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Newberry Ends Dual Season With Road Win Against The Yellow Jackets

In action against Allen University and University of South Carolina’s club team, the Wolves come home victorious in both bouts

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Just two days removed from a convincing 34-11 win over the Mount Olive Trojans on Senior Night in Eleazer, Newberry Wrestling (10-5, 8-2 South Atlantic Conference Carolinas) took the short trip to the capital looking to claim another victory on the road. The opponent for this away dual would come in the form of the Allen Yellow Jackets, a team that is 13-4 on the year while 3-1 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Also, to make things more interesting, the University of South Carolina’s Club Wrestling team would make the trip to Allen, making the trip to Columbia into a tri-meet. With this being the last dual before Newberry shifts their attention towards the Super Region II Championships in two weeks, the Wolves needed to come out strong against a quality opponent while getting ready for postseason action.

Kicking the action off against the University of South Carolina, 125 lbs Christian Decatur (Goldsboro, N.C.) would have his easiest match of the night with a forfeit in the initial bout. 133 lbs JP Gamez (Dade City, Fla.) started things right for Newberry with a pin over Will Vaporis at 2:04, followed by a forfeit win for 141 lbs Fletcher Swindall (Alexandria, Ala.). 

149 lbs Marcus Johnson (Columbia, S.C.) was defeated in the following match by Rob Gemerelli via pin, but 157 lbs Will Evans (Richmond Hill, Ga.) followed the match by getting back points lost, pinning Connor Leister at 1:10. 165 lbs P.J. Wunderlich (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) won his match over Garrett Rohmeyer by fall at 3:45, extending the lead even further, and 174 lbs Asa Walton (Buena, N.J.) would win his match as well, securing a major decision over Norman Cella by a score of 10-1. 

184 lbs Armando Acosta (Gainesville, Fla.) claimed a 15-6 major decision win over Denton DiCarlo, but the Gamecocks were able to get another win with Zach St. Thomas beating 197 lbs Andrew Annand (Crawfordville, Fla.) by fall (4:48). 285 lbs John Parker (Temecula, Calif.), going up a weight class, would prove size doesn’t always matter in wrestling, pinning Cap Holley at 4:05 to cap off the first action of the night for the Wolves. … rest of story and results at Newberrywolves.com/news/2023/2/10/wrestling-ends-season-with-road-win-against-the-yellow-jackets

February 14, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized