Baxter
beats No. 1 wrestler to aid
Unbeaten
Cole Baxter scored a reversal with two seconds left in his 152-pound match,
giving the Golden Tornado wrestlers (11-5) a 31-28 dual match victory over
Baxter's reversal produced a 2-1 decision over Matt Hundenski (28-1), the
top-ranked wrestler in the WPIAL at that weight class.
"We didn't want Cole to match up with him, but there's a lot of strategy
involved in close dual matches and we had to go after Hundenski to win
it," Butler coach
"I know a lot of people treat wrestling as an individual sport, but I
don't see it that way. I'm coaching a team."
Other key wins for the Tornado occurred at 130 pounds, where Cody Hartman
scored a major decision over Cody Mutkas (19-7), at 135 where Dillon Weston
decisioned Marco Crivelli (20-8), at 189 where
"They're very good,"Stoner said. "This is a big win for
us."
Butler 31, Hopewell 28
103 pounds: Tim Dusch (H)tech. fall over Brandon Bauer, 17-2; 112:
Steve Unen (H)dec. Nick Sutton, 6-1; 119: Rob Tempalski (H)dec. Zach
Reges, 6-4; 125: Eric Tuck (B) pinned Andrew Crisi, 3:51; 130:
Cody Hartman (B)dec. Cody Mutkas, 8-0; 135: Dillon Weston (B)dec. Marco
Crivelli, 4-2; 140: Mike Carson (H)dec. Mike Crawford, 1-0; 145:
Dakoda Collins (B)pinned Dylan Winkle, 2:11; 152: Cole Baxter (B)dec.
Matt Hundenski, 2-1; 160: Brian Foy (H)dec. Derek Hays, 15-7; 171:
Derhon Towler (H)pinned Mike Scialabba, :50; 189: