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Dragon wrestlers come up just short in thriller with McDowell, 36-33

Warren’s Blake Ristau (top) earned a second period pin over his opponent, McDowell’s Ivan Bondareko during their 160-pound match Thursday at Warren Area High School.

Loud is one word to describe Warren’s match against the McDowell Trojans on Thursday at Joseph A. Massa Gymnasium.

Warren battled in the Region 4 showdown, ultimately coming up just short, 36-33.

The match opened up at 152 pounds, with Warren’s Brett Cummings and McDowell’s Max Burkyn. Cummings got the Dragons off to a strong start with a pin in the first period, one of five on the night for the Dragons.

Blake Ristau, John Fankhouser, Jacob Fankhouser and Jacob Engstrom had the other Warren falls.

Owen Balas also earned a hard-fought decision to close out the match, 4-3 over McDowell’s Zachary Corp.

Warren’s Liam Stevenson (left) looks to gain the upperhand during his 182-pound match against McDowell’s Jake Paulson on Thursday.

The Trojans defeated the Dragons with two pins, two forfeits, and four decisions.

The Dragons opened up with two junior varsity matches; Tyler Mahood and Mabrukhe Tagba. Mahood had a 16-4 major decision over McDowell’s Colton Rielar and Tagba was defeated by Trojans’ Jacob Onarato in a 17-10 decision.

Warren returns to action on Wednesday, hosting Oil City.

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Varsity

152: Brett Cummings (W) v. Max Burkyn (McD) pin :54

160: Blake Ristau (W) v. Ivan Bondareko (McD) pin 2:34

170: Iliyaz Veysalov (McD) v. Nick DeSimone (W) reg. dec. 5-2

182: Jake Paulson (McD) v. Liam Stevenson (W) pin :59

195: Alex Bielak (McD) v. forfeit

220: Christian Ferraro (McD) v. forfeit

285: Quentin Cook (McD) v. Riley Zaffino (W) pin :4

106: Matthew Munsch (McD) v. Avery Smith (W) reg. dec. 6-5

113: Hayden Butterfield (McD) v. Alex Anderson (W) reg dec. 5-3

120:Jacob Fankhouser (W) v. Kaleb Sharrer (McD) pin 1:37

126: John Fankhouser (W) v. Chandler Snyder (McD) pin 4:47

132: Leno Ciotto (McD) v. Alex Weston (W) reg. dec. 5-2

138: Jacob Engstrom (W) v. Sam Reed (McD) pin 1:29

145: Owen Balas (W) v. Zachary Corp (McD) reg. dec. 4-3

Junior Varsity

120: Tyler Mahood (W) v. Colton Rielar (McD) maj. dec. 16-4

160: Jacob Ornarato (McD) v. Mabrukhe Tagba (W) reg. dec. 17-10

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