Columbus St. Francis DeSales posted a 3-0 record to win the Central Catholic League high school wrestling duals for the second consecutive year on Wednesday night, Feb. 8 at DeSales.
Columbus Bishop Watterson finished with a 3-1 record. The Eagles’ lone loss came against DeSales 48-33.
Columbus Bishop Hartley went 1-2, and Columbus Bishop Ready and Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School each finished 1-3.
DeSales and Hartley were the only teams not to face one another. They had met on Saturday, Feb. 4 in the Division II district duals, with the Stallions winning 49-24.
Among the individual competitors in the CCL duals was Watterson’s Mitchell Younger, who went 4-0 in his matches at 144 pounds. Younger won a Division II state title last year.
Also competing were DeSales’ David McClelland, the defending Division II state champion at 132 pounds, and Max Shulaw, the state running up in 2022 at 215 pounds.
The teams are gearing up for the Ohio High School Athletic Association sectional tournaments on Feb. 25 and hoping to make their way to the state meet on March 10-12 in the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University. St. Charles will compete in Division I, Hartley, DeSales and Watterson in Division II and Ready in Division III.
Ready was wrestling in the CCL duals for the last time. The Silver Knights are moving to the new Central Buckeye League for the start of the next school year.