Barnesville Clinches 3A Wrestling Crown!

Senior Hines Ford won his 150th match during the quarter finals at WesBanco Arena Friday. He is shown being congratulated by his coaches and family. Ford is the only senior on the Shamrock roster. [Barnesville Shamrock Athletics photo]

Barnesville captured the 3A OVAC Wrestling crown after two days of tournament action. With 138 points going into the semi-finals Saturday morning, the Shamrocks cannot be caught by any 3A team in the division!  After two days of matches, the second place team is Martins Ferry with a distant 101 points.

The 5A, 4A divisions are also decided early. University Morgantown and Beaver Local will be crowned Saturday evening.

Six ‘Rocks wrestlers qualified for the semi-finals that got underway at 11 a.m. today. The tournament will conclude with finals at 3:30.    

Barnesville Area News will share final tournament action after the last match is called.

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