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High School Sports: Century Collects Wrestling Victory Over Owls
The Knights used seven pins to down Westminster Wednesday night.
Century used seven pins to roll over county foe Westminster, 70-12 in wrestling Wednesday evening.
"Actually I was surprised at some of the pins to be honest with you. Some close matches, we kind of caught them in some bad situations for them and put them on their backs," said Century coach Dennis Frazier.
The Owls gave away four weight classes by forfeits to help the Knights to the victory.
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It was Century’s first county match of the season. They are 1-0 in the county and 8-3 overall. The Owls are now 0-3 in the county and 2-4 overall.
Claiming wins by pins were Wes Dantzler, Kyle Tye, Logan Ryder, Matt Evans, Brandon Buckingham, Nick Dantzler and Dean Harmon. Nick Dantzler pinnd his opponent in 33 seconds while Harmon did the honors in 34 seconds.
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"We still have a couple things to work on, trust me, but we are improving," said Frazier.
Century’s next dual match is on Jan. 4 when they host Manchester Valley.
Wednesday night's scores:
106-Mike Naugler, C by forfeit.
113-Ethan Smolley, C by forfeit.
120-Sean Donoghue, C maj. dec Bryan Krecitie, 14-4.
126-Roman Marmalyukov, W pin Mike Veltre, 1:06.
132-Wes Dantzler, C pin Jessie Metcalfe, 1:21.
138-Kyle Tye, C pin Kevin Maks, 1:03.
145-Logan Ryder, C pin Boyer, 1:50.
152-Matt Evans, C pin Cody Kelley, 1:51.
160-Brandon Buckingham, C pin Ryan Eckenburger, 4:40.
170-Nick Dantzler, C pin Tyler Manahan, :33.
182- Dom Cabria, W by forfeit.
195-Dean Harmon, C pin Schultz, :34.
220-Brandon Antrobus, C by forfeit.
285-Ryder Cavey, C by forfeit.