St. John’s senior Aaron Deffenbaugh works against Lima Central Catholic’s Jarrett Brown en route to a pin Wednesday night in a tri-match at Robert A. Arnzen Gymnasium. The Blue Jay matment got a pair of wins over the Thunderbirds and Allen East.

The Blue Jays got a pair of wins by beating the Mustangs 36-24 and Thunderbirds 30-24.

A pair of Blue Jay wrestlers recorded pins versus Allen East with Wes Buettner pinning Logan Emerick and Aaron Deffenbaugh holding down Race King.

In a battle of some of the elite wrestlers in the area, Max McAdoo defeated Will Buettner of St. John’s 7-5 and Allen East’s Grant Criblez stopped Luke Wrasman 8-3.

After LCC and Allen East met up in the second set of matches of the evening, St. John’s battled LCC.

The Blue Jay grapplers again faced some tough competition meeting a LCC squad filled with state-caliber wrestlers. Brandon McCormick of LCC pinned St. John’s Austin Martin in 3:42. In a back-and-forth battle, Jacob Tremoulis earned a hard-fought victory of Wes Buettner 5-2.
Senior Aaron Deffenbaugh notched his second pin of the evening, defeating Jarrett Brown in 3:25. Will Buettner then went on to pin Tyler Garcia in 1:11.