Hopkins got off to a quick start on the strength of a pair of major decisions by fifth-ranked Paul Bewak at 125 and junior Evan Krumheuer at 133.
Bewak led just 4-2 over Noah Malamut late in the second period before a reversal and three-point near fall extended his advantage to 9-2. He added a takedown and three more backs in the final period to take a 14-2 victory. Krumheuer added a 13-5 major decision of Barrett Connor at 133 as he led 5-0 after one period and 9-2 after two en route to the victory. The win for Bewak as the 118th of his career, which ties him with Bill Holsinger of Muhlenberg (1999-2002) for sixth place on the Centennial’s career victory chart.
The teams split the next four matches with Johns Hopkins’ Tommy Grifa and Christian Salera taking decisions at 149 and 157 to help the Blue Jays to the 14-3 lead. A narrow 4-3 win by Pat Thomas over Welles Sakmar at 165 trimmed the deficit to 14-6, but back-to-back wins at 174 and 184 secured the win for the Blue Jays.
While all six individual wins the Blue Jays earned were key to the victory, it was a five-point move by sophomore Jared Forman in the third period that proved decisive. Locked in a 3-3 tie with Gettysburg’s Tyler Cunningham, Forman scored a takedown near the edge of the circle and put Cunningham to his back for three near fall points to grab an 8-3 victory. When senior Evan Johnson followed with a 9-4 victory over Camden Stoops, the Blue Jays had a 20-6 lead and had secured an eighth straight win against the Bullets.
Anthony Puca decisioned Kory Johnson (5-3) at 197 and Joey Bragg added a second-period pin at 285 to account for the 20-15 final score.
Results:
125: Paul Bewak (J) def. Noah Malamut (G) (MD 14-2)
133: Evan Krumheuer (J) over Barrett Connor (G) (MD 13-5)
141: Jake Bracken (G) over Connor Joyce (J) (Dec 3-2)
149: Tommy Grifa (J) over Quinn Merrigan (G) (Dec 8-5)
157: Christian Salera (J) over Brandon Carcuffe (G) (Dec 9-2)
165: Pat Thomas (G) over Welles Sakmar (J) (Dec 4-3)
174: Jared Forman (J) over Tyler Cunningham (G) (Dec 8-3)
184: Evan Johnson (J) over Camden Stoops (G) (Dec 9-4)
197: Anthony Puca (G) over Kory Johnson (J) (Dec 5-3)
285: Joey Bragg (G) over Ellis Flannery (J) (Fall 4:29)
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