Plymouth grapplers go 1-1 at seaon-opening quad meet

  The Plymouth wrestling team split a pair of dual matches at Wednesday's Quad meet at Dexter.

  The Wildcats dropped their opener, 48-20, to Belleville before bouncing back to upend Chelsea, 50-18.

  "We looked sharp for the beginning of the year," said Plymouth coach Quinn Guernsey. "Our lineup still needs quite a bit of tweaking, but it was definitely a good start to the year. Tomorrow we'll go back to work and hope to keep improving.

  "Most of the guys wrestled hard and pushed the tempo of their match, so we're pretty proud of that. Belleville has a very solid team and we definitely had our chances against them. We'll keep plugging away and hopefully get some more wins this weekend."

  The Wildcats will be competing in the Columbia Central Invitational on Saturday.

  Among the standouts for the Wildcats were Alec Breckenridge, who pinned both his foes -- Belleville's Josh Watson in 0:57 and Chelsea's Taylor Cooley in 5:05. Senior Robbie Barackman also won both his matches handily, earning major-decision points for Belleville's Cameron McCoy, 21-8; while ousting Matt Lindauer, 14-7.

  Other double winners were 103-pound Shadi Jammoul, who pinned Belleville's Chris O'Keefe in 1:01, and won by void against Chelsea; and Said Youssef, who won by major decision over Ivy Riley (20-7) at 119 against Belleville before outpointing Chelsea's Avery Osentoski, 13-9.

103 pounds: Shadi Jammoul (P) pinned Chris O'Keefe in 1:01;
112: Alec Breckenridge (P) pinned Josh Watson in 0:57;
119: Said Youssef (P) won by maj. dec. over Ivy Riley, 20-7;
125: Brandon Papin (B) won by void;
130: Casey O'Keefe (B) won by maj. dec. over Chase Kallil, 18-7;
135: Tyler Schneider (B) pinned Jimmy Ahearn in 3:52;
140: Carter Sherman (B) won by maj. dec. over Ziad Tamimi, 14-5;
145: Kyle Skotak (B) pinned Tate Braboy in 3:38;
152: Andrew Majewski (B) dec. Brandon Crowther, 5-1;
160: Robbie Barackman (P), won by maj. dec. over Cameron McCoy, 21-8;
171: Shames Delahaye (B) won by maj. dec. over Jackson Chalmers, 15-6;
189: Mark Tooley (B) dec. Curtis Crosier, 9-4;
215: Forest Sampson (B) won by void; and
285: Dustin Staton (B) pinned Wally Eppler in 2:20.

103 pounds: Shadi Jammoul (P) won by void;
112: Alec Breckenridge (P) pinned Taylor Cooley in 5:05;
119: Double void;
125: Said Youssef (P) dec. Avery Osentoski, 13-9;
130: Chase Kallil won by tech. fall over Billy Collins, 16-0;
135: Jimmy Ahearn dec. Travis Preston, 7-1;
140: Ziad Tamimi pinned Zack Karsuninik in 1:55;
145: Dylan Ray-Leonard (C) pinned Tate Braboy in 3:38;
152: Brandon Crowther (P) pinned Jake Remo in 41 seconds;
160: Robbie Barackman (P) dec. Matt Lindauer, 14-7;
171: Jackson Chalmers (P) pinned Brett Hutchen in 48 seconds;
189: Curtis Crosier (P) pinned Joel Bradley in 2:59;
215: Ray Zielinski (C) won by void;
285: David Slugger (C) pinned Jordan Birman in 3:46.