McCallie Edges MBA for Third in D-II State Duals

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In a battle for third place in the TSSAA S-II State Wrestling Duals, it came down to the last match as McCallie’s Ryan Ward secured a 4-2 win as the Blue Tornado defeated MBA, 36-33 Saturday afternoon at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin.

 

McCallie used three pins in the first five matches to lead 24-0, but MBA won six of the next seven matches to even the score at 33-33 before McCallie’s Ward clinched the team victory.

 

McCallie’s win avenged a loss to MBA, 36-24, Jan. 16 in the D-II Middle/East Region Duals at McCallie.

 

Two key wins for McCallie came as Ward moved up to 126 from 120 to win the final match (Ward lost in the earlier MBA match at 120) and Sam Harrelson defeated Sam Bellet, 8-2, at 138 after losing to him, 3-0, on Jan. 16.

 

The D-II Middle/East Traditional Region is Sat. Feb. 7 at McCallie … the D-II State Traditional is at the Williamson County Ag Expo, Feb. 13-14

 

Championship Match: Baylor, 32, Father Ryan, 30

 

Third Place: McCallie, 36, MBA 33

 

 

McCallie 36, MBA 33

 

132 – Brock Herring (McC) pinned Perry Matthews, 3:28 … McCallie, 6-0

138 – Sam Harrelson (McC) dec. Sam Bellet, 8-2 … McCallie, 9-0

145 – Anders Heald (McC) dec. Blake Solarek, 6-3 … McCallie, 12-0

152 – Will Patton (McC) pinned Mark Floyd, 3:06 … McCallie, 18-0

160 - Thomas Rowland (McC) pinned Charles Hunter, 3:47 … McCallie, 24-0

170 – Carter Heckle (MBA) dec. Ariel Bong, 10-3 … McCallie, 24-3

182 –Cole Euverard (MBA) forfeit win … McCallie, 24-9

195 – Trell Phillips (McC) dec. Ben Kelly, 2-1 … McCallie, 27-9

220 – D’On Coofer (MBA) forfeit win … McCallie, 27-15

285 – Jay Roberts (McC) pinned Joe Scowden, 5:55 … McCallie, 33-15

106 – Thomas Bellet (MBA) pinned Thomas Sell, 1:31 … McCallie, 33-21

113 – Gabriel Elkin (MBA) forfeit win … McCallie, 33, 30-27

120 – Michael Elkin (MBA) forfeit win … Match Tied at 33-33

126 – Ryan Ward (McC) dec. John Michael Glover, 4-2 … McCallie, 36-33

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net