SPRING MILLS — The Clearfield Bison wrestling team, down a starter, had a tall task in front of them as they headed to Spring Mills to face the undefeated Penns Valley Rams.
The match started at 107, and the Rams proved they are strongest in the lightweights as they raced out to a 34-0 lead one match past the halfway point. The Bisons did outscore their hosts 23-4 the rest of the way, but it wasn’t enough as Penns Valley remained undefeated at 11-0, while the Bisons dropped to 14-5 on the season.
There was really only one close score through the first six bouts and that was at 127 where Clearfield’s Bo Aveni (23-6) put a scare to Max Dinges (28-2), a third place finisher at the state championships last year. Dinges built up an 8-2 lead after the first period and a 12-2 lead after two periods. Aveni escaped to 12-3 and then hit a seven-point headlock, only to fall short 12-10.
The Bisons finally got on the board at 152 when Cash Diehl (23-6) beat Sawyer Fetterolf (20-11) by a 9-4 score to make it 34-3.
Colton Bumbarger (19-8) then only needed 45 seconds to pin Seth Fetterolf (5-11) at 160 to make it 34-9.
After a loss at 172, the Bisons swept the final three weights to set the final.
at 189, Brayden Wills (19-9) was very impressive against Penns Valley’s Cael Smith (13-3), building up an 11-2 lead before Smith was injured and had to injury default at the 1:02 mark of the first period.
Ryan Ludwig, pictured above, (18-11) was in a scoreless match after one period, and then was down 1-0 after two periods to Robert Martin (22-11), but Ludwig poured it on the final two minutes by escaping to tie it, then getting a take down and four nearfall points to go on to an 8-2 win.
And at 285, Matthew Peace (16-11) dominated Luke Tannis (2-13) to the tune of a 15-0 tech fall in 3:14.
The Bison are now off until the weekend when they head to the 27-team Thomas Automotive Tournament in Bedford.
Matt Peace picked up back points to get the tech fall at 285.
PENNS VALLEY — 38, CLEARFIELD — 23
107 – Cayden Myers won by forfeit (6-0)
114 – Blake Brumbaugh won by tech. fall over Jahaziah Dorsey, 19-2 2:14 (11-0)
121 – Conner Myers pinned Paxton Parada, 3:06 (17-0)
127 – Max Dinges dec. Bo Aveni, 12-10 (20-0)
133 – Erik Carlile won by tech. fall over Bryndin Chamberlain, 19-3 4:19 (25-0)
139 – Tripp Watson pinned Jackson Shugarts, 2:53 (31-0)
145 – Isaac Harpster dec. Noah Troxell, 7-3 (34-0)
152 – Cash Diehl dec. Sawyer Fetterolf, 9-4 (34-3)
160 – Colton Bumbarger pinned Seth Fetterolf, 0:45 (34-9)
172 – Brayden Lisowski maj. dec. Colton Ryan, 9-1 (38-9)
189 – Brayden Wills won by inj. default over Cael Smith, (38-15)
215 – Ryan Ludwig dec. Robert Martin, 8-2 (38-18)
285 – Matthew Peace won by tech. fall over Luke Tannis, 15-0 3:14 (38-23)
Clearfield wrestlers in bold.
BISON SCOREBOARD:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/5 & 6 | @ Top Hat Tourney (Williamsport) | 137 pts. | 6th place |
| 12/9 | @ DuBois | 38 – 31 | 1 – 0 |
| 12/11 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | 40 – 27 | 2 – 0 |
| 12/18 | ST. MARYS | 44 – 25 | 3 – 0 |
| 12/27 & 28 | @ Wheeling Park Duals (WV) | ||
| 12/27 | vs. John Glen (OH) | 59 – 9 | 4 – 0 |
| 12/27 | vs. Waynedale (OH) | 32 – 33 | 4 – 1 |
| 12/27 | vs. Oak Glen (WV) | 58 – 21 | 5 – 1 |
| 12/27 | vs. Herbert Hoover (WV) | 50 – 30 | 6 – 1 |
| 12/28 | vs. Loveland (OH) | 53 – 27 | 7 – 1 |
| 12/28 | vs. Solon (OH) | 52 – 18 | 8 – 1 |
| 12/28 | vs. St. Xavier (OH) | 30 – 44 | 8 – 2 |
| 12/28 | vs. Carrollton (OH) | 49 – 23 | 9 – 2 |
| 1/2 & 3 | @ LHAC Championship (Central Cambria) | 159 pts. | 4th place |
| 1/6 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 42 – 19 | 10 – 2 |
| 1/13 | @ Huntingdon | 39 – 30 | 11 – 2 |
| 1/15 | @ Bellefonte | 34 – 35 | 11 – 3 |
| 1/17 | BISON BISON DUALS | ||
| 1/17 | vs. Central Clarion | 63 – 9 | 12 – 3 |
| 1/17 | vs. General McLane | 28 – 32 | 12 – 4 |
| 1/17 | vs. Williamsport | 63 – 8 | 13 – 4 |
| 1/17 | vs.Cranberry | 60 – 12 | 14 – 4 |
| 1/20 | @ Penns Valley | 23 – 38 | 14 – 5 |
| 1/23 & 24 | @ Thomas Automotive Tourney (Bedford) | ||
| 1/31 | District Duals @ Brookville | ||
| 2/20 & 21 | D9 Championship Tourney @ Clarion | ||
| 2/27 & 28 | NW Regional Tourney | ||
| 3/5 – 7 | PIAA State Tourney |
