South Putnam has tough tangle with Quakers

Thursday, January 15, 2009

By IAN CORNELL

For the Banner Graphic

The Plainfield wrestling team was red hot as they stormed into South Putnam Wednesday and came away with a convincing 71-3 win.

"We have a team full of freshmen and sophomores [so] I think it [the meet] was all right," said Eagles' assistant coach Josh Hendrickson. "We worked hard. We have such a young team it's all we can ask for."

The Eagles' lone winner of the night was Matt Ballew. He won the 130-pound weight class by a one-point decision against Grant Collicott 9-8. South Putnam's 103 contender Jeff Hunter was pinned in 1:08, in the 119 match Quaker Kalob Heald won a major decision over T.J. Franklin 15-4; at 125 the Eagles' Dakota Ramey was pinned in 37 seconds by Robbie Wittman.

At 135, Plainfield's Sam Ulrich pinned Scott Daniels in 2:18, while in the 140-class South Putnam's Andrew Waters was pinned in 1:46. South Putnam's Antonio Hernandez was pinned by Plainfield's Dustin Parrish in the 145 division and at 152 the Quakers' Tyler Cozart won a major decision over Tom Migliano 18-9. At 160, Eagle grappler Jesse Gardner got pined in 5:49 by Gary Tackett, in 189 South Putnam's Jacob Girton was pinned by Eric Drake in 53 seconds, and in the heavy weight match Plainfield's Sean Loughlin won a major decision over Chris Hurst 11-4.

"Matt Ballew showed a lot of grit, came out with a last second move, but he got on his back and ended up winning the match 9-8," Hendrickson said. "Chris Hurst also had a good match. (He) couldn't pull it out there at the end, but fought all the way."

Next up for the Eagles is the WCC meet on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Cloverdale.

At South Putnam

103 -- Shephard (PHS) pin Hunter (SPH)

119 -- Heald (PHS) def. Franklin (SPH) 15-4

125 -- Wittman (PHS) pin Ramey (SPH)

130 -- Ballew (SPH) def. Collicott (PHS) 9-8

135 -- Ulrich (PHS) pin Daniels (SPH)

140 -- Boyer (PHS) pin Waters (SPH)

145 -- Parrish (PHS) pin Hernandez (SPH)

152 -- Cozart (PHS) def. Migliano (SPH) 18-9

160 -- Tackett (PHS) pin Gardner (SPH)

189 -- Drake (PHS) pin Girton (SPH)

285 -- Loughlin (PHS) def. Hurst (SPH) 11-4

Next meet -- Next up for the Eagles is the WCC meet on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Cloverdale.

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