Super Duals - Day 2

Tuesday evening, the Rams traveled to Fort Hill High School in Cumberland to complete the Super Dual tournament that started on January 4th.  Southern had gone 5-0 on the first day and were in position to challenge for the team title.  Middletown had also gone 5-0 and the Rams and Knights were scheduled to face off in the final match of the evening.


In the first match of the evening, Southern took on the Falcons of Frankfort High School.  The match started at 152 with Justyce Fulmer picking up a nice win against a wrestler he had never beaten.  With pins from Will Foulke and Seth Kisner, Southern took a 15-0 lead.  From 182 through 285, the Rams and the Falcons traded pins and Southern took a 27-12 lead into the lower weights.  The Rams cranked it up, earning 4 pins and one tech fall in the next 5 matches to blow the match open.  Tanner Massey closed it out with a win to give Southern a 59-18 victory.


Match two of the evening was the much anticipated clash between county rivals, Southern vs. Northern.  Starting at 160, Northern Bryson Day scored early on Will Foulke and was able to control the remainder of the 4-0 match to give the Huskies the early lead.  With pins by Dalton Cooper and Brian Rinker, a major decision by Seth Kisner and a forfeit for Keith Chapman, the Rams opened a 22-3 lead.  Marcus Tichinel at 285, lost a 4-3 decision to make the team score 22-6 heading into the lower weights.  Devan Hamrick pinned, Austin Shaffer received a forfeit and Josh King won by major decision and the rout was on, 38-10 Southern.  The match ended with Tanner Massey winning by pin and Justyce Fulmer picked up another good win to finish off the Huskies.  Final score: Southern 47 - Northern 19


Round 3 proved to bring similar results as rounds one and two.  The Rams faced the host school Fort Hill as the final tune-up for the evening's main event with Middletown.  Against Fort Hill, Seth Kisner opened the match with a major decision to give the Rams an early 4-0 lead.  Brain Rinker added a decision at 195 but the Sentinals were able to win three matches in the upper weights to give Fort Hill a 13-7 lead heading into the lower weights.  Things changed in a hurry as Hamrick, Zimmerman and Shaffer each picked up pins in less than a minute to give Southern a 25-13 lead.  Pins by Tanner Massey and Justyce Fulmer, a forfeit for Will Foulke and a win by Jimmy Schwab finished off Fort Hill, giving the Rams their 8th win of the tournament, 46-20 over Fort Hill.


In the final round, the Rams faced the unbeaten, top ranked Middletown Knights for the tournament championship.  It was an exciting, spirited match that drew quite a crowd.  Dalton Cooper opened the action, wrestling a tough match, but dropped a 9-1 decision.  Brian Rinker and Keith Chapman came out on fire and picked up two big pins for the Rams.  At 285, Marcus Tichinel wrestled a great match against the tournament's top heavyweight wrestler.  He came so close to picking up a huge upset, but the Middletown wrestler was able to hold on for the decision making the team score 12-7 in favor of Southern at the turn.  At 106, two of the state's top ranked wrestlers faced off in a huge match.  Middletown's Danny Bertoni was able to score early and control the match, winning a 5-0 decision over Southern's Devan Hamrick.  George Zimmerman won by pin and Austin Shaffer won a decision over another state ranked wrestler to bring the team score to 21-10 Southern.  The Knights won the next three matches, all with bonus points to regain the lead 26-21.  Tanner Massey won by major decision at 145, Justyce Fulmer lost a 4-3 decision to Hayden Roberts (who picked up his 100th career victory) at 152 and Will Foulke won by tech fall at 160 to give Southern a 30-29 lead going into the final match of the evening.  Unfortunately, Seth Kisner was facing one of the state's top ranked wrestlers, Tucker Ziegler in the final bout.  Ziegler won by pin and clinched the victory and tournament championship for the Middletown Knights.


Southern 59 - Frankfort 18
Southern 47 - Northern 19
Southern 46 - Fort Hill 20
Middletown 35 - Southern 30


Placewinners
1st - Devan Hamrick
1st - Austin Shaffer
1st - Tanner Massey
1st - Brian Rinker
2nd - Jimmy Schwab
2nd - Seth Kisner
2nd - Keith Chapman
3rd - George Zimmerman
3rd - Will Foulke 

Hub Cup Hammer Time

The 27th annual Hub Cup wrestling tournament was held at North Hagerstown High School this past weekend and proved to be a very tough test for the Rams.  Twenty three strong teams from 5 states came together and provided some great competition and some very exciting matches.  As a team, Southern place 14th with 98 points while Cape Henlopen from Delaware won the tournament, scoring 192 points.

Sophomore Devan Hamrick took a 17-1 record into the tournament and was seeded 2nd.  He used first period pins in each of the first three rounds to advance to the Hub Cup finals.  His semi-final win was in just 25 seconds against Jimmy Hasemann from Magruder High School.  In the finals, Devan faced the top seeded Joey Thomas from South Carroll.  Thomas entered the tournament with a 22-1 record and a long list of national achievements leading into the final match.  Devan scored a takedown in the first period and controlled Thomas throughout the entire match to earn a 4-1 decision and the Hub Cup Championship.

