DUHS wrestlers swept by Rams, Tigers
Published 10:06 am Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Dowagiac's Andrew Roden pins South Haven's Evan Hendrix in his 119-pound match. Roden needed only 52 seconds to stick Hendrix. The Chieftains were swept Monday night, which was a make-up match from the previous week, as they lost to defending Wolverine Conference champion Allegan as well. The Tigers posted a 65-12 win over Dowagiac. (The Daily News/Scott Novak)
By SCOTT NOVAK
Dowagiac Daily News
Two of the Wolverine Conference’s top wrestling teams came calling Monday night in a make up quad.
The Chieftains were swept by visiting South Haven and Allegan, which is the defending league champion.
The Rams handed Dowagiac a 46-25 setback in the first match of the night, while the Tigers posted a 65-12 win.
The Chieftains had leads early in both matches.
Senior Sinjin Ownby was the lone Dowagiac wrestler to earn two victories.
Ownby pinned South Haven’s Matt White in 1:16 at 285-pounds and then stuck No. 7 ranked Steve Blank of Allegan in 25 seconds.
Earning wins against South Haven were Jacob Worthington (103), Andrew Roden (119), Ryan Smit (125) and Ben Luth (130).
The only other win for Dowagiac against Allegan came in the first bout when Anthony Nelson won by injury default over Ben Falkner, who was unable to continue after sustaining a shoulder injury on the opening takedown.
“I know people are going to get tired of hearing this, but we are getting better,” Dowagiac coach John Green said after the match. “This might be the best Allegan team they have had. We still have too many holes in the line up right now. We have some good young kids, but they are first year wrestlers. We are going to have to have some of them step up and close up those gaps.”
Dowagiac will wrestle at Paw Paw on Wednesday.
South Haven…46
Dowagiac…25
103: Jacob Worthington (D) p. Devon Overherd :16
112: Void
119: Andrew Roden (D) p. Evan Hendrix :52
125: Ryan Smit (D) d. Anthony Duncan 7-2
130: Ben Luth (D) d. Zach Tate 13-4
135: Christain Bastow (SH) wins by forfeit
140: Alex Gildea (SH) p. Daniel Crandall 3:04
145: David Ward (SH) d. Kasey Proshwitz 16-5
152: Taylor Gohn (SH) p. Logan Pellow 1:15
160: Shaq Bell (SH) wins by forfeit
171: Andrew Biederman (SH) p. Shane Filley 2:35
189: Allen Antonson (SH) p. Zach Cross :34
215: Billy Townes (SH) p. Anthony Nelson 1:02
285: Sinjin Ownby (D) p. Matt White 1:16
Allegan…65
Dowagiac…12
103: Austin Kelley (A) p. Jacob Worthington 3:46
112: Logan Noble (A) wins by forfeit
119: Mike Shaw (A) p. Andrew Roden 3:29
125: Robbie Wilson (A) d. Ryan Smith 9-3
130: Taylon Knoblock (A) d. Ben Luth 5-0
135: Taylor Simaz (A) wins by forfeit
140: Jaylyn Bohl (A) p. Daniel Crandall :35
145: Matt Smith (A) t.f. Kasey Proshwitz 18-3
152: Garrett Smith (A) p. Logan Pellow 2:56
160: Colin Smyth (A) wins by forfeit
171: Brian Soulsey (A) p. Shane Filley 1:00
189: John Rizgallah (A) p. Zach Cross :19
215: Anthony Nelson (D) wins by injury default
285: Sinjin Ownby (D) p. Steve Blank :25
