KENT, Ohio -- The Golden Eagles traveled to Kent State for their third tri-meet of the season. They went on to sweep the weekend first defeating Long Island 27-6 and defeating Kent State by criteria 19-18. This makes six dual meet victories in a row for the Golden Eagles.

The Golden Eagles matched up first against the Long Island Sharks. The highlight of this matchup was freshman Gabe Lilly, who scored a 1st period takedown and 2 near-fall points before getting the getting the 1st period pinfall victory over Jack Valentin (2:48). Extending the Golden Eagles lead to 22-3.

Starting the matchup for the Golden Eagles at 125 pounds was Travis Clawson against LIU's Sawyer Ostroff. Clawson opened the scoring early with a first period takedown before taking neutral to start the 2nd period. Ostroff fired back with a takedown in the period to tie the match at 3 before Clawson escaped and grabbed a takedown of his own along with 3 near-fall points to close the period up 10-3. Ostroff chose the down position to start the 3rd period but couldn't get away from Clawson, who added a point due to Ostroff stalling along with 2 more near-fall points. Clawson continued his impressive 2025-26 campaign with a dominant major decision victory 14-3 after adding the riding time point and putting the Golden Eagles up on the board 4-0.

Joey Fischer was next up for the Golden Eagles at 133 pounds, dropping a tough 4-1 decision against Chris Betancourt putting the Sharks on the board 4-3.

The Golden Eagles then began to separate themselves from the Sharks ripping off 4 straight decision victories. First was Scott Johnson at 141 pounds against Brandon Rozanski. Rozanski started the scoring with a 1st period takedown on Johnson, who escaped before the end of the period, making it 3-1 heading into the 2nd period. Johnson chose the down position to start the period and quickly escaped looking to get to his offense. He was able to lock up a takedown towards the end of the period to take the lead 5-3. Starting the final period, Rozanski chose the bottom position and earned an escape to cut Johnson's lead in half. Johnson got back to his offense and secured his second takedown of the match to take an 8-4 lead. Rozanski again escaped but could not get that final takedown to take the match to overtime. Johnson locked up an 8-5 victory over Branden Rozanski. Increasing The Golden Eagles lead to 7-3.

Next was Oliver Fairchild at 149 pounds, who like Scott Johnson fell behind early in the 1st period after giving up a takedown to Long Island's Tommy Bonasera. Fairchild chose the down position to start the 2nd period after Bonaser deferred his decision. Fairchild got the reversal early in the period and added 4 near-fall points to take a 6-3 advantage into the final period. Bonasera chose neutral to start the final period, needing a takedown to tie up the score. Instead, it was Fairchild who secured the takedown and the match winning by a score of 9-4 over Tommy Bonasera. This extended the Golden Eagles lead to 10-3.

Wesley Barnes had the closest match at 157 pounds, as he went into the 3rd period down 1-0 after a 2nd period escape by Brayden Roberts. Barnes secured a reversal in the final period and the ride out winning a hard fought 2-1 over Brayden Roberts. This further extended the Golden Eagles lead to 13-3

And lastly at 165 pounds, freshman Sawyer Ayotte secured 2nd and 3rd period takedowns in route to a 6-2 decision over Jordan Barry further extending the Golden Eagles lead to 16-3.

Adrian Gacek continued to impress for the Golden Eagles at 184 pounds. After a scoreless 1st period, Anthony D'alesio chose the down position for the Sharks and earned a quick escape. Gacek followed this up with a takedown and a ride out to finish out the 2nd period. Gacek chose the down position to start the 3rd period earning an escape and a second takedown in the match. After a riding time point added at the end, Adrian Gacek took out Anthony D'alesio by an 8-1 decision victory further extending their lead to 25-3. 

Ethan Wiant picked up a decision victory at 197 pounds for the Golden Eagles with his first period takedown being the big difference in the match. He went on to shut out Kaleb Wright in a 4-0 decision victory, increasing the Golden Eagles lead to 28-3.

John Meyers was the final match of the dual for the Golden Eagles, dropping a decision to Chris Powell 5-1. Cutting the Golden Eagles lead to 28-6.

