The Tyrone wrestling team and their fans braved the weather on Wednesday night to travel up the mountain to battle undefeated West Branch. Although the team was forced to travel two different directions to get there and back home, the Eagles knocked off West Branch 43-33 to leave both teams with 4-1 records.
\nThe match began at the 215-pound weight class where sophomore Robert Emigh (0-7) was pinned by Vidic in 0:18.
\nTyrone then rebounded with a win by heavyweight Terry Tate to knot the score at 6-6 and took advantage of three straight West Branch forfeits to jump into a 24-6 lead.
\nTate (17-1) wrapped Smeal up and put his shoulders to the mat in 2:33. Tyrone coach Blair Packer made the comment that \u201cI didn\u2019t think the referee was ever going to slap the mat for the pin\u201d. Finally he did and Tate had his 13th fall of the year.
\nT. J. Albright (16-5) picked up the first forfeit at 103, followed by Robert Waite (13-7) and Josh Hunter (6-7) at 112 and 119 respectively.
\nAt 125, the Warriors\u2019 Donnie Clark had all he could handle in Eagle sophomore Sam McCloskey. McCloskey (7-9) rode Clark the entire third period, but couldn\u2019t quite turn the West Branch grappler, who pulled out a 4-1 win.
\nDane McCloskey was tied 2-2 with his opponent, when McCloskey cranked Sudik for the fall at the 3:12 mark
\nThad Westley dominated Dobo at 135, before decking him in 1:45. Westley (16-1) now has 13 victories either by pin (8) or technical fall (5) and has 104 career wins.
\nDavid Miller (16-4) wrestled a good match against one of the Warriors best wrestlers, trimming Owens 11-5 to give Tyrone a 39-9 lead overall.
\nWest Branch came back to slice the team score to 39-21 with a pair of six-point wins at 145, and 152.
\nMatt Lauder (0-13) was pinned by Little at 145 , and Adam Swayne (1-2), back in the lineup for the first time since the Lewistown dual was pinned by Wilkerson.
\nAt 160, Brice Mertiff trailed 6-4 at the end of the first period, but turned it up a notch by outscoring Tice 12-2 over the final two periods to notch a 16-8 major decision. Mertiff is now 2-0 since rejoining the team after recovering from a football injury in the final game of the season against Slippery Rock.
\n\u201cSam wrestled a good match against Donnie Clark,\u201d said coach Packer, \u201cand I thought Tate had his kid flattened forever, before the referee finally slapped the mat. This was a good exciting for the fans. We showed that we had a big edge in conditioning tonight. We are starting into the final phase of the wrestling season to push into the postseason tournaments. W e have seven more duals and the Eastern States Tournament. We are looking for the tournament to help us in the final preparations. Right now, we are where we want to be in preparing for the post season.\u201d
\nTyrone then with a 43-21 advantage forfeited the final two weight classes to West Branch to set the final score at 43-33.
\nThe team bus wasn\u2019t able to make it up Rt. 350 to get to Allport, so they were forced to drive to Port Matilda and travel up Rt. 322 to Philipsburg. Then on the way home, they couldn\u2019t go Rt. 322 down the mountain and ended up going down Rt. 350. The match ended at 8:35 according to coach Packer, but the bus didn\u2019t make it back to the school until 11 p.m..
\nThe Tyrone Junior High Wrestling Team improved its record to 4-1 on the year in dual meets with a convincing 71-22 victory over The West Branch Warriors.
\n\u201cAfter a somewhat sluggish performance on the weekend, we looked real aggressive tonight,\\” said Coach Jason Bainey. \\”We were pleased with the effort the kids gave tonight.\u201d
\nThe Golden Eagles had six pins on the evening: Anthony Romano (90), Justin Schopp (122), J.P. Gaines (130), Jacob Smerekar (138), James Updike (155), and Josh Wright (210). In addition to the forfeit wins, Tyrone received wins from Shane Emigh (95) and Shayne Tate (110).
\nTyrone is back in action next Tuesday when it hosts Huntingdon, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
\nThe Tyrone varsity wrestling team leaves today for New York and the Eastern States Tournament Friday and Saturday.
\nTyrone 43 West Branch 33
\n215 – Vidic (WB) pinned Emigh 0:18
\n275 – Tate (T) pinned Smeal 2:33
\n103 – Albright (T) won by forfeit
\n112 – Waite (T) won by forfeit
\n119 – Hunter (T) won by forfeit
\n125 – Clark (WB) dec. S. McCloskey 4-1
\n130 – D. McCloskey (T) pinned Sudik 3:12
\n135 – Westley (T) pinned Dobo 1:45
\n140 – Miller (T) dec. Owens 11-5
\n145 – Little (WB) pinned Lauder 2:27
\n152 – Wilkerson (WB) pinned Swayne 2:51
\n160 – Mertiff (T) maj. dec. Tice 16-8
\n171 – Lawrence (WB) won by forfeit
\n189 – McDowell (WB) pinned Clark 1:58.
\nJunior High
\nTyrone 71 West Branch 22
\n75 – William Shauf won by FF
\n80 – Shane Pewanick (WB) won by dec. over Cody Weaver, 9-2
\n85 – Aaron Albright (WB) won by fall over Matt Moore, 1:26
\n90 – Anthony Romano (T) won by fall over Ty English, :28
\n95 – Shane Emigh (T) won by dec. over Tim Smeal, 9-2
\n100 – Josh Miller (T) won by FF
\n105 – Amos Albright (WB) won by fall over Jeremy Barlett, :27
\n110 – Shayne Tate (T) won by dec. over Jeremy Kanouff, 9-4
\n115 – James Tice (WB) won by dec. over Josh Graham, 5-4
\n122 – Justin Schopp (T) won by fall over Andrew Simler, 1:10
\n130 – JP Gaines (T) won by fall over Josh Johnson, 1:18
\n138 – Jacob Smerekar (T) won by fall over Todd Sudik, 1:48
\n145 – Jon Demchak (WB) won by maj. dec. over Donnie Conrad, 11-0
\n155 – James Updike (T) won by fall over Bill Dobo, :27
\n165 – Aaron DeLay (T) won by FF
\n185 – John Markel (T) won by FF
\n210 – Josh Wright (T) won by fall over Andy Bowen, 2:20
\n250 – Brandon Oswalt (T) won by FF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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