The Patterson Mill wrestling team traveled to Bel Air Wednesday night to tangle with the Bobcats in an UCBAC dual meet. The Huskies were hoping to improve their spot in next week's regional dual meet tournament, but the Bobcats had other ideas.
Bel Air won eight bouts, half by pin, en route to a 40-24 win.
Despite the loss, Patterson Mill's seed in the region duals still might have improved after Harford Tech beat Rising Sun a bit earlier Wednesday night.
In the Bel Air win, the Bobcats got off to a fast start with consecutive pins by David Reagan and Ryan Beveridge at 113 and 120 pounds, respectively.
Down 12-0, Patterson Mill's Jake Nikkila put the Huskies on the scoreboard at 126, edging Ryan Biewer 4-0. Bel Air followed with two more wins, Cameron Watts by default over Lawrence Swartz at 132 and Jeff Taylor over Jason Noss by 15-2 major decision at 138. The Bobcats led, 22-3.
Tom Trzeciak countered for Patterson Mill with the quickest work of the night, a pin in 1:06 at 145, while Bel Air's John Cross was in complete control at 152, shutting out Nick Roney, 7-0.
The Huskies got their own shutout at 160 as Devakar Sinha beat Grant Fleming 4-0, but the Bobcats answered with pins at 170 and 182 to lock up the match. At 170, Christian Svoboda overcame a 6-0 third period deficit to pin Ian Williams in 4:17. Williams chose down to begin the third period and in 17 seconds, was wrapped in a cradle and pinned. William Holder-Moore followed at 182, pinning Tyler Mackechnie in 5:47.
The Bobcats led 37-12 with four matches left to wrestle, clinching the victory.
Patterson Mill won three of the final four bouts. Corey Myers won 10-5 over Dominic Williams at 195, while Connor McLleod edged Tylor Tuohy 7-5 at 285.
Chase Tallon closed out the meet by pinning Gavin Rupprecht in 2:52 at 106 pounds. Bel Air's lone win in the final bouts came at 220, where Cyler Crawford won 3-1 over Eric Eckstein.
Cobras beat Tigers
Harford Tech's win was a 42-26 win over visiting Rising Sun.
The Cobras won 10 bouts en route to the upset victory. Andrew Schwarz (106) and Tyler Granese (113) collected forfeits to get the meet started.
The Tigers won by pin at 120 to cut the lead in half, but Tech reeled off wins in the next five weight classes. Bret Blevins posted an 11-5 decision at 126 and Jimmy Cosgrove was a 9-8 winner at 132.
At 138, Tyler Butler won 4-2 and Andrew Butler followed at 145 with a 9-1 major decision victory. Tim Torre closed out the wins at 152, winning a 16-0 technical fall that gave the Cobras a 30-6 lead.
Rising Sun won the next two, one by forfeit and the other by pin, to make it 30-18, but Tech received forfeits at 182 and 195 to finalize their scoring.
Rising Sun closed the meet with wins at 220 (forfeit) and overtime decision at 285 to end the match with 27 points. Rising Sun was deducted a team point for a coach misconduct, leaving them with 26 points.
Other score
Aberdeen crushed host Joppatowne, 61-6. No further details were available.
