Vilker, Watkins win tough weights at Spartan Classic

10/21 - The Border Wars Spartan Classic attracted a slew of big name prep and youth stars to come out sunday in East Lansing.  Almost every weight in the high school division featured at least one returning state placer.

The largest and deepest weight in the tournament was inarguably the 130lb bracket, which featured 9 wrestlers who are currently ranked in the Michigan Grappler Preseason Individual Rankings.  East Kentwood's Bernie Vilker put together an impressive performance, knocking off 4 state qualifiers en route to the tournament title.  Vilker's most impressive win came over returning Division 2 state champ Andrew Stepanovich of Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.  Vilker is currently ranked 8th at 119 in Michigan Grappler's preseason D1 rankings.

Another impressive performance Sunday came from Canton's 2x state placer Don Watkins.  Watkings, who sits atop the preseason D1 rankings at 135lbs, knocked off two returning D1 state qualifiers in Paul Vilker in the finals and Clarskton's Matt Dietz in the semifnals.

Check out all the results below:


Border Wars Spartan Classic Results
East Lansing, MI

103
Finals - Alex Calandrino (Howell) def. Anthony Gonzales (Brandon) 11-0

112
Finals
1st - Buddy Poyner (Fenton) over Alex Calandrino (Howell)
3rd - Drew Raftopoulos (Rochester Adams) over Anthony Gonzales (Brandon)
Semifinals
Poyner over Raftopoulous
Caladrino over Ryan Carroll (Western) 8-2
Quarterfinals
Raftopoulos pin Gonzales 1:45
Poyner pin Briana Sparks (Wyandotte) 1:23
Calandrino over Casey Dentino (Brookfield East) 5-2


119
Finals
1st - Ben Matthieson (Holt) over Matt Raysin (Corunna)
3rd - Gary Cicotte (LCN) over Camden Sebring (Richmond)
Semifinals
Raysin over Cicotte
Matthieson over Camryn Jackson (Lansing Eastern)
Quarterfinals
Raysin over Jacob Livingston (Xtreme) 10-0
Cicotte over Sebring 9-6
Jackson pin Deanna Fredrick 2:59
Matthieson over Zach Kour (Northview)

125
Finals
1st - Robbie Bidlingmaier (Anchor Bay) over Devin Boria (Milford)
3rd - Terry Turner (Carman Ainsworth) over Chris Bobryk (Whitehall)
Semifinals
Boria over Carlos Gonzales (West Ottawa)
Bidlingmaier over Anthony Pavlich (John Glenn)
Quarterfinals
Gonzales over Brian Cicote (LCN)
Boria over Turner
Bidlingmaier over Mark Loveland (Delton Kellogg)
Pavlich over Bobryk

130
Finals
1st - Bernie Vilker (East Kentwood) over Kam Olsen (East Kentwood)
3rd - Andrew Stepanovich (FHN) over Matt Loveland (Delton Kellogg)
Semifinals
Vilker over Loveland
Olsen over Zach Huff (Sturgis)
Quarterfinals
Vilker over Stepanovich 4-3
Loveland over Dan Amaro (Northville)
Huff over Shawn Olsabeck (Kettering)
Olsen over Don Gorman (Lamphere)
Notbale Consolations
Justin Walls (Riverview) over Jacob Weissand
Walls over Olsabeck
Gorman over Walls
Loveland over Gorman
Stepanovich over Justin Holm (Harper Creek)
Stepanovich over Huff


135
Finals
1st - Josh Goodman (Carman Ainsworth) over Jordan Capan (Ithaca)
3rd - Tony Burge (Mason) over Kyle Horr (Monroe)
Semifinals
Capan over Burge
Goodman over Josh Hall (Team Funk)
Quarterfinals
Capan over Horr
Burge over Broc Fejes (Columbia)
Hall over Ryan Sparks (Wyandotte)
Goodman over Phil Telford (AKS)


140
Finals
1st - Don Watkins (Canton) over Paul Vilker (East Kentwood)
3rd - Matt Diez (Clarkston) over John Tanner (Coloma)
Semifinals
Watkins over Dietz 4-0
Vilker over Tyler Bunting (Adams) 11-4
Quarterfinals
Watkins over Evan Parker (Kearsley) 6-2
Dietz pinned Tanner 4:29
Vilker over Doug Eldrige (DCC) 7-2
Bunting pinned Andy Wanta (Brookfrield)
Notable Consolations
Eldrige majdec Corey Codero (Meridian) 9-0
Tanner over Bunting
Deitz over Eldridge


145
Finals
1st - Anthony Varela over Matt Leibforth (Lemont)
3rd - Chris Beal (Eastern) over Eric Telford (AKS)
Semifinals
Varela over John Keyes (Athens)
Leibforth over Chase Baxter (Parma)
Quarterfinals
Keyes over Jordan Munro 4-2
Varela over Telford 4-2
Baxter over Jerry Flores (Swan Valley) 7-1
Leibforth over Augustin Mato
Notable Consolations
Telford over Nick Bohn (EK)
Telford over Baxter
Beal over Keyes

152
Finals
1st - Zach Sines (Ringers) over Nick Brazeua (Mattawan)
3rd - Connor Branchaeu (Fenton) over Dawan Treadwell (Everett)


160
Finals
1st - Mason Blackmer (Lakewood) over Matt Beebe (Swan Valley)
3rd - Talon Hodgeson (Davison) over Joey McClure (West Ottawa)
Semifinals
Blackmer ove McClure
Beebe over Vandemeer

171
Finals
1st - Chris Lucas (Grand Haven) dec Stephen Kemp 6-5
3rd - Nick Licari (Anchor Bay) dec Nick Mudar 11-8
Semifinals
Kemp dec Garrett Stehley (Lowell) 10-3
Lucas dec Mudar 11-8
Quarterfinals
Stehley dec Matt Schodowski (Anchor Bay) 10-3
Kemp dec Brandon Lange (Chippewa Hills) 5-1
Mudar dec Nick Licari (Anchor Bay) 11-8

189
Finals
1st - Taylor Trim (Dansville) pinned Josh Connell (Davison) 2:00
3rd - Louie Tehr (Spartan WC) pinned Alex Bishop
Semifinals
Connell dec Tehr 8-2
Trim pinned Jeff Christiansen (Whitehall) 1:00
Quarterfinals
Tehr dec Bishop 5-4
Connell over Steve McClure (West Ottawa)
Christianshen over Richard Clinkscale (Northview)
Trim over Adam Coon (WOW)

215
1st - Jason Finney (Rochester Adams)
2nd - Scott Robbins (Corunna)
3rd - Dan Spadafora (Hartland)
Finney dec Robbins 4-3
Finney dec Spadafora 2-0
Robbins dec Spadafora 10-1

285
Finals
1st - Michael McClure (West Ottawa) over Ryan Steverson (Lakewood)
3rd - Donald Whitehead (Lakeville) over Brandon Kesterson (Hartland)
Semifinals
Steverson over Kesterson 6-2
McClure over Whitehead 7-2


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