WHS Wrestling

Last Saturday, January 30, the WHS Wresting Team hosted the annual Buck Bailey Memorial Invitational tournament at the high school gym. In addition to the Wellsville team there were nine others teams competing.

The late Buck Bailey was a devoted Tiger wrestling fan. He ran the clock on home matches and followed the team everywhere. He even went to Columbus when there was a Tiger wrestler that qualified for the State.

For the first time in eight years the Tigers won the tournament accumulating 148.5 points. Runner-up was Weirton Madonna with 115 points. Wellsville had three athletes win Championships in their weight class. Matt Flanigan won at 152#, Tim LaClair at 171# and Bubba Dowling at 215#. Flanigan, pictured above, was named Tournament MVP.

Wellsville split in a Tri-angular match this past Wednesday against Steubenville Catholic Central and Weirton Madonna. They beat Steubenville by a score of 54 - 6 with Jason Dowling, Tim White and Bubba Dowling winning their matches. Bubba Dowling was the only Tiger to win in the second match vs. Weirton and that was in four overtimes. Weirton picked up a 33 - 21 win in that one. According to the paper there were several forfeits in both matches.

As a team the Tigers are now 4 & 3 on the season. They travel to Magnolia tomorrow for another tournament.

Good Luck fellows....

ole nib