Crushing the Campers

Southern Rams 2016/2017

The Southern Ram wrestling team had to wait an extra day for the 2016/2017 regular season to begin as a result of Tuesday's ice storm, but the delay did not seem to affect the boys.  The Allegany Campers made the trip to Oakland last evening for opening night action for both squads.  The Rams brought a new look to the home mats, but the action was what we have come to expect; tough, hard-nosed, dominating wrestling by the home team.

Push-ups for Patients

The evening started with another installment of "Push-ups for Patients", our charitable campaign raising money for Cindy's Fund to help local people who are fighting cancer.  Last night, we raised an additional $160 and our wrestlers then took the mat to do 160 push-ups.

Next up was some JV action where the young Rams set the tone for the rest of the evening by sweeping all four preliminary bouts.  Freshmen Joey McComas, Cole Baker, Trenton Tasker and sophomore Michael Moon all scored first period pins against Allegany.

Jace Guy with a pin

Varsity action began at the 126 pound weight class where returning state qualifier Jake E Sweitzer took the mat to get the season started.  Sweitzer dominated his opponent before scoring a second period fall to get the scoring started.  He was followed by another returning state qualifier and the result was the same, only much quicker.  It only took Nate Tasker 15 seconds to score a pin and give Southern a 12-0 lead.  Seniors Erik Fike and Jimmy Schwab followed with two more pins to stretch our lead to 24-0.

At 152, sophomore Jace Guy tacked on another pin and then juniors Alec Horner, Brad Davis and Joe Embleton all decked their foes and the rout was on.  Southern's lead after the 182 pound class was 48-0.  At 195, Allegany was able to get on the scoreboard as Gunnar Ward had to face the Campers top wrestler.  At 220, junior Scotty Tichnell continued the Rams' domination with a first period pin and that was followed at 285 with another fall by Cole Sweitzer.

Brad Davis rocking the new singlets

Freshman Jake W Sweitzer with a pin in his first varsity match

As we turned to the lower weights, the results were the same.  Sophomore Evan Paugh and senior Brison Dixon pinned their opponent quickly to stretch the team score to 72-6.  In the final bout of the evening, freshman Jake W Sweitzer made his Ram debut with a second period pin to close out the match at 78-6.

Next up for the Rams is a JV match tonight with Northern and then we travel to Winters Mill HS in Westminster for a weekend tournament.

Southern 78 - Allegany 6

106 – Evan Paugh (SG) pins Aaron Destefano (A) 1:13

113 – Brison Dixon (SG) pins Aaron Welsh (A) 1:10

120 – Jake W Sweitzer (SG) pins Tyler Dunmeyer (A) 2:32

126 – Jake E Sweitzer (SG) pins Kaden Weaver (A) 3:28

132 – Nate Tasker (SG) pins Tyler Murphy (A) :15

138 – Erik Fike (SG) pins Austin Crow (A) 1:30

145 – Jimmy Schwab (SG) pins Dion Destefano (A) 1:25

152 – Jace Guy (SG) pins Matt Murphy (A) 3:04

160 – Alec Horner (SG) pins Colby Fleming (A) 1:16

170 – Brad Davis (SG) pins George Davis (A) 1:31

182 – Joe Embleton (SG) pins Jacob Riffe (A) 2:57

195 – Karson Robinette (A) pins Gunnar Ward (SG) :50

220 – Soctty Tichnell (SG) pins Colby Twigg (A) 1:23

285 – Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Tyler Durst (A) 1:38