TOWANDA — Towanda went 4-1 to take second in their December edition of the Dandy Mini Mart Duals Saturday.

The highlight, though, was senior Dayton Wickwire.

The 170 pounder earned his 100th career win the championship match against Mt. Union and was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler.

 

“It feels pretty amazing,” he said. “I’ve been working my whole high school career for this. Most importantly I’ve been working my whole career for moments like this.”

Tioga went 1-4 on the day to take seventh while Williamson went 0-5 for eighth place.

The Black Knights breezed through pool play 3-0 but found things tougher in the semi-finals and finals.

In the cross-over match they edged Haverford 35-33 but fell to Mt. Union 42-26 in the final.

Despite the outcome coach Bill Sexton was happy to see his team get strong full day of work in.

“I thought we wrestled really well today,” he remarked. “We wrestled some good teams today. Meyers proved later on in the tournament they were pretty good, coming back and taking third. I thought we wrestled extremely well against them to set the tone this morning. And coming back against a good Haverford school I was pleased with the way we wrestled that, a real good match from Noah Shafer to win and I thought we wrestled a real good match against Mt. Union. They caught a couple key pins in the match and it kind of got away from us but we won our share of matches all day. I’m pretty pleased for the first day out, everybody here was wrestling last weekend, so this was our first extensive outing.”

In the finals Towanda found themselves down 6-0 as Mt. Union’s Robbie Steel pinned Steven Yates in 25 seconds at 152 pounds.

Knight Breycin Fulmer tied it up at 160 as he pinned Nathanael Morgan in 3:45.

Then at 170 Wickwire got his milestone victory in a 16-6 major decision over Dylan Smith.

“Obviously a big day for Dayton,” said Sexton. “He’s had a real solid career up to this point and the best part ahead of him. I was real pleased with him today, there’s pressure when you get close to 100. He had a big day today, four pins and a major, I couldn’t be happier for him. He’s worked extremely hard and he’s starting to get some of the benefits from it.”

Wickwire was especially happy to get this moment at home.

“It’s pretty awesome to have it at home in front of my family and all my friends here,” said Wickwire.

Clay Mosier kept the momentum for the Knights with a 20-9 major over Braydon Kylor at 182 pounds.

Mt. Union’s Adam Rigney scored a 2-0 decision at 195 over Towanda’s Michael Johnson but Knight Mitch Peters beat Levi Hockenberry 7-3 at 220.

At 285 Mt. Union’s Mason Hockenberry pinned Ryan Grimes in 1:03, which was followed up with a 5-0 decision by Josh Boozel over Cooper Mosier at 106.

A 7- 0 decision from Towanda’s Preston Rogers over Caleb Cramer made it 20-18 in favor of the Knights.

Then back to back falls by Mt. Union’s Bryotn Stidfole (120) and Andrew Todaro (126) pushed the Trojans up 30-20.

At 132 Logan Johnson cut the bleeding for Towanda with a fall over Caleb Diven in 1:27 to make it 30-26 but that’s as close as it got.

At 138 Jake Boozel pinned Towanda’s D.J. Knolles in 3:47 followed by Andrew Tess (145) scoring a fall over Keegan Kisner for the 42-26 win.

In the semi-finals Shafer’s fall at 126 pounds in 4:39 proved to be the deciding win.

Also getting pins for Towanda were Wickwire (170) and Johnson (195) while Fulmer (160) scored a 17-0 technical fall.

Yates (152) had a 3-1 decision, Peters (285) had a 3-1 sudden victory win and Knolles scored a forfeit.

In pool play Towanda started the day beating Williamson 72-9.

For the Knights Shaffer (126), Kisner (145), Yates (152), Fulmer (160), Wickwire (170) and Clay Mosier (182) had falls.

Johnson (132), Knolles (138), Johnson (195), Koss (220), Cooper Mosier (106) and Steven Chenot (120) recorded forfeits.

For Williamson Hunter Thompson (113) scored a 4-3 decision over Rogers while Zane Fuller (285) earned a fall.

The Knights beat Meyers 60-15.

Knolles (138), Wickwire (170), Clay Mosier (182), Johnson (195), Koss (220), Mitchell Peters (285), Cooper Mosier (106) and Rogers (113) had falls.

Kisner (145) won a major decision 18-6, Yates took home a 9-2 decision and Fulmer (160) scored an 18-2 technical fall in 4:00.

In their final pool play match Towanda beat Brockway 54-23.

Kisner (145), Clay Mosier (182), Koss (220), Ryan Grimes (285), Cooper Mosier (106) and Rogers (113) had forfeits.

Yates (152), Johnson (195) and Wickwire (170) scored falls.

For Williamson in pool play they lost to Brockway 48-24.

Thompson (113) and Fuller (285) scored forfeits while Caleb Robbins (170) and Hunter Hilfiger (182) had falls.

They also lost to Meyers 60-13.

Thompson (113) got a fall, Robbins (182) scored a major decision and Fuller (285) had an 8-3 decision.

Tioga went 0-3 in pool play on the day as well.

They lost to Hanover 57-15.

Trey Floyd (170) scored a fall while John Worthing had a forfeit. Jason Spear added an 8-2 decision.

The Tigers fell to Haverford 54-18.

Max Johnson (138) had a forfeit while Austin Lamb scored a fall. Worthing (106) and Collin Benesh (126) scored decisions. Worthing’s was 3-0 and Benesh’s 3-1.

The Tigers also lost to Mt. Union 76-12.

Collin Elston (132) and Lamb (113) had falls for Tioga.

Both teams lost their first cross-over matches.

Tioga fell to Brockway 41-30.

Hoose (152), Stephen Taylor (285), Worthing (106) and Lamb (113) had forfeits.

Josh Hazard (182) had a fall while Benesh (126) and Elston (132) scored decisions.

For Williamson they lost to Hanover 51-21.

Thompson (113) and Fuller (285) both scored injury default wins while Skyler Rumsey (152) had a fall. Hilfiger (170) added a 7-1 decision.

In the seventh place match Tioga won 48-15.

Hoose (152), DiMarco (160), Benesh (126) and Jason Spear (145) scored falls for the Tigers while Quinten Yapel (195), Worthing (106), Elston (132) and Johnson (138) had forfeits.

For Williamson Fuller got a fall while Thompson (113), Robbins (170) and Hilfiger (182) scored decisions.