WAYNESBURG, PA - The York College wrestling team went 1-2 at the
Waynesburg University quad meet on Saturday afternoon in
Waynesburg, Pa. The Spartans, who are now 3-7 overall, fell to
Baldwin-Wallace 26-8, and Messiah 23-18 before downing the host
Yellow Jackets 27-13 in the nightcap.
In the opener with Baldwin-Wallace, the
Spartans got on the board first with Aaron Repman (Hanover,
Pa./Southwestern) picking up a major decision win at 125
pounds. The Jackets picked up wins in the next six weight classes
as the Spartans trailed 20-4 heading into the 184 pound bout where
York's Alex Martocello (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller
Place) earned a major decision to bring York to within
20-8. Baldwin-Wallace closed out the match with victories at 197
pounds and heavyweight to provide for the final 26-8 margin.
Against the Falcons, Jerrid Hartman
(Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) and Alex Paladino
(Magnolia, Del./Caesar Rodney) opened the match with
back-to-back major decisions to put York up 8-0. The Falcons got a
tech fall, three straight major decisions and a win by fall to
forge a 23-8 lead with three weight classes left. The Spartans
received a win from James Laughlin (Hanover,
Pa./Southwestern) at 184, a major decision win by
George Saliba (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley
Central) at 197 and a Shane Cooley (Wrightsville,
Pa./Eastern York) win at heavyweight. Unfortunately it
would not be enough as York fell by five points.
The Spartans got in the win column in their
final match of the day. The Yellow Jackets jumped out to an early
lead but the Spartans got wins from Paladino at 133 and
Aaron Formanek (Owings Mills, Md./Pine-Richland)
at 141 to take the 6-4 lead. The hosts got wins in the next three
weight classes to take a 13-6 lead but the Spartans stormed back to
record a win in each of the final four weight classes to pull out
the 27-13 win. Paul Richards (Hermon,
Maine/Hermon) notched an 11-4 win at 174 followed by a
Martocello win by fall at 184. John
Starcevich (Pennsville, N.J./Pennsville
Memorial) recorded a pin of his own at 197 while Cooley
picked up his second win of the day, a pin in 1:50 in the
heavyweight bout.
The Spartans are now off until December 5 when
they host the New Standard Corporation Spartan Invitational. The
action kicks off at 9:30 am in the M&T Field House at the
Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center.
BALDWIN-WALLACE BOX
MESSIAH
BOX
WAYNESBURG
BOX
