King of the Hill

2017 Super Dual Champions

The annual tournament known as the Super Duals was held on Friday and Saturday January 6th and 7th at Fort Hill High School in Cumberland.  The Southern Rams entered the event as defending champions and looking to continue their winning ways in the Queen City.  The tournament was filled with 8 teams representing MD, PA and WV.  Wrestling began on Friday evening and the blind draw found us up against the team we wrestled in the final round last season for the championship.

Jake E Sweitzer in control

Boonsboro entered the match with a solid 5-1 record and several ranked wrestlers on their squad.  It soon became apparent that the Southern Rams would add a loss to their record.   The Rams won each of the first four bouts to take a 23-0 lead.  Boonsboro was able to win the next two, scoring their only points of the match, bringing the team score to 23-12.  Southern then ran off 8 straight wins to finish off Boonsboro by the score of 65-12.

Scotty Tichnell on his way to the win

Our second match of the evening was against the Hyndman Hornets.  The result was about the same.  Southern built up a big lead and finished off the match strong with a solid 52-15 win.  The final match of Friday evening was against the Allegany Campers and the result was even more one-sided.  The final score against Allegany was 78-3 and the perfect first night came to an early end.

Jimmy Schwab places second

The tournament resumed Saturday morning with two dominating performances by our boys.  We beat Moorefield 78-6 then followed that with a 75-6 win over the host school.  Our toughest test of the tournament came in round six against Hampshire High School.  Southern lost each of the first three bouts against Hampshire and found ourselves in unfamiliar territory, losing 15-0.  Five bouts later, after five big wins, we had a 30-15 lead with six matches remaining.  We split the final matches with Hampshire and came away with a 46-33 victory.

Nate Tasker for the pin

We finished the tournament by defeating Petersburg in round 7 by the score of 51-24 then beating Hampshire again, this time 49-27 to finish the weekend with a perfect 8-0 record.

Super Duals Recap
Southern 65 - Boonsboro 12
Southern 58 - Hyndman 15
Southern 78 - Allegany 3
Southern 78 - Moorefield 6
Southern 75 - Fort Hill 6
Southern 46 - Hampshire 33
Southern 51 - Petersburg 24
Southern 49 - Hampshire 27

Our award winners at the Super Duals (Erik Fike not pictured)

Individual Results
12 out of 14 of our wrestlers earned awards at the Super Duals.
1st place - Brison Dixon (8-0)
1st place - Joey McComas (8-0)
1st place - Nate Tasker (8-0)
1st place - Alec Horner (8-0)
1st place - Jake E Sweitzer (7-1)
2nd place - Jake W Sweitzer (7-1)
2nd place - Jace Guy (7-1)
2nd place - Jimmy Schwab (6-2)
2nd place - Erik Fike (5-3)
3rd place - Joe Embleton (7-1)
3rd place - Cole Sweitzer (6-2)
3rd place - Scotty Tichnell (4-4)