WRESTLING: Dragons perfect at own wrestling duals
County match comes down to wireBy ALLEN SEYBERT aseybert@timesobserver.com
The Warren Dragons finished a perfect 5-0 at their annual eight-team wrestling duals Wednesday while the Youngsville Eagles returned home with a respectable 3-2 record.
However, that's probably not what many of those spectators who stuck around all day will remember.
Rather, they will likely remember the thrilling county clash that finished off the day as the Dragons clipped the Eagles 37-33 in arguably one of the best matches in recent county history.
"Those that stayed around until the end definitely got their money's worth," said Warren coach Glenn Baldensperger. "Our goal coming into the day was to finish 5-0 and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. But the guys stepped up in key spots and gave us enough to finish out the day undefeated."
Despite the tight setback, Youngsville coach Philip Knapp was very pleased with the way his team battled and added to the momentum they've built this season.
"I can't be disappointed because the guys wrestled as hard as they could and fought all day," said Knapp. "That last match was just incredible. Both teams were in their fifth match of the day and not as fresh as they could be, but they delivered in a big way. It was a match that certainly could've gone either way."
The county match ended a grueling day of wrestling that got underway at 8:30 a.m.
Warren got on the board first with a forfeit victory for Kyle Shorts at 112 pounds, but Youngsville's Brandon Eckert closed the gap to 6-5 at 119 points with a technical fall victory over Stephen Kibbey. The Eagles grabbed their first lead at 125 pounds when freshman Hunter Proctor logged a second period pin of Tyler Haight.
The Eagles' run of victories was stopped at two when Drew Williams made short work of Michael Darling and Warren's lead was pushed to 16-11 after the 135-pound match in which Amani Bosko major decisioned Kevin Seeley in a hard-fought 18-10 bout.
Youngsville snatched the lead back at 140 pounds with Bobby Rouche's pin of Adam Barirde and things heated up with a marquee matchup between Warren's Curtis DeLattre and Youngsville's Nick Lucas.
DeLattre overcame several stoppages for blood and stood in a 5-5 tie with Lucas after two periods.
DeLattre endured and scored a takedown in the final minute to claim a 7-5 decision and give Warren a 19-17 advantage in the fourth lead change of the match.
Brad Lucas avenged his younger brother's loss with a pin of Grant Brown at 152 pounds and the Eagles appeared in control after Robbie Bero's major decision of Drew Johnson gave Youngsville its largest lead of the night at 27-19.
However, Warren was not done and Michael Jaskolka's impressive first period pin of Sam Lucas at 171 pounds kept the Dragons within striking distance at 33-25 despite a Youngsville pin from Griffin Jackson at 189 pounds.
With Warren down eight and having six points coming from a forfeit at 103 pounds to close the match, the Dragons needed to get within five points by the end of the heavyweight match to claim the win. Logan Morley did his part at 215 pounds despite trailing Youngsville's Ricky Patz late in the third period. Down 6-3, Morley scored on a takedown to cut the lead to one and pulled away for good with three third period back points.
Morley's victory put Warren down 33-28 heading into the final match meaning heavyweight Robert Brown needed at least a decision victory over Youngsville's Aaron Niemeyer to put Warren in position for the win. Essentially the Brown vs. Niemeyer match would decide things and it didn't disappoint.
Brown and Niemeyer battled to a 4-4 tie after two periods and Niemeyer's takedown gave him a 6-4 lead in the closing seconds.
However, as time was winding down, Brown scored a reversal sending the match into overtime knotted at 6-6. In overtime, Brown sealed the deal taking Niemeyer to the mat and holding him there for three back points and the 11-6 victory as the Warren faithful erupted in applause.
Even after all that, Youngsville still held a 33-31 lead.
But Michael Himes' forfeit win for Warren at 103 pounds pushed Warren ahead, 37-33.
The rest of the day's action wasn't nearly as thrilling with several forfeits causing wide margins of victory in several matches. Warren's 5-0 day also included victories over Kane (66-7), Seneca (53-24), Cameron County (64-18) and Bradford (43-34).
Youngsville's only other loss on the day was to Bradford (45-33) with wins coming over Slippery Rock (56-10), Titusville (46-25) and Kane (51-11).
Several county wrestlers had perfect 5-0 days, including Warren's DeLattre and Bosko and Youngsville's Jackson, Rouche and Eckert. Grant Brown, Colter Johnson and Adam Barirde were all 4-1 for Warren with Nick Lucas, Brad Lucas and Niemeyer accomplishing the same feat for the Eagles.
