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3-11-2010

New Personal Career Records Reached

Two of our four year starters, Kurt and Cody Stephens, have made an impact on the Career Records standings. The Career and Individual Records, displayed on the Historical Records web page, will not be updated for a while. I usually get to them by mid summer.

It typically takes 4 years of steady varsity starting to make an impact on our Career Records. That is what Kurt and Cody have achieved in their 4 years at Saint.

Kurt Stephens has broken the #1 career pin record set by Drew Forshey in 2003. He passed Jonathan Troutman's 2nd place record set in 2005 for the most team points. He also passed Jonathan Troutman's 2nd place record set in 2005 for the most wins. Kurt moved into 7th place in takedowns, passing Josh Triplett's record set in 2002.

Cody Stephens moved ahead of the 11th placed pin record of Brandon Sisk set in 2003. He passed Travis Paaps 5th place 2008 record for team points. He also passsed Travis Paap's 7th place record for most wins. Cody moved into 9th place over Adam Hoffman's 2001 record for career takedowns.

Congratulations to Kurt and Cody on their record achieving career.
Our thanks go out to Stephens family for their four boys and
12 years of varsity effort for Saint Wrestling.
Chad Stephens, Kyle Stephens, Kurt Stephens, and Cody Stephens.

3-05-2010

Saint Finishes Year In Very Good Standings

Saint won 2nd Place in the 3A Western Regionals, sending 6 wrestlers to the State Individual Finals. Kurt Stephens won is fouth West Regional Championship to finish out his last home appearance in the St. Stephens Gym.

Bradley Bader at 103 placed 4th in the Regional and went on to gain a 6th place medal in the State tournament.

Ray Farnsworth at 112 won the Regional championship and gained 2nd place at the State tournament.

Cody Stephens at 125 place 2nd at the Regional and gained 2nd place at the State tournament.

Kurt Stephens at 130 won his 4th Regional Championship and went on to take 5th place at the State tournament.

Alex Pollard at 135 placed 4th in the Regional and finished his Junior year as a State Qualifier.

Jon Holloway at 160 placed 2nd in the Regional and finished his Junior year as a State Qualifier.

Saint placed 6th overall in the team standings at the State Tournament with 64 points.

Other wrestlers contributing team points for Saint's 2nd place finish in the 3A West Regional were Senior Evan Payne @ 119, Sophomore Ian Martin @ 140, Junior Dillon Lail @ 152, and Senior Kyle Stringfield @ 215

2-04-2010

Saint Defeats Foard 33-21 for Conference 3A #1 Seed
Saint Falls to Alexander Central 36-39 for 3-Way Conference Tie
Kurt Stephens Wins 175

It was a night of exciting finishes as the Northwestern 4a-3a Conference held its final dual team matches at Alexander Central.

Saint fell behind Foard 0-12 before senior Kyle Stringfield at 215 made a 3rd period comeback to gain 3 points for the Tribe. Foard once again pushed their lead out to 3-18 before the Tribe could get reved up to make a run for the 3a crown of this split 4a-3a conference.

Bradley Bader, Jesse Hudson, and Evan Payne won three straight decisions for the Tribe and cut into the Foard lead 11-18. Cody and Kurt Stephens pushed out the Saint lead with two consecutive pins to 23-18. Alex Pollard and Ian Martin pushed the Saint lead out farther with two decisions 27-18.

Jonn-Marc Stevenson sealed the match for the Tribe with a pin at 145.

Saint could not keep the streak going in the Alexander match up. Down 2-18 early in the match, Saint started another run with Blake Rogers and Bradley Bader getting pins in the light weight divisions. Evan Payne won by major decision with Cody and Kurt Stephens getting pins in the next 3 matches. Ian Martin pinned for the last score of the night for Saint. Alexander Central rallied to pull out a 36-39 win.

Saint earned the #1 seed position for the 3a division out of this conference and will be in the State Duals on Tuesday 2-9-2010.

Congratulations to Kurt Stephens who reached the 175 career win milestone at Saint in this match.
Kurt pinned his Alexander Central opponent to reach this milestone.

1-25-2010

Saint Defeats Hibriten 45-28

It was a testy night of wrestling for the Tribe. There were several hard fought matches, but the Tribe prevailed on the night's match up with 3a conference opponent Hibriten.

