Trenton Head Wrestling Coach Charlie Bacon described it as a “rough night for our lighter weights”, as the Chillicothe Hornets won 7 of 11 contested matches against the Bulldogs on Tuesday night, taking a decisive 54-18 win over their rivals of Trenton, in a head-to-head dual on Tuesday night at Chillicothe High School.
Trenton’s first win was achieved mid-way through the dual, as Eric Lovett, at 145 pounds, grabbed a 10-2 major decision over Chillicothe’s Dawson Wheeler. At 195 pounds, Bulldog junior Jadan Whitney claimed a pin over Erek Brose at 4 minutes and 45 seconds, while Mason Owen, at 220 pounds, took a 12-3 major decision for Trenton over the Hornets Matthew Callen.
Coach Bacon credited Mark Trump getting into a “pretty good match” with Chillicothe’s Kayde Burton, a state-ranked opponent from Class 2. Burton picked up the 9-3 decision at 182 pounds. Trenton’s Noah Lewis was victorious over Chillicothe’s Kaleb Mullikin at 152 pounds, in a 12-2 major decision.
Chillicothe had forfeit victories in the dual from Sheldon Rader at 106 pounds, Jesee Greer at 132 pounds, and Donald McCracken at 160 pounds.  On-the-mat victories for the Hornets came from 113 pounder Connor Keithley, with a pin of Quincy Griffin at 4:45; Zackary Boyles at 120 pounds, with a pin of Canyon VonBurg at 1:53; Colton Sewell, pinning Brice Gibler in 2:21 at 126 pounds; Lavery Jones by pin of Payden McCullough at 1:02 at 138 pounds; Isaac Washburn, by 5-0 decision over Nick Wattenbarger at 170 pounds; and Keegan Valdez, a pin at 1:54 in the heavyweight match over Jarvis Collis.
With the district tournament looming, now just 2 1/2 weeks away, Trenton continues its finishing stretch of the regular season to wrap up this week, traveling to Stanberry High School to compete in the Stanberry Quad on Thursday night at 6 o’clock, then traveling to Albany on Saturday, for the Grand River Conference Tournament, starting at 9:30 in the morning.
