THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes 7th
What: Washington and Jefferson Invitational in wrestling action
When: Saturday, Nov. 12
Where: Washington, Pa. – Washington and Jefferson

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had a top-six finisher in half of the weight classes, and nabbed two of the top-six spots at 174 to place seventh at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational. The Bullets scored 86 points at the 14-team tournament.

THE LEADERS
• Phil Nave (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) led the Bullets with a second-place finish at heavyweight. Nave's first two bouts ended in falls, winning in 1;36 and 5:30. In the semifinals, he recorded a 4-1 win over Robbie West (Lycoming) before dropping an 11-1 major decision to Lycoming's Connor Fulmer in the title tilt.
• Eric Mougalian (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) finished third at 149, recording a 3-1 day. After an opening-round bye, he recorded a 1-minute, 52-second pin and 7-1 victory to make it to the semifinals. There, he dropped a 10-8 decision to Lycoming's Logan Bartlett. In the third-place bout, Mougalian topped Eli Blackwell (Southern Virginia), 11-7.
• Brendan Loder (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) also placed third, going 3-1 at 197. He started with a 5-4 win over Noah Dehainaut (Muskingum) and 10-3 victory over Thiel's Braydon Herbster to advance to the semifinals. Eventual champion Gable Crebs (Lycoming) toped Loder by technical fall 16-0 to drop him to the third-place bout, where Loder defeated Jamestown's Brock Johnson, 3-1.
• At 165, Justin Richey (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) opened his day with a pin of Fairmont's Nick Kelbaugh in 2:04 before falling to the consolation bracket with a 6-0 loss. He then worked his way back to a fifth-place finish in the bracket. He bookended the consolation bracket with major decision wins of 13-2 and 14-4, adding a 4-minute, 13-second pin and forfeit win in the middle. In the fifth-place match, Richey edged Jude Childers (Fairmont) 11-7 in sudden victory.
• Michael Daugherty (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) and David Bancroft Jr. (Brewster, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling School) each placed at 174. Daugherty went 2-2 to place fourth while Bancroft was 3-2 to finish sixth. Daugherty opened his day with back-to-back major decision wins to get to the semis. He won 8-0 and 12-2 before falling by way of first-period pin to Southern Virginia's Tyson Hoopes. In the third-place match, he was also pinned in the first period by Lycoming's Eli Crum. Bancroft pinned Josh Hall (Thiel) in 1:53 before falling, 7-3. In the consolation bracket, Bancroft won his first two bouts 7-5 and 20-6 to make it to the fifth-place match, where he dropped an 11-3 decision to Alderson-Broaddus' Greg Griffen.

FOR THE FOES
• Lycoming captured the team title with 224 points.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Connor Leszczuk (The Village of Indian Hill, Ohio/Indian Hill) dropped his first match of the day 10-5 to Jamal Everette (Alderson-Broaddus) before wrestling all the way and finishing a bout shy of placing at 157. His consolation bracket started with a 1-minute, 15-second pin before recording decisions of 2-0 and 4-3. He was then pinned late in the first period by Muskingum's Gavin Greer.
• At 141, Julian Amadio (Bloomingdale, N.J./Butler) went 2-2 on the day. He opened his quest with a 16-12 win in sudden victory before adding a 2-minute, 29-second pin of Fairmont State's Esdras Castillo. He then dropped a 6-5 sudden-victory decision to Alderson-Broaddus' Richard Davis and fell to the consolation bracket, where Amadio lost a 10-1 major decision to Waynesburg's Harley constable.
• Jake Stein (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) recorded one win at 149. He captured his first bout of the day by a 9-2 count over Pitt-Bradford's Henry Cummings before falling in his next two matchups.
• Heath Rudolph (Winchester, Va./Roanoke) opened his day at 157 with a pin midway through the second period before falling 11-9 and with a first-period fall.
• Also at 157, Oscar Winch (Lawrence Twp., N.J./Montgomery) sandwiched a pair of losses with a 9-7 win.
• At 165, Graham Chandler (Washington, D.C./St. Albans School) started his day with a 38-second pin before dropping two straight matches.
• Simon Taylor (Alexandria, Va./Woodbury Forest School) just missed out on his second straight placefinish. After falling in his opening bout, he recorded a 3-minute, 17-second pin and 7-1 decision in the consolation bracket. He fell 8-1 to Fairmont's Mason Atkinson to end his day.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the Shenandoah Duals on Saturday. Action begins at 11 a.m.