Lafayette, Gordon Lee battle tough mat competition
The Lafayette Ramblers opened last week by extending their season-opening dual match winning streak to nine with four wins at Gordon Lee on Tuesday, but saw it come to an end one day later as they finished 2-2 in a five-team dual at East Ridge High School.
On Tuesday, Lafayette collected its wins against Murray County (48-36), Mt. Zion-carroll (60-18), Gordon Lee (52-18) and Southeast Whitfield (57-22).
Avery Sullivan went 4-0 with four pins on the afternoon. Jake Price and Matthew Wallin were both 4-0 with three pins. Brady Beard was 4-0 with two pins, one forfeit and one major decision. Carson Lanier was 4-0 with a pin and three forfeits, while Karson Ledford went 3-0 with three pins.
Hunter Deal went 3-1 with three pins. Cyrek Jones and Zach Price were both 3-1 with two pins. Hector Velez was 3-1 with one pin, while Jacob Zwiger was 2-1 with one pin.
At East Ridge, the Ramblers lost to Dalton (42-30) and traditional Tennessee power Soddy-daisy (38-30), but defeated East Hamilton (48-29) and hammered the host Pioneers (72-3).
Wallin went 4-0 on the day with four pins. Deal, Zwiger, Beard and David Patterson each went 3-1. Zwiger had three pins. Beard and Patterson finished with two pins, while Deal had one pin.
Velez, Sullivan, Lanier, Jake Price and Zach Price all went 2-2 on the day, while J.J. Muder was 1-1. Ledford, Keegan Johns and Damian Brown each went 1-0 with Brown and Ledford scoring pins.
Lafayette is scheduled to hit the mats again on Thursday (Nov. 29) as they join Model for a tri-match at Armuchee. They will head to Cedartown on Saturday for the Cedartown Duals.
The loss to the Ramblers was Gordon Lee’s only loss of the day on Tuesday as they defeated Mt. Zion (51- 24), Southeast Whitfield (48-30) and Murray County (40-39).
Hunter Burnette, Bryce James and Avery Geer were all 4-0 for the Trojans. Penn Askew went 3-1, while Logan Butler was 2-1.
Gordon Lee was slated to be back at home this Tuesday (Nov. 27) for a home tri-meet versus LFO and Whitefield Academy. On Saturday, they will participate in the Ooltewah Invitational.