15 Oakwood wrestlers pick up wins to lead Comets in Pirate Duals
BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
The Comets (4-0) opened their season on Saturday at the Pirate Duals in Cumberland by winning all four of their meets.
Oakwood/Salt Fork dispatched Shelbyville 60-6, Quincy Notre Dame 52-15, Cumberland 61-15 and Effingham 68-12.
For the day, Oakwood wrestlers compiled a cumulative 47-9 record. Fifteen squad members registered wins.
Eight Comets were 4-0 for the day: Reef Pacot (106 pounds), Gage Reed (113pounds), Blake Barney (120 pounds), Joe Lashuay (132 pounds), Connor Hutson (145 pounds), Jack Carey (152 pounds), Colby Smiley (182 pounds) and Caide Borden (285 pounds).
Smiley posted four pins. Borden and Carey each collected three pins. Reed had two pins.
Ben Jessup (132 pounds) went 3-0 with two pins. At 160 pounds, Tate Johnson was 3-1 with one pin. Caleb Lashuay was 2-1 with one pin at 152 pounds.
Ending the day with 2-2 records for Oakwood/Salt Fork were Case Kopacz (126 pounds), Thomas Lay (195 pounds) and Josh Miller (220 pounds).
Jacob Paris (132 pounds) was 1-0 and Doug Myers (170 pounds) was 0-1.
Five O/SF freshmen earned their first varsity victories: Barney, Jessup, Kopacz, Lay and Pacot.
The Comets return to action on Tuesday at Salt Fork South against Clifton Central and St. Joseph-Ogden.
