Soaring

Joey Embleton in action from Friday

The Southern Ram wrestlers continued to soar on Monday evening by defeating the Frankfort Falcons in Short Gap, WV for the team's 11th win in a row.  Despite being without three varsity starters for a variety of reasons, the Rams were just too strong for the host school and came away with a 50-15 victory on a cold night off the mountain.

 

The match started at 160 where Joey Embleton got the ball rolling by picking up a third period fall to give the Rams a 6-0 lead.  Patrick Duggan followed with a second period pin and Southern led 12-0.  There were double forfeits at 182 and 195 and Scotty Tichnell received a forfeit at 220 and the Rams lead was 18-0.

 

At 285, Cole Sweitzer lost a 1-0 decision the Frankfort's heavyweight in a rematch from an earlier 1-0 bout that Sweitzer had won at the beginning of the month.  Frankfort won by pin at 106 to bring the team score to 18-9 at the half way point in the match.  Nate Tasker received a forfeit at 113 while Jake Sweitzer and Jace Guy scored pins to extend the Ram's lead to 36-9.

 

Jimmy Schwab improves to 26-5 this season

The marquis match of the evening pitted Southern's defending state champion Devan Hamrick against the Falcons' top wrestler, Austin Pumphrey, who placed 4th at states last season.  The bout was a rematch from and meeting earlier in the month that was won by Hamrick 6-4.  This match was similarly close, but still dominated by Hamrick as he earned a hard fought 3-0 decision.  At 138, Alec Horner built an impressive 10-0 lead before getting caught on his back and pinned.

 

Brad Davis with another pin

Jimmy Schwab scored a pin at 145 with less than one second remaining in the first period and Corey Horner scored a 16-0 tech fall to finish the match on a high note.  The win moves the Rams to 25-6 overall and 4-2 in dual meets.  In JV matches, Mikey Greene and Brad Davis were able to win their bouts by pin.

 

Next up for Southern is a tri match tomorrow evening at Keyser with Fort Hill.  The Rams return home the following night, Thursday the 21st, for a dual meet against Catoctin High School.  Photos from Friday's action courtesy of Alex Flanigan.

Southern 50 - Frankfort 15

106 - Alisha Sherman (F) pins Evan Paugh (SG) :42
113 - Nate Tasker (SG) via Forfeit
120 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Brenden Emerick (F) 3:34
126 - Jace Guy (SG) pins Chris Brinkman (F) 2:36
132 - Devan Hamrick (SG) dec Austin Pumphrey (F) 3-0
138 - JC Cousins (F) pins Alec Horner (SG) 3:55
145 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) pins Chase Messick (F) 1:59
152 - Corey Horner (SG) tech Noah Abe (F) 16-0
160 - Joey Embleton (SG) pins AJ Christ (F) 4:53
170 - Patrick Duggan (SG) pins Dylan Perrau (F) 2:39
182 - Double Forfeit
195 - Double Forfeit
220 - Scotty Tichnell (SG) via forfeit
285 - Troy Pricer (F) dec Cole Sweitzer (SG) 1-0