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| Southern Mat Club's - Ram Tough Tournament |
It was a cold, snowy day in Oakland on Saturday, but that didn't stop several hundred die hard young wrestlers from filling Southern High School for the annual Southern Mat Club - Ram Tough youth wrestling tournament. It was a great day of wrestling and was capped off with a high school dual meet featuring the Allegany Campers from Cumberland and the home-standing Southern Rams.
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| Seth Kisner with a quick pin |
Saturday's match started at 160 with senior Will Foulke. After giving up some early points, Foulke got the pin-fest started with a second period fall, giving the Rams an early 6-0 lead. Senior Seth Kisner and junior Dalton Cooper added quick, first period pins to extend the lead to 18-0. Brian Rinker took the mat at 195 against Allegany's top wrestler. Rinker took the lead early but Wilhelm fought back to tie the score at 4. Rinker took a 6-4 lead into the third period then cranked it up, extending his lead to 13-6 before picking up the third period fall.
Senior Keith Chapman extended Southern's lead to 30-0 with a second period pin. At 285, sophomore Marcus Tichinel thrilled the crowd with a third period pin after falling behind in the score. As we moved to the lower weights, Allegany had to forfeit to Devan Hamrick, George Zimmerman and Ty Artice at 106, 113 and 120.
Senior Austin Shaffer bumped up to 126 and took to the mat to loud cheers from the home town crowd. Shaffer put on a takedown clinic in the first period then scored the pin early in the second. After Shaffer's match, the Rams led the Campers 60-0 with 4 bouts remaining. Josh King also bumped up a weight class and the result was the same. King earned the pin near the end of the first period.
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| Marcus Tichinel thrills the crowd! |
Freshman Jimmy Schwab also wrestled in a higher weight class. His older, bigger, stronger opponent came out strong and built a 6-2 lead early in the second period. Schwab did not panic and kept wrestling hard and cut the Camper's lead to 6-5 with time running out. Schwab score a reversal with less than 20 seconds remaining and was able to ride out the clock to earn an exciting 7-6 victory. Seniors Tanner Massey and Justyce Fulmer finished the night off with two more pins to bring the final team score to 81-0.
The Southern Rams are now 23-3 overall and remain unbeaten in dual meet competition at 8-0. This week, the Rams are scheduled to wrestle at Northern Garrett on Tuesday, at South Hagerstown on Wednesday and then host the Northern Huskies on Thursday.
Southern 81 - Allegany 0
106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) via forfeit113 - George Zimmerman (SG) via forfeit
120 - Ty Artice (SG) via forfeit
126 - Austin Shaffer (SG) pins Matt Murphy (A) 2:47
132 - Josh King (SG) pins Austin Saxburg (A) 1:54
138 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) dec JT Wilson (A) 7-6
145 - Tanner Massey (SG) pins John Shocky (A) 1:46
152 - Justyce Fulmer (SG) pins Jordan Patterson (A) 3:51
160 - Will Foulke (SG) pins Brad Winter (A) 3:31
170 - Seth Kisner (SG) pins Aaron Lancaster (A) 1:25
182 - Dalton Cooper (SG) pins Caleb Wilt (A) :55
195 - Brian Rinker (SG) pins Hunter Wilhelm (A) 5:38
220 - Keith Chapman (SG) pins Travis Thompson (SG) 2:43
285 - Marcus Tichinel (SG) pins Cody Lynn (A) 5:05
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