COUDERSPORT – The Curwensville Area High School wrestling team won four of five matches to earn the second place trophy at the Coudersport Duals Saturday.
A quartet of matmen went undefeated while four others lost only one time as the Golden Tide improved to 5-3 by defeating Coudersport 54-23, Lackawanna Trail 42-36, Athens (N.Y.) 60-18 and Sheffield 60-15 after losing a see-saw tussle with Lewisburg 41-36.
Bradford also finished 4-1 in the eight-team event, with its loss also to champion Lewisburg, but Curwensville was awarded the runner-up hardware because of a closer match against the once-beaten Green Dragons from District 4.
“That probably was the match of the day,” Golden Tide coach Duane Wriglesworth said. “Lewisburg always shows up with a stacked team and is very tough. They’ve won it the last three years.
“So, I was very happy with our performance.“
Leading the way for the Golden Tide were Chad Desmett (8-4) with five falls at 182 and 195 pounds and Jake Keller (12-0) with four pins and a technical fall at 138.
Tyler Mays (11-1) registered a fall, two decisions and two forfeits at 120, while Sam Bressler (9-4) parlayed two falls with three forfeits at 106.
Right behind at 4-1 were Dakota Royer with three falls and a forfeit at 152, Ricky Magnuson with pairs of pins and forfeits at 220 and freshman Travis Lansberry with a pin for his first varsity victory and three forfeits at 113.
Spencer Smeal at 285 also had only one setback, then rebounded to reel off three consecutive falls.
“That was a treat to see that many kids go 5-0 or lose only once,“ Wriglesworth. “Desmett was able to secure a defensive fall against Lewisburg, and that was very exciting to see. He pinned one of their better wrestlers and really gave our team a lot of momentum for the rest of the day.
“Even though we didn’t win that match, we came very close.”
Desmett’s execution of a new move against Dan Ostrowsky (12-2) put the Golden Tide in front 30-29, but the Green Dragons pulled it out with falls by undefeated Brandon Smith (12-0) at 195 and Kyle Santorine (9-4) at 285 around a forfeit to Magnuson at 220.
Wriglesworth noted Desmett was able to implement a counter his squad had just worked on in practice because Punxsutawney used a lot of crab ride technique in beating the Golden Tide earlier in the week.
“Ostrowsky had Desmett in a crab ride, and Desmett reached back and secured his opponent’s head, arched back and bridged to keep him from sliding out from underneath,” Wriglesworth explained.
Size was a factor in the meet-deciding heavyweight bout, according to Wriglesworth.
“We had to move Spencer up, and he wrestled a kid who was much bigger than him,” Wriglesworth said. “Even though he got pinned, he was in control until he just got caught.
“He really did a nice job holding his own (the rest of the day).”
Brandon Sass at 126 and Austin Pollick at 160 matched 3-2 records.
“I was very proud of Sass’ performance against tough competition,“ Wriglesworth said. “That’s probably best I’ve seen him wrestle so far. He was good on double-leg takedowns and tough on top.“
Curwensville will welcome Redbank Valley to Patton Hall Thursday night. The Bulldogs sport a pair of one-sided wins in dual meets to go with championships in the season-opening Hickory Tournament and their own holiday tourney.
