HYDE — The Clearfield Bison wrestling team thrashed the visiting Tyrone Golden Eagles 50-21 on Thursday night inside the Arthur J. Weiss Gymnasium to head into the two week Christmas/New Year break with a 6-0 record. They dropped Tyrone to 4-6 on the year.
The evening started at 107 and the hosts had a 24-0 lead after three minutes had run off of the gymnasium clock.
The Bison received forfeits at 107, 114, and 127….all sandwiched around a Dakota Shugarts (6-4) fall in 1:47 at 121. Receiving the forfeits were Xavier Lutz (6-4), David Magnuson (3-4), and Bryndin Chamberlain (6-3) respectively.
Tyrone got on the board via forfeit at 133, as the Bison are still missing two starters due to sickness and illness amongst the lightweights.
Up 24-6, the Bison didn’t let off the gas as they got three falls in a row in the middleweights to build up an insurmountable 42-6 lead.
Colton Ryan (7-4) was dominant in his match at 139, building up a 13-0 lead early in the final period before recording the fall in 4:56.
At 145, Colton Bumbarger (6-5) stacked his guy in 1:44 before Ty Aveni (8-4) didn’t break a sweat as he had the quickest fall of the night, the match lasting all of 17 seconds.
Will Domico (6-0) remained undefeated on the year on the strength of seven takedowns in a 19-4 tech fall in 5:31 to expand the lead to 47-6.
The feature match of the night was at 172 where Bison standout Brady Collins bumped up to meet Tyrone’s Kyle Scott. Collins (10-0), a PIAA AA fourth place finisher a year ago, had two takedowns in the opening period against Scott (15-2), a PIAA state qualifier a year ago, and was never in trouble in his 7-2 win.
Down 50-6, the Golden Eagles won the last three bouts to make the final score somewhat respectable at 50-21.
Two time state qualifier Braden Ewing (15-1) picked up his 92nd career win at 285 as she closes in on the century mark. Andrew Weaver raised his record to 14-3 on the year at 189 when he edged Bison Carter Freeland, making just his second appearance of the season, 6-5. And Richard Rawlings used his near 40-pound weight advantage to pick up a fall at 215.
The Bison are now off until the New Year when they’ll compete in the Laurel Highland Athletic Conference tournament at Tyrone High School on January 5 and 6.
In the preliminary match the Clearfield Junior High team won an exciting match 36-30 that came down to the final bout.
| Weight | Summary | CAH | TAH | |
| 107 | Xavier Lutz (Clearfield Area Hs) FORFEIT | 6 | 0 | |
| 114 | David Magnuson (Clearfield Area Hs) FORFEIT | 12 | 0 | |
| 121 | Dakota Shugarts (Clearfield Area Hs) over Dominic Pluebell (Tyrone Area Hs) (Fall 1:47) | 18 | 0 | |
| 127 | Bryndin Chamberlain (Clearfield Area Hs) FORFEIT | 24 | 0 | |
| 133 | Logan Rumberger (Tyrone Area Hs) FORFEIT | 24 | 6 | |
| 139 | Colton Ryan (Clearfield Area Hs) over Caleb Whitby (Tyrone Area Hs) (Fall 4:56) | 30 | 6 | |
| 145 | Colton Bumbarger (Clearfield Area Hs) over Remington Fleck (Tyrone Area Hs) (Fall 1:44) | 36 | 6 | |
| 152 | Ty Aveni (Clearfield Area Hs) over Cohen Wallace (Tyrone Area Hs) (Fall 0:17) | 42 | 6 | |
| 160 | Will Domico (Clearfield Area Hs) over Steven Buck (Tyrone Area Hs) (TF 19-4 5:31) | 47 | 6 | |
| 172 | Brady Collins (Clearfield Area Hs) over Kyle Scott (Tyrone Area Hs) (Dec 7-2) | 50 | 6 | |
| 189 | Andrew Weaver (Tyrone Area Hs) over Carter Freeland (Clearfield Area Hs) (Dec 6-5) | 50 | 9 | |
| 215 | Richard Rawlings (Tyrone Area Hs) over Hunter Ressler (Clearfield Area Hs) (Fall 1:25) | 50 | 15 | |
| 285 | Braden Ewing (Tyrone Area Hs) over Nick Bailor (Clearfield Area Hs) (Fall 2:51) | 50 | 21 |
BISON SCOREBOARD:
Date Opponent Score Record
12/01 & 02 @ Top Hat Tourney – Williamsport 133.5 pts. 6th place
12/05 ALTOONA 58 – 9 1 – 0
12/07 @ Penns Valley 37 – 24 2 – 0
12/12 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 42 – 25 3 – 0
12/14 @ DuBois 51 – 15 4 – 0
12/19 @ Brookville 48 – 20 5 – 0
12/21 TYRONE 51 – 20 6 – 0
01/05 & 06 @ Laurel Highlands Tourney – Tyrone
01/09 ST. MARYS 01/12 & 13 @ Mid-Winter Mayhem – IUP
01/16 BALD EAGLE AREA
01/18 @ Huntingdon
01/20 BISON DUALS
01/30 @ Bellefonte
02/03 @ Team Districts – Brookville
02/23 & 24 @ District 9 Tourney – Clarion
03/01 & 02 @ Northwest Regional – Sharon
03/07 – 09 @ PIAA State Tourney – Hershey
