Neosho County Community College Wrestling Release
Released by Aaron Sweazy
Assistant Wrestling Coach

Nov. 2, 2008

Neosho wrestling opened up the collegiate season with two wins here in Chanute on Sunday afternoon. They day began with the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks. The Panther's had 13 true freshman suit up for the day, and the young squad was tested by two stingy, but shorthanded teams. Neosho racked up back to back falls with Alex Gorton and Stephen Kendrick against the Mavs to put NCCC up 12-0 before adding 18 more points via forfeit. Arkansas native Aaron Butler added to the Panther scoring with a 10-7 decision at 165 putting the host team up by a 33-0 margin. In the 174 and 184 classes Neosho would lose by a 1 pt decision followed up by a fall making it 33-9. Jeff Kirwan who happens to be from the same hometown as the visiting Mavericks, was the only non true freshman in the lineup on the day for Neosho, and only took 70 seconds to dispatch of his opponent. Kris Powell lost by decision 9-2 to end the dual at 39-12 Neosho. Also to note, Nathan Brown lost by fall in an exhibition match.

NEOSHO 39 Texas-Arlington 12
125-Alex Gorton won by fall over Vinh Ho in 2:30
133-Stephen Kendrick won by fall over Josh Beck in 0:30
141-Montana Carson won by forfeit
149-Cody Eaton won by forfeit
157-Justin Ringgold won by forfeit
165-Aaron Butler won by 10-7 decision over Devin Slick
174- Abraham Morante won by 7-6 decision over Matt McNabb
184- Caleb Alexander won by fall over Jason Mellies in 0:56
197-Jeff Kirwan won by fall over Justin Collins in 1:10
285- Devin Compton won by 9-2 decision over Kris Powell
Exhibition match: 285- Bryson Rayford won by fall over Nathan Brown in 0:55

Neosho battled Kansas State in the night cap of a triple dual. Kstate was fresh off a dual win over the same Texas-Arlington squad that NCCC beat early, but only by a 31-24 margin. Neosho would be in a similar situation with the Wildcats as once again the Panthers would pick up 18 points on forfeits due to open weights by Kstate at 125, 141, and 197. The wrestling got started with Stephen Kendrick of Skiatook using an early takedown and late reverse to pull ahead and stay there with a 5-1 victory. Heading into 149 Neosho was in the lead 15-0, but a swing of momentum soon took place and the wildcats posted 4 consecutive wins in a row to put the upset minded Kstate team ahead by a point. However the tide soon switched back and the Panthers picked up a 42 second fall by Jason Mellies and following the forfeit of 197 by Kstate, Kris Powell ending the night for the home team in a wild heavyweight finale that saw the Kstate opponent put up 8 points in the first period, with Powell putting up 8 of his own in the 3rd period to pull off a 14-8 decision.

Neosho 30 Kansas State 16
125-Ethan Bates won by forfeit
133-Stephen Kendrick won by 5-1 decision over Keaton Taylor
141-Zach Shannon won by forfeit
149-Brett Swoyer won by major decision 9-1 over Cody Eaton
157-Thomas Pipes won by decision 5-2 over Justin Ringgold
165-Slade Giesen won by fall over Aaron Butler
174- Asha Ali won by 8-2 decision over Matt McNabb
184- Jason Mellies won by fall over Andrew Scarlett
197-Jeff Kirwan won by forfeit
285- Kris Powell won by decision 14-8 over Joey Martinez

Neosho is next on the road to Oklahoma City on Sunday, November 9th for a quadrangular with #2 ranked NAIA-Menlo College, NCAA DII school Grand Canyon University, and the host college NAIA #10 ranked OCU. Action for the quad will start at 10am.