LEWISBURG 41, CURWENSVILLE 36
106 – Sam Bressler, C, pinned Jeff Steele, 3:29. (0-6)
113 – Joseph Roman, L, dec. Travis Lansberry, 6-3. (3-6)
120 – Tyler Mays, C, won by forfeit. (3-12)
126 – Logan Aikey, L, pinned Brandon Sass, 5:35. (9-12)
132 – Ray Mauer, L, won by forfeit. (15-12)
138 – Jake Keller, C, pinned Steven Gingher, 3:10. (15-18)
145 – Jordan Danowsky, L, pinned Alex Holt, :46. (21-18)
152 – Dakota Royer, C, pinned Andrew Fox, 4:55. (21-24)
160 – Maxfield Reed, L, dec. Austin Pollick, 8-3. (24-24)
170 – Joseph Gardner, L, tech fall over Nate Wriglesworth, 19-3. (29-24)
182 – Chad Desmett, C, pinned Patrick Ostrowsky, 1:39. (29-30)
195 – Brandon Smith, L, pinned Jake Kavelak, 2:22. (35-30)
220 – Ricky Magnuson, C, won by forfeit. (35-36)
285 – Kyle Santorine, L, pinned Spencer Smeal, 2:47. (41-36)
CURWENSVILLE 54, COUDERSPORT 23
106 – Bressler, Cur, won by forfeit. (6-0)
113 – Lansberry, Cur, won by forfeit (12-0)
120 – Mays, Cur, dec. Cory Snook, 10-8. (15-0)
126 – Sass, Cur, pinned Camryn Langworthy, 5:37. (21-0)
132 – Ben Ragosta, Cou, won by forfeit. (21-6)
138 – Keller, Cur, tech fall over Cody Bova, 15-0. (26-6)
145 – Kyle Bova, Cou, tech fall over Holt, 19-4 (1:29). (26-11)
152 – Royer, Cur, pinned James Harvey, :20. (32-11)
160 – Pollick, Cur, major dec. Jeremy Sedorchuk, 12-0. (36-11)
170 – Clayton Wilson, Cou, pinned Wriglesworth, 1:31. (36-17)
182 – Desmett, Cur, pinned Zach Elenchin, 1:08. (42-17)
195 – Forest Tuttle, Cou, pinned Kavelak, 1:40. (42-23)
220 – Magnuson, Cur, won by forfeit. (48-23)
285 – Smeal, Cur, pinned Jesse Lincoln, 3:13. (54-23)
CURWENSVILLE 42, LACKAWANNA TRAIL 36
106 – Bressler, C, won by forfeit. (6-0)
113 – Lansberry, C, pinned Tom Jasinski, :37. (12-0)
120 – Mays, C, pinned Matthew Pascoe, :51. (18-0)
126 – Sass, C, pinned Levi Bennett, 1:42. (24-0)
132 – No match.
138 – Keller, C, pinned Victor Rosa, 1:08. (30-0)
145 – Billy Lee, LT, pinned Holt, 3:38. (30-6)
152 – Cooper Rosiak, LT, pinned Royer, 1:47. (30-12)
160 – Jeremy Greenley, LT, pinned Pollick, 2:41. (30-18)
170 – Marvess Rosiak, LT, pinned Wriglesworth, 3:21. (30-24)
182 – Desmett, C, pinned Caleb Darling, 3:43. (36-24)
195 – Kavelak, C, pinned Zach Goodrich, 3:54. (42-24)
220 – Eric Laytos, LT, pinned Magnuson, :39. (42-30)
285 – Benjamin Lehman, LT, won by forfeit. (42-36)
CURWENSVILLE 60, ATHENS 18
106 – Bressler, C, pinned Adam Saylor, :33. (6-0)
113 – Lansberry, C, won by forfeit. (12-0)
120 – Mays, C, won by forfeit. (18-0)
126 – Samuel Vergason, A, pinned Sass, 3:07. (18-6)
132 – Corey Shiposh, A, won by forfeit. (18-12)
138 – Keller, C, pinned Marshal LeBlanc, 1:36. (24-12)
145 – Christopher Pack, A, dec. Holt, 6-3. (24-15)
152 – Royer, C, won by forfeit. (30-15)
160 – Pollick, C, won by forfeit. (36-15)
170 – Patrick Donnelly, A, dec. Wriglesworth, 8-2. (36-18)
182 – Jason Baker, C, won by forfeit. (42-18)
195 – Desmett, C, pinned Seth Shaughnessy, 2:53. (48-18)
220 – Magnuson, C, pinned Mitchell Orshal, 4:40. (54-18)
285 – Smeal, C, pinned Alex Shaughnessy, :40. (60-18)
CURWENSVILLE 60, SHEFFIELD 15
106 – Bressler, C, won by forfeit. (6-0)
113 – Lansberry, C, won by forfeit. (12-0)
120 – Mays, C, dec. Ricky Prosen, 9-4. (15-0)
126 – Sass, C, dec. Brandon Johnston, 6-3. (18-0)
132 – Adam Barr, S, won by forfeit. (18-6)
138 – Keller, C, pinned Collin Maines, :41. (24-6)
145 – Doug Grubbs, S, dec. Holt, 6-1. (24-9)
152 – Royer, pinned Steven Gregerson, 3:26. (30-9)
160 – Pollick, C, won by forfeit. (36-9)
170 – Wriglesworth, C, won by forfeit. (42-9)
182 – Desmett, C, pinned Jacob Gorton, 1:28. (48-19)
195 – Hunter Jones, S, pinned Kavelak, :39. (48-15)
220 – Magnuson, C, pinned Erick Moreno, 2:00. (54-15)
285 – Smeal, C, pinned Slater Traiser, :59. (60-15)