Harding Middle School Boys Basketball
2021-2022
7th Grade Basketball
The 7th-grade basketball team finished their season with an 18-1 record and an Al Glitch Tournament Championship. They defeated several tough teams twice that included Dover, Beaver Local, New Philadelphia, and St Clairsville. The team members included Orlando Anderson, Nyzir Birden, Braidyn Edwards, Santino Haney, Ta'Jon Hython, Ty Kalinowski, Leo Kugler, Andrew Matzorkis, Rocco Nocera, Ziare Scurry, and Nolan Suarez
8th Grade Basketball
The 8th-grade basketball team finished their season with a perfect 17-1 record and a 3rd place finish at the Al Glitch Tournament. They defeated several tough teams twice that included Dover, New Philadelphia, Linsly, and St Clairsville. The team members included Chemier Adams, Ryan Bise, Cole Bowers, Ca'Juan Bryant, Christopher Elliot, Jermaine Moore, Josiah Rea, Najeh Simon, Trevon Wiggins, and Jusante' Wright. Their combined record for 7th and 8th grade was 34-1. We look forward to big things out of this talented group.
Harding Middle School Girls Basketball
2021-2022
7th Grade Girls Basketball
The 7th Grade girls finished the season with a winning record of 9-8. The team improved down the stretch with a 5-2 mark with quality wins over PAC champs (Wheeling League) Sherrard and runner-ups Triadelphia.
8th Grade Girls Basketball
The 8th Grade finished up back-to-back undefeated seasons with an 18-0 record last season and a 17-0 record this season. The team was crowned champions at the 2022 Bellaire Tournament with a convincing 43-16 win over Martins Ferry. The team defeated BMC schools Indian Creek and BMC champs Oak Glen on the road along with PAC Champs Sherrard, who was previously unbeaten, and Triadelphia.
Harding Reserve Basketball Recap
2021-2022
Reserve Boys Basketball
The Harding boys reserve basketball team finished the season with a .500 record. The whole purpose of having this reserve team was to keep kids involved in basketball and to get better each and every day. It can be said that every student/athlete improved drastically from the beginning of the season until the end. We look forward to seeing these young men continue to compete and improve in every aspect of the game. Best of luck to all of them.
HMS Wrestling
2021-2022
The Harding Wrestling team put on a stellar year with a combined dual record of 15-1! Harding went undefeated in PAC8 duals this year beating Oak Glen, Bridgestreet, Triadelphia, Wheeling Middle, Warwood, Cameron, Brooke, Woodridge, and Toronto. During the Salem Dual Team Tournament. Harding went undefeated capturing the Team Championship after beating Canfield, United, Salem, Boardman, and Perry Middle School in the finals. The only defeat came at the hands of undefeated Highland Middle School out of Akron losing 44-33.
During the season, Harding competed in individual tournaments placing at least five at each tournament. The season-opening tournament at Martins Ferry saw four champions crowned, consisting of Talea Guntrum, Charlie Abbott, Landon Crosier, and Nolan Blackburn. Placing second in the tournament was Dorian Haddad and Ephy Kelly, placing third in the tournament were Landyn Babel, Cameron Pugh, and Ryan King, placing fourth was Matthew Russell. Harding took home the team tournament trophy by 95 points with a score of 275.0 with runner-up Oak Glen scoring 180.
In the second tournament of the year at Newark Licking Valley Harding placed 7 wrestlers in their respective weight class with champions being Frank Guntrum, Talea Guntrum, Landon Crosier, and Ephy Kelly. Placing second in the tournament was Charlie Abbott. Placing third was Nolan Blackburn and fourth Cameron Pugh. Harding also took the overall team title beating out Indian Valley with a score of 200.0 with Indian valley scoring 185.5.
The third tournament of the year saw Harding with its lowest placing of 8th, only entering half of the lineup. Harding had 5 wrestlers make the podium respectively. They were Talea Guntrum (3rd), Charlie Abbott (5th), Landon Crosier (3rd), Nolan Blackburn (2nd), and Ephy Kelly (6th.)
To finish out the season Harding took home the Junior High OVAC team trophy with a total score of 236.5 with runners-up Beaver Local scoring 207.5. Harding had an outstanding showing during the tournament placing 11 out of 16 weight classes. Placing first were Talea Guntrum (the first-ever female middle school OVAC Champion in history) and Nolan Blackburn with neither wrestler surrendering a point on their way to their first-place finishes. Placing second was Charlie Abbott and Landon Crosier, fourth was Dorian Haddad and Ephy Kelley, fifth was Antonio Hill, Ryan King, Landyn Babel, and Vontavious McComb, while placing sixth was Matthew Russell.
This group of kids was a special group never giving up and improving throughout the season day by day.
The future of Big Red Wrestling looks bright!
