In an exhausting and somewhat bloody match that was likely the most thrilling of the evening, Hillsboro’s Gary Reno (with arm raised) defeated Miami Trace’s Conor Harrison, 4-2, in overtime.
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The Hillsboro wrestling team won just three matches Thursday when the Indians traveled to Miami Trace and lost a Frontier Athletic Conference match, 50-15.
The most exciting match of evening which also turned a little bloody involved Hillsboro 190-pounder Gary Reno claiming a 4-2 victory over Miami Trace senior Conor Harrison in overtime.
“(Gary Reno) is a really tough kid,” Miami Trace head coach Ben Fondale said. “He actually took Jayden LeBeau into overtime when he was a sophomore and Jayden was a senior. He’s definitely a tough kid. He’s pretty good in close matches and long matches. Conor just fell a little bit short. We got in on a couple of really deep shots, but just couldn’t finish any of them.
“There weren’t a whole lot of matches tonight. The weight classes just didn’t match up. Both teams were missing some weight classes. Hillsboro came to wrestle. We had a couple of guys that we thought fell a little bit short. They had a few moments where they lost focus and it cost them the match. We corrected that on the sideline a little bit and hopefully we are ready to roll.”
Also winning matches for Hillsboro were Ryan Burns at 157 pounds and Ian Lawson at 285 pounds.
In a middle school dual Thursday, Miami Trace defeated Hillsboro, 72-12.
For Hillsboro, in a girls match, Xoey Schraw (116 pounds) won by pin in 22 seconds and Connor Yochum (205 pounds) won by pin in 1:05.
Following is a list of the results from each varsity match:
132 – Spencer Smith (MT) decioned Kylan Burns (H), 14-3
138 – Brice Perkins (MT) pinned Brody Armintrout (H), 1:27
144 – Landon St Clair (MT) pinned Jerry Varney III (H), :57
150 – Asher LeBeau (MT) won by forfeit
157 – Ryan Burns (H) pinned Garrett Carson (MT), 2:46
165 – Ethynn Munro (MT) pinned Carl Carter (H), 2:56
175 – Tyler Stevens (MT) pinned Mathias Hostetler (H), 3:21
190 – Gary Reno (H) decisioned Conor Harrison (MT), 4-2 OT
215 – Herbie Queen (MT) decioned Andrew Shelter (H), 13-4
285 – Ian Lawson (H) pinned Josh McGraw (MT), 1:53
106 – Double forfeit
113 – Double forfeit
120 – Lyric Dickerson (MT) won by forfeit
126 – Will Enochs (MT) won by forfeit
Chris Hoppes is the sports editor for the Record-Herald in Washington C.H.
