The Sailors traveled to Le Grand on Tuesday night for a pair of road duals. Four Sailors were perfect on the evening, winning both their matchups. Gavin Reed started his night out with a forfeit, and opened up the offense in his second match, earning the tech fall against Hayden Eaton of Grinnell. Max Magayna made quick work of his competition, as he has done all season long. He earned two pins, spending just over three minutes on the mat. Reigning wrestler of the week, Sam Hackett lit up the scoreboard in his first match. He put up a 16-2 major decision, he made quick work of his second match with a first period fall. Carson Hartz battled through both of his matchups on the evening, earning identical 5-1 decisions in both matchups.
Solid performances are becoming routine up and down the lineup, Coach Boleyn believes that is not an accident. “My key word for the guys tonight was believe. Believing in themselves is a huge key for us going forward. We have to believe in ourselves that we are wrestling our best. We have to believe that we can finish strong. We need to believe that we are always in matches, no matter what the score is. If there is time left on the clock, we can still win. I think we have guys that are really believing that the goals that they have set for themselves are within reach. You can see when they are wrestling with that self-confidence, it directly translates to the performance on the mat. We are moving in the right direction, we need to continue to build and reach our peak right in time for the postseason.”
The Sailors ultimately fell short in both duals this evening, Coach Boleyn felt the margins between winning and losing were extremely thin. “We put ourselves in a position to be successful tonight, just came up a bit short. Sometimes it comes down to winning the pre-match coin toss. We felt like we had a solid plan to shuffle guys around to try and pick up some dual wins, we needed to win the toss to have the flexibility to move around how we wanted to. Unfortunately tonight we lost the toss, that really limited what we were able to do, and we came up a little bit short tonight. Proud of how we battled, the matchups just didn’t go our way.”
Columbus is back in action this Thursday for Senior Night. Sailors will host Clear Lake and Tripoli in the BMAP gym. Live stream will be available of the Columbus Wrestling Facebook page.
East Marshall/GMG Dual
106- Mason Burr- L Fall (1:05) to Karter Welsh
113- Gavin Reed- W Forfeit
120- Martin Schmitz- L Fall (0:21) to Brody Augspurger
132- Joseph Kwofie- L Fall (1:22) to Dominick Ridout
138- Sam Hackett- W Maj (16-2) over Kordell Negrete
145- Henry Erie- L Fall (0:33) to Dane Thompson
152- Max Magayna- W Fall (2:25) over Tim Benson
170- Carson Harts- W Dec (5-1) over Samuel Bandstra
182- Fabian Sanudo- L Fall (0:44) to Logan Walton
195- Mason Knipp- W Tech (16-0) over Johnathan Edel
220- Connor Knudtson- L Fall (0:43) to Conner Murty
Final Score: Columbus 24, East Marshall/GMG 48
Grinnell Dual
113- Mason Burr- L Fall (4:52) to Brayden Graff
120- Gavin Reed- W Tech (16-0) over Hayden Eaton
126- Martin Schmitz- W Forfeit
132- Joseph Kwofie- W Fall (0:22) over Wyatt Eaton
138- Sam Hackett- W Fall (0:46) over Blaine Kriegel
145- Henry Erie- L Fall (0:36) to Andres Cantillo
152- Max Magayna- W Fall (0:51) over Eli Rose
170- Carson Hartz- W Dec (5-1) over Max Loveall
182- Fabian Sanudo- L Fall (0:54) to Oliver Louden
195- Mason Knipp- L Fall (1:00) to Wyatt Eaton
220- Connor Knudtson- W Forfeit
Final Score: Columbus 38, Grinnell 42
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