After a week off to rest and recuperate from their busy season, the Malad Dragon wrestling returned home for a final meet of duels.  The Wednesday night matchup featured the Dragon wrestlers and against the West Side Pirates. 

Before the opening match, the coaches, athletes, and fans celebrated the five graduating senior wrestlers and two senior stat girls.  The seniors included Carter Blaisdell, Cale Seamons, Roper Higley, Gabe Hooste and Orrin Miller, as well as Kylee Tanner and Bostyn Combs that have served as the Dragon’s stat girls for the past three years.  As they were honored, the seniors shared their favorite memories from their wrestling careers as well as their advice to the underclassmen that they have led on the team this year.

The coaches shared, “This is a great group of kids and we have loved having them on our team. They will all do great things in their futures.”

Throughout the night, the Dragons also awarded four banners to wrestlers that reached their 100th varsity career win this season. The wrestlers to hit such an impressive milestone this season were Drake Morrison, Jack Willie, Gabe Hooste and Orrin Miller.

The night’s wrestling bouts featured fifteen official matches with three exhibition matches with the Dragons claiming the win 59-26.

At 106 lbs, Jack Willie was awarded the win by forfeit.  Ayden Potter, weighing 113 lbs, made quick work of the match, pinning his opponent in just 17 for the Dragon win.  Wade Clark was also awarded the win by forfeit in the 120 lb match.  At 126, Dutch Potter forced another win by pin in just 1:47.  Malad’s next win was earned by senior Roper Higley at 150 lbs.  Higley claimed the victory with a pin 40 seconds into the match.  

At 157 lbs, Oakley Maddox claimed another win for the MHS by forfeit.  Wrestling at 175 lbs, senior Gabe Hooste dominated the mat, earning 16-0 in 3:28 to earn the victory.  Rydon Montgomery (190 lbs), Cam Bingham (215 lbs), and Orrin Miller (285 lbs) were all awarded wins via forfeit.  Zac Reiss, wrestling at 144 lbs, claimed a final win by pin for Malad in his exhibition match.

With their regular season matches and tournaments over, Malad is next scheduled to wrestle in the District tournament to be held at West Side on Wednesday, February 19th beginning at 10 am.