2012 Home Opener

The thrill of victory, Justyce Fulmer with 2 wins on Saturday.

It was an exciting afternoon of wrestling on Saturday, as the Harford Tech Cobras and the Winters Mill Falcons visited Southern Garrett for an early season tri-match.  The Cobras have always had a very tough, well coached team and the Falcons are 2X defending state champions and are poised to repeat again.

Junior Will Foulke is a winner vs. Harford tech and moves to 3-1 on the season.

Our afternoon started with Southern vs. Harford Tech, in a battle of teams from the opposite side of our state.  Under new head coach, Mike Mazza, the Cobras are a young team.  They wrestled hard, but in the end, their lack of experience was the difference as the Rams went on to a 52-21 victory.



Steve-O with a first period pin vs. Harford Tech

The match began at 160 with senior, co-captain Stephen Collins picking up a first period pin to get the ball rolling.  Will Foulke and Dalton Cooper added pins of their own to give us an 18-0.  Scott Cooper then earned a wild, high-scoring 24-11 major decision and Brian Rinker earned a fall to add to our lead.  Keith Chapman, who is new to our team this year, took on the challenge of wrestling 285.  He was giving up nearly 100 pounds and despite his effort, lost the match and the Cobras were on the board.

Zach Tichnell with the cradle and the 11-4 win vs. the Cobras.

Next, we received 1st period pins from Devan Hamrick and Austin Shaffer to extend our lead to 40-12.  Again this weekend, we were giving up forfeits at 113 and 132 and after a loss by Cooper McCauley, the score was  40-21 with three matches remaining.  Zach Tichnell was dominating in an 11-4 win, Tanner Massey continued his winning and pinning ways with a first period fall and Justyce Fulmer won a tight 2-0 decision to close out the match with the final score 52-21.

Senior Scott Cooper in control and remains unbeaten.

Next up for Southern were the 2X defending state champions for Westminster.  The Falcons are much more experienced than the Cobras and we knew the second match would be much different.  This dual started at 182 with sophomore Dalton Cooper fighting through a painful injury against a tough opponent before giving up a fall.  Scott Cooper got the Rams on the board with a dominate effort and a quick pin.  Brian Rinker also wrestled well vs. his more experienced opponent and kept it close until the end.  After a forfeit at 285, the Falcons took an 18-6 lead into the lower weights.

Freshman Devan Hamrick wins his 4th straight match to start the season.

Devan Hamrick won his fourth straight match with a quick pin and we forfeited 113, moving the team score to 24-12 heading into the marquis match up of the afternoon.  Junior state champion Austin Shaffer faced senior Taylor Logue (4th place at states) in an exciting, high-scoring battle which could very well be a preview of the state finals in March.  Shaffer took a quick lead with a takedown but Logue escaped and scored a takedown of his own.  Shaffer reversed and Logue escaped to end the 1st tied at 4.  To start the second, Shaffer escaped but Logue scored another sweet takedown with a foot sweep.  Shaffer got a reversal and was able to slow the pace and ride him out to end the 2nd leading 7-6.  Logue was on the bottom in the 3rd and Shaffer was able to hold him down and ride out the match to earn the 7-6 victory.

Shaffer vs. Logue in a classic battle

Winters Mill received a forfeit at 126, a pin at 132 vs. Cooper McCauley and a decision at 138 vs. Zach Tichnell to build a 39-15 lead over Southern.  The Rams came roaring back with pins by Tanner Massey and Justyce Fulmer to close the gap to 39-27 with two matches remaining.  Unfortunately, the next match pitted Stephen Collins against another defending state champion from Winters Mill.  Despite Stephen's effort, Cook got the pin and sealed the victory for his team.  In the final match, Will Foulke was in control of the match but got in bad position and gave up a defensive pin, making the final team score Winters Mill 51 - Southern Garrett 27.

Tanner Massey remains perfect on the season, 4 wins - 4 pins

The Rams are now 3-1 on the season and return to the mat on Friday evening at home against South Hagerstown.  Wrestling starts at 6pm.  Photos courtesy of Alex Flanigan.



Senior co-captain Cooper McCauley vs. the Cobras

Southern Garrett 52 - Harford Tech 21

106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins Andy Schwartz (HT) 1:36
113 - Brendan Hayes (HT) via Forfeit
120 - Austin Shaffer (SG) pins Stephen Sewell (HT) :26
126 - Nathan Haskell (HT) dec Cooper McCauley (SG) 7-0
132 - Andrey Kalwa (HT) via Forfeit
138 - Zach Tichnell (SG) dec Josh Huzke (HT) 11-4
145 - Tanner Massey (SG) pins Sam Cook (HT) 1:14
152 - Justyce Fulmer (SG) dec Steven Freeland (HT) 2-0
160 - Stephen Collins (SG) pins Skyler Leech (HT) 1:51
170 - Will Foulke (SG) pins Thomas Getachew (HT) 4:46
182 - Dalton Cooper (SG) pins Amari Jones (HT) 2:56
195 - Scott Cooper (SG) m dec Nathan Cook (HT) 24-11
220 - Brian Rinker (SG) pins Aziz Burkhandle (HT) 2:29
285 - Scott Orman (HT) pins Keith Chapman (SG) 1:19

Winters Mill 51 - Southern Garrett 27

106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins Cherokee Johnson (WM) :51
113 - Flavio Valdez (WM) via Forfeit
120 - Austin Shaffer (SG) dec Taylor Louge (WM) 7-6
126 - Chris Rose (WM) via Forfeit
132 - Neal Rinker (WM) pins Cooper McCauley (SG) 2:20
138 - Jimmy Guercio (WM) dec Zach Tichnell (SG) 8-5
145 - Tanner Massey (SG) pins Dustin Svehla (WM) 5:31
152 - Justyce Fulmer (SG) pins Zane Pusateri (WM) 3:20
160 - Wes Cook (WM) pins Stephen Collins (SG) 1:38
170 - Cole Myers (WM) pins Will Foulke (SG) 1:32
182 - Ryan Barron (WM) pins Dalton Cooper (SG) 2:25
195 - Scott Cooper (SG) pins Malik Randall (WM) 1:46
220 - Ryan Hightower (WM) pins Brian Rinker (SG) 5:40
285 - Jake Utz (WM) via Forfeit