Canton wrestlers pick up second win by beating Stafford

Canton’s Donovan Macklin had a pin in the Warriors’ win over Stafford Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Bill Brewster)

STAFFORD, Jan. 6 – The Canton High wrestling team had three pins as the Warriors won their second match of the season with a 46-24 decision over Stafford in NCCC action Wednesday night. Julian Adams (160), Mitchell Offhaus (170) and Donovan Macklin (106) all won by pin for Canton, now 2-2 on the year and 2-2 in the league.

Trey VandeBogart (142) picked up a 10-point victory while Joe Bowman (182), Brian Connolly (113), Grace Mates (120) and Brendon Kelly (126) each picked up forfeit victories.

Julian Adams, left, has five pins in the last two meets for the Warriors. (Photo courtesy Bill Brewster)

It’s been a good week for Adams. He finished third at 160 pounds at Saturday’s Chad Antoch Memorial Tournament in Westerly, R.I., by pinning Middletown’s Nate Baldwin in 5:40 in the consolation final. Adams won four straight matches by pin to take third. Canton finished 15th in the field of 16 teams.

Canton 46, Stafford 24
At Stafford
132: Double forfeit; 138: Ethan Ives (S) pin Hayden DiMalo, 1:14; 142: Trey VandeBogart (C) dec. Devin Conlin, 11-1; 152: Sonny Russono (S) pin Aiden Pass, 1:55; 160: Julian Adams (C) pin Nathan Lawson, 0:39; 170: Mitchell Offhaus (C) pin Caleb Teets, 0:58; 182: Joe Bowman (C) forfeit; 195: Zack Kondracki (S) pin Braydon Fluckinger (C), 1:53; 220: Dominic Peterson (S) forfeit; 285: double forfeit; 106: Donovan Macklin (C) pin Louis Mikulski, 1:37; 113: Brian Connolly (C) forfeit; 120: Grace Mates (C) forfeit; 126: Brendon Kelly (C) forfeit
Records: Canton 2-2, 2-2 NCCC; Stafford 2-7, 0-2 NCCC