Wrestlers put the hurt on Payette and Skyview

Weiser wrestling is just hitting it's stride. Weiser hosted Payette and Skyview on Friday, January 27. Weiser easily dominated their opponents even with some of our boys wrestling up a weight. Weiser defeated Payette 51-19 and Skyview 57-29.
  Against Payette, Weiser would receive 18 points in forfeits while giving up just one forfeit themselves. At 138 lbs., Eric Sanchez was up against a veteran wrestler and it showed as he lost 0-9. Matt Petero gave up 10 pounds but gutted it out taking the early lead 4-1. Payette was able to come back in the second period with a reverse and a near fall for three points to take the lead 6-5. The third period was wild as back to back reverses kept the match exciting. Petero would earn this win 13-8.
  Nick Stephenson at 195 pounds had two take downs but gave up an escape and a penalty point to his Payette opponent in the first period. Nick picked the down position and executed the reverse just to let his man go. Stephenson led 6-3 with two minutes to wrestle. The win would come after another penalty point for Payette and a near fall for two points for Nick, 8-4. JD Johnson was up against Rusty Penson. These two men have spent the last three years trying to best each other. Tonight, it was JD who had the upper hand earning a take down and near fall with just two seconds remaining in the first period. The only action in the second period was Penson earning an escape. In the third, Penson escaped once again and earned a takedown. JD reversed that to win 6-4.
  Lionel Perez just plain took care of business after leading 7-1 at the end of the first period. He would earn the fall with the take down in the second at 2:47. Alex Gomez went the distance but came up on the short end losing 8-1.
  The final match of the dual against Payette pitted Brady DeYoung against Brian Heleker. Brady went to work with a take down and near fall to lead 4-0 at the end of the first period. DeYoung continued to dominate piling up points to lead 9-0 with two minutes to go. Believe it or not, Brady earned the pin with just 5 seconds remaining at 5:55 to claim the victory. Weiser 51, Payette 19.
  Skyview in the past has had some very talented athletes and wrestling sported quite a few. What happened was new schools opened up and athletes were allowed to try their hand at other places and Columbia lured quite a few away and has seen huge success due to that influx of raw talent. I was a bit disappointed in their showing as I thought they would give Weiser a run for their money. Weiser is just that good.
  Dustin Kistenmacher was first up at 152 pounds. Dustin would control the match but gave up points along the way. A take down and two near falls put Dustin up early. He allowed his opponent to escape and was taken down. Dustin escaped to lead 7-3 at the end of the first. The second was more like a rodeo with Skyview escaping twice and Dustin rolling his man to his back twice. With a period to go, Dustin was up 14-5. It wasn't looking as good for Weiser in the third period when Skyview took Kistenmacher down and to his back. Dustin escaped and returned the favor only this time it was a pin at 5:07 for the win.
  Senior Mitch Svedin, no stranger to a wrestling mat, moved up a weight class but had absolutely no problems handling his man. After leading 5-0, Mitch finished the job with the pin at 3:59 in the second period. Petero followed suit also up a weight class with his pin coming at 3:18.
  Weiser earned two forfeits in a row to bring up Johnson once again. The fall? Only 41 seconds. Skyview had NO CHANCE! Chris Beltran finally had the chance to show his mettle at 106 pounds. He had a choice to make after leading 12-1 at the end of the first and the second. He could win by technical fall and earn 5 team points or he could finish the job for the pin which he did at 4:59. Christian Oyervides had a tough match falling to the technical fall 18-1. Perez was good as a freshman and as a junior, he is something to watch. This time, the pin was at 2:54.
  Casey White wrestled his first match of the season at 126 pounds but it was against a wrestler who knew what he was doing. White would be pinned at 2:53. Hilario Manduhano met a similar fate falling at :53. DeYoung won his match on an injury default when his opponent appeared to receive a concussion.
  The final match of the night was first year wrestler and senior Cody Gable. Gable is best known for the vicious hits he put on opposing players in football. Gable was taken down first, earned the escape and did his own take down with a body slam to lead 3-2 at the end of the first period. Gable picked both men neutral for the second period. Cody took his man down but gave up a point to the escape. Gable led 5-3 with a long two minutes to wrestle and I do mean long. Skyview picked the down position and escaped. Gable took him down only to allow the escape. Cody was taken down as the clock was about to run out tying the match 7-7. With just two second remaining, Gable pulled his body free for the escape and the win 8-7. Weiser defeated Skyview 57-29.