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Friday, February 17, 2012

Thursday night recap 2/16/2012

Greater Johnstown's Malcolm Harris is lifted in the air by
teammate Gervon Simon after Harris pinned Shade's
James Kostick for his 100th career victory.

What a big night for Greater Johnstown. The Trojans broke the school record with their 15th victory, clinched their first winning dual-meet season since bringing the program back for the 1992-93 season and saw Malcolm Harris earn his 100th career victory.
Not bad for a dual that only featured five matches.

Greater Johnstown 33, Shade 18
126-No match.
132-No match.
138-Malcolm Harris, GJ, pinned James Kostick, 4:58.
145-Evan Smith, GJ, forfeit.
152-Wolf Otten, SH, dec. Trey Leeth, 9-4.
160-Conan Stiffler, GJ, forfeit.
170-Jesaiah Wilson, GJ, dec. Matt Orner, 3-1.
182-No match.
195-Kawan Butcher, GJ, forfeit.
220-Gervon Simon, GJ, forfeit.
285-No match.
106-Joe Pakstis, SH, forfeit.
113-Mike Manges, SH, pinned Madison Lima-Tanaka, 1:23.
120-John Reynolds, SH, dec. Dustin Stephens, 5-2.
Records: Johnstown 15-14.

Analysis: Mike Mastovich covered this for The Tribune-Democrat, and the focus was rightly on Malcolm Harris and the big night for the Trojans. But the evening's best match was clearly Wolf Otten and Trey Leeth at 152 pounds. I was taking photos, so I didn't keep score like I normally do, but I'm pretty sure that Leeth got the opening takedown. Otten responded with a reversal that took Leeth straight to his back in the second period. Leeth was called for locking hands in the third, and he cut Otten to make it a three-point match. Otten got a takedown after a desperation attempt by Leeth just before the buzzer. The match was much closer than the final score indicated and provided a bright spot for Shade in a night that was otherwise all about Johnstown.

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