After a weeklong break the Bulldog wrestlers got back in action as they visited Sunman Dearborn in St. Leon. Despite the tough loss as a team, with a 86-13 defeat by the Trojans the bulldog grapplers upheld a fight to the very end.
JT Linkel, Jackson Wooldridge and Alex Plemmons saw three outstanding matches. Linkel winning an 8-3 decision over Ryan May, and Wooldridgeís 15-4 major decision over Kyle Krummen led the way until Heavyweight, Alex Plemmons pinned his opponent in the second period.
Other Batesville wrestlers seeing varsity action tonight putting up a great effort include Joey Gutzwiller, Caleb Bischoff- Niece, Isaiah Riffel, Andy Gutzwiller, Dallas Lamping, Dylan Holcomb, Kevin Crowell, Cole Streuwing, Ethan Gibbs, and Hunter Hon.
Additional matches were seen tonight from Matthew King, Enrique Arnold, and Zach Jones in reserve matchings.
The Batesville Middle School wrestlers will take a day off before they head to South Dearborn this Saturday for a reserve invitational.
Submitted by Cassie Mumaw.