Canton wrestling coach Cory Mancuso asked his team to step up -- literally -- before its season-opening match against Riverview Wednesday night, and the Chiefs obliged.

  Canton won nine of the 14 matches to nearly triple-up the Sharks, 49-18.

  "Our team had to overcome a lot of adversity this week," said Mancuso. "We asked a lot of kids to step up and wrestled at higher weights and they went out and battled tonight. Hats off to our three freshmen -- Jevon Hill, Ben Griffin and Alec Pantaleo -- who came out and got bonus points for the team.

  "I was probably the most happy with how Alex Eimers battled one of the best wrestlers in the state, Chris Carroll. He went out and scored the first takedown and made a few mistakes, which ended up costing him the match, but he really battled."

103 pounds: Ben Griffin (C) pinned Erick Caudill in 1:42.
112: Richard DeMorais (C) def. Dain Runyan, 12-3.
119: Alec Pantaleo (C) def. Ted Lassing by tech. fall, 20-5.
125: Keshav Patel (C) def. J.J. Miller by tech. fall, 18-0.
130: Chris Carroll (R) def. Alex Eimers, 9-3.
135: Brandon Hernandez (R) def. Marc Przyblski, 11-9.
140: Daniel Filippelli (C) pinned Jesse Graffagnino in 1:54.
145: Jeff Czajka (R) pinned Connor Mahan in 1:54.
152: Zach Marsh (C) def. Matt Rossi by tech. fall, 17-2.
160: Mike Carnavon (R) def. Patrick Murphy, 4-1.
171: Jevon  Hill (C) pinned James Gardner in 1:37.
189: Anthony Abro (C) pinned Kyle Terrell in 34 seconds.
215: Jacob Martin (R) def. Robert Lincoln, 7-3.
285: Ben Poirier (C) pinned Johnny Logan in 1:22.