Hornets wrestling team stays perfect with Hannibal win

The Fulton Hornets wrestling team was not slowed by an almost three-week holiday layoff.

Fulton broke a 7-all tie by winning five straight weight classes - four by pin - and the Hornets stayed unbeaten with a 49-19 North Central Missouri Conference dual victory over the Hannibal Pirates on Thursday night.

Fulton - which hadn't wrestled since Dec. 19-20, when it prevailed in all eight of its matches at the Moberly Spartan Duals - improved to 12-0 overall and 2-0 in the NCMC.

"Overall, I thought we did a nice job and the kids were pretty competitive," Hornets head coach Eric Hudson said. "We thought the match might be a little tighter than it was."

Here are Thursday night's individual results, by weight class:

•106 pounds - open; 113 - freshman Tucker Caswell (F) won by 10-2 major decision over Gavin Scott (H); 120 - Chandler Fohey (H) won by 14-5 major decision over sophomore Brandon Dews (F); 126 - freshman Jacob Kern (F) won by 6-0 decision over Kaleb Greening (H); 132 - Austin Janes (H) won by 8-3 decision over junior Jason Pae (F);

•138 - junior Josh McClure (F) pinned Sean Carroll (H) in 2:31; 145 - junior Trenton Clines (F) pinned Andrew Jones (H) in 3:42; 152 - sophomore Luke Berrey (F) pinned Austin Carroll (H) in 4:36; 160 - junior Andy Baysinger (F) won by forfeit; 170 - senior Noah Braun (F) pinned Bradyn Adkins (H) in 1:47;

•182 - Austin Hawes (H) pinned senior Ammon Van Englenhoven (F) in 1:47; 195 - junior Zach Benner (F) pinned Bradley Dillman (H) in 1:36; 220 - Kyle Muehring (H) pinned senior Austin Anderson (F) in :53; 285 - junior Clayton Bristol (F) pinned Harry Vessell (H) in 2:35.

The Hornets wrestle in the Ste. Genevieve Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday.