The match began at 119 pounds. Mountie grappler Nick Gurol was aggressive on his feet and parlayed two takedowns into a 4-1 win over Andrew Spicer.
A wild bout ensued at 130 pounds. P-O’s Todd Ostrofsky was aggressive early, taking a 4-1 lead in the first period via two takedowns. Two more takedowns netted him an 8-4 lead before Harper became the aggressor, scoring a takedown late in the second period and adding another in the third to send the bout to overtime. In the extra period, Ostrofsky was again the aggressor and secured the winning takedown quickly to win 10-8.
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135-pounder Richie Queen stayed undefeated in dual meet action for
At 140, freshman Derek Danver hung tough with Mountie standout Kurt McCamley, but gave up takedowns in the second and third periods to lose 4-1.
At 145 Will Beauseigneur was leading 3-0 over P-O’s Ethan Greenawalt, but Greenawalt was able to catch Beauseigneur and pin him at 2:36, giving the Mounties a 15-10 lead. “I couldn’t believe there was not more intensity between these teams’ wrestlers…both sides didn’t have any intensity initially, but it did pick up late in the match,” said Aveni.
The Bison’s Kasey Casher followed with perhaps his most complete match of the season, a 17-3 dismantling of Timothy Gray. Casher racked up two takedowns, two reversals, and nine nearfall points. “Kasey Casher will have a better record by the end of the season,” said Aveni. “He’s wrestled some awfully tough guys, but now the matchups are going his way.”
At 171 The Mounties’ Chris Minarchick won an entertaining bout over Lee Zalno, 9-4. Zalno led early with a takedown, and trailed only
The match turned at 189 pounds when, leading 18-17, the Mounties elected to send backup Frank Reams against Andre buck, instead of selecting 20-2 Bo Reifer. Buck made them pay for this by reversing and pinning Reams at
With veteran heavyweight Mike Horton suspended for an ejection last weekend, the Mounties elected to bump Dmitri Sidorick up to face 20-1 Sean Owen. Owen scored five takedowns on Sidorick and won convincingly, 11-3.
When 103-pounder Kodie Lowder followed with a fall at
With the win
Philipsburg-Osceola 24
119 Gurol(
125 Lowe WBF Barnhart(
130 Ostrofsky(
135 Queen maj. Hensal(
140 McCamley(
145 Greenawalt(
152 Casher maj. Gray(
160 Hall dec. Shimmel (
171 Minarchick(
189 Buck WBF Reams(
215 Reifer(
285 Owen maj. Sidorick (
103 Lowder WBF Wilkinson(
112 VonGunden maj. Shoemaker(
Records as of 01/15/08
103 – Kodie Lowder 16-6 112 – Max VonGunden 9-8 112 – Shane Peters 1-0 119, 125 – Andrew Hill 4-10 112, 119 – Andrew Spicer 4-6 125, 130 – Holden Lowe 14-7 125 – Garrett Samsel 0-1 130, 135 – Shane Harper 3-14 135, 140 – Richie Queen 17-7 |
140 – Dan Henderlong 0-5 145, 160 – Wil Beauseigneur 2-9 140, 145, 152 – Derek Danver 12-14 152, 160 – Kasey Casher 7-13 160, 171 – Shawn Hall 15-10 171, 189, 215 – Sam Maines 0-11 171, 189 – Lee Zalno 10-11 189, 215 – Andre Buck 15-11 285 – Sean Owen 21-1 |