Rolling Along

Jake Sweitzer, ready for action

Wednesday evening was our annual tri-match against the Keyser Golden Tornados and the Fort Hill Sentinels.  This season's edition was hosted by Keyser.  We entered the contest with a perfect 28-0 record and were in search of another 30 win season.

The Rams faced off against Fort Hill in round 1 and had little trouble mowing through the Sentinel line up, coming away with an 81-0 victory.  The match started at 120 where Brogan Kealy scored a first period fall.  He was followed by Nate Tasker and Elisha Skipper who also picked up quick pins.  After 2 forfeits and another fall by Jake Sweitzer, Southern led 36-0 as we were set for the best match of the dual, featuring Fort Hill's top wrestler Paxton Wertz against junior Declan McCann.  McCann scored first but Wertz tied it up and the first period ended 2-2.  McCann scored 3 in the 2nd and added 2 more in the 3rd to take a 7-2 lead.  Wertz was able to score 2 more points bringing the final score to 7-4.  It was all quick pins and forfeits from there with the final score ending at 81-0 in Southern's favor.

Jace Guy in a battle against Keyser

The second match of the evening featured the Rams taking on the home team.  The dual started at 126 where Nate Tasker scored a quick pin and was followed by two decisions by Elisha Skipper and Joey McComas.  Jake Sweitzer scored another pin, Jace Guy and Hunter Sanders won by decision and Declan scored a tech fall and the Rams led 29-0.  Keyser got on the scoreboard with wins at 182 and 195, but that was the end of their scoring.  Southern scored pins at 220, 285, 106, 113 and 120 for finish off Keyser 59-9.

Colum McCann in control

The Rams are now 30-0 on the season and are back in action tonight as we travel north to take on the Huskies at Northern High School.  Wrestling begins at 7pm.

Southern 81 - Fort Hill 0

106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) via forfeit
113 - Colum McCann (SG) via forfeit
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pins Noah Bombasi (FH) 1:59
126 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Hunter Hamilton (FH) 1:30
132 - Elisha Skipper (SG) pins TJ Lee (FH) 1:35
138 - Joey McComas (SG) via forfeit
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Alex Anderson (FH) :51
152 - Jace Guy (SG) via forfeit
160 - Declan McCann (SG) dec Paxton Wertz (FH) 7-4
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) pins Nathan Dorman (FH) 5:58
182 - Nathan Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit
195 - Cameron Glover (SG) pins Reece Vogtman (FH) 1:17
220 - Chris Mersing (SG) pins Aiden Lepley (FH) :12
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

Southern 59 - Keyser 9

106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) pins EJ Guy (K) 1:22
113 - Colum McCann (SG) pins Stone Kesner (K) 2:32
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pins Landon Mason (K) 1:29
126 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Jacob Hickey (K) :47
132 - Elisha Skipper (SG) dec JoJo Fracasso (K) 10-4
138 - Joey McComas (SG) dec Brenden Pattison (K) 2-1
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Dakota McKneele (K) 1:49
152 - Jace Guy (SG) dec Tyler Mason (K) 5-0
160 - Declan McCann (SG) tech Zion Powell (K) 15-0
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) dec Aaron Lyons (K) 6-5
182 - Tristin Fox (K) pins Nathan Sweitzer (SG) :31
195 - Adam Kephart (K) dec Cameron Glover (SG) 2-0
220 - Chris Mersing (SG) pins Alex Oates (K) 1:01
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Jimmy Ratliff (K) 1:20