CoachStateler Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 CLINTON, INDIANA - The South Vermillion Wrestling Team hosted the Rox of Rockville and the Warriors of Turkey Run for their last home dual meets of the season. The Wildcats won both of these matches by scores of 69-9 and 48-28 respectfully. The Wildcats honored their six seniors and their parents prior to start of the first match. Those seniors were Shannon Marshall, Troy Price, Tyler Smith, Andrew Baca, Jeremy Randolph and Caleb Woodard. The first match of the evening was against the Rox of Rockville. The Wildcats opened the evening with Senior Andrew Baca wrestling Brendon Lucas at the 220-weight class. After three periods, the Rox?s won a 2-1 match. Senior Caleb Woodard received a forfeit for the Wildcats at the 285-weight class. At the 1-06-weight class, Tanner Bishop earned a technical fall for the Wildcats by a decision Jacob Gregg by a score of 16-0. The next Wildcat to win was Senior Shannon Marshall received a forfeit at the 120-weight class. Trevor Newman increased the Wildcat lead by pinning Chase Nichols in the first period at 46 seconds. At 132-weight class, Christian Norman won by a forfeit for the Wildcats. In an exciting match, Wildcat?s Tanner Waldrop earned a major decision over Rockville?s Jake Thorman by a score of 15-5. The next four Wildcats all earned forfeits. Those Wildcats were Troy Price at 145, Tyler Smith at 152, Daniel Shew at 160 and Tanner Smith at 170-weight class. At the 182-weight class, Aeron Goodman earned a fall in the first period over the Rockville?s Justin Earl in 1:23. The last match of this meet, Austin Eup received a forfeit from Rockville and the Wildcats won 69-9 over the Rox. During the intermission, the members of the South Vermillion Youth Wrestling Club was introduced to the huge crowd. The next match against the Warriors of Turkey Run, saw Senior Caleb Woodard throwing Tyler Linthcon for a takedown, Lithcom was able to over off of his back and reversed Woodard and earned a fall at 1:08 in the first period. Tanner Bishop at 106 and David Hutson at 113 both received a forfeit. The Wildcat took a 12-6 lead over the Warriors. At the 120-weight class, Shannon Marshall wrestled Dean Bunting from the Warriors. At the end of three periods, Bunting won a major decision by the score of 11-0. The next three Wildcats, Trevor Newman at 126, Christian Norman at 132 and Tanner Waldrop at 138 all won by forfeits. Troy Price at the 145-weight class took control of his match and in the second period at 3:35 over the Warrior?s Donivan Foue at the 145-weight class. In an exciting match at 152-weight class, Tyler Smith and Walker Uplinger fought a hard match until Uplinger caught Smith for a fall at 2:19 in the second period. In a barn burner, Wildcat?s Daniel Shew and Tyler Uplinger fought back the forth until the final whistle blew. When the smoke cleared, Uplinger defeated Shew by a score of 16-14. At the 170-weight class, Wildcat?s Tanner Smith won by a forfeit. In another close match, the Warrior?s Jeff Gridler defeated Aeron Goodman by a score of 8-6 in three periods. Freshman Austin Eup faced the Warrior?s Alex Ryan in the 195-weight class. Ryan caught Eup and earned a fall at 1:33 in the first period. The last match of the evening, Andrew Baca received a forfeit and the Wildcats won their 15th victory of the season by a score of 48-28. ?I was very pleased with the team's work this evening, Competition was good and the crowd was great. It was nice to be at home for these two dual meets. I believe all wrestlers worked their hardest and should be proud of their effort.? said Coach Ron Stateler. The Wildcats improved their season record to 15-12 and will back in action next Wednesday evening at North Putnam. Action will begin at 6:30 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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