The Trenton Bulldogs, opening the wrestling season on Thursday night, went to the mat against the Mid-Buchanan Dragons, Albany Warriors, and Cameron Dragons, in a quadrangular hosted by Cameron High School.
Trenton, in their first head-to-head duel of the 2016-2017 season, took down Mid-Buchanan 51-16. Bulldog winners, by pin, were Jadan Whitney (195 pounds), Cole Little (heavyweight), and Daniel Rodriguez (126 pounds). Drew Rorebeck (160 pounds), Tyler Sayre (170 pounds) and Mason Owen (220 pounds) won by major decision, with Rorebeck’s total at 8 points to zero, Sayre 15 to 3 and Owen 11 to 3.
Mark Trump, at 182 pounds, won by 10-3 decision. Trenton winners against Mid-Buchanan by forfeit were Brendon Johnson, Zane Rottman, and Tommy Johnston.
There was a double forfeit at 106 pounds, with Mid-Buchanan’s Tim Speer getting the forfeit win at 113 pounds. Mid-Buchanan’s ‘on-the-mat’ wins came from Jacob Anderson at 145 pounds (by 15-4 major decision) and Corbin Vieth at 152 pounds (via pin).
Against Albany, the Trenton Bulldogs beat the Warriors in an all-GRC duel, 48-30. Mason Owen won by a pin at the 1:24 mark of his march, with heavyweight Cole Little only needing 1:56 to earn a pin. Brendon Johnson had a pin in just 3 minutes and 18 seconds. Trenton picked up a large amount of points by forfeit, with Tyler Sayre, Jadan Whitney, Eric Lovett, Nick Wattenbarger, and Drew Rorebeck going that route.
For Albany, Maverick Hall (182), Will Engel (126), Grant Bounds (138) and Harrison Kerchner (132) all won by pin. Taking forfeit points for the Warriors cause was Jeremy Wimer. There was a double forfeit at 113 pounds.
Against a high-quality Class 2 wrestling power in Cameron, Trenton had its struggles, only managing three victories in a 64-14 loss to the host Dragons. At 126 pounds, Daniel Rodriguez of the Bulldogs beat Zane Jenkins of Cameron by 7-1 decision. Drew Rorebeck, at 160 pounds, picked up a 20-5 technical fall over Danny Gibbs, while Tyler Sayre of THS pinned Aaron Anders of CHS just 63 seconds into the 170 pound duel.
Grabbing victories, by pin, for Cameron were Caleb Shanks, Dawson Cox, Judge Bryant, Lane Widner, Chase Foreman, Jon Stevenson, Josh Stevenson, and Steven Walser. Other points for the Dragons went to Kayne Lamison, by 12-2 major decision at 152 pounds, and Caleb Worland and Sawyer Day, by forfeit at 113 and 106 pounds respectively.
For the Trenton JV, Noah Lewis went 2-0 with 2 pins. At 220 pounds, Okla Fitzpatrick went 1-1 with 1 pin. At heavyweight, Jarvis Collis went 0-3.
Coach Charlie Bacon, in comments provided to the PAR Broadcast Group, said, “We saw a lot of positive things from our kids tonight, especially in the first 2 duals. We came out strong against a tough Mid Buch team and only lost two matches. We ended the night with a very tough class 2 Cameron team. We had a few matches that we should’ve wrestled a little better but it was a really good learning experience for some of our kids and let us know what we need to work on. Drew Rorebeck and Ty Sayre both went undefeated on the night and looked very sharp. Cole Little pinned 2 very good heavy weights tonight. We also had kids like Mark Trump, Noah Lewis and Okla Fitzpatrick get their very first high school wins, which is a very memorable thing.”
Trenton will next be in action on Saturday morning, traveling to Marceline for the Marceline Tournament, starting at 9 o’clock in the morning.
