The Southern Rams traveled to Williamsport High School on Saturday to take on the 10-3 Williamsport Wildcats in the final dual meet of the regular season. The Cats have a strong program and everyone knew it would be a tight, exciting match. The Rams entered the match at 12-1 and needed a win to secure the 2nd seed in Wednesday's regional duals.
The match began at 106 and the result was the same as in most matches this season. Sophomore Devan Hamrick picked up a pin and gave the Rams a 6-0 lead. Beginning at 113, we made the decision to bump our wrestlers up a weight class to fill in an open spot in an upper weight class. We forfeited at 113 and the score was tied at 6. Freshman George Zimmerman wrestled at 120 and kept the match close until getting overpowered near the end and lost by pin with only a few seconds remaining in the match.
Senior Austin Shaffer took the mat at 126 and won by major decision bringing the team score to 12-10 in Williamsport's favor. At 132, junior Josh King lost a decision in the higher weight class extending the Cat's lead to 15-10. Freshman Jimmy Schwab entered his match at 138 against one of Williamsport's top wrestlers, senior Brian Davis. Early in the match, Davis was called for an illegal slam, bringing Schwab to the mat head first. We chose to focus on the health and safety of our wrestler and did not allow Schwab to continue.
Ethan Bittinger lost by pin at 145 and Tanner Massey got the Rams back on the board with a pin of his own at 152 giving the Rams a 22-21 lead. At 160, senior Will Foulke added another pin to add to Southern's lead. Seth Kisner did the same at 170 and the Rams were on top 34-21 with 4 matches to go. We only needed to win one of the next four to clinch the victory.
Brian Rinker wrestled at 182 and was in a tight match. Down by two with time running out, Rinker was able to escape then quickly attack and took his opponent down as time expired but it was ruled his knee was out of bounds and the match ended with Rinker losing the decision. At 195, Dalton Cooper faced another of Williamsport's top wrestlers. In a match similar to Jimmy Schwab's match, Cooper was illegally slammed to the mat by his opponent and was awarded a point and began recovery time. Luckily, this was not a head injury so the decision was made to continue wrestling despite a foot injury. Cooper lost by major decision in a gutsy match and the Ram's lead was cut to 34-28 with two matches remaining.
Senior Keith Chapman wrestled one of Williamsport senior captains and the match was close throughout. In the end, the Wildcat wrestler earned the decision and cut Southern's lead to 34-31 with only the 285 bout remaining. At heavyweight, sophomore Marcus Tichinel faced another senior captain and was unable to pull out the win for the Rams. The match ended with the Williamsport Cats winning by a whisker 37-34.
The loss dropped the Rams to the number 4 seed in Wednesday's regional duals. We will face Mt Ridge in the semi-final round while Middletown will face North Carroll in the other semi match. Wrestling begins at 5:30 at Mt Ridge and the winners will meet in the finals at 7:30pm. The winner of Wednesday's regional duals will advance to the state duals which will be held at North Point High School next Saturday.
Williamsport 37 - Southern 34
106 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins Todd Feuerstien (W) 1:00113 - Justin Beckley (W) via forfeit
120 - Coby Brady (W) pins George Zimmerman (SG) 5:47
126 - Austin Shaffer (SG) m dec Tanner Canfield (W) 16-2
132 - Jerry Moshel (W) dec Josh King (SG) 4-0
138 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) dq Brian Davis (W)
145 - Sinjin Shoop (W) pins Ethan Bittinger (SG) 1:23
152 - Tanner Massey (SG) pins Barry Loeser (W) 1:24
160 - Will Foulke (SG) pins Devan Nalley (W) 3:39
170 - Seth Kisner (SG) pins Anthony Rizzell (W) 3:17
182 - Austin Golden (W) dec Brian Rinker (SG) 2-1
195 - Austin Keadel (W) m dec Dalton Cooper (SG) 13-2
220 - Lasher Urciollo (W) dec Keith Chapman (SG) 5-2
285 - Brandon Iseminger (W) pins Marcus Tichinel (SG) 2:09
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