Canton
opens 09-10 season with impressive win over Riverview
BY CHARLES ROTHWELL
Dec. 4, 2009, 12:15 a.m.
Canton's wrestling team started the 2009-10 season with a 42-27
win over the Riverview Pirates, who featured four wrestlers currently
ranked by MichiganGrappler.com.
Riverview had beaten the Chiefs at the Woodhaven Duals less than
a year ago.
"It felt good to start the season off with a win," said Canton
coach Cory Mancuso. "Riverview is a well-coached team and they gave us
a real battle tonight.
"Ben Poirer, Waleed Faraj and Brent Winekoff really stepped it
up and got us the pins we needed tonight. Brent showed a lot of courage
being able to go out there with an injured shoulder and get us a pin
tonight. It says a lot about his character and commitment to our team."
Canton featured five ranked wrestlers, each of whom won.
After giving up a void at 103, Riverview scored three major
decisions in a row to take a 12-6 lead. Waleed Faraj and Zach Marsh
defeated their freshmen opponents to put Canton back on top.
In the only match-up to feature two ranked opponents, Canton's
Donnie Watkins (ranked No. 1 at 140) defeated Steve Warrington (No. 7
at 135) by technical fall.
With the match tied at 21-all, Canton ripped off four
consecutive victories to put things out of reach for the Pirates.
RIVERVIEW 27
at EMU's Bowen Fieldhouse
103 pounds: Richard DeMarois (C) won by void;
112: Chris Carroll (R) won by major decision over Keshaw Patel, 8-0;
119: Brandon Hernandez (R) won by major decision over Danny Filippelli,
12-2;
125: Jeff Czjka (R) won by major decision over Alex Eimers, 18-7;
130: Waleed Faraj (C) pinned Gage McFarland in 22 seconds;
135: Zach Marsh (C) won by major decision over Matt Rossi, 9-1;
140: Robbie Luciani (R) dec. Mitch Wolski, 6-4;
145: Donnie Watkins (C) won by tech. fall over Steve Warrington, 20-5;
152: Mike Carnarvon (R) pinned Patrick Murphy in 1:58;
160: Brent Winekoff (C) pinned Lucas Nino in 1:12;
171: Keith Zech (C) dec. Joey Jimenez, 10-4;
189: Anthony Abro (C) pinned Blake Smith in 47 seconds;
215: Ben Poirer (C) pinned Jacob Martin in 3:40; and
285: Ron Dively (R) pinned Julius Maddox in 2:24.
