INDIAN LAND – The Catawba Ridge Copperheads wrestling team split their final two Region 3-5A matches, including a come from behind win over the Indian Land Warriors.
Catawba Ridge lost to the Rock Hill Bearcats 46-29 and then beat Indian Land Warriors 48-36.
After the Rock Hill and Indian Land dual, which the Bearcats won, Catawba Ridge took on Rock Hill first. Starting at 113-pounds, Jacob McClure led things off for the Copperheads with a 12-2 major decision.
Rock Hill rallied to get a first period pin, but so did Catawba Ridge at 126-pounds by Taylon Winker in the opening period of his match as well. The Winker pin gave the Copperheads a 10-6 lead, before a Bearcats major decision at 132-pounds tied the match at 10.
Rock Hill regained the lead at 138-pounds with a second period pin and went up 22-10, before a 19-6 major by Archer Rozelle at 150-pounds.
Catawba Ridge’s Liston Stokes (165) picked up a 11-9 decision to keep the Copperheads within striking distance. Andrew Coursey (190) also won for the Copperheads with a second period pin and Alex Johnson (hwt.) picked up a first-period pin on his 17th birthday. However, Rock Hill was too far ahead as they would claim the dual win.
Against Indian Land, the Copperheads started at 120-pounds and moved their lineup around some. McClure bumped up to 120-pounds and got the second period pin putting Catawba Ridge up early. Winker (126) got a first period pin and Wyatt Ellison (138) won by forfeit.
Indian Land won the next four weight classes, two by forfeit, to go up 30-18.
Catawba Ridge’s Coursey (190) secured a second period pin and Damien Ashcraft won in the first period. Johnson won at heavyweight by forfeit to tie the match at 36 with two weight classes to go.
Truett Ellison (106) won with a second period pin for Catawba Ridge and Everett Gordon (113) clinched the match for the Copperheads with a first period pin.
Catawba Ridge is now 15-10 overall and finished their region schedule at 3-3.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
