A Winning Week

Freshman Colum McCann gets thing started with a pin vs Century

The Southern Ram wrestlers picked up three more wins last week to move our record to 20-2 overall and 6-0 in MPSSAA dual meet competition.  The week started with a trip to Oakdale High School in New Market for a tri match with the host school and the Century Knights.

Junior Jace Guy vs. Oakdale

First up was Century where the Rams picked up 11 victories out of the 14 matches with 5 of the wins coming by pin.  Against Oakdale, pins were scarce  but the Rams won 8 of 14 bouts to cruise to a 39-25 victory.

Senior Jake E. Sweitzer, moments before finishing off his Oakdale opponent

The following day, Southern hosted the Frankfort Falcons who could only bring four wrestlers.  The Rams won three of the four bouts wrestled and accepted 10 forfeits on the way to a 77-4 win.  Frankfort senior Austin Pumphrey was the lone winner for the Falcons and scored his 150th career victory in that match.

Senior Alec Horner in a win against Oakdale

The Rams record now stands at 20-2 overall and 6-0 in MPSSAA dual meets.  We host Fort Hill and Keyser on Wednesday, January 17th with wrestling starting at 6pm.

Jake E. Sweitzer with a solid effort vs. Frankfort

Additionally, our JV wrestlers had an outstanding week as well.  This young group of Ram wrestlers dominated the competition at these events as well.

Southern 60 - Century 12

106 - Colum McCann (SG) pinned Lorenzo Lara (C) 4:38

113 - Brogan Kealy (SG) pinned Ben Josten (C) :49

120 - Steven Hurst (C) dec Joey McComas (SG) 9-2

126 - Jake E. Sweitzer (SG) pinned Hunter Armstrong (C) 3:06

132 - Nate Tasker (SG) defeated Brenden Kline (C) DQ

138 - Jake W. Sweitzer (SSG) dec Dylan Fitzgerald (C) 7-2

145 - Jace Guy (SG) via forfeit

152 - Declan McCann (SG) pinned Jake Fagers (C) 3:22

160 - Nick Dahl (C) dec Alec Horner (SG) 4-3

170 - Joe Embleton (SG) dec Billy Bentley (C) 9-4

182 - Thomas Morey (C) pinned Kris Tusing (SG) 4:25

195 - Hunter Park (SG) pinned Ryan Steen 4:56

220 - Nathan Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

Southern 39 - Oakdale 25

106 - Jeremy Welch (O) dec Colum McCann (SG) 15-5

113 - Brogan Kealy (SG) dec Landon Rotter (O) 7-0

120 - Patrick Thomas (O) dec Joey McComas (SG) 10-0

126 - Jake E. Sweitzer (SG) tech Liam Popkin (O) 18-3

132 - Wyatt McCoy (O) tech Nate Tasker (SG) 16-1

138 - Jake W. Sweitzer (SG) dec Ramy Freeman (O) 7-4

145 - Jace Guy (SG) dec Zac Leskoski (O) 10-5

152 - Declan McCann (SG) dec Matthew Harris (O) 13-6

160 - Alec Horner (SG) dec Michale Gula (O) 9-0

170 - Joe Embleton (SG) via forfeit

182 - Maurio Goings (O) pinned Kris Tusing (SG) 3:20

195 - Hunter Park (SG) pinned Fraank Blazer (O) 2:20

220 - Joe Thomas (O) pinned Nathan Sweitzer (SG) 3:04

285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

Southern 77 - Frankfort 4

106 - Colum McCann via forfeit

113 - Brogan Kealy via forfeit

120 - Joey McComas via forfeit

126 - Jake E. Sweitzer via forfeit

132 - Nate Tasker (SG) pinned Conner Parrish (F) :57

138 - Austin Pumphrey (F) major dec. Jake W. Sweitzer (SG) 15-1

145 - Jace Guy (SG) tech fall Noah Kiszka (F) 16-0

152 - Declan McCann (SG) via forfeit

160 - Alec Horner (SG) via forfeit

170 - Joe Embleton (SG) pinned Austin Bland (F) :26

182 - Kris Tusing (SG) via forfeit

195 - Nathan Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

220 - Chris Mersing (SG) via forfeit

285 - Cole Sweitzer (SG) via forfeit

Cross-County Clash

Alec Horner, one of 10 winners vs. Northern

There was a slight break in the bad weather on Wednesday evening, just enough to allow the Northern Huskies to make it to the Ram Arena for the first of two matches between the Southern Rams and the Huskies.  Last season, the teams split matches and the home team remembered very clearly the loss that occurred under the spotlight last season.  Southern entered the match with a 16-2 record on the season, looking to keep the 12 match win streak alive.

