That Stings

Coach Clark getting them ready and sending them out.

The Southern Rams finished off their tough December schedule on Wednesday as they traveled to Damascus, MD for a tri match against the Swarmin' Hornets and the Oakdale Bears.  Damascus is the 3-time defending 3A/4A state champions and currently is the top ranked public school in the state (3rd overall).  The Oakdale Bears are ranked 6th overall and are the second ranked public school behind Damascus.  We knew it was a tall order, but the Rams took the mat with confidence and energy and gave it everything they had.

 

Jimmy Schwab defeats Malik Boyd 6-4

Match one was against the home-standing Swarmin' Hornets.  After the first three bouts, Southern had an early 12-6 lead thanks to pins by Cole Sweitzer at 285 and Brison Dixon at 106.  Damascus was able to reel off four straight wins to pull ahead 26-12 before Devan Hamrick won by decision at 138.  The Rams and the Hornets split the next two bouts to bring the score to 29-18 with four matches remaining.  Damascus proved to be to strong in the upper weights and won all of the last four bouts to secure the 52-18 victory over the Southern Rams.

 

Freshman hwt Cole Sweitzer with 2 wins on Wednesday

The second match of the afternoon saw the Rams take on the Oakdale Bears.  Southern earned wins in each of the first three bouts to build an 18-0 lead with pins by Dixon at 106 and Nate Tasker at 113 and a forfeit win by Cole Sweitzer at 285.  The Bears won the next three matches to pull within two points at 18-16.  Hamrick and Jimmy Schwab picked up wins at 138 and 145 to give Southern at 27-16 lead heading into the upper weights.  Once again, the bigger school was just too deep in those upper weights as Oakdale won the final six matches to finish off the Rams with a final score of 52-27.

 

Two more pins for Brison Dixon

On a day where wins were few and far between, there were several highlights for the Rams.  First of all, senior Devan Hamrick and junior Brison Dixon remained undefeated on the season, each running their individual records to 20-0.  Freshman Nate Tasker improved his record to 18-2 on the season and junior Jimmy Schwab moved to 16-4.  Only three wrestlers were able to win twice on Wednesday and they were Hamrick, Dixon and Cole Sweitzer.

Senior Corey Horner with a 3-1 win against Damascus

 

The Rams are off until Thursday, January 7th where they will travel to Hyndman High School in PA for another tri-match against the Hornets and Meyersdale High School.

Damascus 52 - Southern 18
106 - Brison Dixon (SG) pins Ian Osterman (D) 3:07
113 - TJ Maklin (D) pins Nate Tasker (SG) :12
120 - Johnny McLaughlin (D) dec Jake Sweitzer (SG) 9-7 ot
126 - Dylan Ramirez (D) pins Zach Burgess (SG) 1:53
132 - Scott Obendorfer (D) tf Jace Guy (SG) 21-6
138 - Devan Hamrick (SG) dec Ryan Lawrence (D) 7-6
145 - John Furguson (D) dec Jimmy Schwab (SG) 7-1
152 - Corey Horner (SG) dec Davey Creegan (D) 3-1
160 - Brenden Parent (D) tf Joey Embleton (SG) 16-0
170 - Colin McLaughlin (D) pins Patrick Duggan (SG) 2:27
182 - Ben Lokos (D) pins Bernie Sislo (SG) :37
195 - Elijah Baisden (D) pins Hunter Park (SG) 1:42
220 - Michael Bradshaw (D) pins Scotty Tichnell (SG) :16
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Sajed Abdelmanin (D) 2:34

Oakdale 52 - Southern 27
106 - Brison Dixon (SG) pins Jeremy Welch (Oak) :58
113 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Dakota Fragel (Oak) :55
120 - Wyatt McCoy (Oak) pins Jake Sweitzer (SG) 1:05
126 - Camran Deluca (Oak) pins Zach Burgess (SG) :25
132 - Kyle McDonald (Oak) m dec Jace Guy (SG) 17-4
138 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins Shaun Herndon (Oak) 1:52
145 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) dec Malik Boyd (Oak) 6-4
152 - Jake Nielson (Oak) pins Corey Horner (SG) 1:16
160 - Chase Demaille (Oak) pins Joey Embleton (SG) 1:22
170 - Ryan Shubert (Oak) pins Patrick Duggan (SG) 2:54
182 - Zach Grenier (Oak) pins Bernie Sislo (SG) 1:17
195 - Bryce Demaille (Oak) pins Hunter Park (SG) :17
220 - John Yacoubain (Oak) pins Scotty Tichnell (SG) :15
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via Forfeit

Sophomore Jake Sweitzer loses in OT to a ranked wrestler from Damascus