Five Caldwell Wrestlers took home wins at Hannibal Saturday
By Julie LaFollette
Caldwell High’s wrestling squad traveled to Hannibal on Saturday for a quadrangular match, with the Redskins claiming three victories 45-9 over River, 48-12 over Shadyside, and 48-24 against Fort Frye.
“I am proud of how our guys competed today,” Coach Derick Hesson stated. “They improve every time we wrestle. It is nice to have a more complete team now that we have Jonah and Havison back from injury and Gabe back out with us.”
Five Caldwell wrestlers won all three of their matches on the day – Colby Langley (160/170), Marshal Sayre (170/182), Jonan Croucher (182/195), Cody Welch (113/120) and Cale Bender (120/126).
Getting two wins were TJ Wehr (285), Joel Ackley (138), Jase Norman (220) and Gabe Parrish (106). Results:
Caldwell 45 River 9
106: Gabe Parrish (C) won by forfeit; 113: Cody Welch (C) won by forfeit; 126: Cale Bender (C) won by forfeit; 138: Joel Ackley (C) won by forfeit; 152: Maddox Mozena (R) pinned Tate Leasure (C); 160: Colby Langley (C) pinned Zack Hocutt (R); 170 Marshal Sayre (C) pinned Alexis Felton (R); 182 Jonah Croucher (C) won by QB over Nick Mancheca (R); 220: Jase Norman (C) dec. Brayden Strawn (R) 5-4; 285: Marshal Bier (R) dec. TJ Wehr (C) 4-3 OT.
Caldwell 48 Shadyside 12
106: Gabe Parrish (C) won by forfeit; 113: Cody Welch (C) won by forfeit; 120: Cale Bender (C) woon by forfeit; 138: Andrew Osman (S) pinned Joel Ackley (C); 145: Brendan Schrader (S) pinned Tate Leasure (C); 160: Colby Langley (C) won by forfeit; 170: Marshal Sayre (C) won by forfeit; 195: Jonah Croucher (C) pinned Jacob Brown (S); 220: Jase Norman (C) won by forfeit; 285: TJ Wehr (C) won by forfeit.
Caldwell 48 Fort Frye 24
120: Cody Welch (C) pinned Oscar Baker (FF); 126: Cale Bender (C) pinned Wyatt Fulton (FF); 138: Joel Ackley (C) pinned Logan Wagner (FF); 145: Stone Dixon (FF) pinned Tate Leasure (C); 152: Havison Petry (C) pinned Mathias Kesselring (FF); 160: Elijah Johnson (FF) win by forfeit; 170: Colby Langley (C) pinned Ross Schultheis (FF); 182: Marshal Sayre (C) pinned Frank Baker (FF); 195: Jonah Croucher (C) won by forfeit; 220: Hunter Kesselring (FF) pinned Jase Norman (C); 285: TJ Wehr (C) pinned Joe Stevens (FF); 220 exhibition: Wyatt Williams (C) pinned Elijah Slaughter (FF).
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The Caldwell grapplers are now 9-5 in dual meets. They will be in action again on Thursday, Feb. 4 at Fort Frye in a triangular match with the Cadets and the Shenandoah Zeps. They will also travel to Cambridge on Saturday, Feb. 6 for a quadrangular match.
