Tiger wrestlers win home tri-match over East Clinton, Adena
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
GREENFIELD — A few years ago, the McClain wrestling program was hanging on by a thread … fast forward to the 2012 season, and the Tigers have a new mat, hosting a tri-home match and defeating two schools in a convincing matter.
Yes, the Tigers are back on the wrestling mat with home matches, and their program is up-and-coming with bright spots currently as they defeated the East Clinton Astros 66-18 and Adena 72-6 for the home sweep. The win vs. East Clinton does not count toward league standings.
[[In-content Ad]]East Clinton defeated AHS, 60-18.
All in all, MHS head coach Shane Paul was pleased with the outcome of the first home meet of the season for the Tigers.
"We wrestled well," Paul said. "This was a great team victory to get, but from here on out, our opponents will get tougher and the competition will be higher."
For the Tigers, Coty Barnhart, Jacob Badgley, Roscoe East and Brandon Davis are undefeated with Barnhart, Badgley and Davis at 7-0 and East at 6-0.
Against East Clinton in their 48-point win, Isaac Savage pinned Charles Erdman in 48 seconds at 152 pounds.
At 195 pounds, McClain's Lucas Unger pinned Morgan Tolle in 53 seconds. At 182 pounds, Jarrett Milnes (MHS) pinned TJ Parks at 24 seconds.
Davis pinned Nate Morgan in 41 seconds in the 220-pound match. Dylan Trefz followed with a pin of Michael Smith in the 285 class at the 1:50 mark.
In the 106 match, Kylee Stroud pinned Josh Jones at 2:24.
Barnhart followed with a 132-pound win as he pinned Cameron Bloch at 1:17.
Badgley pinned Caleb Broughton (138 pounds), winning via pin fall in the third period at 4:15.
"Jake's win was exciting as he got his pin late," Paul said. "He wrestled hard, and it paid off."
Ben Meares of EC pinned Cody Black in the 145-pound class at the 2:40 mark.
For the Tigers, Ethan Paul (160), East (170) and Sid Wardlow (126) all won via forfeit. For East Clinton, Thomas Florea (113) and Brittany Stone (120) won via forfeit.
The Tigers dominated AHS with a mix of forfeit wins and pin falls as they won by a total of 66 points.
Davis gained the first in-match win against Adena in the second period over Michael Riley at 220.
Dylan Trefz won by a first-period pin fall over Luke Hanson at 285.
Nic Peecher (106) of AHS won over Stroud by a second-period pin fall.
Savage won for the second time with a first-period pin fall over Caleb Bennett at 160.
Ethan Paul gained his first win of the year via pin fall in the first period at the 160-pound class over Kyle Dyke.
Gaining wins via forfeit for MHS were East (170), Gable Smith (182), Lucas Unger (195), Wardlow (126), Barnhart (132) Badgley (138), Cody Black (145) and Jamaine Barnhart (113).
"We have a lot of young kids, and some got their first wins tonight, so that is a positive we can take to the rest of the season," Paul said. "We had a great crowd here for our first home match, and hopefully this night will be a big confidence booster.
"We just have to keep working hard in practice. It was also good to have the youth wrestlers see the junior high and high school guys wrestle. It's important for them to see this."
This weekend, MHS will wrestle in the Xenia Invitational.
Yes, the Tigers are back on the wrestling mat with home matches, and their program is up-and-coming with bright spots currently as they defeated the East Clinton Astros 66-18 and Adena 72-6 for the home sweep. The win vs. East Clinton does not count toward league standings.
[[In-content Ad]]East Clinton defeated AHS, 60-18.
All in all, MHS head coach Shane Paul was pleased with the outcome of the first home meet of the season for the Tigers.
"We wrestled well," Paul said. "This was a great team victory to get, but from here on out, our opponents will get tougher and the competition will be higher."
For the Tigers, Coty Barnhart, Jacob Badgley, Roscoe East and Brandon Davis are undefeated with Barnhart, Badgley and Davis at 7-0 and East at 6-0.
Against East Clinton in their 48-point win, Isaac Savage pinned Charles Erdman in 48 seconds at 152 pounds.
At 195 pounds, McClain's Lucas Unger pinned Morgan Tolle in 53 seconds. At 182 pounds, Jarrett Milnes (MHS) pinned TJ Parks at 24 seconds.
Davis pinned Nate Morgan in 41 seconds in the 220-pound match. Dylan Trefz followed with a pin of Michael Smith in the 285 class at the 1:50 mark.
In the 106 match, Kylee Stroud pinned Josh Jones at 2:24.
Barnhart followed with a 132-pound win as he pinned Cameron Bloch at 1:17.
Badgley pinned Caleb Broughton (138 pounds), winning via pin fall in the third period at 4:15.
"Jake's win was exciting as he got his pin late," Paul said. "He wrestled hard, and it paid off."
Ben Meares of EC pinned Cody Black in the 145-pound class at the 2:40 mark.
For the Tigers, Ethan Paul (160), East (170) and Sid Wardlow (126) all won via forfeit. For East Clinton, Thomas Florea (113) and Brittany Stone (120) won via forfeit.
The Tigers dominated AHS with a mix of forfeit wins and pin falls as they won by a total of 66 points.
Davis gained the first in-match win against Adena in the second period over Michael Riley at 220.
Dylan Trefz won by a first-period pin fall over Luke Hanson at 285.
Nic Peecher (106) of AHS won over Stroud by a second-period pin fall.
Savage won for the second time with a first-period pin fall over Caleb Bennett at 160.
Ethan Paul gained his first win of the year via pin fall in the first period at the 160-pound class over Kyle Dyke.
Gaining wins via forfeit for MHS were East (170), Gable Smith (182), Lucas Unger (195), Wardlow (126), Barnhart (132) Badgley (138), Cody Black (145) and Jamaine Barnhart (113).
"We have a lot of young kids, and some got their first wins tonight, so that is a positive we can take to the rest of the season," Paul said. "We had a great crowd here for our first home match, and hopefully this night will be a big confidence booster.
"We just have to keep working hard in practice. It was also good to have the youth wrestlers see the junior high and high school guys wrestle. It's important for them to see this."
This weekend, MHS will wrestle in the Xenia Invitational.