The Hargrave Tiger Wrestling team traveled to Raleigh North Carolina for a Tri meet with Iron Academy and Lawrence Academy for our first matches of the season. Hargrave, with a very large team of 35 wrestlers traveling that day, made a great showing. Hargrave defeated both Iron Academy and Lawrence Academy to start the season with a 2 and 0 record.
The first match started at 106 pounds where currently Hargrave does not have a wrestler so we gave up a forfeit there. The second match at 113 pounds Cadet Kerry Gray pinned his opponent in the first period. At 120 pound Cadet Alexander Gonzalez took the mat for his first ever match Gonzalez was unfortunately pinned. Hargarve received forfeits at 126 pounds for Cadet Ethan Brantley and at 132 pounds for Cadet Carson Perrow. In the 138 pound match Senior Captain Cadet Lucas Lopes took the mat and pinned his opponent for the win. Next in the match at 144 pounds Senior Captain Cadet Thomas Vaughan hit a strong wrestler and suffered a pin loss. Cadet Charles Meyers received a forfeit at 150 pounds.Cadet Levi Lentz wrestled at 157 pounds and his opponent, also named Levi, was able to pin him. Cadet Arjun Gopalakrishna Stepped onto the mat for the 165 pound bout and faced Iron Academy’s best wrestler and unfortunately took a hard fought loss. Cadet Marco Martin at 175 pounds, Senior Captain Cadet Joshua McGrail at 190 pounds, Cadet Eh Nay Mu at 215 pounds and Cadet Sergie Morosov at heavyweight all received forfeits to wrap up the match. Final score of the match was Hargrave 54 Iron Academy 30.
In the second battle of the night the Tiger grapplers started strong with a pin win at 113 pounds by Cadet Gray, forfeit wins at 120 pounds for Cadet Gonzalez, at 126 pounds for Cadet Brantley and at 132 pounds for Cadet Perrow. Cadet Lopes followed these wins with a pin of his opponent at 138 pounds. Cadet Vaughan suffered a pin loss at 144 pounds. Hargrave quickly returned to the winning streak with a pin win at 150 pounds by Cadet Meyers and a pin win at 157 pounds by Cadet Lentz. Cadets Gopalakrishna at 165 pounds and Cadet Martin at 175 pounds then received forfeit wins in their matches. Cadet McGrail took the mat and continued the winning with a very nice lateral drop takedown to pin his opponent. Cadet Mu followed at 215 pounds with a pin win. Cadet Morozov then faced Lawrence Academy heavyweight who was almost 40 pounds heavier than him. Morozov put up a good fight but ended up with a pin loss. To wrap up the match Hargrave gave up a forfeit at the 106 pound bracket. After the match the totals were Hargrave 66 Lawrence Academy 18.