HAGERSTOWN - Steven Feight pinned George Lyter with 36 seconds left in the second period of their 189-pound bout, lifting host North Hagerstown to a 37-36 victory over previously unbeaten Francis Scott Key in a Monocacy Valley Athletic Conference match last night that was part of a tri-meet.
In other results, Francis Scott Key defeated Century, 56-18, and North Hagerstown beat Century, 49-30.
Feight's fall followed a previous one by teammate Andrew Widmeyer (171), who took only 86 seconds to finish the Eagles' Tony Morris.
"Widmeyer got his pin, I was confident I was going to get another one," said Feight, who earned his fifth pin of the season. "It feels good to be a major contributor as a senior."
The match figured to be close, with each team having earned wins over league rival Williamsport, ranked No. 4 in the preseason by the Maryland State Wrestling Association.
"We shouldn't have put our 189 in that position," said coach Bill Hyson of Francis Scott Key (4-1, 4-1).
"We were in good shape early, but to their credit, they kept coming."
Francis Scott Key led 21-0 after the first four bouts, with Tommy Rush (215) and Ralph Stambaugh (heavyweight) earning respective pins of 63 and 60 seconds. Sean Forney (103) followed, overcoming a 2-0 deficit for a 6-2 win over Pat Smith, and Reuben Gill (112) flattened David Broadwater in 3:03.
The Hubs (4-1, 4-1) were within 21-16 after Chad Winger (119) and Chris Bumbaugh (130) sandwiched pins of 50 and 78 seconds around a major decision by region champion Mike Wagner (125).
It was 27-22, after North Hagerstown's John Breehl (140) matched a pin by the Eagles' Josh Kelleman (135), and 33-22 after a pin by Lee Crowl (145).
After trading decisions by Dean Staley (152) over the Eagles' Chris St. Germain, and Gage Rindt's 8-6 win over Deven Bair (160) on a reversal with 22 seconds left, Hyson said, "I knew we were in trouble."
That's because Winger's pin over John Weishaar was perhaps most surprising. Just 4-4, the junior had earlier been pinned by Century's Zach Black, whom Weishaar pinned.
"I caught with an inside trip off the takedown and put him on his back, but I didn't expect the pin," said Winger, a junior.
"I knew I was the underdog, but I still expected to go out and start something."
In Francis Scott Key's earlier rout of Century (1-5, 1-5), Crowl and Rindt pinned in 20 and 22 seconds, respectively, with Rush and Stambaugh also getting falls. Gill beat Century's Chris Taber, 9-3.
Century, in its first year as a varsity program, has no seniors.