Bulldogs Conference Champs

You know they say that football players wrestle just to stay in shape for football season. Baseball players do the same in cross country. Wrestling just like cross country and tennis are considered minor sports. Nobody cares about them. If you think that way you should have been at Northern Nash tonight as Nash Central and Northern Nash met on the mat for The Big East Duels Championships. Those of you who think wrestling is a minor sport they played for the team title tonight.

There are 14 weight classes from the scrawny 103 pound class up to the super heavy weight at 285. Those 14 matches it went right down to the last second of the last match before Nash Central knew they were the champs. Nash Central beat Northern Nash 32-30.

The last match of the night saw Northern's TJ Marshall in the 215 weight limit needing to pin Central's Isaiah Edwards. There was one minute to go in the second period when everyone in the gym thought that Marshall had done it for the Fighting Knights but Edwards wiggled out of bounds to stop from being pinned. Despite all his efforts Marshall could never get the pin even though he did win the match but Northern needed the six points from winning on a pin instead of the three you get on a decision.

Nash Central started the evening by getting a pin in the 285 pound class from Tamaris Lane in eleven seconds of the match to give Central a 6-0 lead. Corey Johnson took 18 second in the 106 class to pin his Bulldog foe and the match was tied 6-6. Central's Xavier Cox pinned his Northern 112 pound foe to give the Bulldogs the lead that they would never give up.

Northern's Keith Battle won at 118 on a decision. Shakeel Ricks won a decision for Central at 125. Demetrius Taylor added three points in the 130 pound division. Josh Taylor added four points for Nash Central at 135. That made the score 22-10 and then the comeback started for Northern.

Tavis Richardson won by 15 points at 140 to give Northern five points. Devonte Johnson for the Bulldogs scored four at 145. Joesph Cooper gave Northern six points with a pin at 152. Chris Horton won three points for the Knights winning in over time 3-1 in the match of the night over Tovis Davis.

Austin Sanford got a pin for Nash Central at 171 which looked as if that might be the nail in the coffin but Northern's Brian Sweet won a decision at 189 to set the stage for the final match.

If you were not there and wish you had of been you can see this match Sunday night on the Stretchlon Sports Show at 8.00pm. As they say "THIS WAS A HUM DINGER".