Saturday wrestling roundup
- Updated: December 5, 2015
Wellborn wins, Alexandria’s Knop MVW in Lincoln tournament; Weaver goes 3-2 in Tallassee
By East Alabama Sports Today
LINCOLN – Three Wellborn wrestlers won weight-division titles and four others were runner-ups Saturday as the Panthers won Lincoln’s Golden Bear Classic.
Alexandria and Cleburne County finished second and third, respectively. Wellborn scored 235.5 points, Alexandria had 221.5 and Cleburne County had 190.
Alexandria freshman Christian Knop was named most valuable wrestler and Cubs senior Lane Trapp’s major decision over Gadsden City’s Samuel Jaggers in the 113 title bout was voted as the best match of the tournament.
Wellborn’s champions included Matthew Lindsey (132), Justin Conner (145) and Kane Pitts (182). In their title bouts, Lindsey pinned Ranburne’s Spencer Jordan (1:29), Conner pinned Cleburne County’s Hunter Beason (1:19), and Pitts pinned Cleburne County’s Sam Pate (5:53).
The Panthers’ runner-ups were Namath Pitts (106), Brady Rinehard (120), Clayton Connor (152) and Zachary Chandler (195).
Alexandria’s champions included Jimmy Wilson (106), Trapp (113), Fletcher Swindall (120), Matthew Schmaltz (126) and Knop (170).
In their title matches, Wilson pinned Wellborn’s Pitts (2:57), Trapp won 9-0 over Jaggers, Swindall won a 13-1 major decision over Wellborn’s Rinehard, Schmaltz won by forfeit and Knop won an 11-4 decision over Ranburne’s Dalton Wiggins.
Knop’s MVW award was based largely on his win over the highly regarded Wiggins. It was his first in a high school wrestling meet.
“It meant a lot to me,” he said. “The coaches vote on it. Of course, they thought I was good, so, yeah, it meant a lot to get it.
“I felt like I wrestled pretty good. I’ve been working really hard all summer so I expected to do good today. Beating him was one of my goals this year. Once I got the second takedown I knew I could take him down and ride him to the score.”
Golden Bear Classic Results
at Lincoln High School
Team scores: Wellborn 235.5, Alexandria 221.5, Cleburne County 190, Ranburne 144, ASB 78, Lincoln 71, Shades Valley 63, JB Pennington 32, Gadsden City 30, American Christian 26.
106 Results
Championship Match: Jimmy Wilson (Alexandria) 3-0, Fr. pinned Namath Pitts (Wellborn) 3-1, Fr. (2:57).
Consolation Match: Dylan Turner (Cleburne County) 3-1, So. over Jared McGinnis (Ranburne) 4-4, 8th. (Forf.).
113 Results
Championship: Lane Trapp (Alexandria High School) 3-0, Sr. def. Samuel Jaggers (Gadsden City) 2-1, 8th. (MD 9-0).
Consolation: Kaleb Mathews (Alexandria) 3-1, pinned Austin Eardman (Alexandria) 3-2. (0:00).
120 Results
Championship: Fletcher Swindall (Alexandria) 7-0, Fr. def. Brady Rinehard (Wellborn) 1-1, Jr. (MD 13-1).
Consolation: Austin Turner (Cleburne County) 3-1, Sr. pinned Chace Hagler (America Christian) 1-2, 8th. (3:54).
126 Results
Championship: Matthew Schmaltz (Alexandria) 3-0, So. over Preston Jarrell (Cleburne County) 2-1, So. (Forf.).
Consolation: Dejuan Allegood (Lincoln) 3-1, Jr. pinned Carlos Cooper (Wellborn) 3-2, Sr. (4:00).
132 Results
Championship: Matthew Lindsey (Wellborn) 3-0, Fr. pinned Spencer Jordan (Ranburne) 3-2, 8th. (1:20).
Consolation: Aaron Whittaker (Alexandria) 2-1, So. pinned Zac Williamson (Cleburne County) 1-2, 8th. (5:05).
138 Results
Championship: Braxton Marbury (Lincoln) 4-0, Jr. def. Noah McCord (Ranburne) 3-2, Jr. (4-2).
