HYDE — Despite the inclement winter weather, the 12th Annual Bison Duals were held at Clearfield Area High School on Saturday.
Three teams were unable to make the trip (DuBois, Forest HIlls, Port Allegheny), so the re-configured tourney took place with nine of the scheduled 12 entrants.
There were three pools of three teams a piece. Then the top eight teams were paired off in a championship bracket that would determine the top four teams. The ninth team and the losers of the first round of bracket matches then had a challenge pool to get their four or five duals in for the day.
Pool A Results: Montoursville 71 West Branch 6, West Branch 39 Altoona 36, Montoursville 58 Altoona 16
Pool B Results: General McLane 63 Wilkes Barre 18, Saegerstown 58 Wilkes Barre 21, General McLane 38 Saegerstown 26
Pool C Results: Benton 54 Union City 20, Clearfield 59 Union City 8. Benton 33 Clearfield 28
The quarterfinal results were Montoursville 57-18 over Wilkes Barre, Clearfield 40-33 over Saegertown, Benton 65-18 over WEst Branch, and Altoona 39-36 over General McLane.
Semifinal results were Montoursville beating Clearfield 49-22 and Benton besting Altoona 51-27
The host Bison were then defeated 39-33 by Altoona to finish in fourth.
Montoursville went on to defeat Benton by a 45-30 score to claim their second Bison Dual title, along with the one they captured in 2016.
For Bison meet by meet results courtesy Track Wrestling, click here
Two Bison went an undefeated 5-0 on the day. Oliver Billotte raised his record to a team leading 20-2, while Luke Freeland upped his season record to 14-7.
Going 4-1 for the Bison were Nolan Barr (14-7), Mark McGonigal (18-3) and Brett Zattoni (13-10).
Evan Davis (15-7) and Karson Kline (15-7) each went 3-2.
The Bison (7-3) will travel to Martinsburg on Tuesday to face the Central Dragons.
Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/06 & 07 | Top Hat Tourney (@ Williamsport) | 125 pts. | 8th place |
| 12/10 | @ Bald Eagle Area | 30 – 39 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/13 | DUBOIS | 42 – 30 | 0 – 2 |
| 12/17 | @ Huntingdon | 34 – 28 | 1 – 2 |
| 12/19 | PUNXSUTAWNEY | 60 – 18 | 2 – 2 |
| 01/03 & 04 | Tool City Tourney (@ Meadville) | 141 pts. | 5th place |
| 01/07 | @ Tyrone | 37 – 29 | 3 – 2 |
| 01/09 | @ St. Marys | 39 – 24 | 4 – 2 |
| 01/14 | PENNS VALLEY | 43 – 32 | 5 – 2 |
| 01/18 | BISON DUALS | ||
| 01/18 | vs. Union City | 59 – 18 | 6 – 2 |
| 01/18 | vs. Benton | 28 – 33 | 6 – 3 |
| 01/18 | vs. Saegertown | 40 – 33 | 7 – 3 |
| 01/18 | vs. Montoursville | 22 – 49 | 7 – 4 |
| 01/18 | vs. Altoona | 33 – 39 | 7 – 5 |
| 01/21 | @ Central | ||
| 01/24 & 25 | Ultimate Warrior Tourney (@ WB) | ||
| 01/30 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | ||
| 02/01 | District 9 Team Champs at DuBois | ||
| 02/04 | BELLEFONTE | ||
| 02/22 | D9 CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||
| 02/28 & 29 | Regionals (@ Altoona) | ||
| 03/05 – 07 | PIAA States (@ Hershey) |