Heritage takes down Lafayette on Senior Night
Lafayette head coach Ethan Thompson, a member of the only Heritage wrestling team to win a state title (Class AAA Traditional, 2012), brought his Ramblers to Boynton this past Thursday night looking to spoil Senior Night for the Mat Generals.
However, an inspired Heritage squad rose to the challenge and rolled to a 62-11 victory over the Ramblers in a battle of recent State Duals participants.
Heritage went ahead 12-0 on pins from Tate Thomas (106 pounds) and Kaden Taylor (113). Eli Hudson (120) got Lafayette on the board with three points by winning his match via minor decision.
The Navy-and-red responded with pins from Will Smith (126) and Landon Albright (132), before Drew Dietz 138 rallied for a 6-4, sudden victory win to give his team a 27-3 lead. Victor Johnson (144) and Jaden Walker (150) both followed up with pins and the Generals had a commanding 39-3 lead with just six bouts remaining.
Levi Ledford tried to get something going for the Ramblers with a pin at 157, but Alex Grayson answered with a pin for Heritage at 165 and Skylar Grant was awarded a forfeit at 175 as the home team increased its lead to 51-9.
The final win for Lafayette came at 190 as Nicholas Cigalina gutted out a minor decision. Evan Wingrove (215) picked up a technical fall for Heritage and D.J. Smith (285) was awarded a forfeit to account for the final six points for the Generals. The Ramblers were also docked one team point for an unsportsmanlike penalty.
Lafayette and the rest of 6-AAA will take part in the area traditional tournament at Coahulla Creek High School this Saturday, while Heritage will battle with the rest of 7-AAAA at Sonoraville that same day.
LFO GOES 1-1 IN DALTON
Last Tuesday night at Southeast Whitfield, the Warriors dropped a narrow 41-39 loss to the host
with a close victory.
LFO (12-9, 9-1) trailed by a point after the first quarter, but forged a 30-25 advantage by halftime.
They led by eight going into the fourth quarter before holding off Bremen (2-15, 0-10) down the stretch.
Brent Bowman and Amari Burnett had 13 points apiece in a balanced scoring night for the Red-and-white. Darian Keefe scored 12 and Bryce Brock added 10. Jared Mitchell finished with eight and Jayden Dover dropped in three.