Warriors edge Athens, 39-38
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 15, 2020
The Canton Varsity Wrestling team edged Athens by a point on Tuesday, January 14.
Starting at 160 the Wildcats scored an early pin-fall to jump out to an early 6-0 lead until the Warriors rolled off four straight wins by Timmy Ward (170), Chance Deljohnovan (182), Garrett Storch (195), and Dereck Atherton-Ely (220) to take a 21-6. The Wildcats scored a win at 285 to cut the lead to 21-12.
Canton and Athens traded wins at 106 and 113 with Isaac Landis scoring the win. The Wildcats went on to score back-to-back wins at 120 and 126 to retake the lead at 28-27. A 32-second pin-fall win by Hayden Ward at 132 put the Warriors back in front 33-28. The Wildcats then won back-to-back matches at 138 and 145 to give Athens a 38-33 lead.
Canton won the final match at 152 as Brenen Taylor pinned Jaden Wright in 53 seconds to win the overall match, 39-38.
The Warriors improve their record to 7-1 (6-0 NTL). The team is back in action at the New Oxford Tournament on Friday, January 17.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
