Mifflin County Next for Wildcat Grapplers (Live Audio Stream)
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP – Fresh off a 5-0 run in winning the Clearfield Bison Duals last Saturday, the undefeated (10-0) Central Mountain wrestling team will look to wrap-up the top seed in the District 6 Team Dual standings with a match tonight at Mifflin County (6-7). The cutoff date for dual tourney seeding purposes is tomorrow.
The Huskies have struggled this year after going back-and-forth with Central Mountain over the previous five years for district supremacy. Mifflin County is led by junior Trent Hidlay (22-0), ranked second in the state at 170 pounds. A “Mifflin County Wrestling” report today said Hidlay is in the process of dropping to 160 pounds for the postseason.
Mifflin County has two other ranked wrestlers in Noah Myers (13-5), No. 10 at 120 pounds, and No. 19 Christian Fisher (18-3) at 106 pounds. Latest state rankings show the Wildcats with three ranked grapplers, No. 7 Geo Barzona (22-1) at 120 pounds, No. 22 Seth Andrus (19-5) at 126 and No. 17 Tanner Weaver (21-5) at 170 pounds.
Latest District 6 team dual rankings show the Wildcats first with 166 points, Bellefonte (14-1) second with 153, Altoona (11-4) third with 122 and Bald Eagle Area (10-4) fourth with 120. Mifflin County is in with 95 points and in sixth place and likely to miss the Feb. 4 district dual meet tournament. The Huskies had been in the championship final with Central Mountain over the last five years, winning the last two.
The Wildcats tonight will again be without Brandon Miller who has been out the line-up with a severe mat rash believed picked up from an opponent in an earlier dual meet; Miller’s return to the team is unknown at this time.
The record-online will offer live audio/video stream of the match and will also broadcast audio on WBPZ AM 1230 with John Lipez and Tom Elling offering up the call to bring you all the action. The stream will go live approximately 15 minutes before the match begins. The start time may be delayed depending upon any preceding junior high and/or preliminary matches.
| CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 45 MIFFLIN COUNTY 20 |
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| 106 – Christian Fisher, Mifflin County, major dec. Johnny Shreffler. Central Mountain, 10-2. |
| 113 – Dalton Bechdel, Central Mountain, dec. Joey Taptic, Mifflin County, 7-5. |
| 120 – Geo Barzona, Central Mountain, major dec. Derek Burk, Mifflin County, 22-9. |
| 126 – Noah Myers, Mifflin County, dec. Seth Andrus, Central Mountain, 7-4. |
| 132 – Logan Wise, Mifflin County, major dec. Seth Reese, Central Mountain, 14-6. |
| 138 – Logan Long, Central Mountain, pinned John Retherford, Mifflin County, 2:33. |
| 145 – Logan Soo, Central Mountain, pinned Brian Smink, 4:15. |
| 152 – Kayden Knouse, Mifflin County, dec. Alonzo Henry, Central Mountain, 1-0. |
| 160 – Asher Corl, Central Mountain, major dec. Drayson Sullivan, Mifflin County, 9-0. |
| 170 – Trent Hidlay, Mifflin County, pinned Tanner Weaver, Central Mountain, 2:52. |
| 182 – Caleb Turner, Central Mountain, major dec. Austin Harbrick, Mifflin County, 13-1. |
| 195 – Tanner Riggle, Central Mountain, Dylan Grassmeyer, Mifflin County, 4:05. |
| 220 – Mahlik Houtz, Central Mountain, pinned Hunter Wagner, Mifflin County, 2:30. |
| 285 – Richie Thompson, Central Mountain, received a forfeit. |
