Luis Chafino, pictured at right in back, puts the squeeze on Akron’s Elvis Guy, on his way to a first-round pin in 132-lb. competition in the Holyoke-Akron wrestling dual Thursday, Jan. 26, on the Dragon mats. —Johnson Publications photo
Dragons top Akron in home wrestling dual
Holyoke dominated 50-22 in the high school wrestling dual with Akron in the HHS gym Thursday, Jan. 26.
Six actual matches were wrestled in the competition, with the Dragons winning four of those.
Coach Dusty McConnell said the Dragons wrestled well. “Coming to the end of the season, this is when it starts counting,” he added.
Antoni Martinez pinned Jeffery Pieper in :51 to win the 195-lb. match for Holyoke. Luis Chafino also won by a pin, sticking Elvis Guy in 1:19 in the 132-lb. match.
Deacon Dittmer won a 15-0 tech fall match in 3:11 at 138 lbs., defeating Jonah Shaddock. McConnell said Dittmer has figured out how to tilt kids, and he displayed it well in his match with Shaddock.
Rounding out the HHS wins was Jesus Trejo, who decisioned Seth Dorrenbacher 7-5 at 120 lbs. This was big for Trejo, who is ranked 13th in 2A 120-lb. wrestling this week by Tim Yount at On the Mat Rankings. Dorrenbacher is ranked 12th.
Logan Higgs lost a 2-11 major decision to Derrick Poss at 152 lbs., and Miguel Soto was pinned in 5:06 by Justin Traxler at 126 lbs.
Dragons who earned wins by forfeit in weight divisions that Akron was open were Jessy Mosqueda, 106 lbs.; Remington Hielscher, 113; Xander Speicher, 145; Andy Lopez, 170; and Andrew Rivera, 220.
HHS gave up forfeits at 160 lbs. to Carson Reese and at 182 lbs. to Dustin Poss.