By Gaylen Duskey
realfang@citlink.net
Eight of a 11 Calhoun wrestlers posted opening day victories as the West
Virginia High School State Wrestling Tournament got under way at the Big
Sandy Center in Huntington.
With eight winners the Red Devils amassed 24.5 points to be a solid second
15.5 points behind Class AA/A leader and nine-time defending champion Oak
Glen. Point Pleasant, with 21.5 points, is third.
After losing its first two matches - at 103 and 112 - the Red Devils reeled
off eight victories in the next nine matches.
Tyler Bain got the Red Devils' first win at 119 pounds when he scored a 3-1
victory over Tony Jones of Williamstown. The victory sends him into today's
match against Ryan Hotchkiss of Keyser.
After Bain's victory Eddie Burrows kept the Red Devils rolling with a win at
125. Then Jaron Sampson won at 130 and Justin Ramsey had an easy victory at
135.
Jeff Goodrich fell to highly regarded Cruz McIntyre of Liberty Harrison at
140. It was the last match the Red Devils were to lose.
Caleb Hart won at 145 then Paul Goodrich had an easy victory at 189. That
was followed by wins by Zack Yeager (215) and Dustin Whipkey (275).
All Calhoun's winners will wrestle in second round matches today while the
three losers will begin action in the wrestle-backs.
Today's action gets under way at 11:30 a.m.
The top three teams (Oak Glen, Calhoun and Point Pleasant) were followed by
Grafton, Oak Hill and Roane.
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