Shorewood wrestling defeats rival Shorecrest Thursday

Shorewood High School defeated their rivals Shorecrest tonight in a match closer than the final score indicated.

Beginning at 126 pounds Shorecrest senior Connor Block controlled from start to finish for a 9-2 victory to give the Scots the early lead.

After the Thunderbirds responded with pins at 132 and 138 pounds the Scots picked a pair of their own for a narrow 15-12 lead.

Shorewood forfeited to Shorecrest at 160 and 170 pounds, giving the rival Scots a 27-12 team lead halfway through the contest.

The rest of the weight classes belonged to the Thunderbirds as Shorewood wrestlers continually turned tight contests into huge pins.

The evening was capped of by T-Bird sophomore Aiden Smith who pinned his opponent in the second round for Shorewood's seventh pin in a row and a final score of 54-27.  Shorewood has now defeated Shorecrest seven times in a row and nine out of their last ten meetings.

Shorewood wrestles next this Saturday at the Barry Knott Classic, hosted by Nathan Hale High School. Shorecrest also wrestles on Saturday, in the Lynnwood Classic tournament. Both tournaments begin wrestling at 9am.


Shorewood 54 - Shorecrest 27
@ Shorewood High School

126: Connor Block (SC) dec. Shea O'Leary 9-2
132: Matthew McMillan (SW) pinned Chandler Keopanya 3:55
138: Elias Thorne (SW) pinned Layne Lyons 3:42
145: Spencer Kennedy (SC) pinned Sam Thurman 3:12
152: Luke Lotawa (SC) pinned Alex Olivera 3:34
160: Seraj Khazei (SC) win by forfeit
170: Owen Donnelly (SC) win by forfeit
182: Esdras Valladares (SW) pinned Simon Dalton 2:57
195: Troy Halloway-Beach (SW) pinned Andrew Sackett 1:15
220: Riley Teeters (SW) pinned David Rodolf 2:52
285: Japhet Valladares (SW) pinned Beshoy Gendy 0:55
106: Rhaye Samson (SW) pinned Neil Hornish 0:41
113: Nick Lotz (SW) pinned Roman Shadduck 1:34
120: Aiden Smith (SW) pinned Kelvin Schmidt 2:18

--Clark Norton