Cole Sweitzer with the quickest pin of the night, only 22 seconds

The match started at the 285 pound weight class and Cole Sweitzer wasted no time in giving the Rams an early 6-0 lead after pinning his opponent in only 22 seconds.  Northern got on the board with a decision at 106, but after a forfeit at 113 and pins at 120 and 126, Southern held a 24-3 lead.  At 132, junior Nate Tasker faced off against a very talented Hunter Wilhelm from Northern.  It was a tough match and in the end, Wilhelm used his two 1st period takedowns to cruise to a 5-2 victory.  

Nate Tasker vs. Hunter Wilhelm

Jake W. Sweitzer picked up a 4-2 decision at 138 and Michael Moon lost at 145.  The team score was 27-11 and set up the marquis match-up of the evening at 152.  Unbeaten junior Jace Guy, who placed 5th at last season's state tournament bumped up from 145 to take on state runner-up Jordan Day from Northern.  It was a great battle and Day took advantage of every opportunity he had to cruise to an 11-2 win.  Bradley Davis won a wild 15-6 major decision at 160 and the Rams led 31-15.

A great battle but Day comes out on top.

Senior co-captains Alec Horner and Joe Embleton also bumped up to a higher weight class for the evening match.  Each picked up big pins for the Rams but not before there were some wild flurries of action that saw the home standing grapplers in a perilous positions that they were able to fight through and ultimately finish the Huskies off.  The Rams led 43-15.

Senior Brad Davis under the spotlight with a big win

Nathan Sweitzer accepted a forfeit at 195 and Hunter Park scored a first period pin at 220 to finish off the Huskies.  The final score was 55-15 in favor of the Rams and brought the team's win streak to 13.  The Super Duals at Fort Hill scheduled for this weekend has already been cancelled, so next up for Southern is a trip to Oakdale on Tuesday for the make-up tri with the Bears and Century.

All smiles for the Rams on this night.  Hunter Park finishes it off.

Southern 55 - Northern 15

106 - Shane Fink (N) dec. Colum McCann (S) 5-0

113 - Brogan Kealy (S) via forfeit

120 - Joey McComas (S) pinned Jesse Harman (N) 3:20

126 - Jake E. Sweitzer (S) pinned Josh Thomas (N) 3:42

132 - Hunter Wilhelm (N) dec Nate Tasker (S) 5-2

138 - Jake W. Sweitzer (S) dec Jarrett Kelly (N) 4-2

145 - Doug Schmidt (N) tech fall Michael Moon (S) 17-0

152 - Jordan Day (N) major dec Jace Guy (S) 11-2

160 - Bradley Davis (S) major dec Hunter Dale (N) 15-6

170 - Alec Horner (S) pinned Sam Beeman (N) 2:20

182 - Joe Embleton (S) pinned Garrett Beaulieu (N) 1:09

195 - Nathan Sweitzer (S) via forfeit

220 - Hunter Park (S) pinned Travis Georg (N) 1:03

285 - Cole Sweitzer (S) pinned Micah Rollan (N) :22

It's an amazing group!

Updated Schedule

Jake W. Sweitzer in action

Here is our update schedule:

Date                Opponent                                           Location         Time               Result

Dec. 6              Allegany                                              Away              7pm                 84-0 win

Dec. 8/9           Grindstone Duals – Winters Mill        Winters Mill    4pm                2nd place

Dec. 14            Musselman JV Tourney                      Away              6pm                 well done!

Dec. 15/16       Musselman Duals                               Away              4pm                 1st place

Dec. 19            JV Invitational                                    Home              6pm                 cancelled

Dec. 21            Brunswick                                           Home              2pm                 67-3 win

Jan. 3                Northern                                              Home              7pm

Jan. 5/6            Super Duals                                         Fort Hill          4pm               

Jan. 9               Oakdale/Century                                 Oakdale           4pm            

Jan. 10             Frankfort/ w/Northern                         Home              6pm

Jan. 15             JV Tournament                                   Home              10am

Jan. 16             Urbana                                                Away               6pm                 

Jan. 17             Fort Hill/Keyser                                  Home              6pm

Jan 18              Northern                                              Away               7pm                 

Jan. 24             Williamsport                                        Away              6pm                 

Jan. 27             Winters Mill/Perryville                       Winters Mill    1:30pm

Feb. 1               Mountain Ridge                                  Home              7pm

Feb. 7              Regional Duals                                   TBA                5:30

Feb. 10            State Duals                                          North Point     12pm

Feb. 17            Bi-County Tournament                       Fort Hill          10am

Feb. 24            Regional Tournament                         Boonsboro       9am

Mar. 2/3          State Tournament                                Showplace Arena    12:30

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