Bobcat Wrestlers Down Tigers (12/28/14)

The Clarion Area Varsity Wrestlers faced Sharon at the Redbank Valley Tournament on Saturday (December 27) and came away with a 39-24 win over the  Tigers. The Bobcats won five of the eight contested matches.

The match started at 126, where Caleb Bailey recorded a pin at 1:48. Adrian Weber followed, at 132, by pinning his opponent in fifty-one seconds, giving the Cats a 12-0 lead.

Sharon received a forfeit, at 138, to cut Clarion’s lead to 12-6. Colton Rapp then won a close 3-2 decision at 146, moving the Cats lead to 15-6.

Sharon wrestlers recorded decisions at 152 and 160 and a fall at 170, to take their only lead of the match at 18-15.

Alexander Burkhart recorded a fall at 3:13, of the 182 match, to give The Cats the lead for good at 21-18. Zach Sintobin followed Burkhart with a pin of his own, thirty-five seconds into the 195 pound contest, moving the Cats lead to 27-18.

There was no match at 22o. Zack Huet and Alex Struble had successive forfeit wins at 285 and 106 respectively, to move the Cats lead to 39-18. At 113, the Sharon wrestler recorded a fall setting the final at 39-26 Bobcats, as their was no match at 120.

The Cats went 4-1 for the Tournament, as they defeated Slippery Rock 51-11, West Shamokin 53-21 and Marion Center 33-22. The Cats fell to the host Bulldogs, 44-33. We have not received individual results for those matches.

The Bobcats will host Kane on Thursday, January 8th.