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ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œIÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™m always hoping we will win it, but when we came up here we were banged up a little bit and been sick over the winter,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥� admitted SAHS head man Daren Gilfilen, who was honored as the MSAC Coach of the Year.

ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œThe kids wrestled pretty good today. IÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™m happy for the turnout they had. They had high expectations. We hope this is a good stepping stone for us. IÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ve been coaching about 11 years and weÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ve never won MSACs before.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥�

Parkersburg head coach Matt LittletonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s program had a quartet of finalists, but they had to settle for runner-up finishes. CJ Carrodus had the first shot at a crown, but he was stopped by George WashingtonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Ben McComas via a 19-3 technical fall at 113. McComas, who improved to 30-0, was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Big Red 157-pounder Silas Wotring was upended 13-0 by St. AlbansÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ Will James, who was the third Red Dragon to win a title. At 132, Matthew Mcafee was able to record a fall with nine ticks left in the second period against Cabell MidlandÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Matthew Bartley. Moses Eades doubled up RiversideÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s David Pomeroy, 10-5, to stand atop 144.

Coach Gilfilen also received crowns via fall from 165-pounder Elijah Edge and 215-pounder Jaron Allen. Edge recorded the first takedown against Cabell MidlandÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Connor Wiseman about midway through the first and got his mat slapper in 3:47. Allen needed 91 seconds to earn his pin versus CMÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Matthew Edwards.

Parkersburg 138-pounder Jesse Showalter appeared to be in good shape against HuntingtonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Joe Riggs, who trailed 7-5 early in the third. Despite being down 10-7 with the clock quickly going toward zero, Riggs managed to secure his win by pin in 5:51. Highlander 126-pounder Garrin Arthur pinned ParkersburgÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Simon Inboden in 58 seconds.

HHS also had a top of the podium finish by 106-pounder Nate Volk, who got the finals underway with a 19-4 technical fall versus George WashingtonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Owen Anderson. The Highlanders also had a title via sudden victory by 120-pounder Ben Barrett, who was able to hold RiversideÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Josh Sergent for the final 30 seconds to win 3-2. The other sudden victory came at 190 when Huntington No. 3 seed Max Spetch knocked off top-seeded Zac Edwards of Spring Valley by the identical score of 3-2.

Of the 14 weight classes, the No. 1 seed reached the finals in all but two. At 175, No. 3 seed Levon Brown of Riverside squared off versus No. 4 seed Jake Eden of Cabell Midland. However, Eden turned an 8-4 lead going into the third into a 20-9 major decision. In the 150-pound finals, fourth-seeded Levi Wiseman of CM secured an 8-3 decision against George Washington No. 2 seed Avery Totten.

In the heavyweight championship match, Spring ValleyÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Connor McCann won via a 10-1 decision versus Highlander Matt Adkins.

The Big Reds also had five other placers. No. 4 seed Braycon Hedges finished third at 144 as too did 190-pound teammate Adam Elder. Ethan Jones, who wasnÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™t seeded at 150, also won his consolation final. PHS had fourth-place efforts from unseeded Jeremiah Shaffer (132) and Cyler Marks (175).

The runner-up Knights also had consolation final triumphs thanks to Isaac Wiseman (120) and heavyweight Luke Bird.

Riverside ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Ethan Pack (106), Robert Hodge (113) and Noah Franklin (165) ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” joined the Timberwolves with a trio of third-place finishes. Placing third for SV were 157-pounder Adam Murphy, 175-pounder Garryk McFeeley and 215-pounder Jarrett Pyles.

Finishing third for the champion Red Dragons were Brandon Huffman (126) and Sam Giordano (138). James St. Clair picked up a 10-0 major decision versus the Big Red Shaffer to place third at 132.