The Tribe got out to a 39-9 lead after nine matches by getting 5 pins. Pinning for the Tribe were Evan Payne 0:38, Cody Stephens 1:38, Jonn-Marc Stevenson 2:12, Dillon Lail 0:31, and Jon Holloway 1:04.

Ray Farnsworth score a 15-0 tecfall, and Ian Martin scored a 12-2 major decision.

Hibriten gained 19 points in the heavy weight classifications. Corey Seabock and Dale Huffman wrestled great matches against their opponents and together only gave up 7 team points. This kept the Panthers back from making a stronger come back.

Bradley Bader finished the match for the Tribe with a 1:24 pin at 103 to finish the scoring at 25-28.

Our next home match is the 3a title match in this Northwestern 4a-3a conference.
A win over the much improved Foard team will put us into the state duals.
It is also Senior Night
Please bring all the support you can to the match this Friday night 1-29-2010.

01-24-201

Saint Defeats South Caldwell 45-27

Saint won its' third conference match Friday in a "fight them off to the end" battle. South has a great young squad of wrestlers. Saint won the first six matches, 5 by pins and one by decision. Pinning early for Saint were Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, Alex Pollard, Jonn-Marc Stevenson, and Dillon Lail. Ian Matin won at 140 with a 11-5 decision. This made the score 33-0

South then won 2 decisions and 3 pins mouting a comeback that pulled them to 33-24. Bradley Bader at 103 added one more pin for the Tribe to push the score to 39-24. Ray Farnsworth was awarded a forfeit for the Tribe. 45-27. Saint lost in the final match by decison to finish the scoring 45-27.

This is a critical week for the Tribe as we face off againt 3a conference opponents Hibriten and Foard. They are "must wins" in order to be selected to the State Duals. We will wrestle both schools at our gym. Hibriten on Tuesday 1-26-2010 and Foard Friday 1-29-2010. Starting time will be 6:30 for prelims.

We need your support for the home town advantage. Please make plans to attend this week with your friends and family.

01-19-2010

Saint Takes Win at Watauga 72-3

Saint took the win at Watauga as the Pioneers could not hold off the Tribe line up. Already giving up six forfeits before the match started, Watuaga would have to win big with their remaining 8 starters.

The dual meet was already over after the first match of the night as the Tribe's Dale Huffman pinned his opponent in 1:43. Along with the upcoming forfeits this pushed the actual lead to 42-0 after the first match.

Bradley Bader put the match out of reach for Watauga with a 1:52 pin in the 103 match.

Pinning for the Tribe tonight were Dale Huffman, Bradley Bader, Ray Farnsworth, and Dillon Lail. Jesse Hudson provided a techfall in a 17-1 win at 112. Ian Martin worked a major decision at 140. Corey Seabock won a 7-2 decision at 171.

Congratulations to Ian Martin who reached the 25 career win milestone at Saint in this match.
Ian won a major decision at 12-2 to reach is level.

The win gives Saint a 2-0 conference record going into Friday's with South Caldwell.

01-18-2010

Saint Fall to Mooresville
Wins Against Lincolnton

Saint mounted a comeback late in the match, but could not make up for early match pins in a 2 point loss to Mooresville. Mooresville 38 Saint 36.

Pinning for Saint: Evan Payne, Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, Dillon Lail. Ian Martin and Jon Holloway won decisions. Ray Farnsworth received a forfeit.

Saint and Mooresville split the wins 7-7.

Saint rolled past Lincolnton with a 67-12 win.

Pins for Saint were: Blake Rogers, Ray Farnsworth, Evan Payne, Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, Tyler Maltba, Jonn-Marc Stevenson, Dillon Lail, and Kyle Stringfield. Ian Martin won by techfall 17-1, as did Jon Holloway 21-5. Dale Huffman won by decision.

01-12-2010

Saint Defeats Hickory

It was a night of wins for the Tribe as the struggling Hickory wrestling program could not score a point. Hickory gave up 8 forfeits and the Tribe pinned all the contested weight classes.

Pinning for the Tribe were Ian Martin in 4:45, Jonn-Marc Stevenson in 2:18, Dillon Lail in 1:20, Jon Holloway in 2:44, and Corey Seabock in 1:35.