Warren is off until January 15 when it travels to the Corry Duals while Youngsville hosts Seneca on Wednesday.
Warren 66, Kane 7
145: Curtis DeLattre (W) p. Mike Swartzwood (K), 1:39
152: Grant Brown p. Zack Allen (K), 3:09
160: Drew Johnson (W) dec. Sean Welsh (K), 7-2
171: Mike Jaskolka (W) wbf.
189: Colter Johnson (W) wbf.
215: Logan Morley (W) wbf.
285: Josh Kibbie (K) dec. Robert Brown (W), 11-9
103: Mike Himes (W) wbf.
112: Kyle Shorts (W) wbf.
119: Tyler Haight (W) dec. Brandon Kowatch (K), 8-7
125: Will Hulings (K) md. Drew Williams (W), 9-1
130: Amani Bosko (W) wbf.
135: Adam Barirde (W) wbf.
140: Corey Bairirde (W) wbf.
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Warren 43, Bradford 34
160: Kyle Colosimo (B) p. Drew Johnson (W), 1:42
171: Mark Havers (B) p. Mike Jaskolka (W), 0:57
189: Colter Johnson (W) p. Zack Smith (B), 1:03
215: Logan Morley (W) wbf.
285: Dan Kline (B) p. Robert Brown (W), 0:54
103: Evan Smith (B) p. Mike Himes (W), 0:47
112: Logan McMurtrie (B) p. Kyle Shorts (W), 0:57
119: Ryan VanGuilder (B) p. Tyler Haight (W), 1:45
125: Drew Williams (W) p. Travis Laird (B), 1:12
130: Amani Bosko (W) wbf.
135: Adam Barirde (W) dec. Gage Bunker (B), 17-11
140: Zach Brittan (B) md. Cory Barirde (W), 10-2
145: Curtis DeLattre (W) md. Dylan Lamberson (B), 12-1
152: Grant Brown (W) p. Matt Ostrander (B), 4:41
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Warren 53, Seneca 24
189: Colter Johnson (W) p. Brian Fenno (S), 0:30
215: Matt Mongera (S) p. Logan Morley (W), 1:34
285: Robert Brown (W) p. Brad Beiter (S), 3:36
103: Mike Himes (W) wbf.
112: Cyle Vaple (S) md. Kyle Shorts (W), 10-1
119: Tyler Haight (W) p. Justin Carey (S), 3:18
125: Stephen Kibbey (W) wbf.
130: Amani Bosko (W) tf. Kevin Pier (S), 17-1
135: Adam Barirde (W) wbf.
140: Garrett Smith (S) md. Corey Barirde (W), 10-0
145: Curtis DeLattre (W) pinned Malachi Murphy (S), 1:44
152: Grant Brown (W) p. Robert Lambing (S), 0:31
160: Nathan Smith (S) md. Drew Johnson (W), 12-2
171: Ryan Murphy (S) p. Mike Jaskolka (W), 3:28
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Warren 64, Cameron County 18
215: Logan Morley (W) p. Matt Melott (C), 2:26
285: Aaron Burnside (C) p. Robert Brown (W), 0:28
103: Chris Crosby (C) p. Mike Himes (W), 3:13
112: Kyle Shorts (W) wbf.
119: Tyler Haight (W) wbf.
125: Drew Williams (W) md. Caleb Hauss (C), 18-6
130: Amani Bosko (W) wbf.
135: Adam Barirde (W) wbf.
140: Corey Barirde (W) p. Dominic Magnelli (C), 3:04
145: Curtis DeLattre (W) p. Matt Bailey (C), 5:36
152: Grant Brown (W) p. Joomart Aitkamov (C), 1:10
160: Drew Johnson (W) wbf.
171: Hunter Bardo (C) p. Mike Jaskolka (W), 1:17
189: Colter Johnson (W) p. Nick Stuckey (C), 0:11
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Youngsville 56, Slippery Rock 10
145: Nick Lucas (Y) wbf.
152: Brad Lucas (Y) p. Bill Morrison (S), 0:39
160: Robbie Bero (Y) tf. Anthony Mineo (S), 16-0
171: Sam Lucas (Y) p. J.J. Graham (S), 4:53
189: Griffin Jackson (Y) d. Forrestt Christmas (S), 11-4
215: Ricky Patz (Y) p. Tim Kerr (S), 0:54
285: Aaron Niemeyer (Y) wbf.
