Watkins Glen, January 17 -- The Lansing Wrestling Team finished 9th out of 20 teams this past weekend at the Mike Watson Invitational. Pacing the Bobcats, Kyle Dake remained undefeated at 23-0 wining the 96 pound weight class. Other solid performances included, Jon Glennon, 5th at 112, Matt Starner,5th at 145, and Matt Martin 4th at 171.
Newark Valley, January 18 -- With his official return to the Bobcat lineup, tri-captain Vernon Nabinger's 9-6 win at 135 over Tyler Simmons, paced the the team to a 36-33 dual meet upset of perennial IAC power Newark Valley. Jon Glennon also added 6 valuable team points in an upset pin at 112 over Ray Stone.
Other wrestlers to post falls were, Kyle Dake at 103, Mike Gonzales at 152, and Matt Martin at 171. Curtis Fenner earned 5 team points at 140 with a technical fall 15-0, and Donald Krebs rounded out Lansings victories with a major decision 12-1. Although Matt Starner lost 3-1 to N.V.'s Nick Rodgers. He gave up a late 2 point takedown, and has been wrestling better and better every outing.
The wrestlers travel to Dryden for the IAC tournament on Saturday 1/21/06. Wrestling starts at 10:00.
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