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There was some great head-to-head competition in the Igloo last night

The Southern Rams made their annual trip to the Igloo on Thursday night to take on the Northern Huskies on their home mat in front of a packed house.  The fans were treated to some outstanding matches and witnessed excellent wrestling on both sides.

Chris Mersing battles for position

The evening started with some great youth matches.  Both mat clubs are full of very good wrestlers and are great organizations feeding the local high schools with skilled wrestlers.  Before the varsity began, the Rams and Huskies split a pair of JV matches.  Southern's Evan Paugh came out on top with a pin at 120 and the Ram's Chris Mersing lost a close decision.

Brogan Kealy with the first match of the night

The varsity match started at 120 where freshman Brogan Kealy moved up from 113 to fill in for Joey McComas who was home sick.  Kealy put up a fight against his older, bigger opponent, but fell short and the Huskies captured an early 3-0 lead.  Senior Jake E. Sweitzer wasted little time putting the Rams in front as he pinned his Husky foe in the first period.  Northern tied up the score by earning a decision at 132, and the Rams pulled back in front with a decision of their own at 138.

Jake W Sweitzer with a solid win vs Kelly

The Rams and Huskies traded pins at 145 and 152 and Southern had a slight lead 15-12 as the match moved into the higher weights.  Southern would pull away and ice the match by winning 5 of the next six bouts.  Victories by Declan McCann, Alec Horner, Joe Embleton, Hunter Park and Cole Sweitzer brought the team score to 42-18 with only the two lightest weight classes remaining.

Jace Guy with a first period pin

At 106, freshman Colum McCann lost a hard-fought battle and at 113, freshman Elisha Skipper wrestled his varsity match ever and won in impressive fashion, scoring a 16-0 tech fall in less than 2 minutes.  Skipper's win brought the final team score to 47-22 in favor of the visiting Southern Rams.

Senior Alec Horner in control

The win moved the team's overall season record to 23-2 with a perfect 9-0 record in MPSSAA dual meet competition.  The Rams are back in action tomorrow as the Fort Hill Super Duals tournament will be wrestled in Cumberland.  Wrestling begins at 11am.

Southern 47 - Northern 22

106 - Shane Fink (N) dec Colum McCann (SG) 9-1
113 - Elisha Skipper (SG) tech fall Logan Mason (N) 16-0
120 - Jesse Harmon (N) dec Brogan Kealy (SG) 4-2
126 - Jake E. Sweitzer (SG) pinned Josh Thomas (N) 1:47
132 - Hunter Wilhelm (N) dec Nate Tasker (SG) 5-3
138 - Jake W. Sweitzer (SG) dec Jarrett Kelly (N) 7-4
145 - Jace Guy (SG) pinned Hunter Dale (N) 1:42
152 - Jordan Day (N) pinned Brad Davis (SG) 3:06
160 - Declan McCann (SG) via forfeit
170 - Alec Horner (SG) dec Sam Beeman (N) 12-6
182 - Joe Embleton (SG) via forfeit
195 - Garrett Beaulieu (N) pinned Nathan Sweitzer (SG) 5:50
220 - Hunter Park (SG) pinned Travis Georg (N) :35
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pinned Micah Rollen (N) 1:29