Thursday, February 1, 2007

Plymouth gets ‘Penn-ed’;
CMA falls to Mishawaka

Staff Report

SOUTH BEND — At the South Bend Clay Team Regional competition last night, the Plymouth Rockies ran into some stiff competition, while the CMA Eagles faced an even tougher opponent.

In the first match of the night, the Mishawaka Cavemen defeated the Eagles 48-15. In the loss, the Eagles’ 130-pound wrestler, Roman Clark, pinned Mishawaka’s Anthony Lewis with 30 seconds remaining in the third period. Along with that victory, CMA also won via decisions by Josh Workman (140), Garrett James (145) and Branden James (160).

Following CMA’s loss, the Rockies then took the mat against the Penn Kingsmen, losing 52-9. Plymouth received three victories by decision in the match, those coming from James Letsinger (125), Bryce Sheehan (145) and an 8-6 overtime win by Derrick White at 160.

In the third match, the Cavemen dominated the Kingsmen, winning 47-9. With the regional win, the Cavemen now advance to the Rochester Semistate on Feb. 7, where they will face Lafayette Jefferson.

Though their teams lost last night, many Plymouth and CMA wrestlers will now compete at the individual regional competition at 9 a.m. on Saturday, also being held at Clay. Among the Plymouth wrestlers at the individual competition will be: Chase Lewandowski (112), Chuck Holmquest (119), Letsinger (125), Andy Hacha (130), Zach Naas (140), Sheehan (145), David Read (152), White (160), John Popi (171), Bradley (189), Drew Flora (215) and Justin Deurloo (285). Wrestlers representing CMA at the individual competition will be: Devin Vass (103), Alex Canacci (119), Daniel Young (125), Clark (130), Kevin Dobbyn (135), Workman (140), G. James (145), Brock Reynolds (152), B. James (160) and Robert Barbe (171).

MISHAWAKA 48, CMA 15
At South Bend Clay
Team Regional — Match 1
103: Paul Beck (M) def. Devin Vass (C) 4-1; 112: Adam Guerra (M) tech. fall Trace Ostergren (C) 22-7; 119: Josh Harper (M) maj. dec. Alex Canacci (C) 16-0; 125: Nick Wiesjahn (M) def. Dan Young (C) 10-6; 130: Roman Clark (C) pinned Anthony Lewis (M) 5:30; 135: Steven Sandefer (M) pinned Kevin Dobbyn (C) 1:11; 140: Josh Workman (C) def. Joey Smith (M) 6-3; 145: Garrett James (C) def. Brandon Merisch (M) 10-3; 152: Caleb Norville (M) maj. dec. Brock Reynolds (C) 21-6; 160: Branden James (C) def. Kurt Cauffman (M) 9-7; 171: Dustin Boyd (M) def. Robert Barbe (C) 7-2; 189: Ian Hinton (M) wins by forfeit; 215: David Balentine (M) wins by forfeit; 285: Randy Morin (M) wins by forfeit.

PENN 52, PLYMOUTH 9
At South Bend Clay
Team Regional — Match 2
103: Mike Witous (Penn) wins by forfeit; 112: Chris Tanner (Penn) pinned Chase Lewandowski (Ply) 1:50; 119: Trenton Reinoehl (Penn) def. Chuck Holmquest (Ply) 5-0; 125: James Letsinger (Ply) def. Josh Levan (Penn) 5-2; 130: Travis Swihart (Penn) def. Andy Hacha (Ply) 5-3; 135: Jimmy Nagle (Penn) pinned Sam Tomasik (Ply) 3:27; 140: Tom Petko (Penn) pinned Zach Naas (Ply) 3:27; 145: Bryce Sheehan (Ply) def. Matt Medow (Penn) 9-2; 152: Josh Patterson (Penn) def. Tyler Humphrey (Ply) 4-0; 160: Derrick White (Ply) def. Alex Lee (Penn) 8-6 OT; 171: Cole Kronewitter (Penn) def. John Popi (Ply) 4-3; 189: Adam Penn (Penn) maj. dec. Jon Bradley (Ply) 15-3; 215: Jerimiah Maggart (Penn) pinned Drew Flora (Ply) 1:17; 285: Andy Ginter (Penn) pinned Justin Deurloo (Ply) 1:38.