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Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, January 6, 2016—11
SportS
WEDNESDAY
Richard Roberts
Sports Editor
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Mocs hold off
Mercer to run
record to 13-2
Mustangs pick up
mat win over Owls
track with a 54 second pin at 152
pounds that gave Walker Valley a
27-3 lead. Mikel Gregory earned a
The Walker Valley Mustangs decision at 160 that expanded the
started hot and held off a late Mustangs’ lead to 30-3.
match run by Ootlewah to begin
The Owls’ Blake Wright picked
the 2016 portion of their wrestling up a technical fall win at 170 and
schedule on the
Ooltewah picked
right foot with a
up back-to-back
39-23 win over
pins at 182 and
the
Owls
“I really am pleased. I
195 to close the
Tuesday night
thought our
gap to 30-20. A
inside
“The
conditioning for the
double forfeit at
Stable.”
most part was good.
220 preceded an
The Mustangs
Ooltewah deciWe’ve got spots where
walked off with
sion at 285 to
we’ve got to get better
four first-period
make it 30-23.
but our intensity was
pins and put the
“We picked up
good. Our technique is
match away with
a big win at 120
getting much better.”
a second period
against a pretty
— Mustangs coach Al
pin by Chandler
tough kid. But
Morris
Davis at 106
we lost one. We
pounds in the
made a little error
13th bout of the
at 182. When you get put on your
night.
back sometimes you don’t get off.
“We knew Ooltewah would be We just have to learn from that,”
tough. Coach (Bryant) Blackmon said Morris who said his upper
is doing some good work with weights are still a bit unsettled but
those guys. He had a guy out and is expecting some resolve in the
we had a couple of guys out, but near future. “That’s where we are
the guys who went out there bat- kind of hurting right now. We’ve
tled hard,” said Walker Valley got Ben Gates (170) who has been
coach Al Morris.
out with a concussion. He is about
The night started with Cameron ready to come back. We don’t
Dwyer battling to a 1 ӂ