01-09-2010

Saint Wins Burns Dual Team Championship

The Tribe advanced its season dual record to 19-3 with 4 wins at Burns's this weekend. While the scores indicate large wins for the Tribe, there were many exciting matches during the day's event. By the end of the day, Saint won 48 match ups and only lost 8 matches during the tournament.

Saint 66 Burns 6
The Tribe sealed this win by rolling with 8 pins. Ray Farnsworth, Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, Alex Pollard, Ian Martin, Jon Holloway, Dale Huffman, and Kyle Stringfield.

Ray had the fastest pin in the match in 0:07. Cody pinned in 0:36 and Kurt pinned in 0:41.

Kyle Stringfield made his first appearance on a varsity match this year. He started off right with a 1:31 first period win.

Alex Pollard and Ian Martin both had 1st period pins.

Jon Holloway and Dale Huffman had 2nd period pins.

Evan Payne and Dillon Lail both won hard fought decisions. Evan won 10-3 and Dillon won 13-9.

Saint 84 Thomas Jefferson Academy 0
Jefferson is a first year team with only 8 wrestlers. We pinned all eight. Jefferson has a good staff of coaches and they should have a growing program as time goes by. Their kids and coaching staff are commended for their effort in getting their team up and going.

Saint 76 Chase 6
Pinning for the Tribe was Evan Payne, Alex Pollard, Dillon Lail, Jon Holloway, Dale Huffman, and Blake Gutberlet.

Alex had the fastest pin in 0:40.

Bradley Bader won a major decision at 103 with a 12-4 win.

Congratulations to Ray Farnsworth who reached the 125 career win milestone this past weekend and added to his record to 126 wins.
Ray received a forfeit from Chase to reach 125.

Saint 47 RS Central 23
Regardless of the score, Rich Cox's Hilltoppers will battle you to the end.

Pinning for the Tribe was Bradley Bader, Ray Farnsworth, Kurt Stephens, and Blake Gutberlet. Bradley had the fastest pin in 0:12.

Jon Holloway won a 16-0 techfall at 160.

We won 3 major decisions. Cody Stephen won 10-1, Alex Pollard won 18-6, and Dillon Lail won 16-6.

Congratulations to Jon Holloway who reached the 25 career win milestone this past weekend.
Jon won a 16-0 techfall win over RS Central to reach 25.

Congratulations to Dillon Lail who reached the 25 career win milestone this past weekend.
Dillon won a 16-6 major decision win over RS Central to reach 25.

Saint JV Squad Top Team at Alexander Central JV Tournament

Our JV squad wrestled in the Alexander Central JV Tournament this weekend and won the team championship.

1st Place Champions:
Hunter Schronce at 127
Tyler Maltba at 132
Jeff Ellis at 147

2nd Place Runner Up:
Blake Rogers at 105
Jared Renner at 137

3rd Place Consolation Champions:
Brandon Gibbs at 142
Warren Boyette at 154
Dillon Lominac at 215
Petey Nehls at 285

Little Indian Outback Meal Tickets

Folks will still have plenty of Outback Meal tickets to sell. Please, we need your help to sell these tickets. All the money goes to the program for the wrestlers and new equipment. If you can help see these tickets, please call Nancy at 465-4851

01-03-2010

Saint takes Second at RS Central Duals

Saint 60 - Gaffney SC 12
Getting 9 pins in the match, Saint moved quickly in the first round of the tornament. Bradley Bader pinnned in 0:22, Ray Farnsworth pinned in 0:29, Cody Stephens pinned in 0:25, Kurt Stephens pinned in 0:24. Dillon Lominac made his first appearance in the varsity line up and received a forfeit at 215.

Congratulations to Alex Pollard who reached the 75 career win milestone this past weekend and added to his record to 78 wins.
Alex received a forfeit from Gaffney to reach 75.

Saint 72 - Chase 9
Saint had 12 pins in the match and rolled quickly through the line up. Alex Pollard had the fastest pin of the match with a 0:19 pin.

Saint 60 - West Henderson 18
Ray Farnsworth had the fastest pin of 0:28. The win against West Henderson gave Saint the number one ranking out of the pool. We now went against the number 2 placer in the other pool, RS Central.

Saint 51 - RS Central 21
Kurt Stephens had the fastest pin of 0:37.

Congratulations to Cody Stephens who reached the 125 career win milestone this past weekend.
Cody pinned Evan boggs of RS Central for his 125 win.

