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Central Golden Knights light up Cape wrestlers 40-25

Lightweight decks doom Vikings to defeat
Cape heavyweight Thomas Ott wrestles to an 11-0 major decision win over Central's Justin Smart. BY DAN COOK
Dave Frederick
January 10, 2013
Cape heavyweight Thomas Ott wrestles to an 11-0 major decision win over Central's Justin Smart. BY DAN COOK
Cape senior Sean Sheehan gets a takedown and grapples to a 7-5 overtime win over Central's Walter Perez in the 138-pound class. BY DAN COOK
Cape senior Sean Sheehan grapples to a 7-5 overtime win over Central's Walter Perez in the 138- pound class. BY DAN COOK
Cape junior Justin Lopez works to a pin at 4:39 over Central's Andy Velasquez in the 170-pound class. BY DAN COOK
Cape coach Chris Mattioni gives instructions to Sean Sheehan. BY DAN COOK
Cape senior Andre Flowers works for a 1:54 pin over Elmer Mejia-Perez in the 195-pound class. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Aaron Mattioni dumps Central's James Jenkins and gets a pin at 1:37 of the 160-pound match. BY DAN COOK

The Cape home wrestling match versus Sussex Central Jan. 9 couldn’t have started or ended better for the Vikings, with pins by Justin Lopez at 170 at liftoff and Aaron Mattioni at 160 at touchdown. Andre Flowers bumped up to 190 and got a pin, and 220-pound state champion Tomas Ott wrestled heavyweight and got a major decision. Cape led the match 16-9 going into the lightweights

“We have to stay off our backs to stay close to have any chance,” Cape coach Chris Mattioni said after the Golden Knights turned the lights out on Cape 40-25. "They are tough where we’re not and have solid people up and down the lineup. We have Smyrna at home on Friday, and they may be the best in the state.”

Cape got decked in three straight matches at 106, 113 and 120 and suddenly trailed 27-16, and there was no getting home as the Vikings fell 40-25.

There were some great matches coming down the home stretch as Central's Jeremy West bumped up to 132 and beat an athletic Elliot Young 6-3 for his 100th career win. West has been in the Georgetown program since he was 6 years old.

Cape’s Sean Sheehan at 138 came back from a 5-2 deficit, sending his match against Walter Perez into overtime and winning on a takedown 7-5.

“Being in shape from cross country helps me out,” Sheehan said. “I get stronger as the match goes on.”

Cole Elliot of Central and J.J. Currie of Cape battled for three periods at 145 with Elliot winning a 2-1 decision.

Jacob Miller of Central versus Cape’s Austin Smith at 152 went into overtime, with Miller getting the match-clinching takedown to win 4-2.

Results:

170: Lopez (Cape) fall Velasquez (SC) 4:39

182: Jones (SC) fall Geiman (Cape) 1:41

195: Flowers (Cape) fall Mejia (SC) 1:59

220: Williams (SC) dec Carroll (Cape) 8-4

285: Ott (Cape) maj Smart (SC) 11-0

106: Susi (SC) fall Fajardo (Cape) 1:39

113: Brown (SC) fall Zolper (Cape) :34

120: Mears (SC) fall Thomas-Hartnett (Cape) 4:16

126: Ortiz (SC) maj Latta-Morrisette (Cape) 15-4

132: West (SC) dec Young (Cape) 6-3

138: Sheehan (Cape) dec Perez (SC) 7-5 OT

145: Elliott (SC) dec Currie (Cape) 2-1

152: Miller (SC) dec Smith (Cape) 4-2 OT

160: Mattioni (Cape) fall Jenkins

 

 

 

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