Raiders Roll
JACKSON TWP — Dylan Chappell gave Seneca Valley wrestling teammate Evan Vetter some tips leading into his match at 126 pounds against Butler Wednesday night.
“He hit about four moves I showed him tonight,” Chappell said, smile beaming. “Every single one them was successful. It's just the great environment we have. Everyone can show each other stuff. You learn something new every day.”
The Raiders showed what everyone kind of already knew.
They are good.
Really good.
Seneca Valley dominated rival Butler, recording four pins and two major decisions on the way to a 62-9 victory over the Golden Tornado.
The usual suspects fared well for the Raiders.
Junior Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, fresh off his 100th career victory Friday, earned a pin at 132. So did Chappell at 120 and Vetter at 126.
Chanz Shearer also earned a fall at 138.
“No matter who we're wrestling, we want our wrestlers to come out with aggressiveness and not sit back,” said Seneca Valley coach Kevin Wildrick. “We can't take anybody lightly.”
Herrera-Rondon, who is ranked No. 1 in the WPIAL and the PIAA in his weight class and 15th nationally, wasted little time in his bout against Colton Spohn, building a very quick 11-0 lead.
He earned the pin midway through the second period.
Herrera-Rondon is wrestling for the first time in his career at 132 pounds.
“He jumped up a bunch of weight classes from 113 to 132, so that's an adjustment,” Wildrick said. “The way you're handling guys is different. He took a loss this weekend where things didn't quite go his way. He powered back through to win his next two matches which is impressive.”
For Butler, the loss and the way it occurred was disappointing.
“We just never really did a whole lot of anything that resembled confidence or aggression,” said Butler coach Scott Stoner. “We never responded. We're not ready to wrestle at that level.
“We really didn't deserve to be out on the mat with them tonight,” Stoner added. “There's nothing else to say. We took a beating.”
There were two bright spots for Butler.
Caleb Hartung earned a pin at 195 and Nate McDonald earned a 9-3 decision at 160.Freshman Levi Donnel dropped a 3-2 decision to Hunter Swedish in a competitive match at 113.Largely, though, Butler struggled.“We were very outclassed in some of those matches,” Stoner said. “We'd get taken down and just stop, fold our hands and say, 'Oh well, we got beat.' That's as much on me than anyone else. I'm the one who prepares the team. I'm the one who gets them ready.”Seneca Valley's Nick Funvits had an entertaining match at 220.The bout went back and forth before Funovits pulled out a 5-2 decision.There was also some confusion at 170.Butler's Cooper Baxter took on Liam Volk-Klos. The two battled for nearly the entire first period scoreless until it was discovered Baxter was ineligible to wrestle at 170.Volk-Klos was awarded the winner by default.“Cooper's been weighing in light lately. He's allowed to lose 2½ pounds per week,” Stoner explained. “He weighed in at 172.1 last week and I thought he'll make 70 and be able to wrestle at Seneca. Basically, I overlooked the fact that maybe a couple of weeks ago he weighed in at (178). So his rate of descent didn't allow him to wrestle. When I actually looked at the sheet — it was blatantly my fault — I didn't look at the sheet close enough. I didn't see what his allowable weight was and it was 171.1. My fault.”Seneca Valley 62, Butler 9(Match started at 132 pounds)106-Tyler Chappell (SV) by forfeit; 113-Hunter Swedish (SV) dec. Levi Donnel 3-2; 120-Dylan Chappell (SV) pinned Nick Schaukowitsch 1:36; 126-Evan Vetter (SV) pinned Elijah Everhard pinned 3:35; 132-Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (SV) pinned Colton Spohn 3:01; 138-Chanz Shearer (SV) pinned Clayton Dressler 2:19; 145-Antonio Amelio (SV) maj dec. Nate McMaster 8-0; 152-Drew Vlasnik (SV) pinned Steven Green 4:57; 160-Nate McDonald (B) dec. Caden Leighty 9-3; 170-Liam Volk-Klos (SV) by default; 182-Marshall Adamson (SV) maj dec. Hunter Neff 9-0; 195-Caleb Hartung (SV) pinned Tyler Yurich 1:34; 220-Nick Funovits (SV) dec. Jake Pomykata; Hwt.-David Beahm (SV) by forfeit
