HYDE — After winning the first two Bison Duals and placing second last year, the 2011-12 edition of the Clearfield Bison wrestling team, 0-7 at the start of the day, was just looking to pick their first win of the season.
The Bisons did better than that as they picked up wins in their first two matches of pool play and wound up 2-3 on the day to finish in sixth place out of 10 teams.
In round one, Clearfield held off Port Allegany 37-36 as Noah Cline, Jake Lancaster, Christian Stone, Dylan Graham, Wyatt Stucke, Nolan Barger, and Garrett Timko picked up wins.
The Bisons made it a winning streak when they defeated Montoursville 44-30 to go to 2-0 in their pool. Picking up victories for the Bisons were Cline, Frankie Aveni, Stone, Graham, Stucke, Barger, Kody Hepfer, Timko, and Jordan Lancaster.
The Bisons were then defeated in their final two pool matches, 50-12 by Peters Township and 57-13 by General McLane, to finish 2-2 and in third place in Pool A.
The Bisons then faced the third place team from Pool B, the Ridgway Elkers, to determine the fifth place team overall. The Elkers dealt the Bisons a 48-27 loss to claim the fifth place spot, while the Bisons were relegated to sixth.
Nolan Barger was the lone Bison to go 5-0 on the day to raise his overall record to a team leading 22-3.
Complete Pool Results:
Round 1: Clearfield 37 Port Allegany 36; General McLane 52 Peters Township 18; Sharpsville 38 Valley 30; Pleasant Valley 64 Curwensville 12
Round 2: Pleasant Valley 63 Valley 16; Clearfield 44 Montoursville 30, Ridgway 52 Curwensville 23; Peters Township 43 Port Allegany 24
Round 3: Valley 52 Curwensville 24; Sharpsville 33 Ridgway 31; Peters Township 50 Clearfield 12; General McLane 48 Montorsville 15
Round 4: General McLane 62 Port Allegany 12; Pleasant Valley 50 Sharpsville 22; Peters Township 51 Montoursville 22; Ridgway 48 Valley 30
Round 5: General Mclane 57 Clearfield 13; Port Allegany 35 Montoursville 33; Pleasant Valley 43 Ridgway 27; Sharpsville 55 Curwensville 21
Medal Matches:
9th place: Montoursville 33 – Curwensville 27
7th place: Valley 36 – Port Allegany 34
5th place: Ridgway 48 – Clearfield 27
3rd place: Peters Township 44 – Sharpsville 24
1st place: Pleasant Valley 47 – General McLane 18
Final Records:
1st – Pleasant valley 5-0
2nd – General McLane 4-1
3rd – Peters Township 4-1
4th – Sharpsville 3-2
5th – Ridgway 3-2
6th – Clearfield 2-3
7th – Valley 2-3
8th – Port Allegany 1-4
9th – Montoursville 1-4
10th – Curwensville 0-5
The Bisons (2-10) will next be in action on Tuesday January 24 when they travel to St. Marys to face the Flying Dutch.
Clearfield Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/09&10 | @ Top Hat Tourney | 91 pts. | 11th |
| 12/13 | @ DuBois | 20 – 51 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/15 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 26 – 40 | 0 – 2 |
| 12/21 | @ Punxsutawney | 32 – 43 | 0 – 3 |
| 01/03 | CENTRAL MOUNTAIN | 20 – 54 | 0 – 4 |
| 01/05 | BROOKVILLE | 28 – 40 | 0 – 5 |
| 01/06&07 | @ Tool City Tourney | 78 pts. | 11th |
| 01/10 | @ Bellefonte | 23 – 51 | 0 – 6 |
| 01/12-14 | @ Escape the Rock Tourney | 43 pts. | 28th |
| 01/19 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | 19 – 51 | 0 – 7 |
| 01/21 | CLFD BISON DUALS | ||
| vs. Port Allegany | 37 – 36 | 1 – 7 | |
| vs. Montoursville | 44 – 30 | 2 – 7 | |
| vs. Peters Township | 12 – 50 | 2 – 8 | |
| vs. General McLane | 13 – 57 | 2 – 9 | |
| vs. Ridgway | 27 – 48 | 2 – 10 | |
| 01/24 | @ St. Marys |