Raiders ‘pin’ 48-16 loss on Connellsville
Waynesburg Central's Trey Howard positions the Falcons' Ayden Moore for a second-period pin during Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville.
Waynesburg Central's Hunter Shriver attempts to roll Connellsville's Mason Prinkey over during their 113-pound bout in Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville. Prinkey won a decision.
Waynesburg Central's Nate Stephenson positions the Falcons' Kayden Trout for a second-period pin in their 138-pound bout during Tueday's non-section match at Connellsville.
Waynesburg Central's Nate Kirby looks for a way to get free from the hold of the Falcons' Josh Maruniak in the first period of their 132-pound bout during Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville. Maruniak won a 13-4 decision.
Waynesburg Central's Caleb Stephenson and Connellsville's Austin Lembo battle at the end of the mat during the waning moments of the third period of their 170-pound bout during Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville. Stephenson won in overtime, but the Raiders were penalized a point for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Falcons' Jared Keslar (right) looks for an opening in his 126-pound bout against Waynesburg Central's Colton Stoneking during Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville.
Waynesburg Central's Trey Howard drops the Falcons' Ayden Moore to the mat during the second period of their 145-pound bout during Tuesday's non-section match at Connellsville.
CONNELLSVILLE 鈥� Connellsville and Waynesburg Central聽 stepped away from section competition Tuesday night for their yearly match-up and the visiting Raiders proved to be a little more physical, pinning a 48-16 setback on the Falcons to pick up their fourth straight win over Connellsville.
鈥淚鈥檓 very happy with my team tonight,鈥� Waynesburg蘑菇视频 Joe Throckmorton said. 鈥淭his is my first group of seniors to win four straight from Connellsville. We know they like to compete, that蘑菇视频 why we try to keep them on our schedule.鈥�
The match started at 132 pounds and Josh Maruniak got the Falcons off to a quick start with a 13-4 major decision over Nate Kirby. Maruniak scored three takedowns and a near-fall in the first period. He picked up an escape and takedown in the second and a takedown in the third giving the Falcons a 4-0 lead.
Waynesburg charged back winning nine straight matches.
Nate Stephenson started the run for the Raiders at 138, getting a takedown and near-fall over Kayden Trout in the first period. Stephenson recorded a takedown in the second period before pinning Trout at 2:41 of the match. Trey Howard followed that with a first-period pin over Ayden Moore. Howard recorded five takedowns before ending the match at 1:37 giving Waynesburg a 12-4 lead.
Luca Augustine earned a decision at 152 pounds against Casper Hinklie. Augustine got takedowns in the first two periods, then added an escape and a takedown in the third for a 7-2 win making the score 15-4.
Colby Morris increased the Waynesburg lead to 18-4 with a 6-1 decision over Dakoda Rodgers.
Caleb Stephenson got a takedown at 170 pounds against the Falcons鈥� Austin Lembo. Lembo tied the score in the second period with a reversal. Stephenson took the lead in the third with an escape, but was penalized a point for stalling allowing Lembo to tie the match and sending it into overtime. Stephenson scored a takedown for the 5-3 win, but Waynesburg was penalized a point for unsportsmanlike conduct, leaving the score at 20-4.
鈥淲aynesburg looked like they were a little more ready to wrestle tonight than we did,鈥� Connellsville蘑菇视频 Jesse Swink said. 鈥� Our guys looked a little flat. Waynesburg is a good physical team. They have a few bread and butter things they stick to, and they executed what they wanted to do tonight.鈥�
Waynesburg put the match out of reach over the next four bouts with three pins and a forfeit.
Darnell Johnson started the run at 182 with a second-period pin over Seth Kuhns at 2:56. Noah Tustin quickly dispatched Jared Ozias at 195 with a first-period pin in 37 seconds. Spencer Lesinkski received a forfeit at 220 and Ryan Howard closed out the run for Waynesburg with a second-period pin over Cameron King at 2:28 giving the Raiders a 44-4 lead.
Chad Ozias received a forfeit for the Falcons at 106 pounds. Mason Prinkey gave the Falcons a 7-4 decision over Hunter Shriver at 113 making the score 44-13.
Cole Homet got a major decision for the Raiders at 120 pounds with a 14-6 win over Shawn Thomas, making the score 48-13. Jared Keslar closed out the match with a win for the Falcons, beating Colton Stoneking, 8-2. After a scoreless first period, Keslar got an escape, takedown, and a penalty point to hold a 4-2 lead. He added an escape, another penalty point and a takedown in the third period for the win.
鈥淪toneking and Keslar are both freshman, so it should be a good rivalry over the next couple of years,鈥� Throckmorton said. 鈥淏oth teams have a lot of good kids coming through their programs so we should see some good competition over the next couple of years. Right now we鈥檝e got to turn our focus to Trinity next Wednesday. The winner of that match will win our sub-section.鈥