GLENVILLE, W.Va. – In front of the biggest regular season crowd Glenville State Wrestling has had in its history, the top-ranked Pioneers won eight matches to surge past Western Colorado, 28-10, inside the Waco Center. GSU is now (3-1) on the year.
No. 1 Glenville State 28 | Western Colorado 10
The night started at 149 pounds, as Wheeling transfer
Mannix Wasco led for much of the match before Miles Harris won by pinfall in the third period. The Pioneers then took full control of the match, as
Nico Taddy (157) took down 10
th ranked Vincent Cabral by decision,
Leo Hess III (165) won 12-6 and
Shawn Taylor majored 11
th ranked Hunter Richardson at 174.
David Pento (184) and
Andrew Reed (197) added three points each and
Max Borton showed his versatility at 285 with a tech fall.
The biggest win of the night was at 125 pounds, when
Garrett Johnson beat fifth-ranked Devin Gomez, 4-2, to get everyone inside the Waco Center on their feet.
Cooper Shore continued his hot start at 133 pounds and Western Colorado finally got back on the board in the final match of the night with Hunter Bogner scoring five points via tech fall.
125:
Garrett Johnson (GSU) over Devin Gomez (WCU) (Dec 4-2)
133:
Cooper Shore (GSU) over Zachary Bates (WCU) (MD 13-3)
141: Hunter Bogner (WCU) over
Cael Rossi (GSU) (TF 17-2 6:27)
149: Miles Harris (WCU) over
Mannix Wasco (GSU) (Fall 6:16)
157:
Nico Taddy (GSU) over Vincent Cabral (WCU) (Dec 7-1)
165:
Leo Hess III (GSU) over Ryan Dirksen (WCU) (Dec 12-6)
174:
Shawn Taylor (GSU) over Hunter Richardson (WCU) (MD 14-4)
184:
David Pento (GSU) over Sam Johnson (WCU) (Dec 8-6)
197:
Andrew Reed (GSU) over Gabriel Cox (WCU) (Dec 20-17)
285:
Max Borton (GSU) over Josiah Aldinger (WCU) (TF 18-2 5:37)
(WCU Control of Mat -1.0)
Up Next For The Pioneers
The Pioneers will return to the mats next Saturday (Nov. 21) at Findlay for the Findlay Open.