Super Duals, Day 1

Zach Tichnell won two of three matches during day 1 of the 2013 Super Duals

The 2013 Fort Hill Super Duals began on Friday with the Rams facing the tough Middletown Knights in the opening round.  Middletown is loaded and has a good shot to win this tournament and go a long way in the post season.  The match started well for the Rams as Austin Shaffer pick up an easy 17-1 tech fall to get the ball rolling.  Things went south quickly as the Knights ran off 7 straight victories to take a 41-5 lead.  Dalton Cooper got the Rams back on track with a pin at 182, followed by a major decision by Scott Cooper and a decision by Brian Rinker to bring the score to 41-18.  Middletown won the final two bouts to make the final score Middletown 50 - Southern 18.

Next up for Southern was a much improved squad from Allegany High School.  The Rams won 6 of the first 7 bouts, the only loss a forfeit at 138, to take a 27-6 lead.  Of the 6 wins, 3 were pins by Shaffer, Cooper McCauley and Tanner Massey.  The Campers came storming back, winning the next 5 matches with 3 pins of their own to take a 32 - 27 lead going into the final two matches.  Devan Hamrick won by fall at 106 and Ethan Bittinger picked up a forfeit at 113 to secure the win for the Rams 39-32.

In our final match of day one, we faced the host school, Fort Hill.  Cooper McCauley, Zach Tichnell and Justyce Fulmer started thing off with pins and Stephen Collins earned a decision to give Southern a 21-6 lead.  Will Foulke and Seth Kisner each wrestled well but lost close decisions to bring the score to 21-12.  Dalton Cooper scored a big pin for the Rams and Brian Rinker won a decision to extend the lead to 30-12 but the Sentinals scored pins in three of the next four weights to keep it close.  Going into the final match, the Rams were up by 6 with Austin Shaffer remaining.  Shaffer earned a dominating 12-0 victory to secure the win for the Rams 40-30

Today's order:
Hyndman, PA
Norhtern Garrett, MD
Buckhannon, WV
Frankfort, WV
Petersburg, WV

Individually, Austin Shaffer was the only Ram who was able to win all three matches on Friday.  Devan Hamrick, Cooper McCauley, Zach Tichnell, Stephen Collins, Dalton Cooper and Brian Rinker each won twice.  Ethan Bittinger, Tanner Massey, Justyce Fulmer, Will Foulke and Scott Cooper each one once.  Wrestling starts at 10:30.