Spaid, along with Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy), qualified for the NCAA Championships yesterday after semifinal wins. Joining them at the national tournament will be Jim Bertulis (Aston/Garnett Valley), Brad Forbes (Downingtown/Downingtown) and Aric Fuhrman (Spring Grove/Delone Catholic).
In the championship bout, Spaid got a 3-2 win over Cleveland State's Rashard Goff. Goff took an early 2-1 lead in the first period, but a reversal in the third period from the defensive position gave Spaid the win.
Sees also advanced to the title match before falling to Lock Haven's Obe Blanc in the 125-pound finals. Blanc took a 2-1 lead after the first period and then scored another takedown and earned two backpoints en route to the 7-3 win.
Earlier in the day, the Huskies qualified three more for the national tournament.
Bertulis got the automatic bid with a third-place finish at 174 pounds. After a pin in the consolation semifinals, Bertulis got a 10-3 win over Pittsburgh's Nick Padezan to advance to the NCAA Championships.
Also earning bids were Forbes, at 141 pounds, and Furhman and the 157-pound weight class. The duo earned two of the conference's five wild card spots.
Forbes, following a consolation semifinal match loss to Mike Hurley of Cleveland State, Forbes got a 3-1 decision over Clarion's Greg Lewis to take fifth place in the tournament.
Fuhrman advanced to the third-place match on a 2-0 decision win over Pittsburgh's Sean Richmond. In the national-qualifying bout, Fuhrman was able to tie the score at four, before Richmond got an escape and earned a point on riding time to qualify for nationals.
Ricky Donald (Millville/Bloomsburg) also posted a fifth-place finish for the Huskies in his first EWL tournament. After a 7-3 loss to David Armstrong in the consolation semifinals, Donald bounced back and beat Clarion's Rob LaBrake in a 3-1 overtime decision. Frank Beasley, at 165 pounds, got a fourth-place finish, falling to Edinboro's Deonte Penn in the third-place bout, following a 12-2 majord decision win over Lock Haven's Rory McCoy.
Jesse Hasseman (Franklin, IN/Franklin) took fourth in the 197-pound weight class, falling in a quadruple-overtime decision, 3-2. In the fourth overtime period, Pittsburgh's Mike Heist got a takedown with 36 seconds remaining to win the match for the Panthers.
At 184 pounds, Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg) got a fifth-place finish for the Huskies. Following a 2-0 decision loss to Lock Haven's Derrick Morgan, Shirk won a 5-3 decision over Pitt's Kyle Deliere, who he lost to in Saturday's opening round.
The final placewinner for the Huskies was George Hickman (Wilmington, NC/Riverside) who took sixth at 149 pounds. Hickman dropped a 3-2 decision to Pitt's Joey Ecklof in the consolation semifinals before losing to Ryan Hurley in the fifth-place bout.
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