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Jace Guy working for points

It was an afternoon filled with action on the mats at Southern High School yesterday afternoon as the Oakdale Bears and the Keyser Tornados made the trip to Oakland for a tri-match.  While the JVs wrestled on mat 2, the varsity action began on mat 1 with Oakdale facing Keyser.  The Bears cruised to a dominating win and the stage was set for Southern vs. Oakdale.

Last season, Oakdale won big by the score of 52-27 and the Rams were prepared to make sure that didn't happen this season.  The match started at 113 where freshman Joey McComas took the mat and made quick work of his opponent, scoring a first period fall and giving the home team an early 6-0 lead.  Joey was followed by another freshman, Jake W Sweitzer who also scored a quick pin to give the Rams a 12-0 lead.  Junior Jake E Sweitzer added a win by decision and we were up 15-0.

Hunter Park in control

Our lead evaporated in a hurry as Oakdale sent out the strongest part of their line-up in the next 5 bouts.  Oakdale won by pin at 132, 138 and 152 and added wins by decision at 145 and 160 to take a 24-15 lead.  Junior Alec Horner picked up a big pin for Southern at 170 to close the gap to 24-21.  Joe Embleton lost a decision at 182 and Hunter Park won a decision at 195 and we trailed 27-24 with three matches remaining.

Jimmy Schwab looking for two!

At 220, Scotty Tichnell faced one of Oakdale's best wrestlers and lost by fall.  After receiving a forfeit at 285, the match came down to the final bout, sophomore Evan Paugh at 103.  Evan wrestled a tough match and it was close throughout, but in the end, he was unable to turn his opponent and lost a 5-0 decision to bring the final team score to 36-30 in favor of the visiting Oakdale Bears.

The final match of the day found the Southern Rams facing off against the Keyser Golden Tornados.  The match started at 120 and the Rams won 5 of the first 6 bouts by pin to open up a 30-6 lead.  Southern won 5 of the next 6 bouts as well, this time with 4 pins and the rout was on.  We led 57-9 with the final two bouts going in Keyser's favor by decisions.  In the end, the Rams defeated Keyser 57-16 in dominating fashion.

Next up for the Southern Rams is the big cross-county clash with the Northern Huskies next Wednesday, January 4th starting at 7pm in Accident.

Oakdale 36 - Southern 30

113 - Joey McComas (SG) pins Patrick Thomas (O) 1:15
120 - Jake W Sweitzer (SG) pins Liam Popkin (O) :31
126 - Jake E Sweitzer (SG) dec. Ramy Freeman (O) 5-1
132 - Wyatt McCoy (O) pins Nate Tasker (SG) 3:26
138 - Zac Leskoski (O) pins Erik Fike (SG) 2:49
145 - Kyle McDonald (O) dec. Jimmy Schwab (SG) 4-2
152 - Logan McCoy (O) pins Mikey Greene (SG) :34
160 - Chase DeMaille (O) dec. Jace Guy (SG) 2-1
170 - Alec Horner (SG) pins Logan Carey (O) 1:32
182 - Mario Goings (O) dec Joe Embleton (SG) 5-2
195 - Hunter Park (SG) dec. Joe Thomas (O) 13-7
220 - Bryce DeMaille (O) pins Scotty Tichnell (SG) :14
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit
106 - Jeremy Welch (O) dec. Evan Paugh (SG) 5-0

Alec Horner vs Keyser

Southern 57 - Keyser 16

120 - Jake W Sweitzer (SG) pins Brendan Pattison (K) 1:01
126 - Jake E Sweitzer (SG) pins Justin Davis (K) 4:23
132 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Ezra Parks (K) 1:41
138 - Dalton Wilt (K) pins Erik Fike (SG) 2:30
145 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) pins Tyler Mason (K) 5:30
152 - Jace Guy (SG) pins Austin Kitzmiller (K) 1:04
160 - Shayden Daugherty (K) dec. Alec Horner (SG) 7-0
170 - Joe Embleton (SG) pins Adam Kephart (K) :27
182 - Patrick Duggan (SG) pins James Haywood (K) :44
195 - Hunter Park (SG) dec. Hugo Perez (K) 6-4
220 - Scotty Tichnell (SG) pins Jacob Biser (K) 3:01
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Matthew Stewart (K) 1:56
106 - Tanner Staggs (K) dec Evan Paugh (SG) 10-0
113 - Tyler Staggs (K) dec Joey McComas (SG) 7-0