A Successful Saturday

Lift Off

It was a perfect Saturday for a tri-match at home against the Century Knights from Carroll County and the Oakdale Bears from Frederick County.  We had a nice crowd of Southern fans looking to witness a great day of wrestling on the mats in the Ram Arena.

While the Knights and the Bears battled on mat 1, our JV wrestlers went head to head with JV wrestlers from both Century and Oakdale on mat 2.  It was a very successful afternoon for our young wrestlers.  Oakdale defeated Century by 20 points in the first round and the Rams were set to take the mat in round 2.

Declan McCann get it all started

Our match against Century started at 160 where Declan McCann got us on the board first with a second period pin.  Hunter Sanders followed up with a decision and Southern led 9-0.  The Knights won each of the next two bouts with a decision and a forfeit to tie the match at 9.  After a double forfeit at 220, senior Cole Sweitzer put the Rams ahead with a quick pin.  As we headed to the lower weights, the team score was 15-9 in our favor.

Aiden Schwab with two more wins on Saturday

Aiden Schwab, Brogan Kealy, Elisha Skipper and Jake Sweitzer all scored pins in their respective bouts while Skyler Glotfelty and Jaxsen Tasker received forfeits to close out the scoring for Southern.  The final score was Southern 51 - Century 21 to give the Rams their 18th win of the season.

Our match against Oakdale started at 170 with freshman Hunter Sanders scoring a pin to give Southern an early 6-0 lead.  Oakdale closed the gap to 6-5 with a tech fall win at 182.  It didn't stay close for long as the Rams picked up forfeits at 195 and 220 and Cole Sweitzer earned another pin to give Southern a 24-5 lead.

Cole Sweitzer with two more pins

The rout continued in the lower weights as well.  Aiden Schwab and Colum McCann picked up forfeits while Brogan Kealy scored a pin and Nate Tasker and Elisha Skipper won decisions to stretch Southern's lead to 48-5.  At 145 and 152, two of each team's best wrestlers met in head to head battles.  First up, the Ram's Jake Sweitzer took on Oakdale's Ramy Freeman.  The two wrestled twice last season and each wrestler won a close contest.  This year's battle started with a scoreless first period but Sweitzer was able to score 3 points near the end of the 2nd.  The third period was well wrestled and Sweitzer was able to hang on for a 3-1 win.  At 152, Jace Guy faced off against Zac Leskoski from the Bears.  Guy won both meetings last season but Leskoski wrestled him tough and kept it close.  This season, Guy fell behind early but kept battling.  He was able to tie the match in the third period at 6-6 and with time running out, Guy reversed Leskoski to his back to score the decisive 11-6 victory.  Declan McCann finished off the day with a 7-0 win by decision to close out the 57-11 win for the Southern Rams.

Jake Sweitzer with a big win over Freeman from Oakdale

Southern now stands at 19-0 for the season and face off with the Northern Huskies at home this Thursday evening.

Southern 51 - Century 21
106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) pins Carson Fitzgerald (C) 5:59
113 - Lorenzo Lira (C) pins Jeremiah Mellinger (SG) 3:40
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pins Jack Armstrong (C) :58
126 - Skyler Glotfelty (SG) via Forfeit
132 - Elisha Skipper (SG) pins JJ Juraev (C) 1:30
138 - Stephen Hurst (C) via Forfeit
145 - Jaxsen Tasker (SG) via Forfeit
152 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Devin Sikkenga (C) 2:44
160 - Declan McCann (SG) pins Billy Bentley (C) 3:22
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) dec. Jake Eggers (C) 7-0
182 - Alex Ellis (C) dec. Brayden Warnick (SG) 8-3
195 - Thomas Morey (C) via Forfeit
220 - Double Forfeit
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Eric Forsberg (C) :19

Southern 57 - Oakdale 11
106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) via Forfeit
113 - Colum McCann (SG) via Forfeit
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pins Landon Rotter (O) 5:39
126 - Nate Tasker (SG) dec. Patrick Thomas (O) 3-2
132 - Elisha Skipper (SG) dec. Liam Popkin (O) 8-5
138 - Wyatt McCoy (O) pins Joey McComas (SG) 2:28
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) dec. Ramy Freeman (O) 3-1
152 - Jace Guy (SG) dec. Zac Leskoski (O) 11-6
160 - Declan McCann (SG) dec. Mike Gula (O) 7-0
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) pins Matt Harris (O) 3:20
182 - Nick Clarke (O) tech Cole Baker (SG) 15-0
195 - Cameron Golover (SG) via Forfeit
220 - Chris Mersing (SG) via Forfeit
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Joe Thomas (O) 1:59