There must be something in the water in Curtice, Ohio. Sure it is an unincorporated hamlet that straddles the border of two counties, Lucas and Ottawa, but the village is producing athletes at a higher rate than some cities.
From 2000-05, Waite was the dominant team in Toledo City League wrestling, and that was when St. John’s, St. Francis, Whitmer and Central Catholic were in the mix.
Stencel, Guillen fail to place at NCAA Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 2:35pm
Central Michigan University senior wrestler Matt Stencel (Clay). (Photo courtesy CMU Athletics)
Central Michigan University senior wrestler Matt Stencel (Clay) went 1-2 at the NCAA Division I national tournament and failed to place this year. Stencel, the No. 3 seed at 285 pounds and a two-time All-American, overcame a 5-2 deficit in pinning Binghamton’s Joe Doyle, the 30th seed, with 30 seconds remaining in the match to open the tournament. At this point, Stencel was 11-0, but he would lose two straight to finish 11-2. In his next match, Stencel dropped a 2-1 decision to Wisconsin’s Trent Hillger. Stencel took a 1-0 lead with an escape early in the second period.