Heating It Up at Allegany

It was a very cold night, a very cold bus ride and a very cold gym as we entered Allegany High School for our dual meet last evening.  Things would warm up quickly and the boys from Southern were hot on the mat, dominating the Campers on their home mat.

The evening started with Southern Mat Club members wrestling the Allegany Mat Club kids.  Our future looks very bright as the little Rams won match after match convincingly on their way to an overwhelming 12 win - 2 loss evening.  Our future Rams are technically strong and wrestle aggressive and tough.  Impressive is the best word to describe this young group.

After the SMC warmed the place up, it was time for the Rams to crank it up higher.  We started the evening with some JV matches.  Logan Tichinel, Justyce Fulmer and Jacob Zimmerman all were winners by pin last night vs. Allegany to set the tone for the varsity to begin.

We started at 132 with Zach Tichnell taking the mat for the Rams.  Zach turned in a dominating performance and came away with a 7-1 decision.  Tanner Massey, Johnny Lascaris and Stephen Collins each scored pins for Southern to extend our lead to 21-0 going into the meat of the Campers' lineup.  In each of the next four bouts, we faced Allegany's best wrestlers.  At 160, Seth Kisner fought hard and wrestled very well for a kid in his first year on the mat but dropped an 8-7 decision.  At 170, Will Foulke also lost a close decision and at 182, the result was the same.  Brian Rinker fell behind early against Allegany's most skilled wrestler but battled back and fell just short.

At 195, Scott Cooper took the mat for the Rams.  The first period was scoreless as both men fought for position and Scott was not able to hit any of his big moves.  As time was winding down, Cooper got in position and hit a nice move, throwing his opponent to his back as time expired.  Some sort of shoulder injury occurred and the match was over.  Cooper won by injury default to extend the Rams' lead to 27-9.

At this point, the wrestling was over and the forfeit-fest began.  For a variety of reasons, we had to forfeit at 220 and 285 to make the team score 27-21 at the turn.  Allegany had to forfeit the final four matches to Devan Hamrick, Ethan Bittinger, Austin Shaffer and Cooper McCauley.  The final score on a cold night in Cumberland, Southern 51 - Allegany 21.  The Rams move to 10-1 in dual meets this season and our next match is at home on Saturday against Williamsport.

Southern 51 - Allegany 21

106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) via forfeit
113 - Ethan Bittinger (SG) via forfeit
120 - Austin Shaffer (SG) via forfeit
126 - Cooper McCauley (SG) via forfeit
132 - Zach Tichnell (SG) dec JT Wilson (A) 7-1
138 - Tammer Massey (SG) pins Jordon Patterson (A) 4:39
145 - Johnny Lascaris (SG) pins Brandon Burns (A) 3:22
152 - Stephen Collins (SG) pins Ryan Murphy (A) 1:17
160 - Chris Stosick (A) dec Seth Kisner (SG) 8-7
170 - Caleb Cornwell (A) dec Will Foulke (SG) 6-2
182 - Kirk Robinelle (A) dec Brian Rinker (SG) 9-5
195 - Scott Cooper (SG) def Reid Lawson (A) inj def
220 - Hunter Wilhelm (A) via forfeit
285 - Garrett Maires (A) via forfeit