THN 58. West Vigo 18

[Walter Sobchak]

December 8, 2011

 

North wrestlers rout West Vigo

Spurgeon kicks off match with win

David Hughes

The Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Thu Dec 08, 2011, 05:00 AM EST

 

TERRE HAUTE ? Terre Haute North won eight matches on the mat and two by forfeit en route to defeating host West Vigo 58-18 in high school wrestling Wednesday.

 

Buddy Spurgeon got the Patriots off to a good start by pinning his opponent in 3 minutes, 12 seconds in the 152-pound weight class. Then freshman teammate Trey Grim (160) followed that with a pin in 48 seconds.

 

?He wrestles under control,? North coach Mark Frisz said of Grim, who used a front headlock that led to a cradle for the pin. ?He doesn?t make a lot of mistakes? He?s becoming very solid.?

 

In the 170 class, North made it three in a row when Ryan Moshak won by default over Caleb Anderson, who was leading 4-3 in the second period when he hit his head on the mat and trainers determined he was unable to continue.

 

?They were in a double arm lock and our kid [Moshak] tossed their kid ? and I saw his head hit the mat,? Frisz said, ?so I knew there was some sort of injury.?

 

?His legs went straight and his body went limp [temporarily],? West Vigo coach Scott Rohrbach noted. ?We don?t know for sure if he was knocked out or what.?

 

Anderson eventually got up, walked around and even helped put up the mat after the match.

 

?He?ll be evaluated Thursday,? added Rohrbach, who didn?t rule out the possibility of a concussion.

 

At 182, Sam McClain picked up West Vigo?s first victory of the evening by pinning his foe in 32 seconds. Then the Vikings? Ben Bird (195) pinned North?s wrestler in 1:11 to close the gap team-wise.

 

Forfeits determined the next three weight-class winners ? West Vigo?s Tyler Bell at 220, North?s Andrew Londo at 285 and North?s J.J. Low at 106 ? so the Patriots maintained a comfortable advantage.

 

Frisz said the next three matches ? where his wrestlers won at 113 (Kyle Camp by decision), 120 (Eric Elia by pin in the first period) and 126 (Bryan Hyde by pin in the first period) ? secured the outcome.

 

?Kyle Camp, Eric Elia and Bryan Hyde, we felt like those guys would be our key matches that we had to win ? and they did,? the Patriots? coach pointed out. ?They wrestled very well.?

 

A 17-5 decision for North?s Joe Fulk at 132, a forfeit triumph for North?s Devin Mundy at 138 and a 7-3 decision for North?s Caleb Ingle at 145 closed out the match.

 

?There are no excuses, but we had some kids out of the lineup because of injuries [including five usual starters],? Rohrbach mentioned.

 

?We have a lot of work to do. We?re not going to make excuses. We?re going to figure out what it takes to win.?

 

 

 

Terre Haute North 58, West Vigo 18

 

152 ? Buddy Spurgeon (THN) pin. Kevin Stewart 3:12.

 

160 ? Trey Grim (THN) pin. Bobby Pruiett 0:48.

 

170 ? Ryan Moshak (THN) def. Caleb Anderson by default.

 

182 ? Sam McClain (WV) pin. Daniel Miller 0:32.

 

195 ? Ben Bird (WV) pin. Zach Schmidt 1:11.

 

220 ? Tyler Bell (WV) won by forfeit.

 

285 ? Andrew Londo (WV) won by forfeit.

 

106 ? J.J. Low (THN) won by forfeit.

 

113 ? Kyle Camp (THN) dec. Zac Otte 7-1.

 

120 ? Eric Elia (THN) pin. Sam Bowden 1:34.

 

126 ? Bryan Hyde (THN) pin. Gage Lynch 1:36.

 

132 ? Joe Fulk (THN) dec. David McClain 17-5.

 

138 ? Devin Mundy (THN) won by forfeit.

 

145 ? Caleb Ingle (THN) dec. Harold Cooper 7-3.

 

JV ? North won both matches.