Gordon Lee pins down victories on the road
The Lafayette Ramblers wrestling team celebrated Senior Night on Thursday with a tri-match against local rivals Gordon Lee and LFO. Lafayette would come up with the victory over the Warriors, but they were unable to get past the Trojans, who also defeated LFO to sweep the night.
Lafayette 54, LFO 24
The Ramblers got pins from
Levi Ledford (138 pounds), Carson Lanier (152) and Karson Ledford (160) in the victory over the Warriors. Jacob Hamilton (113), Matthew Salvador (120), Trevor Mestrez (126), Avery Sullivan ( 132), Hunter Deal ( 170) and Caleb Zwiger (182) all earned victories by forfeit.
The lone pin for LFO came from Nick Kapherr (145), while Kendall Chumley (106), Tyler Frady (220) and Taylor Frady (285) all received forfeits.
There was a double forfeit at 195.
Gordon Lee 57, LFO 12
The Trojans rolled to another victory on the strength of pins by Tomy Duke (138), Penn Askew (145), Wyatt Mcdonald (160) and Montgomery Kephart (170).
Justin Cruse (220) won a hardfought 3-2 decision, while Makaden Martin (106), Connor Fine (120), Zane Murdock (132), Nathaniel Hunley (152) and Timy Duke (195) all won by forfeit.
The Warriors got six-point pins from Chumley (113) and Taylor Frady (285) and there were double forfeits at 126 and 182.
Gordon Lee 51, Lafayette 30
The final match of the night saw the Trojans pick up pinfall victories from Fine (120), Askew (138), Tomy Duke (145) and Hunley (152). Martin (106), Timy Duke (195), Cruse (220) and Gabe Lowe (285) all won by forfeit and Kephart (170) scored a tough 5-2 decision.
The Ramblers’ points came on pins from Hamilton (113), Sullivan (132) and Ledford (160) and forfeit victories by Mestrez (126) and Zwiger (182).
Gordon Lee had been scheduled to wrestling in a tournament at Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga on Saturday, but that tournament was cancelled due to COVID concerns.
Ramblers claim two champions
The Mat Ramblers finished with a pair of champions at the Gorilla
Warfare VII Tournament at Berkmar High School on Saturday.
Sullivan (132 pounds) finished the tournament 3-0. He received a bye in his openinground match before pinning Gavin Bates of Social Circle in 1:12 in the semifinals. In Saturday’s final, he needed just 1:37 to pin William Mason of Carrollton.
Ledford (160) also went 3-0 for the Ramblers. After he received a first-round bye on Friday, Ledford pinned Richard Hollingsworth of Carrollton in 1:40 to advance to the final, where he took the same amount of time to pin James Eldridge of Social Circle.
Two other Rambler wrestlers competed in the consolation bracket on Saturday. Deal pinned three opponents before finishing fourth at 170, while Jonah Neal (145) lost his first match on Saturday and was eliminated one match short of the medal round.
Lafayette finished with 92 points and was just 6.5 points out of the top five.
Social Circle won the tournament with 254 points. Cass (229.5) was second and South Gwinnett (140) was a distant third.
Mestrez (126) and Lanier (152) both finished 1-2, while Hamilton (113), Drew Dean (138), Mason Thompson (145) and Zwiger (182) were also eliminated on the first day.