Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 12, 1995 TAG: 9502150023
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: CENTREVILLE LENGTH: Medium
One week after putting on a wrestling clinic to win the Eastern Region duals wrestling championship, Great Bridge climbed to an even higher level Saturday, whipping Centreville and Franklin County to claim its fifth straight Group AAA state duals title at Centreville High.
The Wildcats (23-1) began Saturday's onslaught by pounding Centreville, 49-9, in the semifinals. It was the Northern Region champions' first home loss since 1990.
In the final, the Wildcats manhandled Northwest Region champion Franklin County 49-16.
``It was like wrestling a college team,'' Eagles heavyweight Eric Ingram said.
Still, Franklin County made a new gain for its program. This is the farthest the Eagles have been in state competition under veteran coach Kris Kahila. Now Franklin County gets ready for tournament competition where it will be favored to win the Roanoke Valley District and Northwest Region titles in the next two weeks.
Franklin County (16-2) earned its berth in the final with an exciting 34-25 victory over Central Region champion Douglas Freeman.
Trung Nguyen provided a glimmer of hope for Franklin County when he caught Aaron Anton in a headlock and pinned him at 103. But what followed was indicative of Great Bridge's dominance.
``We actually went through two-a- day practices to get ready for this match,'' Ingram said. ``Then to come out here and to have this happen, it really hurt.''
Franklin County took home the tournament's sportsmanship award.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Great Bridge 49, Franklin County 16
103: Nguyen (FC) p. Anton, 2:46; 112: Fowler (GB) tf. Flora, 4:32; 119: Childress (GB) d. Sink, 6-4 (OT); 125: Perry (GB) p. George, 1:04; 130: T.Woodhouse (GB) d. Trotter, 17-5; 135: Beatson (GB) tf. Booth, 5:28; 140: Jones (FC) d. Young, 13-2; 145: Harper (GB) p. Pierce, 5:22; 152: Basnight (GB) by inj. default over Muse; 160: Allred (GB) tf. Ferguson, 3:55; 171: Guth (GB) p. Taylor, :51; 189: Fannon (GB) d. Cuff, 9-5; 275: Ingram (FC) p. Small, 4:50.
SEMIFINALS
Great Bridge 49, Centreville 9
103: Anton (GB) p. Arefezdah, 3:49; 112: Fowler (GB) tf. Davis, 5:39; 119: Childress (GB) d. Gibson, 9-4; 125: Perry (GB) by forfeit; 130: T.Woodhouse (GB) d. Hanner, 14-6; 135: Beatson (GB) d. Shaeffer, 6-0; 140: Young (GB) tf. Carmichael, 5:02; 145: Ferry (C) p. Byrum, 2:31; 152: Basnight (GB) p. Sugrue, 3:41; 160: Allred (GB) tf. Castro, 4:37; 171: Guth (GB) d. Craddock, 5-1; 189: Fannon (GB) d. Jafarbay, 14-3; 275: Thompson (C) d. Curl, 7-2.
Franklin County 34, Douglas Freeman 25
103: Nguyen (FC) p. Gelem, 1:21; 112: Hogan (DF) d. Flora, 8-4; 119: Sink (FC) p. Canady, 2:15; 125: Cox (DF) d. George, 1-0; 130: Barrett (DF) d. Trotter, 3-1; 135: Curreri (DF) d. Booth, 10-5; 140: Jones (FC) d. Fultz, 11-3; 145: Pendergrast (DF) d. Pierce, 4-2; 152: Muse (FC) p. Rainey, 1:37; 160: Ferguson (FC) p. Woosley, :41; 171: Taylor (FC) p. Grant, 3:48; 189: Johnson (DF) p. Witcher, 2:39; 275: Parker (DF) d. Cobbs, 14-5.
by CNB