NEW MARKET — Southmont dominated their way to a 64-15 win over South Vermillion on Tuesday night.
The win followed a 4-1 day on Saturday at the Chris Traicoff Invitational in Calumet, and moved the Mounties to 11-2 on the season.
“I thought we went out and competed well,” Southmont coach Jamie Welliever said. “We gutted through some matches on Saturday, and the challenge was to bring that continuation of progression we saw Saturday, and I felt like we pretty well did that. Overall we brought the intensity really well.”
The Mounties picked up 10 wins by fall.
At 106 Kion Cornelius came from behind to pin Wyatt English in the second period, while Clayton Downey pinned Logan Beckham in the first period at 113, and at 120 Noah Benge pinned Logan Beckham.
Christian Worth won by fall at 132 over Isabella Lund, while Takeshi Greiner pinned Andrew Russell in the third period at 145. Evan Francis also picked up a win by fall at 152 over Dalton Payton, as did Ty Welliever at 170.
At 182 Riley Woodall made quick work of Gavin Stultz with a pin in 53 seconds, while Collin Martin pinned Gage Mancourt in the first period at 195. Ethan Himes also won by fall at 220 over Kaiden Lorey. Isaiah McMasters picked up a 15-5 major decision win over Ian Lorey at 160.
The Mounties also honored five senior wrestlers in Downey, Greiner, Himes, Welliever, and Evan Lowe — along with manager Lauren Minks.
“They’ve stuck with it,” Welliever said about the group. “I like them. Five really good athletic kids who do other sports as well, but they are in here doing great things on the wrestling mat, and we’ve got great leadership out of them.”
The Mounties turn their focus to the county meet on Saturday as they start to turn the corner toward the next part of the season.
“We are getting there,” Welliever added. “We are showing some improvement. We just have to keep tightening things up and keep going in that direction. We’ve got some juniors, we’ve got some seniors, and we’ve got some sophomores, so it’s not any one dominant class. So it’s the challenge of putting it all together, and putting together a constant effort out of all of them.”
Wrestling starts a 9 a.m. at Southmont on Saturday.
