 entries, which equates to 11% of the field. Of those 36, 15 are from the Greater Akron\/Canton area. 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