Port and A.J. Schopp were not scheduled to compete at Clarion after wrestling in the All-Star Classic. When Port's opponent, Ohio State's Logan Stieber, scratched after weigh-ins the second-ranked wrestler at 141 lbs. joined the Clarion Open field.
Port won all five of his matches, with one via fall. He claimed the title at 141 lbs. with a 9-6 decision over Brock Zacherl of Clarion. His semifinal win over Alfred Bannister of Maryland was his 100th, as he is now 101-15 for his career.
In addition to Port, Dave Habat claimed the title at 149 lbs., Austin Matthews won at 157 lbs., and Vic Avery took the championship at 184 lbs.
Habat was a 9-3 winner over Laike Gardner of Lehigh in the 149 lb. final in a matchup of one versus two seeds. The redshirt senior, who joined Port and Schopp as an All-American in March, went 5-0 with a pair of major decisions. Habat joined Port and Schopp in the 100-win club as he improved his career record to 103-24.
Avery, seeded number one, went 4-0 while picking up first place at 184 lb. He won once by major decision and none of his matches were closer than six points. That came in the finals, a 10-4 decision over Thomas Sleigh, the third seed.
In his debut as a Fighting Scot, top-seeded Matthews returned to where he transferred from. The 2014 EWL Freshman of the Year dominated the 157 lb. weight class, going 5-0 with two falls and two major decisions. The sophomore won a 9-0 major decision over Colt Shorts of Cal Poly, the number two seed, in the finals.
Kory Mines took third place at 125 lbs. The redshirt senior reached the semifinals before falling to eventual champion Ben Willeford of Cleveland State 7-3. He reached the consolation final with a 2-1 decision over teammate Sean Russell in the semifinals. Russell had defeated Mines in last week's wrestleoffs. Mines then claimed an 8-3 decision over Dalton Macri of Finger Lakes WC in the third place match. He ended the day with a 5-1 record.
The Fighting Scots finished with two placewinners at 174 lbs. as Nick Mitchell was second and Patrick Jennings third. Mitchell went 4-1, reaching the finals when teammate Zack Towers, the anticipated starter at 174 lbs., injury defaulted. The unseeded Mitchell would drop a close 3-2 decision to Penn State's Bo Nickal, the top seed, in the finals. Jennings captured third place with an 11-7 decision over Michael Pavasko of Clarion, ending the day at 7-1. He won six matches in the wrestlebacks.
Edinboro also had a pair of placewinners at 165 lbs. Casey Fuller and Kasey Burnett-Davis both reached the semifinals before losing. The two would meet in the third place match with Fuller claiming a 10-5 decision. Fuller, seeded third, ended the day at 5-1 while Davis, the number one seed, was 4-2.
Ty Schoffstall gave Edinboro a first and a third at 157 lbs. as the redshirt freshman went 5-1. He lost to Matthews 11-4 in the semifinals and would post a 12-3 major decision over Evan Delong of Clarion in the third place match.
Junior Vince Pickett claimed third place at 197 lbs. He would fall in the semifinals via 9-7 sudden victory decision to Derek Thomas of Utah Valley, but came back with two more wins, the second a 3-0 decision over Luke Schaeffer of Navy. He went 5-1 with a pair of major decisions.
While not claiming the championship at heavyweight, Miller definitely gave head coach Tim Flynn something to think about. Flynn would like to redshirt Miller this season, but the two-time Ohio state champion came in second in his first collegiate competition. He went 4-1, falling to former national qualifier Riley Shaw of Cleveland State by a 3-2 decision in the finals while wrestling unattached.
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