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Posted on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 5:32 a.m.

Six district champions among 33 Washtenaw County wrestlers to qualify for regional competition

By Pete Cunningham

The team portion of the MHSAA wrestling postseason began Wednesday with team district competition.

The individual portion of districts took place on Saturday and 33 wrestlers from across Washtenaw County placed in the top four of their respective weight classes, qualifying them for next weekend's regional competition. The top four finishers at individual regionals move on the the individual state championships at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Feb. 28-March 2.

Manchester led the way with 12 out of its 14 wrestlers placing at the Division 3 district at Napoleon High School.

Among the 33 regional qualifiers were six champions: Jordan Markey (Lincoln, 130), Nate O'Sullivan (Saline, 135), Michael Hovater (Chelsea, 189), Zeke Breauninger (Dexter, 112) and Steve Bleise (Chelsea, 135).

Here's how everyone else fared:


Division 1 at Saline

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Saline's Nate O'Sullivan, left, and Pioneer's Robert Freter, right, square off at 135 pounds during team district competition on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Both qualified for individual regional competition on Saturday.

Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com file photo

Champion
Jordan Markey, Lincoln (130)
Nate O'Sullivan, Saline (135)

Second
Alex Cornelius, Saline (152)
Jahi Hilliard, Pioneer (215)

Third
Taylor Ticknow, Saline (112)
Quandre Thomas, Pioneer (140)

Fourth
Billy Cobb Gulley, Pioneer (103)
Keegan Pape, Pioneer (125)
Robert Freter, Pioneer (135)

Division 2 at Mason

Champion
Michael Hovater, Chelsea (189)
Zeke Breauninger, Dexter (112)
Steve Bleise, Chelsea (135)

Second
Zaid Abdellatif, Ypsilanti (285)
Kyle Abdellatif, Ypsilanti (125)
Avery Osentoski, Chelsea (145)

Third
Alex Reich, Dexter (140)

Fourth
Larry Gotcher, Dexter (103)
Tyler Even, Dexter (125)
Nate Miller, Chelsea (125)

Division 2 at Carleton Airport

Third
Ben Fick, Milan (171)

Fourth
Alex Scully, Milan (160)

Division 3 at Napoleon

Champion
Eric Coval, Manchester (145)

Second
Brendan Abrigo, Manchester (103)
Michael Golding, Manchester (160)
Brian Robert, Manchester (285)

Third
Charlie Steffens, Manchester (112)
Brock Vlcek, Manchester (119)
Nick Dettling, Manchester (125)
Corey Johnson, Manchester (130)
Ben Heuser, Manchester (135)
Trevor Humphrey, Manchester (145)
James Schriber, Manchester (160)
Tye Thompson, Manchester (171)

Pete Cunningham covers sports for AnnArbor.com. She can be reached at petercunningham@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.