TYRONE — Aided by five forfeits the Clearfield Bison beat the Tyrone Eagles 41-24 on Thursday night to up their record to 6-7 on the season. With the loss, Tyrone dropped to 3-17.
The Bison only picked up two wins on the mat – a tech fall by Dylan Graham and a fall by Christian Stone. The Eagles picked up five wins to outscore Clearfield 24-11 in contested matches.
The Bison will next be in action when they enter the District IX Team Wrestling Championships on Saturday at DuBois High School. Clearfield will have a rematch with the St. Marys Flying Dutch at 12:30 pm. Clearfield beat the Dutch 38-33 earlier this week at the Arthur J. Weiss Gymnasium. The winner will face DuBois for the District 9 team crown.
BOUT BY BOUT RESULTS (Clfd wrestler listed first)
120: Noah Cline (18-10) lbd 11-9 t0 Jason Schopp (18-2) 0 – 3
126: Dylan Graham (23-3) wbtf 22-7 5:58 over Aleic Hunter (6-8) 5 – 3
132: Jon Sponsler (6-11) lbd 8-2 Luke McCloskey (11-9) 5 – 6
138: Christian Stone (25-0) wbf 1:02 over William Sessaman (2-9) 11 – 6
145: Nolan Barger (24-1) received a forfeit 17 – 6
152: Grant Climie (2-13) lbd 6-5 to Jacob Damon (2-14) 17 – 9
160: Mike Beck (8-13) lbf 4:34 to Nicholas Getz (9-6) 17 – 15
170: No Match
182: Josh Kennedy (4-8) received a forfeit 23 – 15
195: Jake Verchick (11-12) lbf 4:35 to DJ Wunder (18-2) 23 – 21
220: Shane Billings (2-6) lbd 9-3 to Dakota Walk (13-7) 23 – 24
285: Curtis Mignot (3-13) received a forfeit 29 – 24
106: Logan Gilbert (18-8) received a forfeit 35 – 24
113: Josiah McClarren (9-13) received a forfeit 41 – 24
Clearfield Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/07,08 | @ Top Hat Tourney | 11th | 0 – 0 |
| 12/11 | DUBOIS | 21 – 56 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/13 | @ Bald Eagle Area | 28 – 37 | 0 – 2 |
| 12/18 | CENTRAL | 42 – 37 | 1 – 2 |
| 12/20 | PUNXSUTAWNEY | 63 – 12 | 2 – 2 |
| 01/04,05 | @ Tool City Tourney | 10th | 2 – 2 |
| 01/08 | @ Penns Valley | 31 – 42 | 2 – 3 |
| 01/19 | CLFD BISON DUALS | ||
| vs. Valley | 53 – 19 | 3 – 3 | |
| vs. Pleasant Valley | 38 – 42 | 3 – 4 | |
| vs. West Branch | 18 – 60 | 3 – 5 | |
| vs. Montoursville | 33 – 35 | 3 – 6 | |
| vs. Sharpsville | 50 – 27 | 4 – 6 | |
| 01/22 | @ Bellefonte | 30 – 41 | 4 – 7 |
| 01/25,26 | @ New Oxford Tourney | 3rd | 4 – 7 |
| 01/29 | ST.MARYS | 38 – 33 | 5 – 7 |
| 01/31 | @ Tyrone | 41 – 24 | 6 – 7 |
| 02/02 | D9 Team Wrestling Champs. | ||
| vs. St. Marys |