PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Curwensville Golden Tide wrestling team opened their 2021 season on the road Monday night when the traveled to Punxsutawney to face the Chucks.
Facing a 30-18 deficit with three bouts to go, the host Chucks ran off 15 unanswered points to claim a 33-30 victory.
Only seven out of the 13 weight classes saw a match take place, with Curwensville going 2-5 in those matches. The Tide’s Zach Shaffer picked up a fall at 138 pounds and his teammate Duane Brady at 285 also picked up a fall.
Picking up forfeits for the Tide were Jake Carfley at 113, Nick Feggert at 126, and Chris Feggert at 132. There was no match contested at 120.
Next up for the Tide (0-1) will be the long trek to Sheffield Thursday night to face the Wolverines.
| Weight | Summary | PAH | CAH | |
| 172 | Grant Miller (Punxsutawney Area Hs) over Chase Irwin (Curwensville Area Hs) (Dec 5-1) | 3 | 0 | |
| 189 | Joshua Miller (Punxsutawney Area Hs) over Jake McCracken (Curwensville Area Hs) (Dec 5-4) | 6 | 0 | |
| 215 | Garrett Eddy (Punxsutawney Area Hs) FORFEIT | 12 | 0 | |
| 285 | Duane Brady (Curwensville Area Hs) over Hunter Harris (Punxsutawney Area Hs) (Fall 0:21) | 12 | 6 | |
| 106 | Dysen Gould (Punxsutawney Area Hs) over Damian Brady (Curwensville Area Hs) (Fall 1:45) | 18 | 6 | |
| 113 | Jacob Carfley (Curwensville Area Hs) FORFEIT | 18 | 12 | |
| 120 | NO MATCH | 18 | 12 | |
| 126 | Nick Feggert (Curwensville Area Hs) FORFEIT | 18 | 18 | |
| 132 | Chris Feggert (Curwensville Area Hs) FORFEIT | 18 | 24 | |
| 138 | Zach Shaffer (Curwensville Area Hs) over Garrett Fischer (Punxsutawney Area Hs) (Fall 3:17) | 18 | 30 | |
| 145 | Brice Rowan (Punxsutawney Area Hs) over Mitchell Sutika (Curwensville Area Hs) (Dec 3-1) | 21 | 30 | |
| 152 | Ben Skarbek (Punxsutawney Area Hs) FORFEIT | 27 | 30 | |
| 160 | Brady Smith (Punxsutawney Area Hs) over Logan Augenbaugh (Curwensville Area Hs) (Fall 1:59) | 33 | 30 |