Austin Shaffer entered the Hub Cup with a 16-1 record and was also seeded second.  Austin also pinned his first two opponents to reach the semi-final round.  In the semis, Shaffer faced Bradley Derito from Musselman in a rematch from a December match which was won 9-8 by Derito.  The Hub Cup match ended with the same result, a close decision by Derito, sending Austin into the consolation bracket.  Shaffer picked up a pin and an overtime decision against a tough VA wrestler to earn 3rd place honors at the 2014 Hub Cup.

At 170, senior Seth Kisner entered the tournament with a 14-4 record and was the 4th seed.  Seth won his first match by pin then lost a tough 4-3 decision in the quarterfinals, dropping into the consolation bracket.  Kisner won two and lost two in the consis to finish in 6th place.

Wrestling at 182, Brian Rinker was seeded 5th with a 13-4 record entering the tournament.  Brian won three and lost two to finish in 7th place at the Hub Cup.

Senior Keith Chapman won three and lost three matches at the Hub Cup at 220 to place 8th,

Tanner Massey and Justyce Fulmer each won two and lost two matches and fell just short of placing in the tournament.  Dalton Cooper and Will Foulke each won one match at the Hub Cup.  Freshmen George Zimmerman and Jimmy Schwab and sophomores Ethan Bittinger and Marcus Tichinel also competed.  Junior Josh King was home sick and unable to compete.

Article from the Hagerstown newspaper.

The Rams jump right back into tournament competition on Tuesday with the completion of the Fort Hill Super Duals in Cumberland.  

Super Duals - Day 1

Devan Hamrick with the leg cradle

Day one of the Fort Hill Super Duals was snowed out on Friday afternoon, but Day two proceeded as scheduled.  All Friday's matches will be made up next week, but there were plenty of exciting, action filled matches on the mats on Saturday.

 

Southern's first match of the tournament was a rematch against the Hyndman Hornets from PA.  In the end, the final score was very similar to the dual meet in December with Southern on top 53-19.  The Hornets always wrestle tough and this match was no exception.  Winning by pin for the Rams were Tanner Massey, Seth Kisner and Keith Chapman.  Winning by tech fall was Devan Hamrick and receiving forfeits were Austin Shaffer, Jimmy Schwab, Ethan Bittinger, Justyce Fulmer and Will Foulke.

 

Tanner Massey with 5 pins on the day

In round two, Southern faced Spring Mill, WV, a brand new school from the Martinsburg area.  The team had only four wrestlers on the roster so 10 Rams received forfeits.  Tanner Massey picked up his second pin of the day and Seth Kisner won by decision.  The final score was Southern 69 - Spring Mill 12.

 

The Rams squared off with the Allegany Campers in round three.  This was another re-match from a dual that was held in December.  In round three of the Super Duals, Southern pulled off the rare perfect score, leveling the Campers by the score of 84-0.  Winning by pin for Southern were Josh King, Tanner Massey, Justyce Fulmer, Will Foulke, Seth Kisner, Dalson Cooper, Brian Rinker, Keith Chapman and Marcus Tichinel.  The rest of the Rams received forfeits to give Southern the maximum possible points.

Freshman Jimmy Schwab 5-0 on the day

 

In round four, Southern faced the Keyser Golden Tornado.  This match would prove to be the toughest match of the day.  In the end, Southern held on for a 45-33 victory for the team's 10th win in a row.  Earning pins for Southern were Devan Hamrick, Jimmy Schwab, Tanner Massey, Dalton Cooper, Brian Rinker, Keith Chapman and Marcus Tichinel.  Winning by decision was Austin Shaffer.

 

Round 5 was the final round of the afternoon.  In that round, the Rams beat Petersburg 57-24 to cap off a perfect day.  Winning by pin in the final round were Devan Hamrick, Jimmy Schwab, Tanner Massey, Justyce Fulmer, Will Foulke and Seth Kisner.  Earning another decision was Austin Shaffer and receiving forfeits were George Zimmerman, Brian Rinker and Keith Chapman.



Keith Chapman also perfect on the day

 

Senior Austin Shaffer takes a cross-face and gets the win

Senior Tanner Massey lead the team on Saturday with 5 wins, all by pin to take the team lead with 11 pins on the season.  Joining Massey with 5 wins on the day were Devan Hamrick, Austin Shaffer, Jimmy Schwab and Keith Chapman.  Winning 4 out of 5 on day 1 of the Super Duals were Justyce Fulmer, Will Foulke, Seth Kisner and Brian Rinker.  Winning three match were George Zimmerman, Dalton Cooper and Marcus Tichinel.

 

The Rams are in action again on Wednesday with a dual meet showdown with the Northern Huskies.  Wrestling begins at 7pm at Southern High School.

Southern 53 - Hyndman 19
Southern 69 - Spring Mills 12
Southern 84 - Allegany 0
Southern 45 - Keyser 33
Southern 57 - Petersburg 24

5-0  Tanner Massey
5-0  Devan Hamrick
5-0  Austin Shaffer
5-0  Jimmy Schwab
5-0  Keith Chapman
4-1  Justyce Fulmer
4-1  Will Foulke
4-1  Seth Kisner
4-1  Brian Rinker
3-2  George Zimmerman
3-2  Dalton Cooper
3-2  Marcus Tichinel