Wrestling on Tuesday night without Drew Rorebeck and Mason Owen, due to what Coach Charlie Bacon called “precautionary injury reasons”, the Trenton Bulldogs took a win and a loss in triangular competition at Gallatin High School with the host Bulldogs and the South Harrison Bulldogs.
Trenton wrestled South Harrison first, and despite “not seeming to match up very well” (according to Coach Bacon), Trenton emerged with a 42-38 win. Â THS did earn many of its points via forfeit. Â Trenton only picked up one “on the mat” victory against South Harrison, a win for Daniel Rodriguez, by pin, at 126 points.
The individual results for Trenton vs. South Harrison were:
106: Nick Williams (SH) over (TRENTON) (For.)
113: Gaige Sherer (SH) over (TRENTON) (For.)Â
120: Brendon Johnson (TRENTON) over (SH) (For.)Â
126: Daniel Rodriguez (TRENTON) over Jaren Van Meter (SH) (Fall 1:26)Â
132: Koltyn Smith (SH) over Tommy Johnston (TRENTON) (Fall 1:56)Â
138: Griffin Jennings (SH) over Zane Rottman (TRENTON) (Tech Fall 16-1 2:36)Â
145: Eric Lovett (TRENTON) over (SH) (For.)
152: Noah Lewis (TRENTON) over (SOHARRIS) (For.)Â
160: Gavin Johns (SH) over Nick Wattenbarger (TRENTON) (Fall 1:06)Â
170: Mason Doll (SH) over Tyler Sayre (TRENTON) (Decision 8-1)Â
182: Wyatt Starmer (SH) over Mark Trump (TRENTON) (Fall 3:34)
195: Jadan Whitney (TRENTON) over (SOHARRIS) (For.)
220: Okla Fitzpatrick (TRENTON) over (SOHARRIS) (For.)Â
Heavyweight: Cole Little (TRENTON) over (SOHARRIS) (For.)Â
Against Gallatin, Trenton suffered a 51-28 to the host team. Â The two “on-the-mat” wins for THS came from Ty Sayre (170 pounds) and Mark Trump (182 pounds). Â Coach Bacon said it was “nice to see a freshman like Trump pick up another varsity level win”.
The individual results for Trenton vs. Gallatin were:
106: Ross Critten (GALLATIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
113: Ayden Wayne (GALLATIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
120: Brendon Johnson (TRENTON) over (GALLATIN) (For.)Â
126: Daniel Rodriguez (TRENTON) over (GALLATIN) (For.)Â
132: Drayton Harris (GALLATIN) over Tommy Johnston (TRENTON) (Fall 1:42)
138: Caleb Boyd (GALLATIN) over Zane Rottman (TRENTON) (Fall 1:42)
145: Wyatt Bird (GALLATIN) over Eric Lovett (TRENTON) (Fall 0:33)
152: Declan Schweizer (GALLATIN) over Noah Lewis (TRENTON) (Fall 2:51)Â
160: Caleb Michael (GALLATIN) over Nick Wattenbarger (TRENTON) (Fall 0:36)Â
170: Tyler Sayre (TRENTON) over Dalton Swalley (GALLATIN) (Major Decision 9-0)Â
182: Mark Trump (TRENTON) over Dakota Martin (GALLATIN) (Fall 2:30)
195: Graydee Rains (GALLATIN) over Whitney Jadan (TRENTON) (Dec 3-1)
220: Okla Fitzpatrick (TRENTON) over  (GALLATIN) (For.)Â
Heavyweight: Micheal McLey (GALLATIN) over Cole Little (TRENTON) (Fall 0:31)Â
Trenton’s wrestlers are next in action on Thursday, December 15th, facing Lathrop and Plattsburg in a triangular at Lathrop High School, starting at 5 o’clock.
Sports Director Tom Johnson spoke with THS Wrestling Coach Charlie Bacon for an interview to air at 5:50 Wednesday night on KTTN FM 92.3:
