Carter’s pin gives Jays win over Bruins

John Carter of Jefferson City gets a grip on Michael Stennard of Rock Bridge during their 285-pound match Monday night at Fleming Fieldhouse. Photo by Stephen Brooks.

By Brent Foster

Monday, February 6, 2012

In a battle of state-ranked teams, it was only fitting it would go down to the wire.

Good thing for the Jays they had their “go-to-guy” up.

Jefferson City’s John Carter pinned Rock Bridge’s Michael Stennard in just 19 seconds to lift the Jays to a 40-33 dual-meet victory Monday night at Fleming Fieldhouse.

“John’s our go-to-guy,” Jays head coach Phil Cagle said. “He loves that kind of pressure and he thrives on that kind of pressure.”

Read additional details in our newspaper or e-Edition. Newspaper subscribers: Click on an e-Edition article and log in using your current account information at no extra charge. For e-edition help, e-mail circ@newstribune.com. Click here to purchase the full version of archived articles.

More like this story

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Please review our Policies and Procedures before registering or commenting

Or login with:

OpenID

News Tribune

Breaking News