Jefferson senior Geoff Ketcham turns Spencerville’s Jake Bellows for the final time en route to pinning his foe and earning his 100th career win Wednesday night at Bath. However, the Wildcats fell 45-21 in the quarterfinals of the OHSAA Team Dual State Tournament.

Unfortunately for the Wildcats, not a lot else went right as Northwest Conference archrival Spencerville eliminated them 45-21.
Sometimes success in the postseason is all about timing, as Jefferson head man Mike Wilson found out.

“I had two guys with skin issues (seniors Quinten Wessell and Colin McConnahea), one with mono (Noah Illig) and one with a broken wrist,” Wilson noted. “We ended up having to juggle the lineup and had to void more weight classes. In some of the matches we did have, we got closer to opponents than we did before: Gaige Rassman beat Derrick Smith in a tough match; Dylan Hicks went overtime against Trevor Bockey when he had lost to him three times earlier this year; and Tanner Vermule got closer when he lost to Cory Binkley 6-1 in a closer match than before. In that, I am pleased with how we wrestled.”