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Kent State wrestle-offs
The meet serves as the final tune-up for the Golden Flashes who open the
2005-06 season officially next weekend.
“I think the kids competed very hard and at the same time at a lot of fun tonight,” said head coach Jim Andrassy. “We had a good crowd and that makes it a lot more fun get out on the mat and see the support.”
A total of 14 matches were contested on the evening with scoring done in a dual-meet format. After the two teams split the opening four matches, the Blue team took control by winning six matches in a row to build a 22-6 advantage.
Four of those victories came by two points or less, including an overtime victory at 174 pounds by redshirt freshman Eric Chine (Austintown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch).
“There were a lot of close matches tonight,” Andrassy noted. “A lot of that comes from the familiarity the guys have with each other from wrestling each day and knowing each other’s style.”
Senior Alex Camargo (Brook Park, Ohio/Berea) ended the string of Blue wins with a 4-2 victory over junior Aaron Miller (Uniopolis, Ohio/Wapokoneta).
Freshman Bret Thomas (Marion, Ohio/Marion Harding) brought the Gold team within 22-12 with a victory at 197 pounds but sophomore Kurt Gross (North Royalton, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) defeated junior Jason McGee (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) 6-4 in overtime, following a back-and-forth battle, to seal the Blue team’s victory.
“Both Gross and McGee wrestled a great match, probably the most exciting of the night,” Andrassy said. “They got after it for six full minutes. We want everyone on our team to compete like that.”
Four of the evening’s winners were true freshman. Transfers Drew Lashaway (Bowling Green, Ohio/Eastwood/Bowling Green) and Chad Sportelli (Easton, Pa./Easton/Nebraska), with the night’s only pin fall, also picked up victories donning the blue and gold singlets for the first time.
“A big benefit of tonight is that we get to see the freshmen for the first time in a match setting, in our own facility,” said Andrassy. “I was impressed with our young guys’ performance.”
“Overall, I think tonight was a good start to the season,” said assistant coach Josh Moore, who guided the Gold team. “It’s a good gauge of were we are at. There are plenty of things we still need to work on, like being more physical, picking up the intensity and being more aggressive offensively.”
Kent State will compete on Saturday, Nov. 12, at the SUNY-Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Showcase in Brockport, N.Y. Last season, the Golden Flashes placed second at the annual season-opener in upstate New York.
2005 BLUE-GOLD INTRASQUAD
1. 149 Paul Hammond (G) dec. Patrick Lanham (B), 7-5 Gold 3-0
2. Hwt. Jermail Porter (B) dec. Willie Leonard (G), 3-1 Tied 3-3
3. 125 Jared Evans (G) dec. Kevin Notte (B), 7-6 Gold 6-3
4. 133 Kyle Chonko (B) dec. Jeremy Depoy (G) Tied 6-6
5. 165 Cory Maier (B) maj. dec. James Reynolds, 12-4 Blue 10-6
6. 141 Drew Lashaway (B) dec. Clint Sponseller (G), 5-3 Blue 13-6
7. 125 Chad Sportelli (B) pinned Cory Opfer (G), 5:20 Blue 19-6
8. 174 Eric Chine (B) dec. Nick Hackett (G), 3-1 (SVO) Blue 22-6
9. 184 Alex Camargo (G) dec. Aaron Miller (B), 4-2 Blue 22-9
10. 197 Bret Thomas (G) dec. Michael Blackwell (B), 8-3 Blue 22-12
11. 157 Kurt Gross (B) dec. Jason McGee, 6-4 (SVO) Blue 25-12
12. 197 Ben Rings (B) dec. Ardian Ramadani (G), 4-2 Blue 28-12
13. 141 Jason Spencer (G) dec. Clayton Stark (B), 8-5 Blue 28-15
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