Niles grapplers flex muscles in SMAC opener

Published 2:35 am Thursday, December 18, 2014

STEVENSVILLE — The No. 3-ranked Niles wrestling team flexed its muscles at the SMAC Quad hosted by Lakeshore Wednesday night.

Noah Hall

Noah Hall

The Vikings used 10 pins, a technical fall and two forfeits to blank Portage Central 80-0. Niles also defeated Portage Northern 50-6.

The sweep gives Niles a 3-1 overall record and a 2-0 mark in the SMAC West Division.

Going 2-0 on the night for the Vikings were Garett Gruszynski (103), Cade Stephenson (112), Josh Dayhuff (119), Brendan Hall (125), Noah Hall (135), Warren Smith (140), Quintin Smith (152), Fred Kemp (160) and Sean Craig (171).

Winning their only match of the night were Wyatt Thornton (189), Cody Thornton (189) Cody Glick (215) and Alex Bata (285).

The Vikings will now compete in the Penn Super Duals on Saturday. Wrestling begins at 9:30 a.m.

 

NILES 50, PORTAGE NORTHERN 6

Niles…50

Northern…6

103: Garrett Gruszynski (N) wins by forfeit; 112: Cade Stephenson (N) m.d. Caleb Riggs 13-5; 119: Josh Dayhuff (N) p. Jame Dylee 4:36; 125: Brendan Hall (N) d. Nolan Smith 3-1; 130: Evan Schroder (PN) d. Mitch Findeisen 5-3; 135: Noah Hall (N) p. Carter Gentry 1:26; 140: Warren Smith (N) d. Keagan Russell 3-2;
145: Nick Prause (PN) d. Courtland Lamberton 5-4; 152: Quintin Smith (N) d. Tim Phan 7-3; 160: Fred Kemp (N) d. Cam Pietrzykowski 8-3; 171: Sean Craig (N) d. Marins Vanderhuff 8-2; 189: Wyatt Thornthon (N) p. Ugo Nwahgo 3:56; 215: Ted Jackowiak (N) m.d. Evan Andrews; 13-4; 285: Alex Bata (N) d. Tyquan Mills 4-3

 

NILES 80, PORTAGE CENTRAL 0

Niles…80

Central…0

103: Garrett Gruszynski (N) p. Brenden Garlock 3:24; 112: Cade Stephenson (N) p. Andrew Fuller 1:27; 119: Josh Dayhuff (N) p. Colin Fuller 1:12; 125: Brendan Hall (N) p. Garrett Stace 1:37; 130: Mitch Findeisen (N) p. Aiden Fahs at 1:03; 135: Noah Hall (N) d. Dante Latora 6-1; 140: Courtland Lamberton (N) wins by forfeit
145: Warren Smith (N) p. Hayden Bernardine 1:30;152: Quintin Smith (N) p. Zeke Zamora 4:38; 160: Fred Kemp (N) p. 1:19 over John Little; 171: Sean Craig (N) p. Jon Kennedy :54; 189: Cody Thornton (N) t.f. Zach Griffin 3:45; 215: Cody Glick (N) p. Harvin Sandhu 1:53; 285: Ted Jackowiak (N) wins by forfeit

Varsity record: Niles 3-1, 2-0 SMAC West