103: No Match
112: Kayla Brendlinger (S) p. Amanda Reynolds (Y), 3:20
119: Brandon Eckert (Y) wbf.
125: Gordon Beiber (S) md. Hunter Proctor (Y), 9-0
130: No Match
135: Kevin Seeley (Y) wbf.
140: Bobby Rouche (Y) p. Josh Atwell (S), 1:45
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Youngsville 46, Titusville 25
152: Brad Lucas (Y) p. Xavier DeRose (T), 3:27
160: Dylan Huffman (T) p. Robbie Bero (Y), 4:42
171: Aaron Burnside (T) md. Sam Lucas (Y), 11-2
189: Griffin Jackson (Y) d. Joel Kerr (T), 6-1
215: Nate Warner (T) p. Ricky Patz (Y), 5:09
285: Aaron Niemeyer (Y) d. Dan Stefniszyn (T), 7-5, OT
103: Ryan Ward (T) wbf.
112: Zach Donovan (T) dec. Amanda Reynolds (Y), 12-6
119: Brandon Eckert (Y) wbf.
125: Hunter Proctor (Y) p. Troy Bucheit (T), 3:47
130: Michael Darling (Y) wbf.
135: Kevin Seeley (Y) p. Devin Beach (T), 4:32
140: Bobby Rouche (Y) p. Derek Schneider (T), 1:47
145: Nick Lucas (Y) md. Trevor Foley (T), 13-5
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Bradford 45, Youngsville 33
171: Matt Havers (B) p. Sam Lucas (Y), 1:16
189: Griffin Jackson (Y) wbf.
215: Zack Smith (B) p. Ricky Patz (Y), 3:36
285: Aaron Niemeyer (Y) dec. Dan Kline (B), 6-1
103: Evan Smith (B) wbf.
112: Lucas McMurtie (B) wbf.
119: Brandon Eckert (Y) wbf.
125: Ryan VanGuilder (B) dec. Hunter Proctor (Y), 8-4
130: Gage Bunker (B) p. Michael Darling (Y), 0:32
135: Zach Brittian (B) p. Kevin Seeley (Y), 1:53
140: Bobby Rouche (Y) p. Ryan Horner (B), 3:34
145: Nick Lucas (Y) p. Matt Ostrander (B), 2:41
152: Brad Lucas (Y) p. Dillon Lamberson (B), 0:55
160: Jacob McMurtie (B) p. Robbie Bero (Y), 2:39
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Youngsville 51, Kane 11
285: Aaron Niemeyer (Y) p. Josh Kibbie (K), 5:08
103: No match
112: No match
119: Brandon Eckert (Y) p. Brandon Kowatch (K), 0:49
125: Will Hulings (K) tf. Hunter Proctor (Y), 15-0
130: No match
135: Kevin Seeley (Y) wbf,
140: Bobby Rouche (Y) wbf.
145: Nick Lucas (Y) md. Mike Swartzwood (K), 15-2
152: Zach Allen (K) p. Brad Lucas (Y), 3:55
160: Robbie Bero (Y) tf. Shawn Welsh (K), 18-3
171: Sam Lucas (Y) wbf.
189: Griffin Jackson (Y) wbf.
215: Ricky Patz (Y) wbf.
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Warren 37, Youngsville 33
112: Kyle Shorts (W) wbf.
119: Brandon Eckert (Y) tf. Stephen Kibbey (W), 16-0
125: Hunter Proctor (Y) p. Tyler Haight (W), 2:54
130: Drew Williams (W) p. Michael Darling (Y), 0:23
135: Amani Bosko (W) md. Kevin Seeley (Y), 18-10
140: Bobby Rouche (Y) p. Adam Barirde (W), 4:14
145: Curtis DeLattre (W) d. Nick Lucas (Y), 7-5
152: Brad Lucas (Y) p. Grant Brown (W), 3:05
160: Robbie Bero (Y) md. Drew Johnson (W), 16-4
171: Mike Jaskolka (W) p. Sam Lucas (Y), 1:54
189: Griffin Jackson (Y) p. Colter Johnson (W), 4:33
215: Logan Morley (W) d. Ricky Patz (Y), 8-6
285: Robert Brown (W) d. Aaron Niemeyer (Y), 11-6, OT
103: Michael Himes (W) wbf.
