Watertown, WI - Hannibal-LaGrange University’s wrestling team captures its first dual meet victory of the season over the Maranatha Baptist Bible College Crusaders with a team score of 28-16. Trojan wrestlers with wins in the team victory were Zach Fish with a fall over Philip Hadley in 2:50, Dan Capp had a major decision over Russell Townsend with a score of 10-0, Mitch Burnaugh had a fall in :50 over Jesse Gjefli, and Jake Hare ended the night with a fall over Hiles Spillman in 1:15. Coach Scott Hawes stated, “I knew there would be a few close matches as we had a line up of all freshmen with the exception of one sophomore, Zach Fish. It was good to see Fish, Burnaugh, and Hare come up with the falls. We knew we were coming into the dual with a forfeit at HWT which put us down by 6 team points. So the falls were important to us in making up the forfeit points.” Coach Hawes is a alumnus of Maranatha Baptist Bible College and former head coach of Maranatha’s wrestling team. “This victory in many ways is bitter sweet. I spent four seasons working in the tradition of my college coach, Ben Peterson, to build Maranatha’s wrestling team up, and now I was back in town trying to beat them. Andy Peterson (Maranatha Head Coach) has been a friend of mine for many years and I’m glad to see what he is doing to keep the Maranatha tradition of wrestling alive. As a Christian institution wrestling against another Christian institution it was good for our teams to hear a challenge from the Bible from former Maranatha head coach and Olympic Champion Ben Peterson after weigh ins. Ben reminded us that we should not be competing just for ourselves, but for others who have invested in our lives and ultimately for the God who gave us the ability to do the things we can do,” said Hawes.
Hannibal-LaGrange University picks up competition again at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational Tournament Saturday morning at 9 am.
Hannibal La Grange: 28
Maranatha Baptist : 16
133: Downs, Aaron (Maranatha Baptist ) DEC Feeler, Jesse(Hannibal La Grange) 5-0
141: Fish, Zach (Hannibal La Grange) FALL Hadley, Philip(Maranatha Baptist ) 2:40
149: Warren, Richard (Maranatha Baptist ) MD Chabela, Kyle(Hannibal La Grange) 10-2
157: Alexandar, Bryce (Hannibal La Grange) Forfeit (Maranatha Baptist ) -
165: Brendemuehl, Josiah (Maranatha Baptist ) DEC Taylor, Ian(Hannibal La Grange) 9-8
174: Capp, Dan (Hannibal La Grange) MD Townsend, Russell(Maranatha Baptist ) 10-0
184: Burnaugh, Mitch (Hannibal La Grange) FALL Gjefle, Jesse(Maranatha Baptist ) :50
197: Hare, Jake (Hannibal La Grange) FALL Spillman, Hyles(Maranatha Baptist ) 1:15
285: (Hannibal La Grange) Forfeit Savarino, Michael(Maranatha Baptist ) -
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