Great Season Opener

A fine looking, hard working bunch of young men

The Southern Rams traveled off the mountain to tangle with the Campers of Allegany High School in the season opener on Saturday.  It was one year ago that the Campers shocked the Rams with the upset victory on day one of last season.  The Rams were determined to not let that happen again.

 

The match started at 195 and Allegany sent out their top wrestler to take on our Freshman Hunter Park.  Allegany was able to get the pin and take an early lead.  The Campers were able to get pins in the next two weights and the home crowd was excited to have an 18-0 lead heading into the lower weights.  After forfeiting 106, 113 and 120, the team score was tied at 18.

 

Joey Embleton runs the bar to earn the fall

At 126, sophomore Jake Sweitzer scored a second period pin to give the Rams a lead we would never give back.  We received a forfeit at 132 then picked up a 1 minute pin by defending state champion Devan Hamrick at 138 and the rout was on.

 

Jimmy Schwab, Corey Horner, Joey Embleton and Ethan Bittinger all gave the Rams big pins to stretch the lead to 60-18 heading into the final bout.  At 182, junior Patrick Duggan fought hard and was able to come away with a 7-6 victory to finish off the Campers bringing the final score to 63-18.

 

The Southern Rams start the season 1-0 and will be back in action this Friday as we travel to Winters Mill HS to compete in the Grindstone Duals.

 Southern 63 - Allegany 18

195 - Jordon Patterson (A) pins Hunter Park (SG) :55
220 - Caleb Wilt (A) pins Gunnar Ward (SG) 1:46
285 - Jacob Riffe (A) pins Scotty Tichnell (SG) 2:56
106 - Evan Paugh (SG) via forfeit
113 - Brison Dixon (SG) via forfeit
120 - Nate Tasker (SG) via forfeit
126 - Jake Sweitzer (SG) pins Carter Nave (A) 2:36
132 - Jace Guy (SG) via forfeit
138 - Devan Hamrick (SG) pins John Dye (A) 1:00
145 - Jimmy Schwab (SG) pins Michael Snyder (A) :52
152 - Corey Horner (SG) pins Austin Saxburg (A) :41
160 - Joey Embleton (SG) pins Steven Conrad (A) 3:55
170 - Ethan Bittinger (SG) pins Craig Offut (A) 1:30
182 - Patrick Duggan (SG) dec Jeremy Harrison (A) 7-6

White Squad Wins in Epic Battle



Freshman Nathan Sweitzer with the pin!

The World Class White pulled away in the second half of our annual Red/White scrimmage to earn a hard fought 51-37 victory last night at Southern High in an epic inter-squad battle.  The match-ups were solid and the big home crowd was treated to some excellent matches.

 

The teams split the first four bouts to tie the team score at 10.  The White squad won three of the next five to take a 25-19 lead into intermission.  During the halftime break, the fans were treated to some outstanding matches by members of the Southern Mat Club youth organization.  It didn't take long for everyone in attendance to see that the future of Southern Wrestling looks very bright indeed.

Captains Schwab and Hamrick battle in the circle

The start of the second half of action saw the Red team tie up the score quickly with a 2nd period pin by team captain Corey Horner and then take the lead with another 2nd period fall, this time by freshman Nathan Sweitzer.  Unfortunately for the Rambunctious Red, the white team would reel off six straight victories to put the match out of reach.  The red won the final bout of the evening by fall, but the 6 match run by the World Class White was the difference.

 

Overall, we were treated to some solid wrestling, outstanding effort and great sportsmanship by all team members.  Tomorrow in Cumberland, the regular season begins with a match against the Allegany Campers.

Brison Dixon (R) pins Evan Paugh (W) 3:10
Nate Tasker (W) m. dec. Zach Burgess (R) 14-0
Jace Guy (W) pins Jake Sweitzer (R) 3:52
Jimmy Schwab (R) m. dec. Luke O'Brien (W) 15-3
Devan Hamrick (W) pins Alec Horner (R) 5:12
Michael Hollingsworth (W) pins Mikey Greene (R) 2:45
Scotty Tichnell (R) pins Gunnar Ward (W) 5:06
Hunter Park (W) dec Bernie Sislo (R) 5-4
Ethan Bittinger (R) dec Patrick Duggan (W) 12-10 ot

Half-Time Score  World Class White 25 - Rambunctious Red 19

Corey Horner (R) pins Joey Embleton (W) 2:30
Nathan Sweitzer (R) pins Michael Hollingsworth (W) 3:54
Nathan Tasker (W) pins Brison Dixon (R) 2:43
Jace Guy (W) dec Alec Horner (R) 5-4
Devan Hamrick (W) m. dec. Jimmy Schwab (R) 11-0
Luke O'Brien (W) pins Mikey Greene (R) 3:30
Hunter Park (W) dec Scotty Tichnell (R) 7-3
Patrick Duggan (W) m dec Bernie Sislo (R) 14-5
Jake Sweitzer (R) pins Brad Davis (W) 1:31

Final Score  World Class White 51 - Rambunctious Red 37

The 2015 Edition of Red Vs. White



The 2015/2016 Rams

The 2015 Edition of our annual Red White Scrimmage is here.  Tonight, on the mat at Southern High School, the annual inter-squad clash will signal the start to the 2015/2016 season.  The action should be exciting and entertaining as the boys take the mat for the first time this year in front of the home crowd.

 

Highlighted match-ups tonight include Devan Hamrick vs. Jimmy Schwab, Corey Horner vs. Joey Embleton and Jake Sweitzer vs. Jace Guy.  The action should be fast and furious and fun to watch.

 

The match ups are set and it looks to be a battle that might come down to the last match of the evening.  We hope to have a great turnout for this fun and FREE event.  See you there.

The RAMbunctious Red	The World Class White
Brison Dixon	Evan Paugh
Zach Burgess	Nate Tasker
Jake Sweitzer	Jace Guy
Jimmy Schwab	Luke O’Brien
Alec Horner	Devan Hamrick
Mikey Greene	Michael Hollingsworth
Scotty Tichnell	Gunnar Ward
Bernie Sislo	Hunter Park
Ethan Bittinger	Patrick Duggan
Southern Mat Club	Southern Mat Club
Corey Horner	Joey Embleton
Nathan Sweitzer	Michael Hollingsworth
Brison Dixon	Nate Tasker
Alec Horner	Jace Guy
Jimmy Schwab	Devan Hamrick
Mikey Greene	Luke O’Brien
Scotty Tichnell	Hunter Park
Bernie Sislo	Patrick Duggan
Nathan Sweitzer	Brad Davis

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