Maryville goes 1-1 at Benton Triangular
By DAVID MERRILL/DAILY FORUM
Maryville’s Jackson Sanders gets the advantage on St. Pius X’s Daniel Comer during the 160-pound bout at the Benton Triangular on Tuesday. Sanders earned the pin and Maryville won 42-18.
ST. JOSEPH — The Maryville wrestling team went 1-1 at the Benton Triangular on Tuesday. Maryville beat St. Pius X of Kansas City 42-18 before losing to the host Cardinals 56-24.
Spoofhound coach Connor Kellerstrass said he liked the way his team performed against the Warriors, but that things went south against the Cardinals.
“We were ready to roll against St. Pius,” he said. “Both of these opponents are District opponents, so it was good to get some victories headed into the District tournament here in a couple weeks.
“Against Benton, I told the guys we need to stop giving up pins. We got scored on six different times with five seconds or left in the period. We can’t do that to ourselves. We can’t give up those easy points. We have to be mentally and physically ready every time we step out there.”
Kellerstrass also said that the team had trouble getting out from underneath opponents on Tuesday, but couldn’t put a finger on the reason behind it.
Maryville 42, St. Pius X 18
Senior Ryan Owens wrestled at 220 pounds to start the night and earned a pin over St. Pius junior Jake Muirhead, which gave Maryville a quick 6-0 lead before it gave up the 285-pound bout with an open spot. Sophomore Treyton Paris (106 pounds) and sophomore Brenden Ware (120 pounds) took open-weight wins while both teams were open at 113 pounds.
The Warriors got their first points of the night when sophomore Gavin Ott earned an 8-5 win over sophomore Drew Driskell in the 132-pound bound to bring the score to 18-3.
St. Pius cut the Maryville lead to 18-6 with a 7-2 win from sophomore Thomas Ross over junior Garrett Pistole.
Maryville senior Tierry Wilmes picked up an open-weight win at 145 pounds before sophomore Jarrett Partridge (152 pounds) got pinned by sophomore John Liberto, which brought Maryville’s lead to 24-12.
Junior Jackson Sanders and senior Matt Twaddle each pinned his opponent at 160 and 170 pounds respectively before junior Mark Zahnd picked up his open-weight win at 182 pounds.
Spoofhound junior Jacob Search got pinned by Kyle Miller at 195 pounds, but it wasn’t enough for the Warriors as Maryville walked away with the win.
Benton 56, Maryville 24
The Spoofhounds started off the Benton portion of the triangular with a pin as well. Paris pinned freshman Reme Stevens to claim the win at 106 pounds. Maryville took a loss at 113 with an open weight before Ware lost to sophomore Aiden Perry 2-0 at 120 pounds and Benton took a 9-6 lead.
Maryville also took a loss in the open 126-pound spot and fell into a 15-6 hole. Benton then rattled off four straight pins before Sanders and Twaddle each picked up an open weight win at 160 and 170 pounds.
Zahnd ended his night on a positive note by gutting out a victory in which he pinned Benton sophomore Jacob Dowell late in the third period.
He jumped out to a 10-2 lead, but Dowell fought back in the second period, cutting the score to 10-8 before Zahnd kept him down.
Zahnd said he was thankful for coming out with the win.
“I was just trying to listen to my coaches and stay on the defensive,” he said. “I kept trying to get a pin in the cradle and kept messing it up, but I eventually got it with the half (nelson). I didn’t get yelled at when I got back to the bench for making stupid mistakes.”
Benton finished off the bout with two straight pins.
Maryville heads to Mount Ayr (Iowa) on Thursday.
By DAVID MERRILL/DAILY FORUM
Maryville’s Treyton Paris wraps up Benton’s Reme Stevens during the 106-pound bout at the Benton Triangular on Tuesday. He pinned Stevens, but the Cardinals won 56-24.
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Maryville’s Garrett Pistole looks for an opportunity to shoot against Sebastion Perry during the 138-pound bout at the Benton Triangular on Tuesday. Pistole took the loss and Benton won 56-24.
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Maryville’s Mark Zahnd gets Benton’s Jacob Dowell in a better position for an offensive move during the 182-pound match at the Benton Triangular on Tuesday. Zahnd got the pin, but Maryville lost 56-24.
