Wilcox wins 125 weight class, Bergman and Mettling earn individual Runner Ups as Saints finish in 5th place at Adrian Invite

ADRIAN, MI – The Thomas More University wrestling team opened their 2026-2027 season at the Adrian Invite. As a team, the Saints took 5^th place with 126 points. Trevor Wilcox won the 125-weight class. Jacob Bergman earned a runner up finish in the 149 Freshman/Sophomore weight class and Wade Mettling had a runner up placement in the 285-weight class.
 

125lb-weight class

• Junior Trevor Wilcox went 3-0 on the day and won the 125lb weight class.
  • In the quarterfinal he won by a 3-0 F 2:12 over Wilmington's Andre Lewis.
  • In the semifinal, he won by a 8-6 decision over Baldwin Wallace's David Fielder
  • In the 1^st place match, he defeated Heidelberg's Lee Woods by a 17-9 major decision.
• Nick Lawrensen went 2-2 on the day and finished in 4^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal, he won by a 7-5 decision over Adrian's Ayden Ringler.
  • In the semifinals, he fell to Heidelberg's Lee Woods by 3-2 F 6:55.
  • He won the consolation semifinals over Wabash's Sam Westfall, 9-5 F 5:59.
  • In the 3^rd place match, he loss to Baldwin Wallace's David Fielder 11-1 F 6:29.

133lb-weight class

• Michael Smith went 2-2 on the day and finished in 5^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal he defeated Adrain's Eugene Barrientes 3-0 F 2:00.
  • In the semifinal round he was defeated by Wabash's Rex Moore 13-6 F 6:58.
  • In the consolation semifinal he was defeated by Heidelberg's Joshua Cornell 6-2 4:26 by fall.
  • In the 5^th place match he defeated Heidelberg's Colin Hering in 3-0 in sudden victory.

141lb-weight class

• Hunter Sproles went 4-2 on the day and finished in 7^th place.
  • In round 2, he fell to Tiffin's Lane Thacker in a 7-1 decision.
  • In the consolation round 2 he defeated Wabash's Jason Dillon in a 14-4 major decision.
  • In the consolation round 3 he defeated Adrian's Liam Totten in a 7-3 decision.
  • In the consolation round 4 he defeated Wilmington's Zander Ward in a 5-2 decision.
  • He fell in the consolation round 5 to Wabash's Matthew Baylor in a 10-9 decision.
  • He won the 7^th place match by medical forfeit.
• Christopher Ferraro went 1-2 on the day.
  • He fell in round 2 to Tiffin's Antonio Hobbs by 21-9 major decision.
  • In the consolation round 3 he defeated Adrian's Oscar Gutierrez in a 10-4 decision.
  • In the consolation round 4 he fell to Adrian's Braylon Long in a 18-1 tech fall at 5:40.

149lb-weight class

• Jacob Bergman went 3-1 on the day with a 2^nd place finish in the Freshman/Sophomore division.
  • In round 1, he defeated Wabash's Zeke Johnson 11-10 by a fall at 4:07.
  • In the quarterfinal he defeated Alma's Logan O'Connors in a 7-3 decision.
  • In the semifinals, he defeated Henry Ford College's Donovin Findlay in a 3-0 fall at 3:09.
  • In the championship round, he lost to Pennsylvania Highland Community College's Zion Grant in a 17-11 decision.

157lb-weight class

• Colin Ross went 2-3 on the day and finished in 8^th place.
  • In round 2 he loss to Wabash's Jesus Lopez by a score of 21-5 tech fall at 4:56.
  • He won the consolation round 3 by a medical forfeit.
  • In the consolation round 4 he defeated Heidelberg' Brady Hamilton by a 7-4 decision.
  • He lost to Heidelberg's Sam Smith in the consolation round 5 by a 11-3 major decision.
  • In the 7^th place match, he fell to Wabash's Timothy Sebastian by 6-1 F 1:39.
• Lucas Oliverio went 3-3 on the day and finished in 8^th place in the Freshman/Sophomore division.
  • In the first round he lost to Adrian's Devin Doorlag in a 8-4 decision.
  • In the second round of the consolation bracket he won in a 19-1 tech fall 4:26 over Concordia Wisconsin's Emery Cummings.
  • He defeated Adrian's Connor Doughty in a 10-7 sudden victory in the consolation round 3.
  • In the consolation round 4 he defeated Adrain's Austin Seta in a 6-2 decision.
  • He lost to Otterbein's Caleb Ryman in a 4-2 decision in the consolation round 5
  • In the 7^th place match, he loss to Mount St. Joseph's Brady Volz in a 4-2 decision.
• Max Brewer went 2-2 on the day.
  • In round 2, he lost to Adrian's Austin Seta in a 14-6 major decision.
  • In the consolation round 2, he defeated Arian's Cooper Honold by a fall 3-0 2:04.
  • In the third round of the consolations, he defeated Henry Ford's Elon Taylor by a 3-0 fall 2:41.
  • He fell in a 7-7 decision in the fourth round of the consolation to Otterbein's Caleb Ryman.
• Ethan Kuhns went 1-2 on the day.
  • In round 2, he was defeated by Wabash's Chasen Kamierczak in a 16-0 tech fall 5:36.
  • In the consolation round 3 he defeated Tiffin's Dylan Sweeney in a 14-8 decision.
  • He fell in the consolation round 4 to Wabash's Timothy Sebastian in a 17-6 major decision.

