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BY JUSTIN RICE / THE FREE LANCE-STAR
CHESAPEAKE?There were no titles to be had for Colonial Forge?s vaunted wrestling program this year?no fifth team title, and no individual titles for the Eagles? two finalists.
Freshman Josh Nail was second at 106 and senior Zach Martinez second at 182, and Forge finished tied for third Saturday at the Group AAA state championships at Oscar Smith High School. It was not the ending the defending state champions had hoped for.
?I knew it was going to be hard to win [a team title],? said senior Sean Murphy, who was third in a tough 152-pound weight class. ?The team kind of fell apart [with injuries] at the end.?
The Eagles? chances at a team title took a serious blow in consolation matches Friday night?when three wrestlers were eliminated?and a mortal wound Saturday morning, when 126-pounder Jeff Stone had to bow out because of injury.
That left Colonial Forge to hope for an individual champion.
Murphy lost his 152-pound semifinal to eventual champion Taylor Misuna of Grassfield. But Nail?s 10?6 win over Battlefield?s Matt Asper and Martinez?s 8?2 decision against Great Bridge?s Matthew Reynolds gave the Eagles two finalists.
Neither would prevail.
Nail wrestled a scoreless and even first period with Tommy Aloi, last year?s 106-pound runner-up. Nail nearly took the lead with a just-missed reverse in the second period. Aloi scored two near-fall points to take the lead, and had an escape and a take down in the third period to secure the win.
?I missed out,? Nail said. ?I had that opportunity for [a reverse] and I didn?t capitalize.?
Martinez also wrestled a scoreless opening period against First Colonial?s Ryland O?Brien, and then took the lead with an escape to start the second. O?Brien finished a single-leg takedown to regain the advantage.
The end-of-period buzzer saved O?Brien from Martinez?s try at a late reverse, and the Colonial Forge senior was unable to score a match-swinging takedown in the final two minutes.
?It?s really disappointing,? Martinez said. ?I got a couple shots in there. I just couldn?t pull them in and finish.?
Four other Eagles did finish in the top eight?Tony Neis was fifth at 145, Bryce Gentry sixth at 113, Patrick Grayson seventh at 220, and Stone was eighth.
But it was not nearly enough team points to keep up with Robinson, which had one champion, two other finalists, and three others in the top four. Westfield secured second place with the points scored by 145-pound champion Beau Donahue. And Forest Park?which had a tournament-best three individual champions?climbed into a tie with Forge for third.
?To win a tournament like this you need points all over the place,? said Colonial Forge coach Bill Swink, who was able to attend Saturday?s session after staying home Friday because of illness. ?You?ve got to perform when you get here. Robinson has wrestled really well. I don?t think anybody could have beaten them this weekend.?
Championship finals: 106?Tommy Aloi (FP) d. Josh Nail (CF) 5?1; 113?J.D. Gregory (Han) d. Brandon Olsen (IR) 5?0; 120?Cam Timok (Herm) maj. dec. Sean Button (Kel) 10?1; 126?Bill Adusei (MV) d. Hayden Felch (Kel) 7?3; 132?Dennis Gustafson (FP) d. Eric Merriam (GB) 9?3; 140?Neal Richards (Mat) tech. fall Corbin Allen (Han) 20?5; 145?Beau Donahue (West) maj. dec. Justus Weaver (Bat) 11?3; 152?Taylor Misuna (Gras) d. Jack Bass (Rob) 3?1; 160?Rory Renzi (LB) maj. dec. Stephen Aiello (West) 16?7; 170?Brett Stein (FP) d. Cole DePasquale (Rob) 5?2; 182?Ryland O?Brien (FC) d. Zach Martinez (CF) 2?1; 195?Corbin Ramos (Mat) p. Patrick O?Conner (TJ) 5:00; 220?William Rupp (WP) d. Eldon Valery (Lan) 5?3; 285?Jake Pinkston (Rob) d. Anthony Helm (Ma) 5?4.
Team scores: 1. Robinson 142.5; 2. Westfield 101; 3. Forest Park 96.5; 3. Colonial Forge 96.5; 5. Matoaca 91.
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