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Tigers too much for Spartans: Holy Cross 46-East Ascension 28

January 4th, 2021 | Written by: Staff Writer

Holy Cross	East Ascension

46	28

After the first seven matches things looked really bleak for East Ascension in their dual meet held at Holy Cross on December 15th. The Tigers scored technical falls by Landon Smith and Jacob Frost, a 6-1 decision by Nick Sauerwin, falls by Dylan Lauriano, Charles Sauerwin and Evan Frost, and received a forfeit to jump to a 37-0 lead.

In the second half of the meet the Tigers were held to nine points via a 9-5 decision by Jake Romig and a fall by Kade Morgan. Josiah Wakefield scored the first Spartan points with a fall as the second half of the meet started. Two matches later Brad Mahoney scored a fall. That was followed by a 10-0 major decision by Brennan Bennett, a fall by Nicholas Russell and a Tiger forfeit. The Tigers won the eight of the 12 contested matches.

Neither team was at their best, at least as far as 2019-20 history suggests. Holy Cross was without Brandon Gainey in the lower weight classes and Cole Baiamonte at 285 lbs. East Ascension was missing Anthony Krass and defending Division I 285 lbs. runner-up Gavin Soniat. One could speculate Krass, who has more varsity experience than his likely Holy Cross opponent at 145 lbs., might have made the match much more interesting. One does not have to speculate that Baiamonte is incredibly hard to score on and, despite his 5th-place finish at the 2020 state championships, the Division I runner-up Soniat would have a very hard match. Yet, overall, the Tigers looked to be a little stronger than the Spartans.

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