Monroeville’s Logan Stieber, a red-shirted freshman, won the 133-pound NCAA Wrestling National championship Saturday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Mo.

The second-seeded Stieber defeated No.1 seed and defending national champion Jordan Oliver, of Oklahoma State, 4-3.

The match began with Oliver gaining a quick takedown 17 seconds into the match. However, Stieber escaped 10 seconds later to make the score 2-1. With 30 seconds left in the first period, it appeared Stieber was going to earn his first takedown of the match as he was able to hoist Oliver into a one-legged position, but Oliver battled out and the score remained 2-1.

In the second period, Stieber chose bottom and was able to escape eight seconds later, deadlocking the score at 2-2. After more than a minute of wrestling, Stieber was again able to force Oliver into a one-legged position, but this time he scored the takedown and sent the Ohio State crowd into a frenzy. Stieber earned the takedown with 20 seconds left in the second period, making the score 4-2.

Oliver started the third period on bottom and was able to escape in 20 seconds, making the national championship a one point affair. Stieber fought off numerous blows from Oliver during the next minute and a half, refusing to give up a point. With 10 seconds remaining, Oliver shot at Stieber and was able to get him around the waist. Stieber stood strong and completed the upset.

Overall, Ohio State boasted four All-Americans, tied for the second most in school history. The All-Americans for the Buckeyes were Logan Stieber, first place at 133 pounds, Cam Tessari, also a Monroeville graduate, fourth place at 149 pounds, Nick Heflin, fifth at 174 pounds and Logan’s brother Hunter Stieber, sixth at 141 pounds. Ohio State also set a team record for freshmen All-Americans with three (L. Stieber, H. Stieber and Cam Tessari) Monroeville graduates.

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Monroeville’s Hunter Stieber, a freshman wrestler at Ohio State, was named Big Ten’s Wrestler of the Week.

Stieber defeated Iowa’s Montell Marion, 4-2 and helped the Buckeyes to upset over No. 2 Iowa, 21-9 last Friday.

Stieber limited Marion, a two-time senior All-American, to just two escapes in the match.

With the win, Stieber improved to 18-3 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten.

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Monroeville graduate Logan Stieber had his wrestling season cut short after eight matches during his freshman season at Ohio State.

Stieber broke his hand and had to sit out the rest of the season, after going 5-3.

He won his first five matches, defeating Nebraska’s Shawn Nagel, Pittsburgh’s Anthony Zanetta, Cal State Bakersfield’s Tyler Iwamura, Illinois’ Logan Arlis and Hofstra’s Steve Bonanno. He lost three straight matches, all by decision, to Oklahoma’s Jarrod Patterson (2-1), Oregon State’s Jason Lara (5-0) and Cornell’s Frank Perrelli (9-8).

His brother Hunter Stieber just came off his fourth-straight state championship, while wrestling at Monroeville. He’ll be joining Logan next season.

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