PUNXSUTAWNEY — After giving up two forfeits and suffering a loss in three out of the first four weight classes, the Curwensville Golden Tide won five bouts in a row and seven out of eight, all by bonus points, and hung a 47-29 loss on their hosts, the Punxsutawney Chucks on Tuesday night.
The match started in traditional fashion at 107 pounds where Tide sophomore Austin Gilliland (17-11) used a first period fall over Hunter Dobson (9-12) to give the visitors an early 6-0 lead.
That lead didn’t last long as the Tide forfeited at 114 and 121 to fall behind 12-6.
Jordan Rutan (19-2) made it 17-6 Punxsy after he had a 15-0 tech fall over Damian Brady (11-13) at 127.
At 133, Tide sophomore Dylan Deluccia (17-9) had his own 15-0 tech fall over Nick Motter (3-15) to start the Tide’s roll.
Four falls in a row, from 139 to 160, turned a 17-11 deficit into a 35-17 lead.
Picking up falls were Ryder Kuklinskie (9-3), Nik Fegert (21-10), Alex Murawski (11-10), and Logan Aughenbaugh (25-8).
Grant Miller (21-2) momentarily ended the Tide roll with a pin to bring the Chucks within striking distance at 35-23 with three bouts to go.
Any hope of a Chuck comeback was quickly dashed as Chase Irwin (20-12) at 189 and Trenton Guiher (20-9) at 215 picked up back-to-back falls, giving the Tide seven on the night, to seal the deal.
A Tide forfeit at 285 set the final score at 47-29, which got the Tide back to .500 on the season at 9-9. The loss dropped Punxsutawney to 7-13 for the year.
The Tide will now have a week off until next Tuesday when they will host the Redbank Valley Bulldogs.
| Weight | Summary | PAH | CAH | |
| 107 | Austin Gilliland (Curwensville) over Hunter Dobson (Punxsutawney) (Fall 1:23) | 0 | 6 | |
| 114 | Nina Twigg (Punxsutawney) FORFEIT | 6 | 6 | |
| 121 | Dysen Gould (Punxsutawney) FORFEIT | 12 | 6 | |
| 127 | Jordan Rutan (Punxsutawney) over Damian Brady (Curwensville ) (TF 15-0 0:00) | 17 | 6 | |
| 133 | Dylan Deluccia (Curwensville) over Nick Motter (Punxsutawney) (TF 15-0 0:00) | 17 | 11 | |
| 139 | Ryder Kuklinskie (Curwensville) over David Kunselman (Punxsutawney) (Fall 5:07) | 17 | 17 | |
| 145 | Nik Fegert (Curwensville) over Brett Dean (Punxsutawney) (Fall 1:35) | 17 | 23 | |
| 152 | Alex Murawski (Curwensville) over Ezekiel Bennett (Punxsutawney) (Fall 5:24) | 17 | 29 | |
| 160 | Logan Aughenbaugh (Curwensville) over Jared Meeks (Punxsutawney) (Fall 0:29) | 17 | 35 | |
| 172 | Grant Miller (Punxsutawney) over Jarett Anderson (Curwensville) (Fall 1:56) | 23 | 35 | |
| 189 | Chase Irwin (Curwensville) over Joel Mehalic (Punxsutawney) (Fall 3:49) | 23 | 41 | |
| 215 | Trenton Guiher (Curwensville) over Austin Fischer (Punxsutawney) (Fall 0:34) | 23 | 47 | |
| 285 | Aiden Shaffer (Punxsutawney) FORFEIT | 29 | 47 |