Oh, What a Night

The 150 Club

The Southern Rams hit the road on Tuesday, heading off the mountain to take on the Frankfort Falcons.  The weather outside was cold, but the action in the gym was hot!  The Rams were a perfect 33-0 coming into the match and were poised to continue the winning ways.

Jace Guy in a battle

The match started at 145 where Jake Sweitzer was awarded a forfeit.  The bout at 152 was next and it featured two of the top wrestlers from each team.  Senior Jace Guy took the mat for the Rams in search of his 150th career victory.  Up for the Falcons was their top wrestler, Noah Kiszka.  Kiszka scored an early takedown to take the lead, but Guy was able to escape and score a takedown of his own.  The first period ended with the Southern wrestler clinging to a 3-2 lead.  The Frankfort wrestler chose bottom in the second and despite some great action, neither wrestler was able to score in the period.  Guy led 3-2 going into the final period.  Guy selected the bottom position and quickly escaped to take a 4-2 lead.  Kiszka scored another takedown, Guy scored a reversal and Kiszka was able to get a reversal of his own as time was winding down to send the bout to overtime tied 6-6.  In the extra period, Guy scored a takedown to pick up the win, the 150th of his career.

150!

Declan McCann and Hunter Sanders each scored second period falls at 160 and 170 while Cole Baker and Cameron Glover tallied first period pins at 182 and 195 to extend the Rams advantage.  After Hunter Park was awarded a forfeit at 220, Cole Sweitzer scored a fall in just 18 seconds to put the match out of reach.  Three more first period pins at 106, 113 and 126 and a forfeit at 120 made the score 69-0 going into the final two bouts.

We are a bunch of pinners

Frankfort was able to get on the board with a tight 3-2 decision at 132 and Joey McComas finished things off at 138 with a 12-5 decision.  The Rams move to 34-0 on the season and are scheduled to face off with the Mountain Ridge Miners on Thursday evening in Frostburg.  The top seed for the Regional Duals will be decided in that match.

A great bunch

Southern 72 - Frankfort 3

106 - Aiden Schwab (SG) pins Iryll Jones (F) 1:01
113 - Colum McCann (SG) pins Chandler Long (F) :50
120 - Brogan Kealy (SG) via forfeit
126 - Nate Tasker (SG) pins Danny Hyde (F) :31
132 - Kris Sherman (F) dec Elisha Skipper (SG) 3-2
138 - Joey McComas (SG) dec Connor Parish (F) 12-5
145 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit
152 - Jace Guy (SG) dec Noah Kiszka (F) 8-6 ot
160 - Declan McCann (SG) pins Jacob Logsdon (F) 2:29
170 - Hunter Sanders (SG) pins John Bittinger (F) 3:28
182 - Cole Baker (SG) pins Jason Shugars (F) :41
195 - Cameron Glover (SG) pins Xander Parsons (F) :51
220 - Hunter Park (SG) via forfeit
285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) pins Delmer Pugh (F) :18