Mexico fares well in home quad

By: Dave Faries, Editor
Posted 2/3/21

Keegan Koons and Gavyn Martin were undone in the first two matches of Mexico’s home quadrangular on Friday. Koons couldn’t escape Palmyra’s Kaden Crane and Martin contorted, but could not gain …

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Keegan Koons and Gavyn Martin were undone in the first two matches of Mexico’s home quadrangular on Friday. Koons couldn’t escape Palmyra’s Kaden Crane and Martin contorted, but could not gain control over Collin Arch.

And when it came to the 138 pound match, Dylan Mosley wasn’t happy.

“I wasn’t ready and it showed,” he said.

Here’s the twist: he won.

“I should have had him pinned in the first minute,” Mosley explained.

Instead, Mosley worked a few seconds into the second before claiming a win by fall over Grayson Stevens, helping the Bulldogs to a 42-36 team win over Palmyra to open the quad. Mexico would go on to knock off Brookfield and Kirksville to sweep at home.

Mosley’s was the Bulldogs’ first individual win of the night, although Ricardo Juarez and Keith Ransom had already picked up points, as Palmyra offered no opposition at 120 or 126. Cameron Beasley also won by forfeit at 145.

And for a time it looked as if Morgan Grubb would add to the list, but Jayden Sharrow turned the tables on Mexico’s 170-pounder. Caleb Prater lost at 195, but Jokiah Sewell and Emille Scanavino got forfeit points.

When the Bulldogs took the mat against Brookfield, Ransom made a quick statement. He dropped Gambal Staddie at the 0:17 mark. Later, in the 182 meet, Sewell faced off against a larger opponent in Dawson Baker and battled to a 4-4 draw after one.

Reversals in the second gave him an 11-4 advantage deep in the second. But Baker had Sewell in a spot of trouble – for a second.

Sewell broke free and pinned the Brookfield Bulldog. He worked deliberately, backing slowly rather than making a rash move.

“I just wrestled smart,” he explained. “I wanted to give up small points, not big.”

Mosley lost by technical fall against Donovan Pam. Beasley made a deft move in the third period on Brookfield’s Max Alexander that had promise, but it was not enough. He dropped a 10-4 decision.

As would be the case until the Kirksville round, having no opposition in many classes led to a team win. Juarez, Martin, Grubb Scanavino and Koons had no one to wrestle. Prater battled Braxsten Duncan to a stalemate through one, but lost in the second.

Juarez got his opportunity when Kirksville joined the mat. He finished off Lathon Wilcox quickly. Ransom had a struggle with Hunter Tarr through one, but had built up a 5-0 lead in points.

He closed things out with a second period pin.

“You have to break the kid mentally,” Ransom said, noting that his strategy was to pile up early points.

Martin took and early lead, but lost at 132. Mosley dropped a 5-4 decision. But then Mexico went on a run – a come from behind by Sewell, forfeit points for Terrell Williams, and a dominating performance by Grubb, who had extended a 7-1 gap after two over Nathan Nugent before earning a pin.

Before all that, Beasley held a back and forth – mostly back – with Kirkville’s Prophett Krepps.

It was knotted 3-3 after one. But Krepps took control in the second and looked to be on his way to a win for the Tigers. Beasley was down, but would not yields.

Then at the 4:21 mark he switched, ripped and won.


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