The Caravan jumped out to a 12-0 lead after three bouts. It started with a 14-5 major decision by Rehan Uribe over freshman James Pierandozzi at 120, then a 16-0 technical fall by 2015 state medalist Kaleb Guzior over Dalton Dwyer at 126, and finally an 8-6 overtime decision for state qualifier David Devine over Brandon Ramsey at 132. Lockport would stop the bleeding and make the dual meet again competitive with a pair of wins over returning state medalists: two-time state qualifier Brandon Ramos upended Kendall Coleman 7-6 at 138, while state qualifier and Cadet freestyle All-American Baylor Fernandes beat Yahya Thomas 6-2 at 145.
Mt. Carmel would stretch the lead to 20-8 through eight matches with wins in two of the next three bouts. State qualifier Dillon Hoey beat Zach Reese 4-2 at 152 pounds, with two-time state medalist David Riojas pinning reserve wrestler Malik Daghash in the first period at 170. In between those matches, Lockport secured an 8-3 decision from two-time state medalist Trevell Timmons (ranked No. 14 nationally) over state medalist Jack Mulay at 160.
For the crucial turn of the dual meet, the nationally ranked Porters bumped seniors Nick Dado and Payton Fernandes up to 182 and 195 pounds respecitvely. Dado secured the turning point of the match with a 3-2 decision over Dan Benoit, while Fernandes earned a pin in the second period over Emmanuel Terrell to cut the deficit to 20-17. Lockport took the lead for good with a first period pin from Yousif Salah at 220.
The final score became 38-20, nine matches to five, with a forfeit at 285 taken by Brandon Baker, a 12-7 decision from Cadet double All-American Matthew Ramos at 106, and a first period pin from Cadet Greco All-American Anthony Molton at 113 to close out the dual meet.
All this happened for nationally ranked Lockport while missing a pair of key starters from the lineup, two-time state placer Abdullah Assaf (126) as well as state qualifier and Cadet double All-American Ronald Tucker Jr. (285). Both could return to the mat this weekend, but will be back by mid-December at the absolute latest. With respect to the lineup for the Caravan, two-time state qualifier Joey Egan (lower-weight) did not wrestle in the dual against Lockport, and they might have slightly different upper-weight personnel after the transition from football season.
Ron Sauer Duals
After the positive results of the opening week, the Porters have a dual meet at Bolingbrook (Ill.) on Thursday night before traveling to Fox High School near St. Louis (Mo.) for the Ron Sauer Duals on Friday and Saturday. No. 20 Lockport has finished runner-up two of the previous three years, including an upset loss to Holt (Mo.) in last year's championship match. The Porters are in a day one pool with Collinsville (Ill.), Holt, and the hosts Fox; Holt last year finished fourth in Class 4 at the state tournament, which is the big-school division.
Other pools break out as follows:
Edwardsville (Illinois -- round of 16 Class AAA team state), Seckman (Missouri -- 13th Class 4 individual state), Eureka (Missouri -- 14th Class 4 individual state), Helias (Missouri)
Staley (Missouri -- 5th Class 4 individual state), Quincy (Illinois), Cedar Hill Northwest (Missouri -- 19th Class 4 individual state), Fort Zumwalt West (Missouri)
Francis Howell Central (Missouri -- 9th Class 4 individual state), Whitfield (Missouri -- Class 1, small-school, individual runners-up), Oak Forest (Illinois), Belleville East (Illinois)
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