EHS 12th at EIT Wrestling Tourney

Effingham High School's wrestling team finished 12th at the EIT Wrestling Tournament Saturday at St. Joseph-Ogden.

Travis Durbin finished fifth in the 160 pound division while Jeff Beasley captured sixth at 145 and Tritt Rush was sixth at 195.

The Hearts will be back in action Saturday in the Mount Zion Regional.

EIT Tournament

First Round

138 -- A. Artola (E) pinned S. Cunningham (ROB), :15

145 -- J. Beasley (E) pinned I. Harris (ESTA), 1:44

182 -- H. Harrison (OAK) pinned N. Case (E)

285 -- M. Dennison (CART) pinned T. Nathan (E)

Second Round

132 -- Z. Kocher (LAW) maj. dec. C. Holle (E), 12-4

138 -- T. Pasley (BISM) tech. fall A. Artola (E), 19-2

145 -- C. Rice (WEST) maj. dec. J. Beasley (E), 13-4

152 -- T. Grove (LAW) pinned J. Keitel (E)

160 -- T. Schoonover (CHAM) pinned T. Durbin (E)

195 -- T. Rivera (CHAM) pinned T. Rush (E)

Third Round

132 -- C. Holle (E) pinned H. Baker (OLN), :43

138 -- A. Artola (E) pinned  I. Davis (CHAM), :55

145 -- J. Beasley (E) pinned C. Harrington (ROB), 3:47

182 -- A. Rankin (ROB) pinned N. Case (E)

Fourth Round

132 -- H. Moffett (CART) dec. C. Holle (E), 8-3

138 -- T. Waller (SJO) maj. dec. A. Artola (E), 13-3

145 -- J. Beasley (E) pinned C. Pierce (RAN), 1:37

152 -- B. Snyder (OAK) dec. S. Keitel (E), 5-2

160 -- T. Durbin (E) pinned D. Dart (ROB), :36

185 -- G. Ashikyan (OAK) tech. fall N. Turner (E)

195 -- T. Rush (E) pinned C. Muhs (OLN), :46

Final Round

145 -- H. Elwood (CUM) pinned J. Bealsey (E)

160 -- T. Durbin (E) pinned H. Adkins (RAN), 1:47

195 -- S. Rodgers (LAW) pinned T. Rush (E)

Overall Results

132 -- Casey Holle 1-2, 138 -- Alex Artola 2-2, 145 -- Jeff Beasley 3-2, sixth place, 152 -- Jeff Keitel 0-2, 160 -- Travis Durbin 2-1, fifth place, 182 -- Nathan  Case 0-2, 195 -- Tritt Rush 1-2, sixth place, 285 -- Nathan Turner 0-2