Raiders continue to rule 'City' mats

BY CHARLES ROTHWELL
Jan. 24, 2010, 10:05 p.m.

  North Farmington captured its fifth consecutive city championship with convincing victories over cross-town rivals Farmington High and Farmington Hills Harrison. A little more than a week ago, the Raiders eked out a 33-32 win over the Harrison Hawks, but tonight was a different story.

  North Farmington won nine of 14 matches and cruised to a 37-18 victory.

  The second match of the meet pitted host Farmington against the Hawks. The Falcons had lost to the Hawks, 40-26, nine days ago and would have to wrestler much better to win back the city trophy they had owned from 2000 through 2005.

  The meet started out with three straight Farmington falls, but Harrison battled back and led 36-33 with one match to go. Justin Roe hit several third-period takedowns to gain a major decision and secure the win for Farmington.

  The championship match started off well for the Falcons as Nimantha Herath won by fall and Kevin Kennerly scored a major decision. However, it was pretty much all North Farmington after that as the Raiders won nine of the next 10 matches. The final score was 42-23.

215: Kevin Miller (NF) pinned Austin Jarvis in 3:15;
285: Brandon Martin (FHH) dec. Majed Mokbel, 10-5;
112: Evan Doyle (FHH) dec. Mike Williams, 15-11;
119: Andre Sanders (FHH) dec. Matt Jaisle, 16-10;
125: Jordan Russell (NF) dec. Gabe Unick, 6-5;
130: Garrett Fisk (NF) dec. Evan Hahn, 9-5;
135: James Roberts (FHH) dec. Imran Saquib, 19-15;
140: John Davis (NF) dec. Marcus Shepherd, 7-5;
145: Matt Russell (NF) dec. Kyle Lake, 12-4;
152: Nate Cherney (NF) dec. Dan Leeb, 7-3;
160: Kevin Beazley (FHH) pinned Gerald Rivkin in 2:36;
171: Brian Miller (NF) pinned Sultan Hubbard in 5:15;
189: Courtney Drew (NF) won by void.

285: Dylan Wells (F) pinned Kevin Johnson in 45 seconds;
103: Nimantha Herath (F) pinned Fortune Martin in 3:22;
112: Devin Kennedy (F) pinned Evan Doyle in 3:24;
119: Andre Sanders (FHH) pinned Anthony Porto in 4:59;
125: Kienuwa Davis (F) dec. Gabe Unick, 16-11 (OT);
130: Evan Hahn (FHH) pinned Zach Schulz in 5:32;
135: James Roberts (FHH) major dec. Wesley Kuutila, 13-3;
140: Mike Rankin (F) pinned Marcus Shepherd in 44 seconds;
145: Kirk Tomski (F) pinned Kyle Lake in 3:15;
152: Dan Leeb (FHH) dec. Derek Southerland, 5-4;
160: Sultan Hubbard (FHH) pinned Dave Gambill in 1:46;
171: Kevin Beazley (FHH) tech fall. C.J. Hicks, 25-9;
189: Lido Zefi (FHH) pinned Steve Cook in 5:37;
215: Justin Roe (F) major dec. Brandon Martin, 15-5.

103: Nimantha Herath (F) pinned Mike Hoover in 1:30;
112: Kevin Kennerly (F) major dec. Mike Williams, 12-3;
119: Jordan Russell (NF) dec. Anthony Porto, 6-5;
125: Matt Jaisle (NF) won by void;
130: Garrett Fisk (NF) pinned Kienuwa Davis in 3:53;
135: Imran Saqib (NF) dec. Zach Schulz, 8-4;
140: John Davis (NF) pinned Mike Rankin in 2:36;
145: Nick Tomski (F) dec. Matt Russell, 6-3;
152: Nate Cherney (NF) dec. Derek Southerland, 6-3;
160: Brian Miller (NF) pinned Ryan Southerland in 3:24;
171: Courtney Drew (NF) dec. C.J. Hicks, 10-4;
189: Kevin Miller (NF) pinned Steve Cook, 2:49;
215: Justin Roe (F) major dec. Majed Mokbel, 12-3;
285: Dylan Wells (F) won by void.