Illness, injuries hit Trenton wrestlers as Bulldogs travel to Marceline

Wrestling

The Trenton Bulldog wrestlers, battling what Coach Charlie Bacon referred to as “illness and injury”, had a short-handed lineup as they traveled to Marceline High School on Thursday night, for a quadrangular with the Tigers, the GRC rival Polo Panthers, and Macon.

The short-handed Trenton roster had to give up five open weights, with Coach Bacon noting it is “tough to win a dual with that many opens in the lineup”.  However Trenton, in head-to-head competition, beat Polo 45-18.  Against a typically strong Marceline squad, the Bulldogs struggled, with the Tigers earning a 69-12 triumph.  Trenton tied Macon at 33 points each, but the Tigers earned the tie-break win, with eight point scored to first match fashion, compared to only six for the Bulldogs.

Highlights for Trenton on the night included 145 pound freshman Noah Lewis picking up two wins, one by pin over Dalton Frazier of Polo and the other a 10-9 decision over Brady Moots of Macon.  Mark Trump, wrestling at 195 pounds, took a victory by pin over Nick Fotenos of Marceline and defeated Luke Cory of Polo by 7-4 decision.

Perhaps the most marquee duel of the night came between Trenton’s Mason Owen and Marceline’s D.J. Gerhart at 220 pounds, with the Tiger grappler winning a tough 3-0 decision.

Noting the disappointment of a ‘tie-break’ loss to Macon, Coach Bacon said, “We found out that it is really important to score the first takedown of the match.  It was a lesson learned the hard way, and we won’t forget from now on”.

Trenton was to wrestle on Saturday at the Plattsburg Tournament, but that event was postponed until February 4th due to the weather forecast of icy conditions.  The Plattsburg Tournament will be February 4th, with the Bulldogs already booked to the Lexington Tournament that day.  Trenton will not be able to participate in the Plattsburg event due to the schedule conflict.

Here are the individual results from Trenton’s Thursday night matches at Marceline High School.

Trenton 45, Polo 18
106: Double Forfeit
113: Double Forfeit 
120: Brendon Johnson (TRENTON) over (POLO) (For.) 
126: Daniel Rodriguez (TRENTON) over (POLO) (Dec 8-6)
 132: Zane Rottman (TRENTON) over (POLO) (For.) 
138: Gunner Keller (POLO) over (TRENTON) (For.) 
145: Noah  Lewis (TRENTON) over Dalton Frazier (POLO) (Fall 5:07) 
152: Eric Lovett (TRENTON) over Dalton Frazier (POLO) (Fall 2:26)
 160: Drew Rorebeck (TRENTON) over Drake Burton (POLO) (Dec 5-2)
 170: Joseph Hilburn (POLO) over (TRENTON) (For.) 
182: Whitney Jadan (TRENTON) over (POLO) (For.) 
195: Mark Trump (TRENTON) over Luke Cory (POLO) (Dec 7-4)
 220: Gunner Martin (POLO) over Mason Owen (TRENTON) (Fall 1:05) 
285: Cole Little (TRENTON) over Earl Cory (POLO) (Fall 0:57)
 
Marceline 69, Trenton 12
113: Colton  Fisher (MARCELIN) over  (TRENTON) (For.) 
120: Dylan Wheeler (MARCELIN) over Brendon Johnson (TRENTON) (Fall 0:44) 
126: Colton Nelson (MARCELIN) over Daniel Rodriguez (TRENTON) (Fall 1:14) 
132: Cullen Bruner (MARCELIN) over Zane Rottman (TRENTON) (Fall 4:15) 
138: Clayton Stallo (MARCELIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
 145: Brady Scott (MARCELIN) over Noah  Lewis (TRENTON) (Fall 1:25)
 152: Alex  Cupp (MARCELIN) over Eric Lovett (TRENTON) (Fall 2:21)
 160: Rylan  Chrisman (MARCELIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
 170: Andrew Edgar (MARCELIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
 182: Seth  Cupp (MARCELIN) over (TRENTON) (Fall 0:40) 
195: Mark Trump (TRENTON) over Nick Fotenos (MARCELIN) (Fall 2:23) 
220: DJ  Gerhart (MARCELIN) over Mason Owen (TRENTON) (Dec 3-0) 
285: Cole Little (TRENTON) over   (MARCELIN) (For.)
106: Cooper  Fisher (MARCELIN) over (TRENTON) (For.)
 
Macon 33, Trenton 33
– Macon won by criteria, which states the team who scored more total first match points wins. Macon scored 8 of the first points and Trenton scored 6 first match points
120: Brendon Johnson (TRENTON) over Mary Belle Harrell (MACON) (Fall 2:36) 
126: Double Forfeit 
132: Daniel Rodriguez (TRENTON) over Dantae Magruder (MACON) (Fall 1:19) 
138: Brady Moots (MACON) over Zane Rottman (TRENTON) (Dec 9-6)
145: Noah  Lewis (TRENTON) over Brady Moots (MACON) (Dec 10-9)
152: Eric Lovett (TRENTON) over (MACON) (For.) 
160: Tyrel Enyard (MACON) over (TRENTON) (For.)
170: Jeb Schaefer (MACON) over (TRENTON) (For.)
182: Jadan Whitney (TRENTON) over (MACON) (For.) 
195: Shane Levett (MACON) over Mark Trump (TRENTON) (Fall 1:48) 
220: Mason Owen (TRENTON) over Colton Christensen (MACON) (Inj. [time])
285: Jeffery Smoot (MACON) over Cole Little (TRENTON) (Fall 1:37) 
106: Joseph Chambers (MACON) over (TRENTON) (For.)
113: Double Forfeit