LEXINGTON, Virginia -- Ferrum College entered seven wrestlers in the Jim Crytzer Memorial Tournament, held Saturday, January 4, at Washington and Lee University.

JIM CRYTZER
The event is named in memory of Jim Crytzer, a 1977 W&L graduate, who grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the most successful wrestlers in Washington and Lee wrestling history, Crytzer was a four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the Generals, earning W&L's Outstanding Rookie award in 1974 as well as Outstanding Wrestler in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He graduated as W&L's all-time wins leader with a 65-33-5 overall record. Crytzer was a three-time conference champion and wrestled in the NCAA Championships in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Crytzer passed in November 2014 at the age of 59.

THE BASICS
Of Ferrum's seven entries, the Panthers came away with a pair of placewinner. Trent Ray placed fifth in the 285-pound weight class, while Jackson Lambert finished sixth at 141 pounds. Ray opened the tournament with a pair of pins, and closed with 5-1 decision over Brey Loving of Marymount University in the 5th-place match.

Also competing for the Panthers Saturday were Samson St. Germain (125 lbs), Marquise Brock (157), Jake Knight (174), Genowa Lane (184) and Deondre Johnson (285). St. Germain and Johnson both won a pair of matches along the way.

FERRUM BY WEIGHT
125 - Samson St. Germain 2-2 (major)
Champ. Round 1 - Samson St. Germain (Ferrum) won by major decision over Elliot Rivera (Shenandoah) 3-11 (22-8)
Quarterfinal - Brock Blankenhorn (Ohio Northern) won by fall over Samson St. Germain (Ferrum) (3:41)
Cons. Round 2 - Samson St. Germain (Ferrum) won by decision over Christopher Watson (Greensboro) 1-2 (14-8)
Cons. Round 3 - Giulio Fabriziani (Roanoke) won by fall over Samson St. Germain (Ferrum) (2:08)

141 - Jackson Lambert 1-3, 6th place
Quarterfinal - Jackson Lambert (Ferrum) won by decision over Dylan Le (Ohio Northern) (12-5)
Semifinal - Sean Rinebolt (Shenandoah) won by fall over Jackson Lambert (Ferrum) (5:39)
Cons. Semi - Jake Yowell (Roanoke) won by fall over Jackson Lambert (Ferrum) (1:52)
5th Place Match - Gabe Hansen (Ohio Northern) won by major decision over Jackson Lambert (Ferrum) (12-3)

157 - Marquise Brock 1-2 (tech)
Champ. Round 1 - Topher Tryon (Roanoke) won by fall over Marquise Brock (Ferrum College) 1-2 (2:11)
Cons. Round 1 - Marquise Brock (Ferrum) won by tech fall over Aleksey Svetlichniy (Marymount) (TF-1.5 3:16 (17-2))
Cons. Round 2 - Alexander Quintano (Roanoke) won by major decision over Marquise Brock (Ferrum) 17-6)

174 - Jake Knight 1-2 (pin)
Quarterfinal - Andrew Kehoe (Roanoke) won by fall over Jake Knight (Ferrum) (Fall 1:56)
Cons. Round 2 - Jake Knight (Ferrum) won by fall over Joseph Alexander (Marymount) (5:59)
Cons. Round 3 - John Starusko (Washington & Jefferson) won by fall over Jake Knight (Ferrum) (1:40)

184 - Genowa Lane 1-2
Champ. Round 1 - Genowa Lane (Ferrum) won by forfeit over Robert Keener (Shenandoah)
Team ResultsQuarterfinal - Ikia Garcia (Southern Virginia) 1won by fall over Genowa Lane (Ferrum) (2:49)
Cons. Round 2 - Billy Bell (Greensboro) won by decision over Genowa Lane (Ferrum) (13-11)

285 - Trent Ray 4-2, 5th place (2 pins)
Round 1 - Trent Ray (Ferrum) won by fall over Joshua Spivey (Randolph) (0:34)
Round 2 - Trent Ray (Ferrum) won by fall over Edgar Lagos (Marymount) (4:35)
Quarterfinal - Trent Ray (Ferrum) won by decision over Daniel Basil-Barker (Shenandoah) (8-1)
Semifinal - Christian McChesney (Washington & Jefferson) won by decision over Trent Ray (Ferrum) (4-2)
Cons. Semi - Rives Hargis (Shenandoah) won by decision over Trent Ray (Ferrum) (7-2)
5th Place Match - Trent Ray (Ferrum) won by decision over Brey Loving (Marymount) (5-1)

285 - Deondre Johnson 2-2
Round 1 - Deondre Johnson (Ferrum) won in tie breaker - 1 over Jacob Carter (Roanoke) (TB-1 3-1)
Round 2 - Deondre Johnson (Ferrum) won by decision over Edgar Ibarra (Marymount) (4-2)
Quarterfinal - Christian McChesney (Washington & Jefferson) won by decision over Deondre Johnson (Ferrum) (8-2)
Cons. Round 3 - Jacob Carter (Roanoke) won by fall over Deondre Johnson (Ferrum) (0:34)

NEXT UP
Coach Logan Meister's team will be back in action Friday and Saturday, January 10-11, at the Virginia Duals. The tournament will be held at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.