Congratulations to Bradley Bader who reached the 25 career win milestone this past weekend and moved ahead to 26 by the end of the day.
Bradley pinned Adam Van Wormer of RS Central for his 25th win.

Parkland 64 - Saint 12
Same result different day. Parkland proved their power again. Bradley Bader won a pin in 0:29 and Ray Farnsworth was awarded a forfeit for the 12 points for Saint. The rest is the same old story.

Overall we had a very productive day.

12-23-2009

Saint Places 2nd at Cary

St. Stephens should be proud of an outstanding performance by the entire team at the Sgt. Adams Memorial Tournament. Nine wrestlers placed in the top six in this tounament. The team finish in second behind the home team Cary. We finished ahead of West Lincoln, who took third. "Lesson still learned."

Cody Stephens was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament with a 5-4 decision over Ben Creed of Cary in the 125 lb final. Cody was behind 3-4 and scrambled for a reversal to clinch the win.

Saint had 3 champions: Ray Farnsworth @ 112, Cody Stephens @ 125, and Kurt Stephens @ 130.

Saint's Ian Martin finished 2nd in the tournament at 140.

Bradley Bader @ 103 finished 3rd.

Saint had 4 wrestlers to finish 4th. Evan Payne @ 119, Dillon Lail @ 152, and Jon Holloway @ 160.

Congratulations to Evan Payne for passing the 50 career milestone.
His wins at Cary pushed his career win record to 53.

Jonn-Marc Stevenson finsihed 5th @ 145.

12-15-2009

Saint 67 Maiden 9

Saint rolled on the night against Maiden with 7 pins and two techfalls.

The highlight match of the evening was with the big boys at 285. Our freshman Blake Gutberlet was in a tight match up to the waning moments of the third period. Blake as ahead after the 2nd period 3-0 with and escape and a takedown. Maiden's heavyweight took down in the third and quickly scored and escape to tighten the score 3-1.

Now is when the excitement begins. Blake scores a takedown to go 5-1, but Maiden reverses Blake to pull to 5-3. You know how heavy weight matches go. First "mid-section" on top will seal the match. Blake is down with Maiden pressuring the half nelson and time running down. Blake hits a scrambling roll that sends Maiden to his hip. Blake sees his opportunity and crashed this mid-section down on his opponent for a reversal and locks in a 3point nearfall to finish the match. Great Job by Blake to finish the match. Great Job by Heavy Weight Coach Eric Isenhour teaching and demonstrating how to crash down the "mid-section".

Pinning for the Tribe were:
Bradley Bader @ 112 in 1:29
Evan Payne @ 119 in 3:19
Cody Stephens @ 125 in 0:22
Kurt Stephens @ 130 in 0:39
Jonn-Marc Stevenson @ 145 in 3:57
Jon Hollow @ 171 in 3:28
Dale Huffman @ 215 in 4:37

Techfalls
Ian Martin @ 140 in 18-1
Jeff Ellis @ 152 in 18-2

12-14-2009

Saint Finishes 10th at Morehead Individual Tournament

A young Tribe of wrestler took to the mat this weekend at Morehead HS this weekend. We came out of the tournament in 10th place with 88.5 points. Six of our wrestlers placed in the tournament. There were 19 high schools represented at this tournament.

The top placers for the Tribe were Ray Farnsworth taking 1st at 112 and Hunter Schronce finishing in 2nd at 125.

Ray was the number one seed in 112. He validated his seed by qickly going through the competition and pinning his opponent in the final match in 0:43.

Hunter Schronce, in his first ever varsity tournament, advance through the first two rounds with a major decision and a decision. He SHOCKED the crowd in the semifinal match with a third period pin over the number one seed in his weight class. His Dad wanted to run out on the mat to hug his son, but could not leave his wife who had passed out and was blocking the bleacher stairway.It was an exciting win for one of our up and coming wrestlers. Hunter lost in the finals to take second.

Evan Payne at 119 placed 5th.
Alex Pollard at 130 placed 5th.
Ian Martin at 135 placed 6th.
Jonn-Marc Stevenson at 145 place 6th.

12-08-2009

Saint's Next Wave Dominates Over East Burke 55-18

A lot of injuries and sickness has sidelined many of the starting line up wrestler tonight. One other crippling effect on the lineup was a Chorus Hoe Down. We are a sophisticated bunch as you may know.

