NICEVILLE – It was a momentum-shifting pin.
In one fall, Jack Frey both deflated an entire Fort Walton Beach bench and set the tone for a Niceville 42-32 win Wednesday night on the Eagles’ home mat. Fighting back from a 6-2 deficit against 120-pounder Caleb O’Malley in the night’s first match, Frey scored the pin with just 6 seconds left.
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“The pin definitely got the crowd excited, the tables turned and the kids fed off the momentum,” Niceville first-year coach Dustin Franklin said.
And the Eagles would never relinquish the lead.
“That started us off in a hole in a match that really should have ended differently,” FWB coach Tobi Marez said.
Along with dropping the opening bout, the Vikings also had to swallow two open weight classes.
“We had one kid overweight and weights are still settling down,” Marez said.
Joining Frey with wins by fall for the Eagles were Sam Wilcox (126 pounds), Tanner Aull (152) and Chase Schoener (170), and Michael Zimmerman (195) and Blake Hartzog (106) also delivered six points each after FWB failing to field a wrestler at their weight classes.
Cory Phillips (145) and Taylor Bartleson (160) added a pair of wins that went the distance, but it was the first four matches that Franklin pointed to as the key to the victory. That included Wilcox’s pin, which gave the Eagles a cushion to absorb back-to-back wins by Justin Dalton (pin in 132) and Landon Fields (technical fall in 138).
“We knew that those first four matches were going to be the most crucial for the entire dual, and they proved to be,” Franklin said.
For the Vikings, pulling out pins alongside Dalton were Alex Lovett (113), Christian Schultz (182), Matt Sheffield (220). Jacob Rieben (285) added a win for the Vikings, who Marez said has a lot of time to iron things out.
“We go back to some of the basic stuff,” Marez said. “I think we’re OK with our moves and what we’re using and how we’re using it, but now it’s a matter of getting into better shape and building on what we have.”
Momentum, match swing in Niceville’s favor (PHOTO GALLERY)
Published: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 22:36 PM.
NICEVILLE – It was a momentum-shifting pin.
In one fall, Jack Frey both deflated an entire Fort Walton Beach bench and set the tone for a Niceville 42-32 win Wednesday night on the Eagles’ home mat. Fighting back from a 6-2 deficit against 120-pounder Caleb O’Malley in the night’s first match, Frey scored the pin with just 6 seconds left.
View a photo gallery from the meet>
“The pin definitely got the crowd excited, the tables turned and the kids fed off the momentum,” Niceville first-year coach Dustin Franklin said.
And the Eagles would never relinquish the lead.
“That started us off in a hole in a match that really should have ended differently,” FWB coach Tobi Marez said.
Along with dropping the opening bout, the Vikings also had to swallow two open weight classes.
“We had one kid overweight and weights are still settling down,” Marez said.
Joining Frey with wins by fall for the Eagles were Sam Wilcox (126 pounds), Tanner Aull (152) and Chase Schoener (170), and Michael Zimmerman (195) and Blake Hartzog (106) also delivered six points each after FWB failing to field a wrestler at their weight classes.
Cory Phillips (145) and Taylor Bartleson (160) added a pair of wins that went the distance, but it was the first four matches that Franklin pointed to as the key to the victory. That included Wilcox’s pin, which gave the Eagles a cushion to absorb back-to-back wins by Justin Dalton (pin in 132) and Landon Fields (technical fall in 138).
“We knew that those first four matches were going to be the most crucial for the entire dual, and they proved to be,” Franklin said.
For the Vikings, pulling out pins alongside Dalton were Alex Lovett (113), Christian Schultz (182), Matt Sheffield (220). Jacob Rieben (285) added a win for the Vikings, who Marez said has a lot of time to iron things out.
“We go back to some of the basic stuff,” Marez said. “I think we’re OK with our moves and what we’re using and how we’re using it, but now it’s a matter of getting into better shape and building on what we have.”
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