State Champion Ryan Harris Honored By Ohio Legislature

Division III 160-pound state champ Ryan Harris was honored for his victory earlier this month by the Ohio House and Senate.

The Beachwood junior told BeachwoodBison.org that it was a great experience to speak before both houses of the state legislature.

“The night before I watched someone get recognized from the year before for track,” he told the web site.

“It was kind of nerve-wracking, I didn’t know what they were going to think, but once I started talking it was fun. It was kind of weird, all the people in suits and ties looking at you. I wear a suit and tie like once a year.”

Harris and his fellow Bison wrestler Sammy Gross have also earned the right to represent the United States in this summer’s Maccabiah Games in Israel.

The Maccabiah Games are an international Jewish athletic event that occurs once every four years.

Jordan Lipp, a 2005 Beachwood High School graduate also qualified for the games.