Warsaw Tigers 36, Letchworth Indians 33 LCAA
Crossover Dual Meet
Warsaw tops
Letchworth in Livingston crossover
GAINESVILLE ― With two unbeaten league teams meeting, Tuesday night's Livingston Conference wrestling match between Warsaw and host Letchworth was expected to be a good one, and it lived up to its billing.
Warsaw, the LCAA Division II champion, won 36-33 over Letchworth, the LCAA Division I champion, in a crossover match.
The match started at 140 pounds, where Letchworth's Dustin Shearing pinned Collin Ewell in 5:02.
Matt Hendrickson then pinned Kyle Akers in 5:04 to give Letchworth a 12-0 lead.
Paul Paddock then got Warsaw's first points with a pin over James Lathrop at 152.
Letchworth upped the margin to 18-6 as Allen Fagan pinned Gary Baker at 160.
Warsaw then started its comeback. Joe Russ-Wilkolaski pinned Matt Brown at 171 and Garrett Gruendike pinned Derek Miller at 189 to tie it up.
Dan Reger gave Warsaw the lead at 215 with a 15-0 decision over Camden Barber.
Warsaw then got decisions from Chris Whiting at 103 and Ian Paddock at 112 to pas the lead.
Pat Pankow got a forfeit at 119 for Letchworth, and Weston Weaver won a decision at 125 to close the gap even further.
But John Barnes wrapped up the win for the Tigers with a pin o Josh Nichols at 130.
Joe Hendrickson then closed out the scoring with a forfeit at 135 for Letchworth.
Letchworth, which went unbeaten in Division I at 7-0, is 13-2 overall.
Warsaw came into the match unbeaten in Division II at 7-0.
All Livingston Conference matches Tuesday were crossovers between Division I and Division II squads.
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