Jays wrestling pins 82-0 loss on Smith-Cotton

A regulation wrestling dual involves 84 minutes spent on the mat. Three two-minute periods per weight, with 14 weights.

The Jefferson City Jays needed only 23 minutes and nine seconds to post a dominant 82-0 win against the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Tigers during Central Missouri Activities Conference wrestling action Thursday at Fleming Fieldhouse.

The Jays collected 10 pins, three forfeits and a major decision, not only not losing a match, but losing only two points of their maximum possible score of 84.

“I’ve been doing this a long time and I don’t think I’ve had kids score 80 points,” Jefferson City coach Phil Cagle said. “It should be a good memory for these kids.”

Only two matches went into the third period and one other went into the second.

Joe Kuster started Jefferson City’s night at 145 pounds with a pin of Drake Holman in 47 seconds, then Tanner Quick followed when he took Layne Grotzinger directly to his back and shoved his shoulders to the mat at the 1:32 mark of the 152-pound match.

“It was Tanner’s first time down at 152, he did a good job,” Cagle said.

Carter Epema had the lone match to end in the second period, where after 160-pound opponent Josiah Oliver chose to start in the down position, Epema flipped him for a pin in 2:58.

“Carter wrestled down at 160 for the first time and that 160-pounder (Oliver) is supposed to be pretty good,” Cagle said.

Keith Stennis made his first varsity appearance for the Jays against Ayden Haulotte at 170 pounds, where he turned a late reversal into a pin just before the end of the first period at 1:54.

“He got behind and kept fighting and kept fighting,” Cagle said of Stennis.

Will Berendzen followed the trend when he pinned Keaton Belsha in 1:33 at 182 pounds, then Michael Friederich used three takedowns, a three-point near fall, a two-point near fall, a reversal and a stalling point to build a 14-3 major decision against Everett Wood at 195. It was the lone match to not end in a pin.

Dominiko Rich got the Jays early finishes rolling again when he needed only 36 seconds to get a slap of the mat against Logan Grotzinger at 220 pounds, then Isaac Enloe turned a third-period reversal out of the down starting position into a pin in 4:12 against Kwan Watkins at heavyweight.

Tytus Oliver needed only 1:38 to pin 113-pounder Blake Burks, then Elijah Teiberis earned a fall for the Jays in 48 seconds against Dayton Cochran at 126.

Cameron McKee finished off the dual with a pin of Parker Hemme in 1:11 at 138 pounds.

“The kids did a good job,” Cagle said. “We hadn’t wrestled in like two and a half weeks, so I think they were tired of wrestling each other and were excited to get out and wrestle someone new. I had no idea they would do what they did tonight.”

Seth Stumbaugh (106), Dominic Stafford (120) and Braden Werdehausen (132) all took forfeits for the Jays.

The Smith-Cotton girls took a 36-28 win against the Lady Jays.

Jefferson City won three matches by fall and another by major decision.

Lydia Hudson needed only 35 seconds to pin Mikayla Wiley at 120 pounds, while Ayosoreoluwa Ilesanmi needed only 17 seconds to pin Brooklyn Hoecker at 149.

Kenzie Moore took the Lady Jays’ final win by fall when she pinned Josephine Holloway in 4:14 at 194 pounds.

Alexis Dunwiddie used two takedowns, two three-point near falls, a two-point near fall and an escape to build a 13-1 major decision against Jasmine Wolfe at 130 pounds.

Emma Durrill lost by fall for the Lady Jays at 100 pounds, as did Deja’Nette Wallace at 174.

Jefferson City’s girls wrestle again in the Capital City Individual Tournament at 4:30 p.m. today, while the Jays hit the mat again at the Capital City Duals Tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday. Smith-Cotton hosts Capital City for its next match Tuesday.

“They did a good job, now we get back to work tomorrow,” Cagle said. “It’s going to be a tough tournament, we’re going to be facing some tough teams. Wrestling is a sport with a lot of ups and downs, we’re just gonna go there and try to wrestle our best.”