CURWENSVILLE – It was all Redbank Valley Wednesday night as the Bulldogs downed Curwensville’s wrestling team 49-9 on the Tide’s home mat at Patton Hall.
The Golden Tide fell to 3-5 on the year while the Bulldogs kept their record clean at 3-0 utilizing four falls and a forfeit on the night.
The night started just fine for Curwensville when sophomore Chad Desmett put the Tide in front 6-0 with a fall in 2:56 over Cory Cyphert of Redbank. The bout was scoreless when the pin came in the 171 pound weight class.
Then it was Redbank Valley starting their engines. As a matter of fact, it was all Redbank Valley for a long time as the visitors scored 40 unanswered points until Brett Sutika pulled out a 2-1 decision at 140 for Curwensville over Evan Shirey. Sutika made a second period reversal stand up before letting Shirey up for an escape as time ran out in the third and final period.
In a most bizarre ending, Derek Brothers, the Golden Tide 125 pound standout, actually pinned himself in the second period at 3:38 while leading Ty Haines 12-0. Brothers was in the midst of getting more back points, or perhaps even a pin, with a tilt move on Haines when he inadvertently touched his own shoulders to the mat giving the Bulldog wrestler a belated Christmas present.
Curwensville head coach Duane Wriglesworth knew all about Redbank Valley and said afterwards, “We knew coming in that Redbank had a pretty good squad and that we would have our work cut out for us tonight.”
Even with the lopsided defeat Wriglesworth found a positive, saying, “I really felt that we showed good conditioning this evening and that’s something we always strive to have in our squad.”
The Golden Tide junior high came through with a 52-36 victory over Redbank that started the evening action before a fairly full house at Patton Hall.
Curwensville returns to the mat next Tuesday when they travel to Moshannon Valley to battle the Black Knights.
Bout-by-bout:
171 Chad Desmett C, pinned Cory Cyphert RV, 2:56 6 0
189 Shiloh Buchleitner RV, dec Jonathan Michaels C, 2-1 6 3
215 Curtis Lee RV, pinned Brian Zemba C, 1:34 6 9
285 Braden Bowser RV, won by forfeit 6 15
103 NO BOUT
112 Nick Schrecengost RV, pinned Jordan Russell C, 4:36 6 21
119 Garret Hildebrand RV, dec Nate Wriglesworth C, 4-0 6 24
125 Ty Haines RV, pinned Derek Brothers C, 3:38 6 30
130 Tyler McCauley RV, major dec Hunter McCracken C, 13-0 6 34
135 Trevor McCauley RV, pinned Alex Holt C, 2:16 6 40
140 Brett Sutika C, dec Evan Shirey RV, 2-1 9 40
145 Nolan Cypher RV, dec Wes McGarry C, 8-5 9 43
152 Brandon Bailey RV, dec Kyle Kyler C, 8-4 9 46
160 Justin Radaker RV, dec Alex Holland C, 8-5 9 49
Referee – Dick Wood