GARVIN SEALS A TIGERS WIN OVER C.M. WRIGHT

By Kevin Phillips NORTH EAST– Going into its final match of Friday’s UCBAC wrestling battle with visiting C. Milton Wright, Rising Sun held a precarious six-point lead, meaning if the Mustangs a pinfall victory could force a tiebreaker to determine the match.

However, Tyler Garvin dispelled all worry about a tiebreaker as he pinned his opponent in 8 seconds at his match at 113 pounds, securing a 42-30 victory for the Tigers Friday night.

“I had to go out and finish the job. I had to put in my plan, get out there and get the pin quick,” Garvin said.

“That’s what I did.”

Garvin’s victory was Ris- ing Sun’s sixth pinfall victory out of eight overall, and the key stretch of the match was when the Tigers scored three straight pinfall victories at 182, 195 and 220 pounds respectively.

With Rising Sun trailing the Mustangs 24-18 midway through the meet, Mason Testerman stepped on the mat for his match at

182 pounds, and he tied the meet at 24-24 with a pinfall victory in 1:47.

After Elijah Farr won his match at at 195 pounds in 1:17 to give the Tigers a 3024, Kaleb Johnson followed that up with pinfall victory in 2:50 to make it a 12-point game, and both Farr and Johnson had to go down a weight class to help Rising

Sun complete their lineup.

“I think they are wrestling great. We had two guys come down and make weight 220 to 195 and heavyweight to 220, and they put in the work. Our 182 to 220 got us pins, got us big points for the match and allowed us to pull ahead,”Testerman said.

C.M. Wright won the next two matches via decisions, setting the stage for Garvin’s decisive match. continued on B-2

The Tigers won the first four matches of the evening, starting with Xzavier Brown winning at 120 pounds via a 4-2 decision, and Tyler Henderson following that up with a pinfall victory at 126 pounds.