Mt Carmel 44 Granite City 16 Box scores-results

[MR TWISTER]

Mt. Carmel looked impressive tonight against one of the states best teams Granite City. With over 1900(GC 1214/ MC 706) wins between the two programs a lot of Illinois wrestling tradition was on display tonight. A packed house saw the Warriors with a 21-3 record jumped out to a 10-0 lead after wins by Troy Howell (135) and Ryan Jones (140)with the draw starting at 135. MC came back with a dec by Khris Argue(145) , a major decision by Henning (152) a decision by Darrick Hardy(160) and another decision by Kevin Ryan (171). Trailing by one after GC's Brad Penny defeated Tim Lambert(189) MC rolled off 6 wins in the final seven matches. Christian Brantley(215) in his first action of the year looked solid with a 10-6 decision. Esparza(275) with a quick fall 1:05 and Futrell(103) with an even quicker one at :38 gave MC a lead 29-13 they would not lose. GC's Corey Nance(112) hit a reversal to end Zeke Rowans 11 match win streak but it was the Warriors last win of the night. Dontae Brown with a fall at 1:29, Mario Morgan with a 6-2 decision over Brad Peach and Kenny Jordan (130)with a tech fall over Jeff Carney completed the dual.

135 GC Howell 10-2 over Barbour GC 4-0
140 GC Jones fall 3:56 over T. Argue GC 10-0
145 MC K. Argue by decision 13-8 over Waggoner GC10-MC3
152 MC Henning maj dec 16-3 over Reed GC 10-MC 7
160 MC Hardy by dec. over TJ Nance 7-3 GC10-MC10
171 MC Ryan by decision over Parker 11-3 MC14-GC10
189 GC Penny by dec. 10-6 over Lambert MC14-GC13
215 MC Brantley by dec. over Lofink MC 17- GC13
275 MC Esparza by fall 1:05 over Roseman MC23 - GC13
103 MC Futrell by fall :38 over Graville MC29-GC13
112 GC Nance by dec. 6-5 MC29-GC16
119 MC Brown by fall 1:29 MC35-GC16
125 MC Morgan by dec. 6-2 MC 38 GC16
130 MC Jordan by tech fall 20-5 MC44 GC16

The Granite City entire program from fans, to coaches, to wrestlers, the officials(special shout to female official Barb Brummet who did an excellent job) to the concession workers were all first class from the moment we stepped in the building. More northern teams should go south. We were told we are the first north of I80 team to come down and wrestle them, Why I wonder? Oh well, off to the Oakville duals in the morning. Later.