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Rootstown Rover Rumble Fall Open · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026
Marlington Runs Away With Rootstown Title as State Champs Show Out
ROOTSTOWN, Ohio (Nov. 1) — Marlington brought a deep lineup with plenty of hardware to the Rootstown Rover Rumble Fall Open on Sunday. It left with the team title, piling up 168 points to finish 64 clear of runner-up Berkshire among 60 teams.
Four-time OhioQuest state champion Nash Hallman led the way for Marlington, joined in the winner's circle by state champion teammate Easton Hone. But the loudest statements of the day came from two wrestlers who are fast becoming the faces of the 2026–27 OhioQuest Series: Gladiators' Bucky Smith and Bad Karma's Justin Edwards Jr. Each won two brackets at Rootstown.
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Standouts
Bucky Smith, Gladiators. Smith was perfect again. He went 8-0 with eight pins to win both of his Open 12U brackets, and his 22-second fall was one of the quickest of the day. He has now won five brackets this season and is 17-1 in series play, tied for the series lead with 16 pins.
Justin Edwards Jr., Bad Karma. No one won more matches Sunday. Edwards won nine matches with six pins, taking the Open 10U and Open 12U titles, and his 15-second fall ranked among the fastest of the day. His 21 series wins are tied for the most in OhioQuest this season. Teammate Joseph Edwards added the Open 8U title, helping Bad Karma to an 18-1 day as a team.
Nash Hallman and Easton Hone, Marlington. Hallman, one of only two four-time state champions in the OhioQuest Hall of Fame, won his Open 12U bracket and has now opened his season with a title. Hone, the reigning state champion, won a stacked Open 12U group that included 2025 state champion Ryan Vraciu and Ayden Strecker.
Ayden Strecker, BTW. Strecker went 8-1 with five pins in his OhioQuest debut, winning one Open 12U bracket and finishing second in another.
The Vozars, Longwood. Salvatore Vozar won the Open 8U Group 2 title and is now a champion at all four OhioQuest events this fall. He is still unbeaten in series play at 12-0. Santino Vozar won Rookie 8U with five wins and three tech falls, bringing his season total to five bracket titles. He leads the entire series with 21 wins.
State champions keep rolling. Sebastian Swartzmiller, a two-time state champion, won Open 8U for his third bracket title in three events. Reigning girls state champion Willow Hale of Hubbard Youth Wrestling took home two titles, in Open 10U and Girls 10U. Fellow 2026 state champion Winter White won Girls 10U and placed second in Open 10U. Marlington's Lincoln Sharp, the 2025 state champion at 72 pounds, posted five pins.
Hometown heroes. Two Rootstown wrestlers won titles in front of the home crowd. Ryan Earls took Rookie 12U Group 3 with a 32-second pin along the way, and Kiel Reuting won Open HS Group 6.
Fastest fall. Berkshire's Hudson Geiss needed four seconds for the fastest pin of the day. It is also the fastest pin of the OhioQuest season so far.
Team Race
Marlington crowned five champions: Hallman, Hone, Tesen Hennebert Jr., Luke Kaminski and Hall of Famer Andrew Bell. It also wrestled 57 matches, the most of any team, which added up to 168 points. Berkshire took second behind Ryker Spoon's Rookie 8U title and Piper Geiss's Girls HS win. Host Rootstown finished fifth with 80.5 points.
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marlington | 168 |
| 2 | Berkshire | 104 |
| 3 | Bad Karma | 94 |
| 4 | Western Reserve Wrestling Club | 84.5 |
| 5 | Rootstown | 80.5 |
| 6 | Donahue Wrestling Academy | 78.5 |
| 7 | Southeast | 61 |
| 8 | Stow | 58.5 |
| 9 | Canfield | 55.5 |
| 10 | Longwood | 54 |
Best records of the day: Gladiators (8-0), Massillon Perry (5-0), Bad Karma (18-1) and BTW (8-1).
