The dual meet started out at 195 pounds with a battle of Walsh Ironman placers. No. 8 Cody Howard put the Eagles on the board first with a 15-10 victory over excellent freshman Peyton Craft. In the next match, No. 12 Owen Trephan leveled the score of the dual meet with a 5-1 decision over fellow Ironman placer Seamus O'Malley. Then at 285 pounds, St. Edward took the lead again as Luca Santillo earned an 8-0 major decision over fellow senior Kraig Correll.
Four successive wins for Blair Academy in the lightweights would give them a 20-7 lead. No. 10 Ryan Miller took home a 6-1 decision over freshman Richard Delsanter at 106 pounds, No. 2 Trevor Mastrogiovanni pinned fellow sophomore Scott Richter in 25 seconds at 113, No. 2 Michael Colaiocco earned a 24-7 technical fall over Hudson Poole at 120, while No. 10 Chris Cannon beat state placer Angelo Rini 7-2 at 126. St. Edward did not have state runner-up Bryce Hepner available at 126, so the Eagles bumped Rini up a weight class from normal and inserted a reserve wrestler at 120.
St. Edward would counter with four consecutive wins of their own to level the dual meet at 20-all with three matches remaining. It was No. 16 Matt Kazimir beating top 15 overall freshman Shayne Van Ness 6-2 at 132 pounds; however Van Ness is up a weight class from where he has competed on Blair's reserve schedule the rest of the season, with normal starter Travis Mastrogoivanni out of the lineup (Travis is ranked fourth overall among freshmen and No. 20 at the weight class).
Next it was No. 12 Bryce Andonian continuing his recent surge in form with an 18-6 major decision over two-time National Prep placer Mike Madara, who was in the lineup to replace three-time National Prep placer Malcolm Robinson. The 145 pound match saw No. 16 Sam Dover upend returning National Prep placer Nick Incontera 12-6, while freshman Padraic Gallagher leveled the score of the dual with his 8-6 victory over National Prep placer William Kaiser at 152.
Blair Academy would take the lead for good with an 8-4 win at 160 via No. 5 Andrew Merola, as he beat a top 25 overall freshman in Hudson Hightower. No. 5 Julian Ramirez clinched the dual meet for the Buccaneers with his pin in 47 seconds over senior Jiryes Zakaib at 170, while the dual meet was finalized by a 17-6 major decision for No. 10 Leo Tarantino over Nicholas Lisco at 182.
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