BLHS WRESTLING: Perfect league record puts Spartans on top
Published 12:34 pm Monday, January 17, 2011
Sumner High wrestling coach Matthew Harshman and his mostly inexperienced crew of wrestlers found themselves undefeated in South Puget Sound League 2A action after sideswiping the Eatonville Cruisers 43-32 Thursday.
Against a heralded EHS bunch, Sumner pulled out to an early 12-0 advantage as 171-pounder Miles Grant gleaned a victory via the forfeit and 189-pounder Drew Casey pinned his challenger in the first round.
But Eatonville rebounded to knot the score as Sumner’s Sean Bowels was pinned with four ticks of the clock remaining in his match and Eatonville accrued a six point forfeit in the heavyweight classification.
Freshman 103-pounder Travis Filleau dispatched his opponent with a second round pin and Spartan 112-pounder Anthony Martin earned a 10-7 decision, but that would be the last of the back-to-back happy endings for Sumner, as Eatonville stubbornly began to dig in its heels.
In the ensuing eight remaining matches, Sumner won half. At 125 pounds Marcus Forhan recorded a 15-5 major decision, while at 135 pounds Jeremy Jackson tabulated a pin at the 4:45 juncture.
At 145 pounds, captain Tyler Hidalgo won by forfeit and 160-pounder Matthew Wilson buried his foe’s shoulder blades into the mat at the midway point of the second round to ensure the win and keep the Spartans’ league mark perfect.
Sumner High didn’t have long to savor its league conquest over Eatonville though, hosting a nonleague match against Sumner School District rival Bonney Lake High and falling 59-9 to the Class 3A Panthers.
The solitary Sumner High victor was 135-pounder Jackson, who managed to pin his Panther foe in 3 minutes, 57 seconds.
The teams staged a double forfeit at 285 pounds.
Sumner had a full dance card on the week as it also participated in the Auburn Mountainview Tournament of Champions Saturday, where Hidalgo placed second at 145 pounds.
Additionally, Spartan 152-pounder Jared Schliesman took home fifth-place honors.
