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46th Ken Cole
Invitational - 220
pounds Baldwin joins Johnson as a D3 champion |
April 14th, 2023 | Written by: Staff writer |
Come this event Dunham senior James Baldwin was already be considered, as Basile's Luc Johnson was, one of the best wrestlers in Division III. His sole loss was an 8-5 match against Jesuit's Griffin Ellis in the LACL semifinals. Baldwin took third in that event, defeating Parkway's Kristopher Mesloh 5-2. He and the Panther senior were on another collision course in this event. Baldwin used two falls and a 10-4 decision to reach the finals. It was tougher for Mesloh to gain a rematch, though. After a Round One fall he got through the quarterfinals via a 6-4 score, but in the semifinals he was pushed by North Desoto's Marques Hampton in a 7-5 match. Hampton led 5-1 with 1:42 remaining in the third period, but then Mesloh switched into overdrive, scoring an escape, a takedown and the nearfall points he needed to win in the next 1:15.
The rematch with Baldwin did not go as Mesloh planned though. After a scoreless first period Baldwin took a 6-3 lead in the second period and then shut out Mesloh 5-0 in the third for an 11-3 MD.
A pair of unseeded TC wrestlers, senior Jacob Doucet and junior Kendra James, advanced to the consolation finals, which Doucet won via a fall in 1:34. That was Doucet's sixth fall of the event (well, seventh if one counts that he was pinned in Round One) and he won the Most Falls/Least Time award. The third-seeded Hampton fell to fourth seed Kenneth Flores of Benton in 4:38 to place fifth.
Preliminary Rounds
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R1: Grady Stutzman (EA) pinned Cameron Lejeune (NV) in 1:23 | |||||
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R1: (1) Jack Mecklenborg (MND) pinned Dawson Spearman (WLK) in 3:42 | |||||
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R1: DeShawn Randall (BAS) pinned Walker Chadwick (ND) in 0:35 |
Semifinals
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(1) James Baldwin (DUN) pinned (5) Kenneth Flores (BNT) in 3:17 | |||||||
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(2) Kristofer Mesloh (PKY) defeated (3) Marques Hampton (ND) 7-5 |
Third-Sixth Place
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(7) James Doucet (TC) pinned Kendra James (TC) in 1:34 to place 3rd | |||||
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(5) Kenneth Flores (BNT) pinned (3) Marques Hampton (ND) in 4:38to place 5th |
Finals
(1) James Dunham (DUN) defeated (2) Kristofer Mesloh (PKY) 11-3 MD | ||||||||||
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