Two of the CVC’s top defensive football players are also two of the county’s better wrestlers as Nottingham’s Devion Stokes battles against Hamilton’s Zach Harding in a match won by Stokes, 3-0 (Photo courtesy Hamilton West Wrestling Booster Club Facebook page)
By Rich Fisher
Fish4scores.com
Jan. 2 – Hamilton West and Nottingham started a new year of competition with the wrestling version of the Backyard Brawl, and a flurry of bonus points from both sides resulted in a 56-21 victory for the Northstars.
Hamilton’s David Stout is declared the winner after pinning Nottingham’s Brendon Leonard during Monday’s Backyard Brawl in The Swamp (Photo courtesy Hamilton West Wrestling Booster Club Facebook page)
The victory clinched to Colonial Valley Conference Valley Division title for Nottingham.
In the premiere bout of the day, Nottingham’s Devion Stokes battled his way to a 3-0 decision over Zach Harding at 220 pounds. The Northstars got sub-minute pins from Sylvester Freeman (heavyweight) and Daniel Dempsey (126), first-period falls from Gregory Daloisio (106) and Peter Glazewski (138), and pins from Sudesh Gurung (120) and Jacob Singleton (152).
The Star’s Jerry Andaluz won by technical-fall at 170, while Ryan Toro and Cameron DeMarie won by forfeits.
The Hornets got pins from David Stout (195), Dylan Ritchkoff (145) and Joe Pelliteri (160) and a decision by Cory Schutte (132).
Nottingham increased its record to 4-3 while Hamilton dropped to 0-5.
