Double the Fun

Last night, we made the trip to Cumberland, MD for our annual tri-match with Fort Hill and Keyser.  We had already wrestled both teams this season, but were well prepared for anything.  Wrestlers come and go and change weights and bump around but we were confident that our line-up could handle anything these two teams could throw at us.

We started the evening facing off against the home standing Fort Hill Sentinels.  After Scotty Tichnell won by forfeit at 220, our big man, Cole Sweitzer, took the mat in an attempt to avenge a loss from the earlier meeting.  These two wrestlers were closely matched and it was an exciting heavyweight match.  In the end, Cole dropped a 4-2 decision.  The Rams won the next six bouts which led up to another rematch of a great match from the earlier meeting.  Jimmy Schwab faced off against Braeden Askins at 145 in a bout that was even closer and more exciting than the hwt. match.  Schwab and Askins ended regulation tied at 1 and we were headed to overtime.  After three scoreless overtime periods, Askins was able to win the match in the ultimate ride-out.  The team score stood at 41-6.

The Rams won four of the final five bouts to win the overall match by the score of 65-12.  Scoring pins for Southern were Joey McComas, both Jake Sweitzers and Joe Embleton.  The win for junior Jake W Sweitzer was his 30th of the season against only three losses.  Sophomore Nate Tasker also won his 30th of the season against 4 losses.

After our win over Fort Hill

After some great matches by our JV wrestlers, we were ready for our varsity rematch with the Keyser Golden Tornado.  This match started at 285 where Cole Sweitzer found himself matched up with another solid heavyweight who is currently ranked 4th in the state of West Virginia.  Cole won the first meeting by pin and this bout was much closer.  Sweitzer was able to score a 1st period takedown which would prove to be enough for the 2-1 win over Matthew Stewart.

Joey McComas avenges an earlier loss against Keyser

Next up was Brison Dixon who did not wrestle in the first meeting between these two schools.  He scored a first period pin to put the Rams in front 9-0 heading into the 113 match.  This bout was a rematch from the earlier meeting.  Last time, Joey McComas lost by decision, but during the second meeting, Joey was able to win by pin.  After both Jake Sweitzers won by fall, the Rams led 27-0 leading into one of the evenings marquis match-ups at 132.  Bryant Dixon from Keyser is ranked third in the state at 132 and Nate Tasker came into the match with a 30-4 record on the season.  It was a great match with Dixon coming out on top, winning the decision for Keyser.

Despite giving up early points, Jace Guy dominated

At 138, Jace Guy fought back from an early deficit to win an 11-5 decision, bringing the team score to 30-3.  Next up was 145 and found Jimmy Schwab facing another solid wrestler, Dalton Wilt from the Golden Tornado.  Schwab used a takedown in the second and a reversal in the third to eek out a tough 4-3 decision.  Alec Horner followed that with a 14-7 win, making it 36-3 in Southern's favor.

Alec Horner scores 14 against Keyser

Keyser scored a pin at 160 and Joe Embleton followed that with a pin for Southern at 170.  Patrick Duggan was awarded a forfeit at 182 and Hunter Park scored a takedown in overtime to win the match at 195.  Keyser won a decision in the final match of the evening to bring the final team score to 51-12 in favor of the Southern Rams.  Our overall record now stands at 31-4 on the season and we are 9-1 in dual meets that count for MPSSAA regional dual qualification.

Southern 65 - Fort Hill 12
106 - Brison Dixon (SG) tech Jacob Diehl (FH) 16-1
113 - Joey McComas (SG) pins Trey Harper (FH) :44
120 - Jake W Sweitzer (SG) pins Zach Farris (FH) 1:13
126 - Jake E Sweitzer (SG) pins Noah Jack (FH) 1:40
132 - Nate Tasker (SG) via forfeit
138 - Jace Guy (SG) via forfeit
145 - Braeden Askins (FH) dec Jimmy Schwab (SG) ot (utb)
152 - Alec Horner (SG) via forfeit
160 - Brad Davis (SG) via forfeit
170 - Joe Embleton (SG) pins Carson Driver (FH) 2:58
182 - Wyatt Brehm (FH) pins Patrick Duggan (SG) 2:33
195 - Hunter Park (SG) via forfeit
220 - Scotty Tichnell (SG) via forfeit
285 - Richard Hess (FH) dec Cole Sweitzer (SG) 4-2

Southern 51 - Keyser 12
106 - Brison Dixon (SG) pins Tanner Staggs (K) 1:21
113 - Joey McComas (SG) pins Tyler Staggs (K) 3:04
120 - Jake W Sweitzer (SG) pins Brendan Pattison (K) 1:39
126 - Jake E Sweitzer (SG) pins Ezra Parks (K) 2:51
132 - Bryant Dixon (K) dec Nate Tasker (SG) 6-0
138 - Jace Guy (SG) dec Tyler Mason (K) 11-5
145 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) dec Dalton Wilt (K) 4-3
152 - Alec Horner (SG) dec Tristan Fox (K) 14-7
160 - Shayden Daugherty (K) pins Brad Davis (SG) :54
170 - Joe Embleton (SG) pins Austin Kitzmiller (K) :48
182 - Patrick Duggan (SG) via forfeit
195 - Hunter Park (SG) dec Hugo Perez (K) 7-5 ot
220 - Jacob Biser (K) dec Scoty Tichnell (SG) 7-1
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) dec Matthew Stewart (K) 2-1