After a 3 hour bus ride from Oakland to Brunswick, the Rams took the mat looking to move to 4-1 on the season in a dual meet with the Railroaders. The match remained close throughout, but in the end, the Rams prevailed with a 39-31 victory.
The match began in the 220 pound weight class and the battle was on. Brian Rinker fought hard against his bigger opponent, but in the end, dropped a 6-2 decision. Keith Chapman went out in the heavyweight class and was also the much smaller wrestler and the Rams were down 9-0 as we headed for the lighter classes.
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| Devan Hamrick, 10-0 |
Brunswick had no entries at 106 or 113 so Devan Hamrick and Ethan Bittinger picked up the forfeit wins. At 120, the Railroaders had an entry, but they decided to forfeit to Austin Shaffer and send their kid out against Cooper McCauley at 126. Cooper was pretty fired up and it only took 20 seconds for him pin the kid and give the Rams a 24-9 lead.
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| Senior, Co-Captain Cooper McCauley with a :20 pin! |
We forfeited 132 and at 138, Zach Tichnell had to wrestle one of Brunswick's best wrestlers. Zach fought hard but dropped a decision and the match was 24-18. The next two matches were very important and a key to our victory. At 145, Tanner Massey got a big pin for the Rams and at 152, Justyce earned a tough, come-from-behind 4-2 decision to extend our lead to 33-18 with four matches remaining.
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| Justyce Fulmer picked up a big win vs. Brunswick |
Stephen Collins was next, He got in some trouble in the first period and gave up some early points. For the rest of the match, he was the better wrestler but was unable to overcome the deficit and lost the decision. Will Foulke did the same thing and after we forfeited at 182, we found ourselves with a 33-31 lead going into the final bout.
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| Scott Cooper doing what he does best! |
Fortunately for us, Scott Cooper was our final wrestler and he continued his undefeated season by easily pinning his opponent in the first period to give the Rams the 39-31 win.
Devan Hamrick, Austin Shaffer and Scott Cooper each moved to 10-0 on the season and the Rams are now 4-1. Next up is the tough, Wheeling Park Duals in Wheeling, WV on December 28th and 29th.
Southern 39 - Brunswick 31
- 106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) via forfeit
- 113 - Ethan Bittinger (SG) via forfeit
- 120 - Austin Shaffer (SG) via forfeit
- 126 - Cooper McCauley (SG) pins Kyree Ward-Joppy :20
- 132 - Harold Shipee (B) via forfeit
- 138 - Jensen Foster (B) dec Zach Tichnell (SG) 8-2
- 145 - Tanner Massey (SG) pins Brandon Jackson (B) 2:44
- 152 - Justyce Fulmer (SG) dec David Moore (B) 4-2
- 160 - Todd Cockerham (B) dec Stephen Collins (SG) 7-1
- 170 - Jacob Heaton (B) dec Will Foulke (SG) 12-3
- 182 - Adam Fitzwater (B) via forfeit
- 195 - Scott Cooper (SG) pins Nick Savin (B) 1:31
- 220 - Matt Jones (B) dec Brian Rinker (SG) 6-2
- 285 - Nolan Johnson (B) pins Keith Chapman (SG) 2:17
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