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http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20091209/HSSPORTS/912090350/Tiger-wrestling-cruises-to-14-0

 

By JESSE TEMPLE jtemple@muncie.gannett.com December 9, 2009

 

 

 

MUNCIE -- Unlike most of his current wrestlers, Trent McCormick remembers a time, many moons ago, when Yorktown's wrestling team was not a powerhouse in the state.

Instead, the Tigers actually found themselves on the opposite end of the wrestling spectrum, as the hunter and not the hunted.

"I told the kids, it hasn't always been this way," McCormick said. "Eighteen years ago, when I first started out, we were the underdogs coming into the Rebel gym. We weren't always in the driver's seat."

It was a message the Yorktown coach delivered before Tuesday night's dual meet against Southside in an effort for his wrestlers to gain a better appreciation for exactly where they stand now.

Because as it stands, the Tigers are behind the wheel of a Lamborghini sitting on 20-inch, chrome-plated spinning rims.

Yorktown easily handled Southside 68-9, bumping the Tigers' record this season to a pristine 14-0.

The Tigers, ranked No. 4 in the state in the latest Indianamat.com rankings, earned six pins, two major decisions and four forfeit victories in dominating the Rebels.

For Yorktown senior Cody Harper, who won by pin at 152 pounds, McCormick's speech did not go unnoticed.

"It feels good to win, but we take it really graciously," Harper said. "We think it's a great honor that we've been working for generations to get to this year. It's not just our wrestling team but years before us that have been working to build this tradition."

Yorktown, fresh off a seven-match tournament victory last weekend in Missouri, continued its undefeated mark thanks to what McCormick dubbed technically sound wrestling on the mat.

"We pride ourselves on being very technical," McCormick said. "Every little detail. Where your hands go. Your body positioning. I was real pleased with our kids tonight. We just showed a lot of technique."

The Tigers began the match by picking up pins from Grant Brown at 189 pounds and Scott Neff at 215 pounds, as well as an 8-0 major decision victory from Brock Bevans at 103 pounds. Coupled with two forfeit victories, the Tigers led 28-0, a commanding advantage that they did not relinquish.

Not until Southside's Jacob Armantrout, a two-time state qualifier, pinned Yorktown's Rudy Aguirre at 112 pounds did the Rebels earn points.

Southside coach Tony Abbott, who does not have many experienced wrestlers on this year's squad, was proud of Armantrout's performance

"We expect him to go out and do good things," Abbott said. "It takes a two-time state qualifier to come out and restart things. It does get things going."

Shortly thereafter, the Rebels also received a 4-3 victory at 125 pounds from Isaiah Bradley over Yorktown's Jake Anderson in the most thrilling match of the night. Bradley scored a reversal with a minute left in the match to earn three points from his team.

But the spark that Armantrout and Bradley provided burned out. Yorktown nailed down the victory with four pins and two forfeits the rest of the way.

 

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