Recap - Mussleman Duals

Perfect 5-0 records on the day and 9-0 on the season.

Saturday was filled with a lot of tough wrestling and quite a few very exciting matches.  At the end of the day, the Southern Rams finished in 3rd place at the Musselman Duals after winning the opening pool and competing in for the championship against the other pool winners.  Individually, Devan Hamrick, Austin Shaffer and Scott Cooper all went 5-0 on the day and each extended their season records to 9-0.  Shaffer and Cooper were both selected to the all tournament team in voting by the coaches.

Southern 60 - Martinsburg (WV) 18

The day started with a dominating win over Martinsburg (WV) by the score of 60-18.  The match was highlighted when Scott Cooper put his undefeated record on the line vs. Martinsburg's best wrestler.  The match was tied at the end of regulation but Cooper was able to get a takedown in sudden death overtime to secure the win.  Another great match found Justyce Fulmer trailing most of the match but he was able to score 5 points near the end to pull out a wild 13-11 win.

Jefferson 42 - Southern 36

The second match of the day was against Jefferson (WV).  This was our worst match of the day as Jefferson was able to pull out a 42-36 victory.  Austin Shaffer, Cooper McCauley and Zach Tichnell were able to each pick up their second pins of the day, Devan Hamrick picked up his first pin and Scott Cooper and Brian Rinker were winners by forfeit.  Johnny Lascaris and Seth Kisner wrestled their first ever varsity matches vs. Jefferson.

Southern 40 - Kettle Run 31

In the third and final match in our pool, we faced Kettle Run (VA).  This was possibly our best match of the day where we pulled off a 40-31 win.  This match was highlighted by Austin Shaffer earning a 14-4 decision against a very tough Kettle Run kid.  This is the first match of the season for Shaffer that went the distance.  Also earning a big win in a close match was Brian Rinker.  Stephen Collins and Will Foulke each picked up big pins for Southern in the match against Kettle Run and Scott Cooper and Devan Hamrick kept their undefeated seasons alive with pins of their own.

Despite losing a close match to Jefferson, we were able to win our pool on tie-breaking criteria.  We beat Kettle Run, Kettle Run beat Jefferson and Jefferson beat us.  Southern and Kettle Run each scored more total points on the day than Jefferson and since we defeated Kettle Run, we were awarded 1st place in our pool.  With that comes the opportunity to face the other pool winners in the championship round.  The day instantly got tougher and the boys were ready for the challenge.

Winfield 50 - Southern 25

Winfield was a tough, well coached team from WV.  Their team consisted of 6 returning state qualifiers from AAA last season.  Devan Hamrick continued his pinning ways with a first period fall and Scott Cooper kept his streak alive with an 18-5 major decision.  A highlight of this match was Johnny Lascaris picking up his first varsity win with an exciting 11-9 decision.

 

Cabell Midland 46 - Southern 27

Midland is also a AAA school from WV and they also have 6 returning state qualifiers on their squad.  Our boys battled tough and wrestled hard in this final match of the day.  The top match of this dual found Devan Hamrick putting his undefeated season on the line against a strong kid from Midland.  In the end, Devan was dominate with an 8-2 win and is now a perfect 9-0 on the season.  Scott Cooper also moved to 9-0 with a first period pin and Austin Shaffer went to 9-0 with a win by forfeit.  Dalton Cooper added his third win of the day by picking up a pin in less than a minute.

Musselman Duals Individual Summary

5-0 Devan Hamrick (106)
5-0 Austin Shaffer (120)
5-0 Scott Cooper (195)
3-2 Stephen Collins (160)
3-2 Dalton Cooper (182)
3-2 Brian Rinker (220)
2-1 Justyce Fulmer (152)
2-3 Ethan Bittinger (113)
2-3 Cooper McCauley (126)
2-3 Zach Tichnell (138)
1-1 Johnny Lascaris (152)
1-3 Will Foulke (170)
1-4 Tanner Massey (145)
0-1 Seth Kisner (170)
0-4 John Zimmerman (285)