Cape wrestling closes dual-meet campaign with 45-15 loss to Caesar Rodney

The Cape Henlopen wrestling team closed out the 2017-18 dual-meet campaign Feb. 7 at home, losing to Caesar Rodney 45-15. The loss was the third in a row for Cape, which dropped to 5-7 heading into the Henlopen Conference Championships Feb. 16-17 at Milford Central Academy.

“We lost a lot from last year, and we still are a young team with all starters returning and a bunch of talented eighth-graders coming over from Beacon and Mariner,” said coach Chris Mattioni. “I’d say the future is bright.”

Cape got wins from the Handlin brothers, Jackson at 145 over Caleb Adamowicz 4-2 and Chris at 170 over Sam Ervin 4-1. William Ott at 220 pounds was Cape’s other winner, a 3-2 decision over Brenden Holder. Cape also had a forfeit at 106.

The last match of the night featured the state’s best in the 126-pound weight class, with Anthony Caruso of Cape taking on Cameron Hayes of Caesar Rodney.

Hayes got a takedown going out of bounds with 26 seconds left in the first period. Both wrestlers escaped from the bottom for a point and that was it for the scoring action, as Hayes prevailed 3-1.

Results listed below. The match started at 132.  

132 - Benedict Anderson (CR) over Finbar Rishko (dec. 2-1)

138 - Jackson Dean (CR) over Andre Currie (major dec. 9-0)

145 - Jackson Handlin (Cape) over Caleb Adamowicz (dec. 4-2)

152 - Riley Tracy (CR) over Zane Kesler (fall 4:41)

160 - Victor McMillian (CR) over Juan Lares (major dec. 9-0)

170 - Christopher Handlin (Cape) over Samuel Ervin (dec. 4-1)

182 - Paul Hicks (CR) over Eduardo Saez (major dec. 15-2)

195 - Gavin Boyer (CR) over Cameron Smith (fall 3:05)

220 - William Ott (Cape) over Brenden Holder (dec. 3-2)

285 - Kevin Hudson (CR) over Jonah Robertson (dec. 4-2)

106 - Lewis Harrington (Cape) (forfeit)

113 - Kevin Bowne (CR) over Darryl Sykes (fall 0:30)

120 - Michael Primo (CR) (forfeit)

126 - Cameron Hayes (CR) over Anthony Caruso (dec. 3-1)