At some point in time during the event, the Golden Eagles had a point taken away for unsportsmanlike conduct, giving them the 27-6 victory over Long Island.

Clarion 27 | Long Island 6
125: Travis Clawson (Clarion) over Sawyer Ostroff (Long Island) MD 13-4 | Clarion 4-0
133: Chris Betancourt (Long Island) over Joey Fischer (Clarion) Dec. 4-1 | Clarion 4-3
141: Scott Johnson (Clarion) over Brandon Rozanski (Long Island) Dec. 8-5 | Clarion 7-3 
149: Oliver Fairchild (Clarion) over Tommy Bonasera (Long Island) Dec. 9-4 | Clarion 10-3
157: Wesley Barnes (Clarion) over Brayden Roberts (Long Island) Dec. 2-1 | Clarion 13-3
165: Sawyer Ayotte (Clarion) over Jordan Barry (Long Island) Dec. 6-2 | Clarion 16-3
174: Gabe Lilly (Clarion) over Jack Valentin (Long Island) Fall (2:48) | Clarion 22-3
184: Adrian Gacek (Clarion) over Anthony D'Alesio (Long Island) Dec. 8-1 | Clarion 25-3
197: Ethan Wiant (Clarion) over Kaleb Wright (Long Island) Dec. 4-0 | Clarion 28-3
285: Chris Powell (Long Island) over John Meyers (Clarion) Dec. 5-1 | Clarion 28-6
Clarion Unsportsmanlike Conduct – 1.0 Point | Clarion 27-6

The Golden Eagles started their second matchup of the day against the Golden Flashes winning five straight matches to start the dual meet. 

First up for the Golden Eagles at 125 pounds was Travis Clawson. Clawson started off the scoring a minute into the 1st period, turning defense into offense, stuffing a shot from Kent State's Nico Calello and turning it into a takedown, taking a 3-0 lead. Calello bounced back with a reversal with 45 seconds remaining in the 1st period, followed by a Clawson escape. The wrestlers ended the period on their feet with Clawson leading 4-2. Clawson deferred his decision to the 3rd period and Calello chose the bottom position. Calello reversed Clawson to tie the match at 4. Clawson escaped with 36 seconds left in the period and took a one-point lead heading into the final period. Clawson chose the down position to start the final period and quickly earned an escape. In the final 20 seconds of the period, Clawson was able to secure a takedown over Calello to secure the match. They traded reversals within the final 20 seconds, and Clawson added a riding time point to a 12-6 decision victory. Putting the Golden Eagles ahead 3-0 early in the dual meet.

At 133 pounds, Joey Fischer took the mat for the Golden Eagles against Kent State's Nick Molchak. Fischer got on the board first with a single leg takedown with 1:15 left in the 1st period. Molchak escaped with 40 seconds left in the period and the score remained 3-1 heading into the 2nd period. Molchak deferred his decision to the final period, and Fischer elected the down position. Fischer escaped within the first 30 seconds of the period, and that was all the scoring between the two wrestlers in the period. Molchak chose the down position to start the final period and earned his escape with 45 seconds remaining in the match but was unable to get a takedown to tie the match. With that 3rd period riding time added by Fischer, he secured his riding time point and a 5-2 decision victory, adding 3 points to Clarion's total and making it a 6-0 lead.

Scott Johnson looked to make it 2-0 on the day at 141 pounds for the Golden Eagles. After a scoreless first period, Johnson earned a quick escape from Landen Duncan to give himself a 1-0 lead. After not a lot of action in the period, the score remained 1-0 heading into the 3rd period. Duncan chose the down position and earned a quick escape to tie the match at 1. Less than 15 seconds later Johnson fired back with a takedown on Duncan to take the 4-1 lead. Johnson wouldn't let Duncan back up and rode him out the rest of the period, adding a riding time point to his final score. Clarion extended their lead to 9-0 after the 5-1 decision victory for Scott Johnson.

