Tribune photo by Tony Contini - Spanish Springs Blake Myers (foreground) works for his second-round pin against a North Valleys opponent Wednesday night.
North Valleys managed to win just one match against the defending HDL champions and fell 72-6 in prep wrestling action at Spanish Springs Wednesday night.
The host Cougars won 13 of the 14 matches. The visiting Panthers forfeited matches at 171 and 285 pounds, giving Cougar wrestlers Chris White and Billy Dean easy six-point victories.
“I felt pretty good about tonight,” Spanish Springs coach Joe Imelli said. “We talked about executing and working on improving things from this past weekend. Last weekend (in a tough tournament at Vacaville, Calif.) we didn't attack the head and go for pins. Today we scrambled better and finished matches better.”
The Cougars were impressive. Nine of Spanish Springs' 11 match wins came by pin.
The 135-pound and 152-pound matches were the lone contests to see both athletes avoid a pin. Spanish Springs won both as Jess Sylvester took an 11-2 major decision over Cody Wilson at 135 pounds and Taylor Freshman pulled out a 7-4 decision over Roy Foreman at 152 pounds.
Of the Cougars' nine pins, six came in the first round. Curtis Lampert (103), Todd Pearson (119), Beau LaBarr (125), Jared Brusby (140), Anthony Acosta (145) and Jared O'Mealy (215) each turned the trick.
Dakota Lee picked up a third-round pin for Spanish Springs at 112. Blake Myers (160) and Clay Coleman (189) both captured pins in the second round for the SSHS grapplers.
Spanish Springs, which won its HDL dual debut last week, improved to 2-0 in conference meets. The Cougars will compete in the Fallon dual tournament Saturday.
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