Madill raced to a 36-0 lead but watched Durant surge back with seven fall victories in the final eight matches of the need forging a wild 42-42 dual deadlock in high school boys’ wrestling action last Thursday.
The Wildcats were nearly flawless in garnering six consecutive pin fall wins to build the massive lead only to watch the Lions storm back. Durant finished with a slight edge on the fifth criteria tiebreaker. Madill’s dual record heading into the Christmas break is 2-3-1 with the next action slated Tuesday, January 7 at Pauls Valley.
Madill’s varsity girls scored an 18-12 victory as the Lady Wildcats posted three fall wins in the five matches contested. The Wildcat junior high ran away for a 66-18 triumph against the visitors from Durant.
In the boys’ varsity action, Saul Martinez started things at 106 pounds by erasing a 6-5 deficit after one period to notch a fall win with 13 seconds left in the second stanza.
Braxton Gimenez needed only 22 seconds for a pin at 113 pounds, starting the string of three straight Madill victories in rapid fire fashion to claim an immediate 24-0 edge on the team scoreboard. Triston Barnes scored his fall verdict at 120 pounds in just 62 seconds and Colton Sandefur made even quicker work at 126, needing only 12 seconds for the fall.
Aroddy Camacho had a battle at 132, rallying from a 7-5 deficit through one frame, to score the pin fall decision in only 29 seconds of round two. Dayton Gimenez followed with another pin in just one minute at 138 pounds for a seemingly comfortable lead at the time.
Durant got off the canvas with three straight falls of its own to make it just a 36-18 Wildcat advantage before Christian Robledo stemmed the tide at 165 pounds with a 29-second fall victory as well.
The 175-pound match went two periods with the final three weights all finishing on Lion victories in the opening round as the visitors came all the way back to tie the contest.
On the girls’ side, Karmony Pearson, Andie Wallace and Morgan Walls scored the Madill triumphs with fall decisions.
Junior high winners for the Madill boys all via pin falls were Ranger Willis, Donaven Sinks, Canyon Phillips, Neymar Camacho, Layne Dorer, Yadel Sanchez, Xavier Quintanilla, Steven Moreno, Enrique Martinez and Alex Sarabia, Brayden Valles added a win by forfeit in his weight division.
The Lady Wildcats battled to a 30-30 deadlock in the junior high girls as well, picking up fall victories from Samantha Ortiz, Brissa Reyes, Valaria Barrientoes, Johanna Gonzalez and Mekayla Westbrook.