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New Lex trio feeding off each other during run to state
Shaun Pletcher, Kody Beal and Wyatt Abele are looking to make history
New Lexington s star trio knows as well as anyone.
Just 13 pounds separate Panther seniors Shaun Pletcher and Kody Beal and junior Wyatt Abele, who have spent countless hours drilling against each other in practice the past two seasons.
All have different styles, but the results have spoken for themselves - each are among 11 from the Muskingum Valley League competing in the Division II state tournament this weekend at Sparta Highland.
Pletcher and Beal are returning qualifiers while Abele is making his first appearance. All are ranked in or near the state s top 10 by borofan.net.
New Lex, Tri-Valley earn Titles in MVL Wrestling
NEW LEXINGTON, OH- In the year of Covid, wrestling was no doubt one of the hardest sporting events to coordinate. However, through all headlocks of this year the MVL wrestling tournament was still able to happen.
A very notable day for New Lex as Ethan Burkhart, Shaun Pletcher, Wyatt Abele, Hunter Rose and Trey Helwig all became individual champions, New Lexington was crowned as the small school champions with a total of 211 points. Pletcher became the sixth wrestler in MVL history to win four titles.
Tri-Valley won the big school title, they had seven finalists and four champions in their scoring of 227 points, ….Cullen Van Rooyen, Ethan Jenkins and Andy Hill taking home titles. Joseph Eckelberry of Tri-Valley was named the Lower Weight Class MVP.