Baxter beats No. 1 wrestler to aid Butler win

January 31, 2009 Last Updated: January 31, 2009 09:06 AM High School

Unbeaten Cole Baxter scored a reversal with two seconds left in his 152-pound match, giving the Golden Tornado wrestlers (11-5) a 31-28 dual match victory over Hopewell Friday night.

Baxter's reversal produced a 2-1 decision over Matt Hundenski (28-1), the top-ranked wrestler in the WPIAL at that weight class.

"We didn't want Cole to match up with him, but there's a lot of strategy involved in close dual matches and we had to go after Hundenski to win it," Butler coach Scott Stoner said.

"I know a lot of people treat wrestling as an individual sport, but I don't see it that way. I'm coaching a team."

Other key wins for the Tornado occurred at 130 pounds, where Cody Hartman scored a major decision over Cody Mutkas (19-7), at 135 where Dillon Weston decisioned Marco Crivelli (20-8), at 189 where Chris White decisioned Mark Short (23-5) and at 215, where Marino Quercio pinned Bryan Cook (19-2).

Hopewell slipped to 13-4 in dual meets.

"They're very good,"Stoner said. "This is a big win for us."

Butler competes in the Sharon Duals Saturday.

Butler 31, Hopewell 28103 pounds: Tim Dusch (H)tech. fall over Brandon Bauer, 17-2;

112: Steve Unen (H)dec. Nick Sutton, 6-1;

119: Rob Tempalski (H)dec. Zach Reges, 6-4;

125: Eric Tuck (B) pinned Andrew Crisi, 3:51;

130: Cody Hartman (B)dec. Cody Mutkas, 8-0;

135: Dillon Weston (B)dec. Marco Crivelli, 4-2;

140: Mike Carson (H)dec. Mike Crawford, 1-0;

145: Dakoda Collins (B)pinned Dylan Winkle, 2:11;

152: Cole Baxter (B)dec. Matt Hundenski, 2-1;

160: Brian Foy (H)dec. Derek Hays, 15-7;

171: Derhon Towler (H)pinned Mike Scialabba, :50;

189: Chris White (B)dec. Mark Short, 3-1;

215: Marino Quercio (B) pinned Bryan Cook, 3:42;

285: Brandon Fedorka (H)dec. Alex Truman, 14-4

Hampton 52, Mars 17 — Brendan Frank at 103 pounds and Chris Boggs at 189 had pins for the Planets in this Thursday loss.

Hampton 52, Mars 17103 pounds: Brendan Frank (M)pinned Zack Dogerty, 1:05;

112: Chris McAwley (H)dec. Nate Nelson, 10-0;

119: Don Derosa (H)by forfeit;

125: Pete Craig (H)pinned Dillon Lennen, 4:26;

130: Ryan Craig (H)pinned James Flinn, 2:52;

135: Jared Steinmetz (H) dec. Billy Matoka, 8-6;

140: Ricky Ford (H)dec. Josh Studeny, 6-1;

145: Josh Coons (H)tech. fall over Ben Dallatore, 15-0;

152: Ronnie Daken (M)tech. fall over Cody Edlemen, 19-3;

160: Tom Ujadowski (H)dec. Dominic Cosentino, 13-4;

171: Craig Synan (H)dec. Rich Fallecker, 4-0;

189: Chris Boggs (M)pinned David Maulqueen, 3:38;

215: Jordan Maulqueen (H)pinned Cody Moody, 2:29;

285: Joe Ramandi (H)pinned John Glomb, :17

Ashley Campbell scored 27 points in leading Karns City to a 44-34 home victory over Redbank Valley Friday.The Gremlins (3-9, 3-11) held the Bulldogs to 10 points or fewer in all four quarters.REDBANK VALLEY 34Evans 2 0-0 4, Veronesi 2 0-0 4, Goth 2 3-3 7, Hepler 5 4-4 14, Shawn Neiswonger 0 1-2 1, Lindsey Neiswonger 2 0-0 4. Totals: 13 8-9 34.KARNS CITY 44Taylor Kerschbaumer 0 1-2 1, Cait Davis 1 3-4 5, Hannah Beck 2 1-2 5, Ashley Campbell 8 10-11 27, Corinne 2 2-2 6, Stephanie Stoughton 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 17-21 44.Redbank Valley 8 10 8 8—34Karns City 9 8 11 16—443-point goals: Karns City (Campbell).Monday: Neshannock at Karns CityMoniteau 54, Union 48 — Jenna McCorry (13 points) and Kathleen Harding (12) led the Warriors (9-3, 12-5) in this crucial KSAC South win.Lepha Logue's 16 points paced the Damsels (12-6, 10-3).MONITEAU 54Kathleen Harding 5 2-4 12, Chelsea Sellers 3 0-0 6, Chelsea Say 3 0-0 7, Maura McCaslin 0 9-12 9, Jenna McCorry 4 4-5 13, Alex Guercio 2 3-7 7, Jaryn Beatty 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 18-28 54.UNION 48Amanda Barger 2 0-0 4, Courtney Frederick 5 1-2 11, Lepha Logue 6 4-7 16, Melissa Shook 2 0-0 4, Tina Lipps 5 3-4 13, Brooke Pollock 0 0-0 0, Ashley MacKinlay 0 0-0 0, Heather Murray 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 8-13 48.Moniteau 14 14 11 15—54Union 10 14 13 11—483-point goals: Moniteau 2 (Say, McCorry).Wednesday: Moniteau at Redbank Valley; Union at KeystoneKeystone 60, A-C Valley 50 — No details were available from this KSAC loss.

Slippery Rock dropped a dual meet to Grove City Thursday night, the boys losing 83-60 and the girls dropping a 90-65 decision.Finishing in first place individually and in relays for the Rockets girls (5-8) were Cory Kirk, Hannah Parsons, Nicole Moraitis and Chloe Pizor.First-place finishes for the Rockets boys (7-6) belonged to Kyle Hawk, James Udischas, Caleb Sykora-Bodie, Jacob Johnston and Andrew Opalewski.Deer Lakes 93, Knoch 77 (boys); Knoch 92, Deer Lakes 67 (girls) — Rachel Tano (200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke), Kristy Daubner (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle) and Jill Vogus (100 butterfly, 500 freestyle) all won multiple events for Knoch's girls while Josh Tackett (200 medley relay, 100 freestyle) and Aaron Goldman (200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke) won for the boys in this Thursday meet.Knoch's winners and their times follow.BoysDeer Lakes 93, Knoch 77200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Josh Tackett, Aaron Goldman, Cole Blaugher, Van McCarren) 1:54.78100 freestyle: 1-Josh Tackett (K) 54.58100 breaststroke: 1-Aaron Goldman (K) 1:13.42GirlsKnoch 92, Deer Lakes 67200 freestyle: 1-Rachel Tano (K) 2:01.3650 freestyle: 1-Kristy Daubner (K) 25.95100 butterfly: 1-Jill Vogus (K) 1:07.33100 freestyle: 1-Kristy Daubner (K) 58.76500 freestyle: 1-Jill Vogus (K) 5:58.01100 backstroke: 1-Stephanie Gross (K) 1:17.49100 breaststroke: 1-Rachel Tano (K) 1:11.13

Mars defeated Knoch 8-0 Friday. No details were available.