Hawks pin Eagles

Holley picked up five pins and won six other weight classes via forfeit in a 71-15 wrestling victory over Kendall.

The match began at the 125 lb. weight class and Kendall's JD Bauer, trailing 10-4, registered a reverse and a pin in the final thirty seconds of the match. Teammate Jeff Chippendale followed with a 7-3 win at 130 lbs. Cody Lansbury won the only other match for the Eagles with a pin in 3:38 at 152 lbs.

The Hawks won three bouts in a row started by Matt Sanders via pin in 1:47 at 135 lbs. followed by Justin Widrig in 2:57 at 140 lbs. and Rob Baylor in 2:28 at 145 lbs. Andrew Vendetti, Key McPherson, Matt Denning, Keith Miller, Garrett DeFilipps and Justin Thomas all were awarded forfeits.

Casey Doty pinned his man in under one minute at 275 lbs. Tom Banks won the 103 lb. match by technical fall and Matt Banks finished the action with the quickest pin of the match in 55 seconds at 112 lbs.

The Holley win marked the 403rd in dual matches in head coach John Grillo's career. He picked up win number 400 when the Hawks hosted the Holley Tournament recently.

December 18, 2005