Terrific Tigers
Belleville grapplers
have big opening night performance
BY
CHARLES ROTHWELL
Dec. 3, 2009, 1:15 p.m.
What a fun evening for the
Belleville Tigers and their supporters. The wrestlers were there in
full numbers, obviously excited about finally wrestling someone from
another team.
The coaches were shaking hands with their counterparts from
Dexter and Plymouth; exchanging pleasantries and their optimism for the
season. And the parents showed up in impressive numbers.
Seated in the bleachers amongst some very knowledgeable and
vocal fathers, I had two recurring thoughts: It must be nice to wrestle
for a team that had such fervent followers; and I am sure glad my
wrestler sons told me they could not hear what was being shouted down
from the stands. Granted, the Belleville kids are talented wrestlers,
but there is no way they can hit four different moves simultaneously.
As for the wrestling itself, there is no better way to start the
season than by going 2-0. In the first match against Plymouth,
Belleville ran up against some tough lightweights, but won all but one
match over 119. The final score was 49-20.
In the nightcap, things went back and forth with Dexter until
Belleville rattled off three wins in a row at 135, 140 and 145 to lock
it up. The final score: 36-32, with each team winning seven matches.
Going 2-0 on the night were Shames DeLaHaye (171), Forrest
Sampson (215), Dustin Staton (285, both by fall), Tyler Schneider (135,
both by fall), Carter Sherman (140) and Kyle Skotak (145). Recording
his first high school win was freshman 112-pounder Josh Watson, who
pinned his Dexter opponent in 1:05.
PLYMOUTH 20
160: Rob Barackman (P) major dec. over Cameron McCoy, 22-8;
171: Shames DeLaHaye (B) major dec. over Jackson Chalmers, 15-6;
189: Mark Tooley (B) dec. Curtis Crosier, 9-4;
215: Forrest Sampson (B) won by void;
285: Dustin Staton (B) pinned Wally Eppler in 2:20;
103: Shadi Jammoul (P) pinned Christopher O'Keefe in 1:01;
112: Alec Breckenridge (P) pinned Josh Watson in 0:57;
119: Said Youssef (P) major dec. over Ivy Riley, 20-7;
125: Brendan Papin (B) won by void;
130: Casey O'Keefe (B) major dec. over Chase Kallil, 18-6;
135: Tyler Schneider (B) pinned Jimmy Ahearn in 3:52;
140: Carter Sherman (B) major dec. over Ziad Tamimi, 14-5
145: Kyle Skotak (B) pinned Tate Braboy in 5:38; and
152: Andrew Majewski (B) dec. Brandon Crowther, 5-1.