We had 5 starters out of the line up. What to do? What to do? The Answer: Reload with the Next Wave. Additional underclassmen have been waiting in the wings to join the other first time starters in the line up.The Result: Excellent! Blake Rogers @ 103, Hunter Schronce @ 125, Jonn-Marc Stevenson @ 145 joined the mostly underclassmen line up and came home with a 55-18 win.

We forfeited at 119 to start down in the match 0-6.

Sophomore Hunter Schronce started in his first ever varsity match at 125. It didn’t take but 1:42 for this tightly wound spring to get unsprunged. A quick first take down by Hunter and an over enthusiastic wallowing let his opponent quickly escape.Slow down Hunter! Well that did not happened. Another quick shot by Hyper Hunter. Not only did he score the take down, but took his opponent to his back for a pinning combination. (Yes Mom, he put the legs in. Looks like some experience has paid off). Saint 6 EB 6.

Kurt Stephens kept the momentum going at 130 with a second period pin at 2:46.His opponent did not score a point in the match. Saint 12 EB 6.

Alex Pollard @ 135 was award a forfeit at 135. Saint 18 EB 6.

Ian Martin at 140, part of the Next Wave, washed over his opponent with a pin in 1:00. Saint 24 EB 6

Jonn-Marc Stevenson, a Junior and part of the Next Wave, stepped in at 145. In his 3^rd start of the year, Jonn-Marc masterfully wrestled his opponent to a major decision at 15-4. It was a great effort from Jonn-Marc as his control made it look effortless in his win. Great Job. Saint 28 EB 6.

Dillon Lail, first year starter and part of the Next Wave, “drowned” his opponent with three take downs and a 4 point nearfall. It ended in a 12-3 match that gave Dillon a 4 point major decision. Saint 32 EB 6.

Jon Holloway, Next Wave Red Python, techfalled his match with a 17-2 score. Saint 37 EB 6

Saint lost at 171, but it was a gutsy effort by Corey Seabock to last to the second period. Saint 37 EB 12

Dale Huffman, Next Wave 189, pinned his opponent in 3:23. Dale rolled his opponent to a pin after fighting off his own back. I think it was the new high tec head gear Dale was wearing that won the match. The new “look out the back way to see if they are in front of you” head gear. It’s all the new rage in wrestling. Saint 43 EB 12.

Coley Self lost at 215 after getting caught in a quick move by his opponent. Saint 43 EB 18.

There was a double forfeit at 285.

Freshman Blake Rogers took the forfeit at 103 as well as Ray Farnsworth at 112. Saint 55 EB 18.

It was a pleasure watch our newer starters perform at this level. Several of them took advantage of their opportunity to show the Coach Baker that they are ready to go to the next level.

12-05-2009

Saint Wins 3rd Straight Indian Classic

Saint stretches its historical win streak to 3 straight Indian Classic Titles. Last year was the first time ever that Saint had won its own tournament twice in a row. With 6 first place finishers, 1 second place, and 3 third place finishers, the Tribe dominated or was in the hunt on 10 of the 14 weight classes. All the results can be viewed on our Indian Classic web page. Saint out scored second place Newton-Conover 193 to 149.5.

First Place finishers for Saint were:

103 Bradley Bader with 16 points, our HDR Sports front page poster wrestler. See Sunday's edition
112 Ray Farnsworth with 20 points
125 Cody Stephens with 22 points
135 Alex Pollard with 24 points
140 Ian Martin with 22 points
145 Gunnar McDowell with 23 points.

Second Place finisher:

130: Kurt Stephens with 16 points

Third Place finishers:

119: Evan Payne with 14 points
160: Jon Holloway with 12 points
189: Dale Huffman with 14 points

Also scoring points for the Tribe was 152 Dillon Lail with 4 points, 171 Corey Seabock with 3 points, and 215 Mason Vanderwork with 3 points.

See Sunday's edition of the Hickory Daily Record for the article on the Indian Classic. Coach Baker's picture is proudly displayed on page 4 of the sports section. The mullet and pencil thin mustache is gone, but you can still recognize him. I'm surprized they didn't use the photo of him in his Happy Appy Wrestling Singlet. Congratulations to the team and Coach Baker for another memorial Indian Classic win.

