One of those seniors — Christian Papalia — gave the Dragons a rare highlight Wednesday night in a season-opening 57-12 Region 5 loss to Meadville at Warren Area High School.

Warren actually put points up the last two matches as Cameron Williams’ forfeit win ended the match at 120 pounds.

Papalia, at 113, received a blood timeout before taking down his opponent and earning a pin at 1:27 in the first round. It got the Dragons, in just their second year under head coach Ted Carrington, fired up in their home opener after losing their first 11 weights, including five pins.

Josh Letko also received blood time at 132 before a 10-9 decision loss in the closest match of the night.

Times Observer Photo by Cody Elms Warren’s Christian Papalia works Meadville’s Carl Dait at 113 pounds prior to the Dragons’ only on-mat win of the night.

At 106, Adika Fiscus was in a tight match — including a scoreless first period — before Meadville’s Ben Fuller pulled away, 10-4.

Meadville 57, Warren 12

106: Fuller (M) d. Fiscus, 10-4

113: Papalia (W) p. CDait, 1:27

120: Williams (W) won via forfeit

126: CAnderson (M) tf. Napolitan, 15-1

132: Kinder (M) d. Letko, 10-9

138: MDait (M) tf. Tuttle, 18-3

145: BAnderson (M) p. Cruz, 0:44

152: Chess (M) tf. Heeter, 17-1

160: Jones (M) won via forfeit

172: Tidball (M) p. Sanchez, 1:55

189: Battles (M) p. Hecei, 0:40

215: Buzzell (M) p. Dolan, 1:24

285: Woodrow (M) p. McAllister, 1:08