Caissons team gets two wins in season-opening wrestling meet at RMA

Posted December 2, 2011
Filed under Athletics

The Fishburne wrestling team took to the mat for the first time this season on Thursday in Front Royal in a pair of dual meets with Randolph Macon Academy and Skyline High School.

Congratulations to the Caissons for coming out on top in both matchups – defeating RMA 48-36 and besting Skyline 48-34.

The victories were all the more impressive, Coach Richard Chiarolanzio said, because FMS didn’t field wrestlers in three weight classes, meaning the team essentially started each dual meet down 18-0 in points.

“When the night was over, one question was answered for sure, Young for sure, heart, a ton of it, a never-say-die outlook, and a team that pulls together,” Chiarolanzio said.

Highlights

  • Lenardson (10th grade) took to the mat in both matches and had two wins both by pin. Wrestled less then one full match with his two pins combined.
  • Morrison Rogers (10th grade) won his first match in the first period by pin. In his second match it was a back-and-forth contest. Rogers took control in the third period and ended the match with a pin.
  • McIntyre (9th Grade) won both of his matches with first-period pinfalls.
  • Harvey (the only senior in lineup) took control of his first match early and ended it in the second period with a pin. His second match he also took control quickly and won in the first period with a pin.
  • Woolley (11th grade) took control of his first match after being headbutted early in the match. Woolley went up 13-0 early in the second period then turned his opponent one last time, this time not letting him off his back and getting the pinfall. In his second match his opponent was not lucky enough to make it to the second period as Woolley pinned him inside the first two minutes.
  • Hale (10th grade) had a very good night with two first-period pinfalls.
  • Cabeza (10th grade) won with two first-period pinfalls.
  • Sene (11th grade) weighed in to wrestle in the 220-pound weight class this evening, but wrestled heavyweight and scoerd a pair of pinfalls.

Next up for FMS is the Waynesboro Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 3, where Fishburne will be the only private school among the nine-team field.