ATHENS PINS DOWN WINS OVER NP-LIBERTY, WILLIAMSON
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | February 4, 2021 | Photo courtesy David Alliger
ATHENS — Athens picked up a forfeit-filled 57-9 victory over North
Penn-Liberty here Thursday night in NTL wrestling action, then used a
flurry of falls to pin down a 45-30 win over Williamson.
Athens 57, North Penn-Liberty 9
The Wildcats rode nine forfeits to a 57-9 win over North Penn-Liberty in their first match of the night.
Rude
gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead with an 8-1 decision over Gavin Sexauer at
160 pounds, but NP-L’s Kohen Lehman topped Stafursky, 7-2, at 172
pounds to tie the match at 3-3.
Rosh received a forfeit at 189 to
give Athens a 9-3 lead, and after neither team sent a wrestler to the
mat at 215, Wildcat freshman Josh Nittinger had his hand received for
six free points to make it 15-3.
NP-L received a forfeit at 106,
but the Wildcats took forfeits in the final seven weight classes —
Bradley (113), Kyler Setzer (120), Courtney (126), Gavin McGrath (132),
Kaden Setzer (138), Fornes (145), and Bathgate (152) — to provide the
final margin.
Athens 45, Williamson 30
Athens won six
bouts in a row, including five by fall, to take a commanding lead early
en route to a 45-30 win over Williamson for its second win of the night.
After
the Warriors notched a fall at 132 pounds, Athens junior Kaden Setzer
started a Wildcat pin parade with a 17-second fall of Aidric Passerallo
to tie the match at 6-6.
Junior Lucas Forbes and sophomore Chris
Bathgate followed it up with back-to-back pins in 55 seconds, at 145 and
152 pounds, respectively, to give Athens an 18-6 lead.
After a
forfeit to junior Karter Rude, senior Zach Stafursky registered a fall
over Jacob Puffer in 50 seconds at 172 pounds, and junior Colin Rosh
decked Ian Bump in 1:25 at 189 pounds to make it 36-6.
The
Warriors won the next three weight classes, with a pair of forfeits
sandwiched around 285-pound standout Kade Sottolano’s first-period fall,
to trim the Athens lead to 36-24.
Junior Gavin Bradley, now 20-0, sealed the Athens win with a 14-second pin of Chelsea Hungerford at 113 pounds to make it 42-24.
After
a Williamson pin at 120 pounds, sophomore Jake Courtney closed out the
match with a 12-6 decision of Ayden Sprague at 126 pounds.
Athens, now 12-6, returns to action Saturday at the Line Mountain Duals.
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