Oliver Fairchild continued the Golden Eagles early run at 149 pounds against Silas Stits. After a scoreless first period, Stits chose the down position to start the 2nd period and earned a quick escape to take a 1-0 lead. Fairchild waited until the end of the period but took down Stits with 6 seconds to spare, taking a 3-1 lead into the final period. Fairchild chose the down position to start the final period and earned a quick escape. He then fended off Stits' takedown attempts and took home a 4-1 decision victory for the Golden Eagles. Clarion's lead increased to 12-0 after the first four matches.

Wesley Barnes once again found himself in a barn burner at 157 pounds, winning his earlier match on a reversal in the 3rd period. This time he took a 1-0 lead entering the final period. Kent State's Reese Stephen chose the down position to start the period. Barnes nearly rode him out for the entire period, just giving up the escape with 3 seconds left. He took home another 2-1 decision victory this time off a riding time advantage and was the last of 5 straight decision victories for the Golden Eagles. Clarion led 15-0 halfway through the dual meet.

The next two matches the Golden Eagles lost by tech-fall. At 165 pounds, Kent State's Chris Earnest defeated Sawyer Ayotte 17-1 (3:43) and at 174 pounds, Ethan Barr defeated Gabe Lilly 15-0 (7:00) cutting the Golden Eagle lead to just 5 points. 

Adrian Gacek was next up for the Golden Eagles at 184 pounds. After a scoreless first period and an escape by Kent State's Ronald Dimmerling, Gacek entered the 3rd period down 1-0. He earned the quick escape to start the period and then secured a takedown from a high crotch shot to take his first lead of the match 4-1. Gacek rode Dimmerling out for most of the period, allowing an escape with 15 seconds left but hung on for the 5-2 decision victory adding a riding time point to his total. The Golden Eagles bounced back and extended their lead to 18-10.

At 197 pounds Kent State's Blake Schaffer won by tech-fall over Clarion's Ethan Wiant 19-4 (6:28) cutting Clarion's lead to 18-15. 

This result sets up an interesting circumstance to end the dual meet. If Kent State's Brentan Simmerman won the match by major decision or better, they'd take the dual meet but if they only won by decision then it would go to criteria. The first criteria for a dual meet at the collegiate level is total matches won in the dual meet. To this point Clarion had won 6 matches to Kent State's 3, which means that if the 285-pound match ended in a decision victory for Simmerman, Clarion wins the dual meet.

We now go to the 285-pound match. After a scoreless first period, the only score in the 2nd period was a Simmerman escape after he chose the down position. Meyers chose the down position to start the final period and earned a quick escape. A lot of hand fighting occurred over the next half-minute until Meyers was hit with a stall call and then taken down by Simmerman, who took a 4-1 lead. Meyers escaped before the end of the match and kept the score at 4-2 by the end of the match. Despite Simmerman coming out with the win for the Golden Flashes and tying the dual at 18, Clarion won the match based on the criteria described earlier and was awarded a point at the end of the match winning 19-18.

Clarion 19 | Kent State 18
125: Travis Clawson (Clarion) def. Nico Calello (Kent State) Dec. 12-6 | Clarion 3-0
133: Joey Fischer (Clarion) def. Nick Molchak (Kent State) Dec. 5-2 | Clarion 6-0
141: Scott Johnson (Clarion) def. Landen Duncan (Kent State) Dec. 5-1 | Clarion 9-0
149: Oliver Fairchild (Clarion) def. Silas Stits (Kent State) Dec. 4-1 | Clarion 12-0
157: Wesley Barnes (Clarion) def. Reese Stephen (Kent State) Dec. 2-1 | Clarion 15-0
165: Chris Earnest (Kent State) def. Sawyer Ayotte (Clarion) TF 17-1 (3:43) | Clarion 15-5
174: Ethan Barr (Kent State) def. Gabe Lilly (Clarion) TF 15-0 (7:00) | Clarion 15-10
184: Adrian Gacek (Clarion) def. Ronald Dimmerling (Kent State) Dec 5-2 | Clarion 18-10
197: Blake Schaffer (Kent State) def. Ethan Wiant (Clarion) TF 19-4 (6:28) | Clarion 18-15
285: Brentan Simmerman (Kent State) def. John Meyers (Clarion) Dec 4-2 | Tied 18-18
Tiebreak Clarion + 1.0 Point | Clarion 19-18