Lightweights score key wins as Hempfield takes back Crosstown Cup from Greensburg Salem
By: HSSN Staff
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | 10:03 PM
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Greensburg Salem's Luke Ewing attempts to maintain control as Hempfield's Dallyn Wood looks for an opportunity on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 170-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
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Hempfield's Tyler Williams wrestles against Greensburg Salem's Connor Moore on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 at Greensburg Salem gymnasium in the 126-pound weight class bout.
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Hempfield's Isaiah Vance watches with teammates before his bout Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 at Greensburg Salem gymnasium.
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Hempfield's Isaiah Vance locks onto Greensburg Salem's Trent Patrick on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 285-pound weight class at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
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Greensburg Salem's Ian Ewing attempts to get a hold on Hempfield's Trevor Verkleeren on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 152-pound weight class for the Crosstown Cup match at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Ewing won his bout against Verkleeren but Hempfield won overall 42-21.
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Greensburg Salem's Luke Ewing and Hempfield's Dallyn Wood grapple in neutral Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 170-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
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Greensburg Salem's Joey Williams tries to stay atop Hempfield's Thomas Abraham on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 160-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
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Hempfield's Colin Choby struggles in a cradle hold by Greensburg Salem's Jesse Quatse on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 182-pound weight class at Greensburg Salem gymnasium.
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Hempfield's Kyle Burkholder wrestles on a top position over Greensburg Salem's Nico Williams on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 113-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Greensburg Salem's Joey Williams spins on the mat wrestling Hempfield's Thomas Abraham on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 160-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Greensburg Salem's Luke Ewing attempts to maintain control as Hempfield's Dallyn Wood looks for an opportunity on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 170-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Tyler Williams wrestles against Greensburg Salem's Connor Moore on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 at Greensburg Salem gymnasium in the 126-pound weight class bout.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Isaiah Vance watches with teammates before his bout Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 at Greensburg Salem gymnasium.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Isaiah Vance locks onto Greensburg Salem's Trent Patrick on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 285-pound weight class at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Greensburg Salem's Ian Ewing attempts to get a hold on Hempfield's Trevor Verkleeren on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 152-pound weight class for the Crosstown Cup match at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Ewing won his bout against Verkleeren but Hempfield won overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Greensburg Salem's Luke Ewing and Hempfield's Dallyn Wood grapple in neutral Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 170-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Greensburg Salem's Joey Williams tries to stay atop Hempfield's Thomas Abraham on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 160-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Colin Choby struggles in a cradle hold by Greensburg Salem's Jesse Quatse on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 182-pound weight class at Greensburg Salem gymnasium.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Kyle Burkholder wrestles on a top position over Greensburg Salem's Nico Williams on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 113-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Greensburg Salem's Joey Williams spins on the mat wrestling Hempfield's Thomas Abraham on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 160-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
Early on in Wednesday's wrestling match, Greensburg Salem looked like it would retain the Crosstown Cup trophy for the third consecutive year.
But No. 6-ranked Hempfield had other plans.
Despite a slow start, the Spartans finished strong in the lower weights and rolled over No. 4 Greensburg Salem, 42-21, in a Class AAA, Section 1B match.
Hempfield (6-0, 1-0) got four pins in the lightweights and finished by winning eight of the last nine matches. Greensburg Salem (0-1, 0-1) got its lone win during that run by forfeit.
Hempfield now leads the Crosstown Cup series 11-8.
As Hempfield coach Vince DeAugustine was addressing his team after that match, he told them how proud he was that they never panicked.
“We still have some things to work on,” DeAugustine said. “Wins by Dallyn (Wood) and Dillon (Ferretti) were key wins for us. Those matches could have gone either way and then we got rolling.”
Greensburg Salem had taken a 6-0 early after Ian Ewing (152 pounds) and Joe Williams (160) picked up close wins, but Wood stopped the momentum by using a second-period reversal to edge Luke Ewing at 170.
A pin by Jesse Quatse (182) and a close win by John Meyers (195) pushed the Greensburg Salem lead to 15-3, but that's where Greensburg Salem's momentum stopped.
Ferretti got a reversal in overtime to stun Will Gongaware, 3-1, at 220, and freshman Isaiah Vance, the grandson of former Hempfield grad and state champion Mike Kirkling, earned a 1-0 win against Greensburg Salem sophomore Trent Patrick.
“Most heavyweights get pinned,” Greensburg Salem coach Randy Parsley said. “He's pretty athletic and rolled through it.
“Coming in I thought we were the better team. We didn't wrestle that way. Hempfield was tougher than we were. They came ready to wrestle and we didn't.”
Hempfield still trailed 15-9 heading to the lightweights. Ethan Berginc (106) started the pin run by decking Cody Kaufman at 106, and Kyle Burkholder kept it going at 113 by pinning Nico Williams to make it 21-15 Hempfield.
Greensburg Salem tied the match at 21 with a forfeit at 120, but first-period pins by Tyler Williams (126) and Jarred Brean (132) gave Hempfield a 33-21 lead with freshman Ty Linsenbigler (138) and Luke Kemerer (145) left.
Linsenbigler handled Dajauhn Hertzog, 9-1, and Kemerer won by a technical fall against Tyler Hughes.
“It was huge winning the cup back,” Kemerer said. “We hadn't won it since my freshman season. I wanted to go out on top. It's a great rivalry and it feels pretty good.”
DeAugustine was pleased how the team battled the entire match.
“We didn't give up any bonus points with the best part of their lineup,” DeAugustine said. “If we were able to withstand that we'd be OK.”