12-03-2009

Alumni News: Steven Rink

Click on the link below to see how Steven is doing in college wrestling. Steven graduated from St. Stephens last year.

http://www.lindseyathletics.com/article/1963.php

12-01-2009

Saint Outlast Ashbrook 41-26

Tonight's match came down to the last three weight classes before the Tribe could close the door on Ashbrook. Winning 8 of the 14 matches, the Tribe just could not pull away from the determined Ashbrook lineup until the end.

Alex Pollard @ 135 started the night in a big way with at major decision of 13-3. Despite the score, this was a scrappy match. Alex found a way to come out on top in the scrambles. Alex executed a masterful high lift to a takedown during the match. His execution excited the crowd. His win got the Tribe off to a good start with a 4 points win.

Ashbrook fought back at 140 to pull out a 5-3 win in the third period. Tribe 4 Ashbrook 3.

Ian Martin @ 145 demonstrated excellent positioning and body control in his match. The score was 0-0 after two exhaustive periods of hard fought attacking and counter-attack wrestling from both wrestlers. Ian took down in the third and scored the matches first point with an escape. Ian quickly scored a take down and executed a tilt for 2 points near fall to go up 5-0 in late in the third period. His opponent scored and escape, but time ran out before a comeback effort could affect the score. Ian won 5-1. This was a solid performance by Ian. Tribe 7 Ashbrook 3.

Ashbrook scored a defensive pin in the next weight class and pushed ahead to a 7-9 lead.

Dillon Lail @ 160 scrambled his way to a 9-5 lead through the second period of his match. After several flurries from both wrestlers in the third, Dillon executed his most lethal take down move and placed his opponent in a pinning combination for the win and the lead to the Tribe. The coaches’ corner knew the move was coming because we read the telegraph. Tribe 13 Ashbrook 9.

Jon Holloway, the "Red Python", at 171, wrapped up his opponent and coiled around him to score numerous times to gain a major decision at 12-2. Some time was needed after the match to uncoil Jon's arms and legs from around his defeated opponent’s body. Tribe 17 Ashbrook 9. Animal Emergency Responders fee $75.00. Please buy more hoodies and t-shirts to support our team.

Dale Huffman and Mason Vanderwork fought two tough matches at 189 and 215. Dale lost 8-13 and fought hard right up to the end. Mason battled to a 8-10 match before getting caught for a pin in the third. Ashbrook goes ahead 17-18.

After the Tribe received a forfeit at 285 and suffered a Tec fall at 103, Ashbrook pulled even with the Tribe 23-23.

The Tribe lost agiain in the 112 match by a 0-1 score. Bradley Bader battled right up to the end, but gave up and escape. It was a great match to watch. Tribe 23 Ashbrook 26.

By this time in the match, our younger least experienced wrestlers have done their job. Keep us close and do not give up many big pins. Ashbrook had won 6 of the match ups so far, Saint with only 5. We were trailing by 3 points.

Ray Farnsworth, our 2009 State Champion, pinned his opponent in 1:08 to put the Tribe ahead in the match with 2 matches to go. Tribe 29 Ashbrook 26.

Senior Evan "Major" Payne quickly pins in 0:31 and seals the win for the Tribe. Tribe 35 Ashbrook 26.

Senior Kurt Stephens was awarded a forfeit to close the scoring at Tribe 41 Ashbrook 26.

It is always a good feeling to have "hammers" waiting in the wings to close out a dual meet. Our 9 first time starters are commended for their efforts to battle hard and keep the match close. Great job by all.

The Tribe is now 9-2 in dual action. The 38th Annual Indian Classic, the longest running tournament in the state, will be this Saturday. Parents, please come and help us in anyway you can on Saturday.

11-25-2009

Saint Wins 4 But Falls to Davie in the Indian Duals

The Tribe got back to their winning ways in the 10th Annual Indian Duals with 4 wins over East Mecklenburg, Avery County, South Caldwell, and RS Central. The only loss on the day was to Davie County in a bar fight right up to the end. Saint lost the match 34-36.

Saints latest addition to the line up Sophomore Ian Martin went 4-1 on the day, including a pin and a 10-4 decision in the Davie match.

Saints record is now 8-2 going into December. We wrestle Ashbrook at home on Tuesday night and the the Indian Classic on Saturday.