By the Numbers
60 teams and 46 brackets
285 matches wrestled
9 wins for Justin Edwards Jr., the most of the day
8 pins for Bucky Smith, the most of the day
0:04, Hudson Geiss's fall and the fastest of the season
Up Next
The OhioQuest Series heads to the Canfield Fall Open at Canfield High School on Saturday, Nov. 7, and the Madison DQ Open at Madison High School on Sunday, Nov. 8. Marlington hosts the Alex Hallman Memorial Open on Saturday, Nov. 14. Series leaderboards are updated weekly at ohioquest.com.
Division Champions
| Division | Champion | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie 6U · Group 1 | Timur Yilmaz | |
| Rookie 6U · Group 2 | William Lawrence | Orange Pride Youth Wrestling |
| Rookie 8U · Group 1 | Santino Vozar | Longwood |
| Rookie 8U · Group 2 | Owen Grennan | Jefferson Falcons |
| Rookie 8U · Group 3 | Ryker Spoon | Berkshire |
| Rookie 8U · Group 4 | Nolan Wengerd | Berkshire |
| Rookie 8U · Group 5 | Charlie Jackson | Ridgecrest Brawlers |
| Rookie 10U · Group 1 | Tesen Hennebert Jr. | Marlington |
| Rookie 10U · Group 2 | Brantley Putnam | Highland |
| Rookie 12U · Group 1 | Bradley Hovan | Donahue Wrestling Academy |
| Rookie 12U · Group 2 | Deniz Yilmaz | |
| Rookie 12U · Group 3 | Ryan Earls | Rootstown |
| Rookie 12U · Group 4 | Camren Hawley | Stow |
| Open 8U · Group 1 | Joseph Edwards | Bad Karma |
| Open 8U · Group 2 | Salvatore Vozar | Longwood |
| Open 8U · Group 3 | Colton Manross | Bad Karma |
| Open 8U · Group 4 | Sebastian Swartzmiller | PC Wrestling (Port Clinton) |
| Open 10U · Group 1 | Justin Edwards Jr. | Bad Karma |
| Open 10U · Group 2 | Abraham Lommler | Crestwood |
| Open 10U · Group 3 | Giovanni Sanders | Massillon Perry |
| Open 10U · Group 4 | Willow Hale | Hubbard Youth Wrestling |
| Open 12U · Group 1 | Justin Edwards Jr. | Bad Karma |
| Open 12U · Group 2 | Nash Hallman | Marlington |
| Open 12U · Group 3 | Easton Hone | Marlington |
| Open 12U · Group 4 | Ayden Strecker | BTW |
| Open 12U · Group 5 | Bucky Smith | Gladiators |
| Open 12U · Group 6 | Bucky Smith | Gladiators |
| Open 12U · Group 7 | James Libert | Canfield |
| Open 12U · Group 9 | Aiden Creque | Streetsboro |
| Open MS · Group 1 | Andrew Martin | Stow |
| Open MS · Group 2 | Luke Kaminski | Marlington |
| Open MS · Group 3 | Andrew Bell | Marlington |
| Open MS · Group 4 | Jordan Foerster | Canfield |
| Open MS · Group 5 | Lucas Beatty | University School |
| Open MS · Group 6 | Hunter Forney | Sandy Valley |
| Open HS · Group 1 | KJ Allen | Field |
| Open HS · Group 2 | Travis Chapman | Unaffiliated |
| Open HS · Group 3 | Jamir Garrett | Titan Wrestling Club |
| Open HS · Group 4 | Aiden Rye | Hoban |
| Open HS · Group 5 | Andrew Pennington | Alliance |
| Open HS · Group 6 | Kiel Reuting | Rootstown |
| Girls 10U · Group 2 | Winter White | Lady Warriors Wrestling Club |
| Girls 10U · Group 3 | Willow Hale | Hubbard Youth Wrestling |
| Girls 12U · Group 1 | Elliot Hershey | Mt. Lebanon |
| Girls HS · Group 1 | Piper Geiss | Berkshire |
| Girls HS · Group 2 | Aubry Wanner | Waymakers |
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