Lions
Drop Close Matches at Platteview
(1-5-12)
Fort
Calhoun 40, Louisville 34
Platteview
46, Louisville
36
The
Louisville Lions, facing huge deficits in both matches, lost to Fort Calhoun,
40-34, and the host Trojans, 46-36, at the Platteview Triangular. The
Lions were plagued by open weight classes and illness that forced LHS
to juggle their line-up.
In Louisville’s opening match, the Lions found themselves behind
37-18 before rallying behind Tucker Sjogren’s major decision and
pins by Colby Smith and John Leversee. But the Lions failed to fill three
weight divisions early in the match that came back to hurt at the end
as LHS lost 40-34.
Both Platteview and Louisville failed to produce complete line-ups as
the Trojans took advantage of three open classes and three pins to jump
out to e 36-0 lead. But the Lions fought back, beginning with a Wade Knott
pin of Andrew Henry midway through the final period. Scott Siebrass continued
the Louisville comeback, pinning Wyatt Williams in 33 seconds and Colby
Smith stck Mitch Penny in 5:09 to get back into contention.
But the Trojans got a 9-0 victory by Sheridan Mason over Steihl Reeves
that locked up the decision. The Lions accepted two forfeits in the final
matches of the night as Platteview escaped with a 46-36 team win.
Pat
Cleary (195), John Leversee (182) and Colby Smith (160) went 2-0 against
the Pioneers and Trojans with Smith pinning both of his opponents.
The Lions travel to the Ashland-Greenwood Invite on Friday. Action is
set to begin at 3:30 p.m.
Fort
Calhoun 40, Louisville 34 |
Platteview
46, Louisville
36 Junior
Varsity |
Louisville's
Pat Cleary pinned Dillon Ragen of Fort Calhoun in the opening match
of the LHS-Pioneer dual.
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