New London shines at triangular in Winfield

BY ANDY KRUTSINGER

Mt. Pleasant News

WINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union High School was packed with wrestling fans on Thursday night, as the Columbus/W-MU grapplers took on WACO and New London in a triangular meet.

New London was the big winner of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 58-18, and WACO, 67-3. The Warriors picked up the closest win of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 42-40.

New London and Columbus/W-MU started out the day at 170 lbs. Tucker Morrison scored a one-minute pin for the Wildcats over New London?s Gavin Holmes to help Columbus/W-MU jump out to a 6-0 advantage.

After a series of forfeits from 182 lbs., to 106 lbs., New London had a 24-12 lead. Sam Loyd (113 lbs.) and Kohlton Hank (120 lbs.) each scored a quick pin to help the Tigers push it to 36-12.

Armando Quiroz (126 lbs.) and Piper Juanito (145 lbs.) were able to score two decision wins for the Wildcats, but New London was still able to pull away with pins from Julian Wikoff (132 lbs.), Reno Chiri (152 lbs.) and Cameron Raines (160 lbs.), as well as a major decision win by Javis Krieger (138 lbs.).

WACO faced off with New London in the next dual. Their three points came at the heavyweight division when Cody Crawford outlasted Austin Van Amerongen for a 3-0 decision.

New London had eight pins in their dominant win over the Warriors. Darin Hill (182 lbs.), Loyd (113 lbs.), Gabe Carter (126 lbs.), Wikoff (132 lbs.), Krieger (138 lbs.), Tyler Stevenson (145 lbs.), Chiri (152 lbs.) and Holmes (170 lbs.) all won by fall.

WACO and Columbus showed down in the last dual of the night. The dual started out with four forfeits, which put the Warriors up, 18-6, going into the 113 lbs. match.

Columbus/W-MU?s Jared Kadel pinned WACO?s Scott Christofferson in the 113 lbs. match to cut the Warrior lead to 18-12. WACO?s Jaden Williams pinned Columbus/W-MU?s Jesus Jimenez, at 120 lbs., to stretch it back to 24-12.

The Wildcats then went on a four-match winning streak, including pins by Quiroz at 126 lbs., Jose Cerezo at 132 lbs. and Felix Solid at 145 lbs. It was 34-24 in favor of Columbus/W-MU after those matches.

WACO retook the lead at 36-34 with pins by Hunter Donaldson (152 lbs.) and Michael Arbogast (160 lbs.).

Morrison temporarily gave Columbus/W-MU the lead back, at 40-36, with a pin, but WACO?s Tim Ackles won by forfeit at 182 lbs., to give the Warriors the two-point win.

Full results of the triangular can be found below.

New London 58 vs. Columbus/W-MU 18: 170: Tucker Morrison (Col) pins Gavin Holmes (NL) (1:00). 182: Darin Hill (NL) won by forfeit. 195: Owen Reed (NL) wins by forfeit. 220: Jaxon Allen (NL) wins by forfeit. 285: Austin Van Amerongen (NL) wins by forfeit. 106: Jarod Kadel (Col) wins by forfeit. 113: Sam Loyd (NL) pins Chase Wheeler (Col) (0:23). 120: Kohlton Hank (NL pins Jesus Jimenez (Col) (1:01). 126: Armando Quiroz (Col) dec. Gabe Carter (8-3). 132: Julian Wikoff (NL) pins Jose Cerezo (3:20). 138: Javis Krieger (NL) major dec. Felix Solis (Col) (6-4). 145: Piper Juanito (Col) dec. Tyler Stevenson (NL) (4-2). 152: Reno Chiri (NL) pins Robert Loveless (Col) (0:23). 160: Cameron Raines (NL) pins Noah Freeman (Col) (4:24).

New London 67 vs. WACO 3: 182: Darin Hill (NL) pins Isaiah Johnson (WACO) (1:50). 195: Owen Reed (NL) wins by forfeit. 220: Jaxon Allen (NL) wins by forfeit. 285: Cody Crawford (WACO) dec. Austin Van Amerongen (NL) (3-0). 106: Double forfeit. 113: Sam Loyd (NL) pins Scott Christofferson (WACO) (0:39). 120: Kohlton Hank (NL) major dec. Jaden Williams (WACO) (12-0). 126: Gabe Carter (NL) pins Robert Frazer (WACO) (3:42). 132: Julian Wikoff (NL) pins Jalen Collins (WACO) (0:49). 138: Javis Krieger (NL) pins Chase Hesseltine (WACO) (1:27). 145: Tyler Stevenson (NL) pins Joey Collier (WACO) (5:32). 152: Reno Chiri (NL) pins Hunter Donaldson (WACO) (0:40). 160: Cameron Raines (NL) dec. Adrian Unternahrer (WACO) (9-4). 170: Gavin Holmes (NL) pins Tim Ackles (WACO) (2:42).

WACO 42 vs. Columbus/W-MU 40: 195: Isaiah Johnson (WACO) wins by forfeit. 220: Kade Mckinney (WACO) wins by forfeit. 285: Cody Crawford wins by forfeit. 106: Elizabeth Amigon (Col) won by forfeit. 113: Jarod Kadel (Col) pins Scott Christofferson (WACO) (1:39). 120: Jaden Williams (WACO) pins Jesus Jimenez (Col) (4:55). 126: Armando Quiroz (Col) pins Robert Frazer (WACO) (1:06). 132: Jose Cerezo (Col) pins Jalen Collins (WACO) (4:33). 138: Piper Juanito (Col) major dec. Chase Hesseltine (WACO) (19-8). 145: Felix Solis (Col) pins Joey Collier (WACO) (0:48). 152: Hunter Donaldson (WACO) pins Robert Loveless (Col) (0:19). 160: Michael Arbogast (WACO) pins Noah Freeman (Col) (0:46). Tucker Morrison (Col) pins Adrian Unternahrer (WACO) (0:46). 182: Tim Ackles (WACO) wins by forfeit.