Daugherty finishes 2nd at Districts
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 25, 2013
Senior Chad Daugherty finished 2nd in his 195 lbs. weight class at Districts to qualify for Regionals.
Daugherty won his first match 9-1 against Montoursville's Lucas Shaheen 9-1 and picked up a 1-0 decision over Canton's Connor Route before falling to last season's state champion Ryan Solomon from Milton in 3:42. Daugherty is the first person this year to wrestle longer than a minute against Solomon.
Junior Brandon Owlett and Senior Eli Kennedy also competed at Districts over the weekend, but failed to qualify for Regionals.
Owlett won his preliminary match 13-0 against Troy's Trey Murray before dropping his second match 9-5 to Midd-West's Zach Heeter. Owlett won his consolation quarter final match 11-1 against Canton's Brooks Gleckner and dropped his final match 7-2 to Central Columbia's Aaron Johnson.
Kennedy won his first match 7-2 against Benton's Marcus Welliver, lost his 2nd match 1-0 to Montoursville's Connor Bassett, won his 3rd match by pinning Line Mountain's Robert Cook in 4.35 , and lost his 4th match to Muncy's Nick Roberts 4-2 in overtime.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
