2014 Bi-Counties

It was a very good day at Southern High School on Saturday as the Rams hosted the annual Bi-County tournament.  Entering the tournament, it was clear that the Rams would battle the Mt Ridge Miners for the title.  The Miners had defeated the Rams in two close dual meets earlier in the season and the results of Bi-Counties would be the same.

In the early rounds, Southern kept the tournament close.  Mt. Ridge placed 11 wrestlers in the finals and Southern was close behind with 10 finalists.  There were a number of head to head match ups and the tournament was on the line.  The Miners had the lead and the Rams were in second place.

The finals began at 106 with Southern's Devan Hamrick scoring a first period pin vs a Mt Ridge wrestler.  At 113, Austin Shaffer added a first period pin of his own against a wrestler from Northern Garrett and the Rams were closing the gap.  At 120, Josh King lost a decision to Matthews from Mt Ridge to give the Miners their first champion of the day.  Jimmy Schwab won a decision at 132 against a Northern Garrett wrestler and the Rams were still alive.

Unfortunately, Schwab's victory would be the last for Southern at Bi-Counties as the final 7 Ram finalists would lose their matches.  Josh King, Justyce Fulmer, Will Foulke, Seth Kisner, Dalton Cooper, Brian Rinker and Keith Chapman all reached the finals but dropped their matches to place second.  In the end, the Mt Ridge Miners would capture the Bi-County title by scoring 223 points to Southern's 179 points.

1. 223.0  Mt. Ridge
2. 179.0  Southern Garrett
3. 144.5  Northern Garrett
4. 106.0  Fort Hill
5.   57.0  Allegany

Finals
106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins Devin Femi (MR) 1:10
113 - Austin Shaffer (SG) pins Steven Yutzy (NG) :29
120 - Cody Matthews (MR) m dec Josh King (SG) 8-0
126 - Justin Opel (NG) dec Colten White (MR) 7-1
132 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) dec Chris McCann (NG) 8-6
138 - Kody Osselburn (NG) m dec Colton Sites (MR) 13-0
145 - Justin Bryant (MR) dec Nate Durst (NG) 3-2
152 - Adam Martz (MR) m dec Justyce Fulmer (SG) 18-5
160 - Tyler Maynard (MR) pins Will Foulke (SG) 1:59
170 - Nick Shifflett (MR) dec Seth Kisner (SG) 1-0
182 - Cody Arigo (FH) dec Dalton Cooper (SG) 12-5
195 - Austin Clark (MR) dec Brian Rinker (SG) 6-0
220 - Matt Whetstone (MR) dec Keith Rinker (SG) 14-12
285 - Tim Friend (FH) pins Brian Fuente (MR) :30