Bayfield was in a 16-0 hole early against Centauri before the Wolverines wrestled past the Falcons.
The Bayfield High School wrestling team won a Class 3A Intermountain League dual-meet against Centauri 42-28 on Thursday night in Bayfield. BHS had 12 wrestlers active, while Centauri had 11. Both teams forfeited at heavyweight, while BHS was also without a 145-pound wrestler.
Centauri gave up forfeits at 138 and 182 pounds.
The Wolverines first got on the board at 170 pounds, as Shane Moore worked his way to a 15-3 major decision against Byron Shawcroft to cut the Centauri lead to 16-4. BHS picked up six forfeit points at 182 and was within 16-10 when the feared duo of John Foutz and Daniel Westbrook took their turns on the mat.
Foutz pinned Jownes Archuleta in 1 minute, 20 seconds to earn six more points at 195 pounds, and that tied the match. Westbrook gave the Wolverines their first lead with a 6-0 decision win against Reni Lucero at 220, and BHS had a 19-16 advantage.
The Falcons reclaimed the lead at 106 pounds, but Bayfield got back on top at 113 pounds as Simon Schneider earned a third-period pin at the 4:54 mark of the match. He controlled his opponent, Robert Coombs, and nearly had a pin at the end of each of the first two periods before finishing the job in the third.
He went into the third period with a 10-0 lead.
James Mars backed up Schneider’s pin win with another for the Wolverines, as he beat Zeb Sandoval in the second period of their 120-pound match. That gave BHS a 31-22 lead.
At 126 pounds, Dylan Pickering clinched the BHS victory. He quickly amassed a 10-0 lead on Jeremy Coombs in the first period and secured a 15-0 technical fall victory to give BHS five more team points and a 36-22 advantage. The Wolverines held on from there.
The Wolverines will stay close to home this weekend at the Aztec Tiger Duals on Saturday.
Pine River Times sports writer Joel Priest contributed to this report.
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