Douglas 36, Carson 31

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Douglas 36, Carson 31

103 Garret Hekhius(DOU) wins by forfeit
112 Owen Craugh(CAR) dec. Wynar 8-4
119 Todd Banko (CAR) dec. Ryan Olson 6-1
125 Brian Kaplan(DOU) dec Brian Halverson 8-4
130 Kyle Banko(CAR) maj dec. Devon Barker 13-3
135 Robbie Bozin(CAR) pinned ?
140 Cameron Aimes(DOU) pinned Aaron Jolcover
145 Tony Ferris(DOU) pinned Daniel Scarbrough
152 Jake Williams(DOU) dec. Martin Azzam 7-1
160 Travis Lamborn(Car) pinned ?
171 Aaron Osheroff(CAR) dec. Sean Molina 8-2
189 Jonas Schenzel(CAR) won by forfeit
215 Shane MIller(DOU) pinned Garret Truesdale
275 Matt Castro(DOU) pinned Taylor Mcdowell

[Alumni]

Aided by two late pins and some last-minute lineup maneuvering, the Douglas High wrestling team rallied for a 36-31 Sierra League dual meet victory against Carson in an early season showdown on Wednesday night.

Senior Shane Miller moved up from 189 pounds in a late switch and posted a 25-second fall at 215 pounds, senior Matt Castro won his heavyweight match by fall in 42 seconds and then sophomore 103-pounder Garrett Heckhuis was awarded a forfeit to end the match as the Tigers overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the arch rival Senators before a crowd of about 400.

In addition to Castro and Miller, Cameron Ames and Tony Ferris gave Douglas back-to-back pins in their respective 140- and 145-pound matches. Jake Williams scored a 7-1 decision over Martin Azzam to give Douglas an 18-16 lead.

Carson regained the lead when defending Northern 4A Region 160-pound champion Travis Lamborn pinned Nick Ceglia in 36 seconds. Ceglia got a quick takedown and near fall, but just as quickly, Lamborn recovered and got his fall to give the Senators a 22-18 lead.

Carson added three more points to its lead when 171-pounder Ahron Osheroff scored an 8-2 decision over Sean Molina.

Then came the key move in this chess match. Miller was scheduled to go out for the 189-pound bout against Carson's Jonas Schenzel. Once Schenzel checked in, then McCann pulled the switch, forfeited the match to leave Carson with a 31-18 lead. However, it freed Miller to move up and occupy a weight that Douglas was going to forfeit - and he delivered six points with the fastest pin of the night.

"We were going give away 215s anyway. That's why we waited for their guy to check in. We waited to see who they sent out, and they sent out the right guy," McCann said. "Then Shane went out and came up big for us."

Miller and Castro won to cut Carson's lead to 31-30. Then Heckhuis, who wasn't even introduced in the pre-meet face-off, came out on the mat and was awarded a forfeit for the 103-pound match.

Douglas also got a pivotal win at 125 pounds when state tournament veteran Bryan Kaplan scored five points on a reversal and near fall in the final 30 seconds to pull out an 8-4 win against Brian Halverson.

Carson got impressive performances in the lighter weights from 112-pounder Owen Craugh (8-4 win), 119-pounder Todd Banko (6-1 win), 130-pounder Kyle Banko (13-3 win) and 135-pounder Robbie Bozin (pin in 1:45).