11-23-2009

Saint Fall Short at Newton-Conover

Saint dropped a cliff hanger at Newton 36-37. Starting at weight class 140 and all the way to 103, the Tribe failed in 7 of 9 weight classes. Only Gunnar McDowell @152 and Jon Holloway @ 171 were able to break through in the scoring with a pin and a decision. With only five weight classes left in the match, the Tribe was behind 9-37.

The Tribe had to win out big in the last 5 weight classes to save the match. Bradley Bader @ 103 was awarded a forfeit to bring the Tribe closer at 15-37. Ray Farnsworth, Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, and Alex Pollard gathered 2 pins and 2 major decisions for the Tribe, but that only gave us a 36-37 lose.

11-21-2009

Saint Captures Three Wins at Patton Quad

The night started with a early match brawl with Patton, but finished with the Tribe pulling away big in all three matches. The young Tribe stretched its season opening win streak to 4-0.

Saint 57 Patton 24
The opening match of the night was with Patton at weight class 152. This would mean that Jeff Ellis at 145 would once again draw the last weight class for this match, same as the West Wilkes match from Tuesday night. The quote of the night came from Jeff Ellis, "Is that the only number the Refs can draw?". His concern of it coming down to him again looked possible given the way we started off the match. After the first 6 weight classes, we were trailing 12-24.

Only Gunnar McDowell and Dale Huffman were able to break the ice for the Tribe up through the heavier weight divisions. Patton fans had the momentum going for the Pathers and it looked like they were on a roll against the Tribe.

Our Jesse Hudson at 103 stopped the Patton run with a second period pin and closed the score to 18-24.

Bradley Bader at 112 hammered a quick pin in 0:58 seconds into the match to pull the Tribe even at 24-24.

The roll was on for the Tribe as our next six wrestlers won big with 5 pins and 1 major decision. Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, Alex Pollard, Kenny Dellinger, and the relieved Jeff Ellis reeled off 5 straight pins for the Tribe to clinch the win at 57-24.

Saint 69 North Wilkes 12
The Tribe dominated this match, as the score indicates, with 7 quick 1st period pins and 3 forfeits.

Dillon Lail at 160 started the match off with a high scoring major decision 18-5. Dillon's most impressive effort of the match came as time was running out in 3rd period. Dillon executed a perfect side by to take his opponent to the mat one last time.

Bradley Bader at 112 wrestled a dominating match with a 16-0 techfall in the 2nd period. Bradly scored 4 two point nearfalls, 2 three point nearfalls, and a takedown.

Senior Mason Vannderwork made his mark in Saint wrestling history by obtaining his first pin for the Tribe. This raised his record to 1-1 on the season. This is Mason's first year with the varsity program.

Quick pinning for the Tribe: Jon Holloway, Dale Huffman, Mason Vanderwork, Ray Farnsworth, Kurt Stephens, Alex Pollard, and Gunnar McDowell.

Saint 58 Ashbrook 20
Jon Holloway at 171 started the Tribe off quickly in the first match with a pin at 1:41. This was the first of 6 pins of the night for Saint with Ray Farnsworth, Evan Payne, Cody Stephens, Kurt Stephens, and Gunnar McDowell doing the honors for Saint.

Bradly Bader scored another major decision at 112 with a 8-0 win.

Congratulations to Ray Farnsworth on a Milestone Win
Ray Farnsworth won his 100th varsity win tonight in the second match against North Wilkes.
He finished the night with 101 career wins.
Click on the Career Wins Milestone link at the top of the page.

We travel to Newton-Conover Monday evening to take on the Red Devils. This is always a high intensity match. Your attendance and support is needed to drown out those "Eddie Clark Devil Worshipers" he keeps in the bleachers of Newton. The Red Devils are always loudly supported by their fans and it takes a great effort on and off the mat to come out with a win against Newton. We need your support.

11-17-2009

Tribe Escapes the Claws of the Blackhawks

It was an exciting night of wrestling for the Tribe as they traveled to West Wilkes for the season opener. With nine new first time starters in the line up, it was going to be a night of discovery. The match was still up for grabs in the final match of the night. Saint walked out of the gym with a 36-29 win.

Gunnar McDowell started the Tribe off in the right direction with a first period pin at the 1:44 mark after he had already established a commanding 11-4 lead.

