Late wins from Hisey, Gard help Rochester win 5th TRC in last 6 years

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Mason Hisey Declan Gard

The Rochester boys wrestling team scored 247 points to win the Three Rivers Conference title at Maconaquah Saturday.

Northfield was second with 243 points.

Northfield held the lead going into the final round, but Rochester wrestlers went 7-0 in championship matches.

Rochester individual champions included Tanner Horn (113), Jackson Robbins (120), Grant Holloway (126), Layne Horn (132), Brant Beck (165), Mason Hisey (215) and Declan Gard (HWT).

All but Hisey were No. 1 seeds coming into the tournament. Hisey, a No. 2 seed, defeated top-seeded Rylan Turner from Northfield 12-9 in his championship match.

Robbins and Gard also defeated wrestlers from Northfield in their championship matches. 

Rochester has won the TRC five times in the last six years.

Layne Horn and Beck finished their careers as four-time conference champions.

Other Rochester placers included Kale Shotts, who was third at 175; Derek Wortley, who was third at 190; Braxton Hester, who was fifth at 106; Ayden Smith, who was fifth at 138; Clarence Garrett, who was fifth at 157; and Carlisle Clark, who was eighth at 150.

Shotts lost to Wabash’s Remington Cressell 15-12 in the semifinals but came back to win by technical fall over Peru’s Alex Fry in the third-place match. Wabash’s Philip Palmer pinned Wortley in the semifinals before Wortley bounced back to beat Northfield’s Rylan Schultz in the third-place match.

Rochester will travel to Plymouth for the sectional at 9 a.m. this Saturday.

THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE RESULTS SATURDAY: ROCHESTER 247, Northfield 243, Peru 202.5, Wabash 194, Lewis Cass 150.5, Maconaquah 140.5, Whitko 84.5, Southwood 56, Northwestern 48, Manchester 33

ROCHESTER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 – Braxton Hester – fifth, 113 – Tanner Horn – champion, 120 – Jackson Robbins – champion, 126 – Grant Holloway – champion, 132 – Layne Horn – champion, 138 – Ayden Smith – fifth, 144 – Caden Biernacki – DNP, 150 – Carlisle Clark – eighth, 157 – Clarence Garrett – fifth, 165 – Brant Beck – champion, 175 – Kale Shotts – third, 190 – Derek Wortley – third, 215 – Mason Hisey – champion, HWT – Declan Gard – champion

TRC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

106 – Ari Schrock (Maconaquah), 113 – Tanner Horn (Rochester), 120 – Jackson Robbins (Rochester), 126 – Grant Holloway (Rochester), 132 – Layne Horn (Rochester), 138 – Glen Baldwin (Peru), 144 – Tayten Barlow (Northfield), 150 – Aivry Ward (Maconaquah), 157 – Evans Oglesby (Maconaquah), 165 – Brant Beck (Rochester), 175 – Elijah Gahl (Northfield), 190 – Landon Smith (Whitko), 215 – Mason Hisey (Rochester), HWT – Declan Gard (Rochester)