ONE FEATHER STAFF REPORT
The Cherokee Braves wrestling team split (2-2) their four matches at the EBCI Duals held at Cherokee High School on Saturday, Dec. 11. Cherokee beat Hendersonville (34-30) and Hiwassee Dam (47-12) and lost to East Henderson (41-40) and Swain (45-28).
Cherokee actually tied East Henderson at 40 each, but lost in a tie breaker at the fifth level. That awarded one point to East Henderson who took the win at 41-40. In its loss to Swain, the Braves did well when it had a wrestler on the mat. Cherokee won five of seven matches in which a Brave participated, but lost five matches (30 points) due to forfeits.
One milestone was reached on Saturday. Cherokee’s head coach Ian Roper got his 300th coaching win in wrestling with the win over Hendersonville.
Cherokee 34 Hendersonville 30
112 – Jackson Morgan (H) won by forfeit
119 – Levi Swearengin (Ch) pinned Marco Padron at the :35 mark
130 – Magar Sabash (H) won by forfeit
140 – Thomas Lossiah (Ch) pinned Brian Wallace at the 1:13 mark
145 – David Huerta (H) pinned Wesley Long at the 2:59 mark
152 – Brian Jeffery (H) pinned Jessica McCoy (Ch) at the 3:06 mark
160 – Tavi Rivera (Ch) won by forfeit
171 – John Roper (Ch) won by forfeit
189 – Will Bird (Ch) won a major decision (16-3) over Matthew Parce (H)
215 – Rhett Hoy (H) won by forfeit
285 – Michael Montelongo pinned Austin Rikard (H) at the 1:26 mark
Cherokee 47 Hiwassee Dam 12
112 – Jacob Willingham (HD) won by forfeit
119 – Levi Swearengin (Ch) pinned Gage Horchler (HD) at the :22 mark
140 – Thomas Lossiah (Ch) won by forfeit
145 – Noah Dillard (HD) won by forfeit
152 – Jessica McCoy (Ch) pinned Zach Bennet (HD) at the 3:53 mark
160 – Tavi Rivera (Ch) won by technical fall (16-1) over Lucas Hayes (HD)
171 – John Roper (Ch) won by forfeit
189 – Corbin Wright (Ch) won by forfeit
215 – Will Bird (Ch) pinned Sawyer Dillard (HD) at the 2:26 mark
285 – Michael Montelongo (Ch) won by forfeit
East Henderson 41 Cherokee 40
103 – Corey Boen (EH) won by forfeit
112 – Drake Baldwin (EH) won by forfeit
119 – Levi Swearengin (Ch) pinned Jesse Case (EH) at the 1:37 mark
125 – Levi Heatherly (EH) won by forfeit
130 – Josh Haskell (EH) won by forfeit
135 – Mauricio Morero (EH) won by forfeit
140 – Trevor Haney (EH) pinned Thomas Lossiah (Ch) at the 5:35 mark
145 – Wesley Long (Ch) won by technical fall (19-3) over Aaron Moody (EH)
152 – Aaron Rogers (EH) won by major decision (14-4) over Jessica McCoy (Ch)
160 – Tavi Rivera (Ch) won by technical fall (18-3) over Matthew Pohl (EH)
171 – John Roper (Ch) pinned Brandon Thomas (EH) at the :43 mark
189 – Will Bird (Ch) pinned Jack Carver (EH) at the 2:36 mark
215 – Corbin Wright (Ch) pinned Kalvin Creigier at the :24 mark
285 – Michael Montelongo (Ch) pinned Nathan Dalton (EH) at the :31 mark
Swain 45 Cherokee 28
103 – John Miller (S) won by forfeit
119 – Levi Swearengin (Ch) pinned Austin Curtis (S) at the 1:25 mark
125 – Sean Webb (S) won by forfeit
130 – Bradley Green (S) won by forfeit
135 – Russell Bigmeat (S) won by forfeit
140 – Daniel Allen (S) won by forfeit
145 – Tanner Beldon (S) won by forfeit
152 – Jouse Otero (S) pinned Jessica McCoy (Ch) at the :40 mark
160 – Tavi Rivera (Ch) won by major decision over Louis Saeli (S)
171 – Tim Woodard (S) won by decision over John Roper (Ch)
189 – Corbin Wright (Ch) pinned Sailor Rawls (S) at the 5:09 mark
215 – Will Bird (Ch) pinned Will Ferguson (S) at the 1:12 mark
285 – Michael Montelongo (Ch) pinned Victor Jones (S) at the 1:36 mark