Dillion Lail and Jon Holloway increase the lead with back to back major decisions Lail won 13-4 and Holloway won 12-4. Both young men earned their starting rolls after years on of being in back up positions to upper classmen. It was now their shot as a mainstream starter for the Tribe and they supplied the fireworks.

Dillion hit a five point move to start the match and sealed the major decision with another four point move in the second period. He closed the match with a 13-4 score

Jon scored three takedowns and a nearfall three to pull away to a 12-4 major decision win.

Saint lost the next two weight classes by a decision and a pin, but reclaimed six points after the our heavyweight, Blake Gutberlet, was awarded a forfeit.

Freshman Blake Rogers stepped into the mat for his first varsity match of his life. At 98 pounds of twisted steel, Rogers exploded on the mat with a 12 second pin of his opponent. (Tribe 26 Blackhawks 9).

Saint lost the next match by decison (Tribe 26 Blackhawks 12)and turned it over the Ray Farnsworth. Ray bumped up weigth class to hold off the Blackhawk mounting challenge. Ray won a decision 6-1. (Tribe 29 Blackhawks 12).

Saint lost the next two weight classes and the Blackhawks score went to 24. (Tribe 29 Blackhawks 24) Three matches to go. Things were getting tight.

Alex Pollard halted the Blackhawk momentum briefly with a major decision. This left the Tribe with a 31-24 lead with two matches to go. Just a 7 point lead. We had to win one of the next two matches to close out the team win.

Saint took a major decision lost in the next weigh class which brought the Blackhawk home town crowd to their feet. Tribe 31 Blackhawks 29, just a 2 point lead with one match to go.

The Tribe's Jeff Ellis steps to the mat. Jeff, with only one varsity match in his history, winds up with the fate of the night in his hands. A loss here is not just a individual loss, but a loss in the season opener for the Tribe. Jeff took full advantage of the moment and scored two big five point moves in the first peiod to gab a 10-1 lead. Again in the second peiond Jeff scores two takedowns, a 3 point nearfall, and one reversal. The match was ended on a huge techfall victory of 19-4 at the 3:55 mark of the match. (Tribe 36 Blackhawks 29)

Did you every see the episode of the Little Rascals when Alfalfa was shoved through a hedge row of bushes and came out the other side half naked with shreded clothes hanging off of him, and his boxer shorts twisted totally backwards. Well, that's what it felt like.

Gosh, I love this sport. A great season opener team effort for the Tribe.

11-17-2009

Billy Baker Turns 40

Well, I use this Announcement Page to broadcast accomplishments when MILESTONES are reached. So I am happy to record and annouce that our fearless leader, Billy Baker, the Cat Square Assassin, has now reached 40 years of life on this earth as of today.

I know that this is a shock to most of the people in the Greater Crouse Area, but it is true that he actually survived through his teenage years and is alive today on Springs Road.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY

11-12-09

Friday's scrimmage (11-13-09) with West Caldwell will be and informal practice and scrimmage. It will not be held at West Caldwell High School. It will be at some yet undisclosed recreation center. There will not be room for parents to sit and watch. We should return to the school at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Parent's Meeting: On Monday (11-16-09) we will have a parents meeting after practice. The time for the meeting will be 6:00 p.m.
The meeting will be in the Cafeteria if it is available. If it is not available, the meeting will be in the Media Center.

Our first match will be Tuesday, (11-17-09) at West Wilkes High School. Match time is 6:00 p.m. Go to the Varsity Schedule page to see the complete schedule. You can access driving directions by clicking on the Maps to Schools link at the top of this Announcements page or click on the name of the school on the Varsity Schedule page.

11-11-2009

First test of the season for our young squad this year will be at West Caldwell this Friday night. Click on Maps to Schools or go to the Varsity Wrestling schedule and click on the scheduled away schools to obtain directions to the school.

The Motel Reservation schedule for this year's away tounaments can be accessed by the link above.

11-27-09

Saint Wrestling Club News for Youth Groups

Late Notice: 01-03-2010: We just found out that the heat in the school was shut off and the mats are to hard to roll out. Mats become hard and will not roll out flat when they are this cold. The practice session for today has be called off. We will return next Sunday.

Our youth group season has started. We are practicing every Sunday at 5:00 PM in the gym at St. Stephens. Please bring all your interested friends in for a try at wreslting.