State Champs Again!!!

The moment when...…..

The Southern Rams put an exclamation mark on a perfect 38-0 season by capturing the 1A State Dual Meet Championship after knocking off the Pointers from Sparrows Point 36-30 in the final match.  It marked the fifth time in school history that the Southern grapplers hoisted a state championship trophy.  The win was the 38th straight for the Rams capping the first ever undefeated wrestling season in the schools' history.

Pure joy as the team's 5th state championship trophy is hoisted

Sparrows Point really came to wrestle this year. They are a tough team and pushed us to our limit.  We knew bonus points would be big, but I didn’t realize just how big. We knew we should get 5 or 6 pins and the 5 we got proved to be the difference.  We were happy to start at 285 and pins in our first two matches got us rolling.  We were hoping to win a couple matches in the lower weights, but they won five straight, but only one via pin, and they had the momentum.  Of course Jake Sweitzer and Jace Guy were the perfect momentum killers, scoring two more pins. It really came down to the match at 170 between our freshman Hunter Sanders and Jake Rallo.  It’s a lot of pressure on a freshman but he has won the big matches all year. He picked up the overtime win and we knew we were in pretty good shape, relying on Hunter Park to win it for the team.  It was a great match against a great team but in the end, our pinners came through to give us the advantage we needed.

Trophies and medals and smiles

State Semifinals
Southern 63 - Patterson Mill 9
106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) via forfeit
113 - Colum McCann (SG) pins Kyle Pulket (PM) 3:59
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pins Tony Athanasiou (PM) 2:54
126 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Isaac Leighton (PM) 1:52
132 - Ethan Harvey (PM) dec. Evan Paugh (SG) 10-3
138 - Brian Wheatley (PM) dec Eilsha Skipper (SG) 7-1
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Matt Williams (PM) 3:40
152 - Jace Guy (SG) pins Alex Sweaney (PM) 2:39
160 - Declan McCann (SG) via forfeit
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) dec Eric Neutzling (PM) 7-4
182 - Cole Baker (SG) pins Tristin Lafave (PM) 3:42
195 - Hunter Park (SG) pins Phillip Sereell (PM) :37
220 - Connor Morton (PM) dec Chris Mersing (SG) 6-0
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Mason Sprinkel (PM) 2:53

State Finals
Southern 36 - Sparrows Point 30
106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) pins Mike Lewis (SP) 1:27
113 - Wayne Brooks (SP) tech Colum McCann (SG) 17-1
120 - Matt Fouts (SP) dec Brogan Kealy (SG) 6-0
126 - Richard Davis (SP) dec Nate Tasker (SG) 7-0
132 - Gage Carr (SP) pins Joey McComas (SG) 4:24
138 - Mike Fouts (SP) m dec Elisha Skipper (SG) 9-0
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Kendrick Emani (SP) 1:55
152 - Jace Guy (SG) pins Mike Brower (SP) 2:24
160 - Declan McCann (SG) dec Jake Lure (SP) 4-1
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) dec Jake Rallo (SP) 3-2 ot
182 - Drew Gorsuch (SP) dec Cole Baker (SG) 15-10
195 - Hunter Park (SG) pins Dixon Reyes (SP) 4:58
220 - Lexx Carr (SP) pins Cameron Glover (SG) 3:41
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Shawn Wolford (SP) 1:05