WILLITS >> Middletown High School scored its first head-to-head wrestling win over Willits in at least the last four years, beating the Wolverines 48-27 in a Coastal Mountain Conference tri-meet on Wednesday evening in Willits.
“It’s the first time we’ve beaten them since I’ve been the coach here,” said four-year Middletown veteran Brian Hunt.
While that was a great start to the Mustangs’ night, they couldn’t complete a sweep as Kelseyville edged Middletown 40-39 later in the evening.
“I was hoping for 2-0 but we got 1-1,” Hunt said of the tri-meet split. Now we’ll just see what happens the rest of the season. A couple of those matches could have gone the other way, but it is what it is.”
Against Willits, Middletown winners were Caden McDowell by pin at 106 points, James Crayne by pin at 126 pounds, Jonathan Wilson by pin at 138 pounds, Noah Williams by decision at 145 pounds, Scott Kelly by decision at 152 pounds, Peter Sullivan by pin at 160 pounds, Saul Padilla by pin at 195 pounds, and Cameron Ketchum by pin at 220 pounds.
In a seesaw battle with Kelseyville, Middletown winners were Wilson by pin at 138 pounds, Kelly by pin at 152 pounds, Sullivan by 8-3 decision at 170 pounds, Wyatt Jones by pin at 182 pounds, and Ketchum by pin at 220 pounds.
Kelseyville posted wins at 106 pounds where Austin Navarro won by pin; at 113 pounds where Kylie Marlin won by pin; at 126 pounds where Alex Garcia won by pin; at 132 pounds where Jadon Lindsay won by pin; at 145 pounds where Patrick Mick won by injury default; and at 195 pounds where Adryan Thomas won by technical fall.
Hunt said one of the night’s best matches came at 152 pounds where Kelly and Kelseyville’s Natalio Rojas squared off. Rojas built a big lead in points before Kelly battled back and won by pin.
Kelseyville and Willits squared off in the late dual. No results were reported.
