Wrestling | 12/19/2024 10:16:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Bloomsburg wrestling fell to Clarion 40-3 in a Mid-American Conference match up, Thursday night.
 
William Morrow (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) led the Huskies with a come-from behind win at 157 pounds. After a scoreless first period, John Altieri got on the board first with an escape and eventual takedown for a 4-0 lead after two full periods. Morrow chose bottom to start the third and got his escape and takedown to tie the match 4-4. Altieri got an escape to take a 5-4 lead but Morrow continued to be the aggressor and got a final takedown to win 7-5.
 
The 165-pound match between Leo Hess III (Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield) and Wesley Barnes followed as another thrilling match, though Barnes got the sudden victory win. Barnes had an early takedown in the first period for the 3-0 lead and chose bottom in the second to take a 4-0 lead into the third. Hess chose bottom in the third and quickly got an escape to limit Barnes' riding time. Hess tied the match with a takedown early enough in the third and kept and Barnes from escaping to bleed his riding time under a minute and send the match into overtime. Barnes struck first in the extra period with a takedown and four-count near-fall for the 11-4 win.
 
Mason Rebuck (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) and Ethan Wiant battled to the final horn in the 197-pound bout. The two grapplers finished the first period scoreless and Wiant chose bottom to start the second after Rebuck deferred. Wiant scored first with a reversal and two-count near-fall but Rebuck answered immediately with a reversal of his own to cut the score in half, 4-2. Wiant ended the second with another reversal for the 6-2 lead. Rebuck chose bottom for the third and got a quick reversal to pull back within two points, 6-4, but Wiant got his escape to push his lead to 7-4 and neither wrestler could take control for the rest of the match for the 7-4 win for Wiant.
 
Scores:
125: Robert Gardner (Clarion) over Unknown (For.) / 6-0 (Clarion)
133: Scott Johnson (Clarion) over Major Lewis (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) (Bloomsburg) (TF 16-0 2:17) / 11-0 (Clarion)
141: Gianni Silvestri (Clarion) over Ashton Campbell (Kintersville, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 10-3) / 14-0 (Clarion)
149: Kyle Schickel (Clarion) over Nick Antonelli (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) (Bloomsburg) (TF 16-0 2:04) / 19-0 (Clarion)
157: William Morrow (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) (Bloomsburg) over John Altieri (Clarion) (Dec 7-5) / 19-3 (Clarion)
165: Wesley Barnes (Clarion) over Leo Hess III (Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield) (Bloomsburg) (SV-1 11-4) / 22-3 (Clarion)
174: John Worthing (Clarion) over Nik Voros (Smithfield, Va./Smithfield) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 1:34) / 28-3 (Clarion)
184: Adrian Gacek (Clarion) over David Tuttle (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville) (Bloomsburg) (MD 9-0) / 32-3 (Clarion)
197: Ethan Wiant (Clarion) over Mason Rebuck (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 7-4) / 35-3 Clarion)
285: Austin Chapman (Clarion) over Tyler McCatharn (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) (Bloomsburg) (TF 21-5 6:14) / 40-3 (Clarion)
Attendance: 156
 
The Huskies return to the mat when the calendar flips to 2025. Bloomsburg will travel to the Bobby Kauffman Open in Edinboro on January 4 and 5.