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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Dirigo Wrestling VS Fryeburg

DIXFIELD-In wrestling, the out  come is often determined on match-ups because some teams are stronger than the opposition is in certain weight classes. So, it can extremely important where a teams strengths or weaknesses lie.

Dirigo has been quite successful through out the season with a group of underclassmen, however, it remains well aware that things can turn upside down in an instant.
The Cougars proved to have enough when it counted and passed the test in a series of Mid State League dual meets, that included a 42-33 win over  Fryeburg Academy at Defoe Gymnasium.

Dirigo also man handled Madison 72-12 and Wiscasset72-0.

''We don't match up well against Fryeburg,"Dirigo coach Doug Gilbert said.
''We'd rather start at the lower weights because we are stronger, where as they have strength is in the upper weights.''

Cougar freshman Jon Wainwright stopped the bleeding with a big pin on Dylan Knapp, at 106-pounds. Wainwright jumped ahead 8-2, behind a couple pinning combinations. In the second period Wainwright took advantage of Knapp's inactivity and  exposed the Raider wrestlers back to the mat. He secured a reverse-half nelson for the stick.                                              
Dirigo had beat four of five teams en route to finishing second at the Kennebunk Duals, the previous weekend. They beat Wells, Kennebunk, Biddeford and Lisbon. In the championship meet, the Cougars were manhandled by three-time Class A state champion Marshwood.    
''We wrestled well at the Duals,'Gilbert said. ''We beat Wells rather handily, but then didn't start out looking very good against Kennebunk. Our team is young and they feed off each other. So, once a couple won back to back then things just started to snowball.''
After the Kennebunk meet, the coaching staff talked to the wrestlers. Evidently, the tongue-lashing hit home because the Cougars went out and dominated Biddeford.          

Dirigo wrestlers recorded five big pins against Wiscasset, beginning with Griffyn Smith (120), in the first period. In fact, each stick came in the first period, with tight waists.  Colin Woodhead (145) in 44 seconds; Spencer Vaughan, 1:07. Dalton Berry (182) and Lucas ''Bull'' MacDonald (195) in 23 and 25 seconds, respectively. The Cougars had their way with Madison, also. Vaughan and Berry each stuck opponents. Ethan Bryant of Dirigo was pinned at 160.

Dirigo is the defending Class C state champion and received an ''eye opener' from its main rival. Deter forfeited six weight classes (36 team points) against Kennebunk, but rallied back to beat the Rams. Dexter have nine wrestlers who could place at the state meet next month, in Fryeburg. Dirigo has 11 wrestlers who will each need to score. Freshmen freshman Chase Thebarge (103) and Wainwright.

Gus Brown (126). 2013 state finalists Tucker Bennett (132), Hunter White (138), Bryce Whittemore (152)  and Vaughan.


.White executed a pin against JD Martin of Lisbon. Martin had stuck the Cougar sophomore in the state finals.