Super Duals - Day 2

Southern Rams, 3rd place at 2013 Super Duals

The 2013 Super Duals came to an end on Saturday with the Southern Rams bringing home some impressive hardware.  As a team, we placed third overall and Austin Shaffer was awarded the Most Outstanding Wrestler award.  Numerous other Rams won trophies and medals of their own in a strong effort by our team.


Austin Shaffer, undefeated and named Most Outstanding Wrestler

Day 2 of the Super Duals began with a match against Hyndman, PA  Hyndman always has tough kids, but they usually have a few holes and this season's team was no exception.  The match started with a double forfeit at 138 and a win by forfeit at 145.  Stephen Collins got the wrestling started by picking up a big pin for the Rams at 152.  Seth Kisner won by forfeit and Brian Rinker added another pin but we gave up 3 pins and the team score was 24-21 Rams as we went to the lower weights.  Devan Hamrick and Austin Shaffer won by pin for Southern but we lost by pin at 120 and 126 to give us a 36-33 lead going into the final match.  The Hornets had a wrestler for Zach Tichnell, but chose to give us a forfeit instead to give the Rams a 42-33 win.

Brian Rinker had a great weekend, going 7-1 to place 2nd at 195

The next match of the day was vs. the Huskies from Northern in a preview of Thursday night's dual meet.  Northern gave us forfeits at 4 weight classes and Austin Shaffer, Stephen Collins and Seth Kisner all added pins while Devan Hamrick won by tech fall and Will Foulke won by decision to give Southern a 50-24 win over our county rival.

Devan Hamrick in control on his way to a 2nd place finish

Buckhannon was our next match of day 2.  We knew going into the tournament they would be our biggest challenge after Middletown and that proved to be true.  The Bucs have a number of tough, highly ranked kids in AAA, WV.  We wrestled very well against this highly touted team but drop the match by the score of 40-30.  Cooper McCauley, Tanner Massey, Seth Kisner and Dalton Cooper all picked up pins for Southern while Austin Shaffer and Brian Rinker added decision victories in this match.  Devan Hamrick lost a 4-3 decision to the third ranked kid in WV in an exciting match.  Our forfeit at 138 proved to be the difference in the end.

Sophomore Dalton Cooper went 6-2 for a 3rd place finish

Our next match was against Frankfort, WV.  In December, we defeated the Falcons 42-40 but at Super Duals, we dominated by winning 69-12.  Pinners for the Rams in this match were Austin Shaffer, Cooper McCauley, Tanner Massey, Justyce Fulmer, Seth Kisner, Brian Rinker and Keith Chapman.  Devan Hamrick added a tech fall and Zach Tichnell, Dalton Cooper and Marcus Tichinel were given forfeits

Cooper McCauley was a pinner this weekend and placed 3rd

Our final match of the day was vs. Petersburg, WV where we recorded a 66-18 victory to finish the tournament 7-2.  The Rams winning by pin in this match were Devan Hamrick, Austin Shaffer, Cooper McCauley, Zach Tichnell, Tanner Massey, Stephen Collins, Will Foulke and Dalton Cooper.  Ethan Bittinger, Brian Rinker and Keith Chapman were awarded forfeits.

Seth Kisner with a killer cradle

Day 1 Results

Individual Summary

• Austin Shaffer.  8-0 on the day (6-0 @120, 2-0 @113).  Named Outstanding Wrestler.  2nd place trophy at 120
• Brian Rinker.  7-1 for the tournament.  2nd place trophy @195
• Devan Hamrick.  6-2 for the tournament.  2nd place trophy @106 
• Dalton Cooper.  6-2 for the tournament  3rd place trophy @ 182
• Stephen Collins  5-1 for the tournament.  3rd place trophy @152
• Cooper McCauley  5-3 for the tournament.  3rd place trophy @126
• Zach Tichnell  5-3 for the tournament.  4th place @132
• Tanner Massey  4-3 for the tournament.  3rd place trophy @ 145
• Will Foulke  4-4 for the tournament   4th place @160
• Seth Kisner  4-4 for the tournament  4th place @ 170
• Ethan Bittinger  3 wins
• Justyce Fulmer 2 wins
• Keith Chapman 2 wins
• Scott Cooper 1 win
• Marcus Tichinel 1 win

Sharing the love, center stage!

Team Summary  6-2  3rd place

• Middletown 50 - Southern 18
• Southern 39 - Allegany 32
• Southern 40 - Fort Hill 30
• Southern 42 - Hyndman 33
• Southern 50 - Northern 24
• Buckhannon 40 - Southern 30
• Southern 69 - Frankfort 12
• Southern 66 - Petersburg 18