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| Senior David Oakley helped Davie pull away by getting a big win at 130. |
And the War Eagles still had little trouble rolling over the Indians 45-21.
“They’ve got a pretty good club team, and they wrestle a lot. Coach Baker does a good job with them,” coach Buddy Lowery said. “We stepped it up. They had already wrestled five times, and I was pleased with the way we wrestled. It’s a good starting point.”
Two of St. Stephens’ six state qualifiers went down. Matt Cusack edged Logan Self 3-2 at 160, and Jonathan Hupp defeated Steve Rink 8-6 at 189. Oh, by the way, Hupp will wrestle 171 instead of 189 in due time. And Rink was 45-10 a year ago.
“We looked good, and we had to move most of everybody up one spot,” assistant coach Howard Riddle beamed. “Cusack gave up the first takedown, and came back and beat the kid in a dogfight.”
Davie got pins from Matt Garretson (152), Jon San Filippo (171), Michael Waters (112), Zach Vernon (135) and Shelton Sales (140). What was just as impressive was Jared Barber’s 7-3 win at 215 and David Oakley’s 9-7 win at 130. Barber went to work at 215 despite weighing 189 and having one day of practice under his belt. Oakley showed tremendous heart in his battle.
“Barber was gassed but he won by four points,” Riddle said. “(The opponent) was a lot heavier (213) than Barber. He’ll make 189 as soon as Hupp makes 171. Oakley moved up and wrestled very good. He’s been having to cut weight. It was one of the best matches of the night.”
Another impressive outing was San Filippo’s first-period pin at 171. He did that in his third career match on varsity.
“Jon filled in weighing 164,” Riddle said.
“It was a takedown and straight to his back,” Lowery said. “It was a pleasant surprise. We thought that match would have been a whole lot tougher than that.”
The other win was Aaron Peoples’ 6-2 decision at heavyweight.
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