Pirates pinned by Fort Osage Indians
Chasing his opponent, senior Glen Whitney tries to get a better position to win the match.
Tanner Jones, Sports Co-Editor
February 3, 2010
Filed under Sports, Wrestling
The Belton Pirate’s wrestling team came off a disappointing loss on Wednesday. It was the team’s first home duel and they were looking for a win over Fort Osage, who has always been a rival in wrestling.
The duel didn’t start off well for the Pirates. Of the first seven matches, the Pirates only won two of them. Although the team came out strong, the Fort Osage line up was hard for the Pirates to handle.
Senior Robert Mayo came out in the first match of the night in a close match, but unfortunately was caught and beaten. Junior Ricky Cornwell came out with the Pirates first win at the 145 weight class with a close decision over his opponent. From then on the Pirates were a few off, and one on.
Senior Glen Whitney came out and put on a show for the home crowd, earning over five take downs in the first period. After earning enough points for a technical fall, Whitney pinned his opponent to give the team it’s full six points. Sophomore Kevin Estell followed suite pinning his opponent and earning the team another six points. But, not enough wrestlers were able to win or stay out of pinning positions to keep the team in a chance of winning.
As the night came to an end, Junior Josh Knight made quick work and pinned his opponent in less than 30 seconds after quickly acquiring a headlock and taking his opponent strait to his back. Junior Dakota Croft ended the night for both teams with a victory for the Pirates. After having a close call and fighting off his back, Croft dropped his opponent on the mat and worked his way for another pin.
It’s time like these that the team regrets losing one of their captains, Deric Fenzl, who had always been a big help to the team in duels. However, he was mat side and helped coach and cheer on the team. The team was also missing its wrestler in the 119 class, Le’Roy Barnes, who also would have helped out the team.
But it’s the rests of the teams responsibility to step up and fill in the gaps that eventually every team experiences. The night ended with the final team score of 27-44, Fort Osage. The Pirates will not soon forget this loss and will remember it Monday when they duel Lee’s Summit West as the teams only other home duel.
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