Consolation: Justin Roblee (Wellborn) 5-1, Jr. pinned Christopher Higgins (Cleburne County) 2-2, Fr. (0:00).
145 Results
Championship: Justin Conner (Wellborn) 3-0, Sr. pinned Hunter Beason (Cleburne County) 2-1, Fr. (1:19).
Consolation: James Lee (Cleburne County) 3-1, over Kaleb Wood (Alexandria) 2-6, Fr. (4:00).
152 Results
Championship: Ryan King (Alabama School for the Blind) 3-0, Jr. pinned Clayton Conner (Wellborn) 2-1, Jr. (4:41).
Consolation: Justin Simmons (Ranburne) 5-2, So. pinned Tyler Higgins (Cleburne County) 2-2, So. (2:36).
160 Results
Championship: William Banister (Ranburne) 3-2, Jr. over Geordan Carter (Alabama School for the Blind) 2-1, Fr. (Forf.).
Consolation: Dalton Epps (Wellborn) 3-1, pinned Randall Purdy (Alexandria) 2-2, 8th. (2:58).
170 Results
Championship: Christian Knop (Alexandria) 7-0, Fr. def. Dalton Wiggins (Ranburne) 5-1, Sr. (11-4).
Consolation: Noah Beam (Cleburne County) 4-1, Sr. pinned Peyton Mallenix (America Christian) 2-2, Fr. (4:25).
182 Results
Championship: Kane Pitts (Wellborn) 3-0, Jr. pinned Sam Pate (Cleburne County) 2-1, Jr. (5:53).
Consolation: Phillip Gaddy (Alexandria) 2-1, Sr. pinned Tyrique Funderburg (Gadsden City) 1-2, So. (3:07).
195 Results
Championship: Curtis Taylor (Alabama School for the Blind) 2-0, Jr. pinned Zachary Chandler (Wellborn) 2-1, Jr. (4:55).
Consolation: Jadaous Hall (Shades Valley) 5-5, Jr. pinned Christian Seale (Cleburne County) 1-2, 8th. (2:47).
220 Results
Championship: Reynard Ellis (Shades Valley) 5-3, Jr. pinned Travis Bell (Cleburne County) 2-1, Sr. (1:05).
Consolation: Jack McCormick (Alexandria) 7-1, So. pinned Nich Rollins (Shades Valley) 2-2. (5:36).
285 Results
Championship: Geronimo Galvan (JB Pennington) 9-0, So. pinned Zabian Smith (Lincoln) 2-1, Sr. (2:00).
Consolation: Daniel Longoria (Alexandria) 5-1, Sr. pinned Xzavier Pearson (Lincoln) 2-2. (0:00).
Weaver in Tallassee Duals
TALLASSEE – The Weaver wrestling team went 3-2 Saturday in the Tallassee Duals and came within a tiebreaker of scoring a fourth victory.
The Bearcats defeated Beauregard (63-10), Smiths Station B (84-0) and Prattville Christian (60-24), but lost on a tiebreaker to Holtville (43-42) and host Tallassee (41-33).
Reigning 106 state champion Nick Souder, Kyle Clapper, Collin Allison, Caleb Allison and Chase Rodgers were all 5-0 for Weaver.
The Holtville match was decided by most first points scored (Holtville won 8-4). The Bearcats missed out on taking down Tallassee when the Allisons won matches but couldn’t complete pins when they had their opponents in peril several times.
Still, Caleb won his bout 5-2 and Collin won 11-2.
“We should have been 5-0, but our youth and lack of experience is seriously exposed in dual meets right now,” Weaver coach Andy Fulmer said.
Ohatchee’s Pitts wins in Panther Classic
PELHAM – Ohatchee’s Hayden Pitts won the 170-pound division title and the Indians finished seventh as a team at the Leslie Burnett Memorial Panther Classic.
Pitts scored three pins in the championship bracket. The Indians placed four other wrestlers in the top five of their weight classes – Reed Hill (fifth, 106); Payton Marrs (fourth, 113); Aaron Woodall (fifth, 195) and Caleb Montgomery (third, 220).
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