Vian wrestlers pick up individual wins against Poteau JV on homecoming
The Vian high school and junior high wrestlers opened their home season against the Poteau junior varsity squads Tuesday night at B.J. Traw Gymnasium to celebrate homecoming.
The Vian high school and junior high wrestlers opened their home season against the Poteau junior varsity squads Tuesday night at B.J. Traw Gymnasium to celebrate homecoming.
While both Poteau JV teams officially won both high school duals — 15-6 in the girls and 37-36 in the boys, with the latter team score being decided by criteria to break a 36-all deadlock at dual’s end — several Vian wrestlers picked up individual wins.
The lone Lady Wolverine high school wrestler to get a win was Carissa Prock at 130 pounds, pinning Poteau JV’s Ava Hamilton in 2:50. Vian’s other Lady Wolverine who saw action was Aubrey Gant at 115, who lost 5-2 to Poteau JV’s Jaydn Harper.
In the high school boys’ action, four matches were contested, with Vian winning three of them.
The wrestling night ended on a down note as during Clay Clark’s heavyweight match against Poteau JV’s Brady Wahl, Clark took down Wahl, but in the process the Pirate matman suffered a broken lower right leg — which gave Clark the six-point injury-default win, with Clark leading at the time 2-0. Wahl was assisted to the ambulance by Pafford Emergency Medical Services staff and transported to Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.). Wahl underwent surgery Wednesday morning.
Vian’s other high school boys victors were Adoff Stahl at 126 with a pinfall win over Walker Bryan in 3:31, while Gunnar Richey followed that with a pinfall victory of his own as he pinned Zaden Faulkner in 52 seconds.
In the junior high girls action, the lone contested match saw Vian’s Maddi Turman pin Yanelli Guzman in 34 seconds. On criteria, the Lady Wolverines won the JH dual 13-12.
The most contested matches of the night took place in the JH boys dual, which was won 39-30 by the Poteau JV.
Wolverines who picked up wins were Kalvin Andrade (98 pounds by pin, 1:29), Carter Madsen (119, by pinfall in 40 seconds), and Axl Branham (132, by pinfall in 1:06).
Four exhibition matches took place on the night. In the junior high girls, Turman lost by pinfall to Gabriela Ortiz, while Kye Brown suffered a loss by pin to Denise Chun.
In the JH boys, both Madsen (35 seconds) and Charles Lucas (43 seconds) won their exhibition matches by pinfall.
The Wolverines and Lady Wolverines were slated to end their pre-Christmas portion of the season Thursday night with a home dual against Sequoyah-Tahlequah to celebrate Senior Night.
