‘Cats top Knights in an NTL large school match

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Published: Friday, January 9, 2009 5:30 AM EST

Athens defeated Towanda, 35-27, in wrestling action on Thursday. The Wildcats used three pins and two technical falls to claim victory.

Mike Testen, David White, and Matt Cortney all recorded pins at their weights for Athens. Testen pinned Cody Curry in 43 seconds at the 160 weight class, White pinned Dale Maynard in 2:48 in the 112 weight class, and Cortney pinned Tanner Keeney in 1:40 at the 125 weight class.

Fellow Wildcats Matt Montrose and Garrett Russell earned technical falls. Montrose defeated Brian Vanderpool, 17-2 in 5:13 at the 140 weight class, and Russell beat Caleb Spencer 20-5 in 5:45 in the 152 weight class.

The other Athens victory included Shane Raupers defeating R.J. Forbes 13-7 at the 171 weight class.

For Towanda, Darin Rockwell pinned Justin Schlosser in 2:52 at the 189 weight class and Cody Wheeler pinned Jerry Leiby in one minute at the 103 weight class.

Also for the Black Knights, Ryan Hotaling earned a 6-4 decision over Jory Reed at the 145 weight class, Jesse Chesla earned an 8-6 decision over Todd Hall at the 215 weight class, Travis Chesla earned a 7-0 decision over Nick Minier at the 285 weight class, Zack Ripic had a 4-2 overtime decision over Curtis Yingling at the 119 weight class and Kyle Leljedal beat Trey Kreider 6-5 in the 135 weight class.

"We split 7 and 7 but Athens got more out of their victories than we did," Towanda Coach Bill Sexton stated, adding: "We gave up too many bonus points.

"It was a good match, probably a good match for the fans," Sexton said, "but we just came up a little too short."

Towanda will be at the Williamson Duals on Saturday.

Troy 56, Canton 6

Troy defeated Canton 56-6 in wrestling action Thursday, as Troy racked up five falls in the match.

The small highlight for the Trojans was Derrick Leiby defeating Garth Mahosky, a 2008 state medalist, 7-5.

Also for Troy, Roland Granata pinned Jordan Campbell in 3:39 at the 130 weight class, Beau Parker pinned Thomas Price in 1:30 at the 160 weight class, Jared Boor pinned Blaze Schrader in 42 seconds at the 189 weight class, Zach Bruce pinned Aaron Miller in 1:03 at the 215 weight class, and Zack Tedesco pinned Noah Confer in 1:25 at the 285 weight class.

At the 152 weight class, Devon Leiby earned a technical fall over Ben Pepper, 15-0 in 2:26, while Braden Calkins, Alex Summers, A.J. Serrano, Logan Weed, and Brandon Spiak earned decision victories.

Nick Patton had Canton’s lone win with a forfeit at the 125 weight class while Clint Vermilya recorded a forfeit victory for Troy at the 103 weight class.

Troy will be at Williamson on Saturday.


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