165lb-weight class

• TJ Hicks went 3-1 on the day and finished in 3^rd place.
  • He lost in the quarterfinal round to Otterbein's Luke Dolan in a 10-4 decision.
  • He won the first round of consolation bracket by medical forfeit.
  • In the consolation semifinal round, he defeated Alma's Carter Melonio in a 11-2 major decision.
  • In the third place match, he defeated teammate Hunter  Isaacs in a 7-2 decision.
• Hunter Isaacs went 2-2 on the day and finished in 4^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal round, he loss to Heidelberg's Travis Richardson by a 15-12 sudden victory decision.
  • In the first round of the consolations he defeated teammate Jimmy  Haas in a 4-2 decision.
  • In the consolation semifinals he defeated Mount St. Joseph's Brayden Kuhling in a 8-6 decision.
  • In the third place match, he fell to teammate TJ  Hicks in a 7-2 decision.
• Jimmy Haas went 1-2 on the day and finished in 7^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal round he loss to Alma's Carter Melonio by 6-0 fall 3:55.
  • In the first round of the consolation bracket, he was defeated by teammate Hunter  Isaacs in a 4-2 decision.
  • He won the 7^th place match by medical forfeit.
• Nathan Seth went 2-2 on the day and finished in 5^th place in the Freshman/Sophomore division.
  • After getting a bye in the first round, he fell to Wabash's Cooper Bode in a 14-0 major decision in the quarterfinal round.
  • In the consolation round he defeated Henry Ford's Hassan Barakat by a 3-3 5:31 fall.
  • In the consolation semifinals he lost to Henry Ford's Gabriel Griffith in a 7-4 decision.
  • In the 5^th place match he defeated Concordia Wisconsin's Tylan Watts 18-0 by a technical fall at 6:24.

174lb-weight class

• Zavier Campsey went 2-1 on the day and finished in 5^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal round he lost to Heidelberg's Carter Mock by a 9-5 decision.
  • In the consolation round he defeated Adrian's Calob Heilman by a 18-8 major decision.
  • He won the fifth place match in a 15-13 decision over Heidelberg's Carter Mock.

184lb-weight class

• Evan Owen went 1-2 on the day and finished in 7^th place.
  • In the quarterfinals he lost to Tiffin's Samuel Mentzer in a 9-2 fall 2:22.
  • In the consolation round he fell to Otterbein's Ethan Guevara in a 15-9 decision.
  • He won the 7^th place match over Wilmington's Hunter Randall in a 7-1 fall 4:10.

197lb-weight class

• Sam Tuck went 1-2 on the day and finished in 5^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal round he lost by a 15-0 tech fall at 7:00 to Tiffin's Silas Mitchell.
  • In the consolation semifinals, he lost to Adrain's Grant Richardson by a 11-0 major decision.
  • He defeated Heidelberg's Owen Price in the 5^th place match by a 5-3 decision.

285lb-weight class

• Wade Mettling went 2-1 on the day and finished in 2^nd place.
  • In the quarterfinal round he defeated Otterbein's Karson Nail in a 7-3 decision.
  • In the semifinals, he defeated Alma's Matthew Johnson in a 7-2 decision.
  • In the championship match, he fell to Tiffin's Isaac Lehman in a 5-1 decision.
• Joseph Scrborough went 2-2 on the day and finished in 5^th place.
  • In the quarterfinal round he defeated Mount St. Joseph's Donovan Gayle by a 4-1 fall 5:45.
  • In the semifinal round, he lost to Tiffin's Isaac Lehman in a 3-1 sudden victory.
  • In the consolation semifinals he was defeated by Baldwin Wallace's Angelo Camargo in a 7-1 decision.
  • He won the 5^th place match by medical forfeit.
• Diego Pelletier went 0-2 on the day.
  • In the first round, he fell to Tiffin's Isaac Lehman by a 9-0 fall 4:19.
  • In the consolation round, he fell to Baldwin Wallace's Angelo Camargo in a 11-1 major decision.

 

The Saints will have their home opener with a dual meet against Midway on Wednesday, November 11. It is scheduled to begin at 7pm.