The Madill Lady Wildcats faced off against the Durant Lady Lions on December 14 and suffered an 18-12 loss.
Durant opened with three straight wins as Chloe Marlow started things at 145 pounds in building quick 7-0 lead with a takedown and pair of near falls. She beat Kadence Bourland with a pin fall just 18.8 seconds from the end of the first period.
Back to 110 pounds, Andie Wallace was pinned by Addison Polk and Polk upped her record to 6-0 on the season.
Jadyn Butts, in the 115-pound division, lost to Loryn Lopez with a fall.
Madill answered with a couple of pins of its own with Nobalee Jessell stopping Durant’s Olivia Frazer with 40.8 seconds left in the first period at 120 pounds. Kaia Henry then dispatched the Lady Lions’ Marianna Ramirez with another opening stanza fall at 140 pounds.
In exhibition action at 155 pounds, Cedar Derby scored a first period pin fall in just 32 seconds for Durant. Alexa Hall then lost a fall verdict in the opening frame of another exhibition at 105 pounds.
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While Madill controlled the lower weight classes in last week’s wrestling dual action at Durant, the Lions still managed a 54-27 victory.
Action began at 150 poundswhereMadill’sChristian Robledo downed the Lions’ Racer Waitman in a second period fall decision to claim the early lead before the hosts reeled off 30 consecutive team points.
Britton Trotter began the DHS rally at 157 with a third-period fall triumph against Jaden McCain and Brodi Payne followed in pinning Tyner Roberts in the second period at 2:28 in the 165-pound division. Asa Pierce was also a first period fall winner at 175, dispatching Aaron Rodriguez in just 64 seconds.
Caiden Pepperman was credited with a forfeit at 190 and Axel Thurman likewise at 215 pounds. That made it a 30-6 Durant cushion. Canan Walls was a forfeit winner at 106 pounds to give Durant its only points in a five-match run that helped Madill narrow the gap to 36-27.
Klayton Smith for the Lions held a narrow 5-4 lead going into the third period at 113 pounds before the Wildcats’ Triston Barnes rallied with an escape takedown with just 56 seconds remaining for a 7-5 decision win.
Madillfollowed witha pair of fall wins at 120 pounds withBraxtonGimenezdowning ShawnHumphreyin2:42 and Colton Sandefur notching a fall against the Lions’ Justin Smith at 126.
With the dual outcome in thebalance,Durantwrapped up the victory with Matt Frazer scoring a 1:07 first period fall decision over JacksonHarperat132.Aiden Polk followed with another first period fall triumph at 138 pounds against Aroddy Camacho. Bo St. Clair picked up a forfeit at 144 pounds for the final points of the night.
The Lions were in tournament action over the weekend in Duncan facing a bevy of tough early season competition heading into the Christmas break.
Pierce had the most success at 175 pounds with four victories in six matches but fell just short of placing.
He opened with a 13-5 major decision against Plainview’s Rye Blackwood before dropping a fall decision to slip into the consolation bracket. Pierce reeled off three straight fall wins ahead of a loss to end the run.
Payne notched a solid run at 165 pounds with a 3-2 record, bouncing back from an early loss with three straight wins that included a 3:53 fall against Ethan Martinez of Dickson.
Waitman, St. Clair and Frazer all picked up two wins in four contests.
At 150 pounds Waitman posted two fall victories in consolation bracket competition while St. Clair also had two consolation triumphs at 144 pounds, including a 1:45 fall over Plainview’s Jimmy Watkins. Frazer meanwhile began with pin fall wins against Javier Rodriguez of HintonandRyanTrozzifrom Newcastle but suffered two straight losses.
Walls scored a single fall triumph over Jakoby Woerne of Western Heights at 106 pounds, Smith had one win on a fall victory against Lawton’s Adrian Villareal at 113 and Pepperman’s one win at 190 pounds came via fall over Perry Graves from Lawtonaswell.Polkdefeated Plainview’s Ryan Crawford in an 11-6 at decision at 138.