Pirate wrestlers looking good in first outing

SPANGLE–The three wrestlers on the Pirate Wrestling Team faired well at the season-opening match here May 19.

The team heads to Reardan tonight, May 27, for the second match of the season, then ventures to Davenport on June 1. Both matches begin at 5 p.m.

"The boys wrestled tough and looked good for the first outing," commented Assistant Coach Mat Slaybaugh.

In the 160-lb. class, Walker Flynn pinned both of his opponents, Hamilton and Chilson, both from Reardan High School. "Walker had a great start to his high school career with two pins," Slaybaugh said.

Curtis Winona went 2-1 in the 170-lb. division. He topped Cash of Davenport with an 8-3 decision in the first round, was edged by Anderson of Reardan 4-7 in the second round and pinned Paul of Liberty-Spangle in the third go-round. "Curtis came back this year and started right where he left off," Slaybaugh said.

"Braedyn White had one of the toughest matches of the night against a familiar opponent and although it didn't go how we would have like, he wrestled well," Slaybaugh said. Noah of Colfax notched an 11-4 win by decision over White, but he bounced back to pin Robertson of Liberty in his second round in the 182-lb. classification.