Spartanburg Methodist has Great Showing at Niagara County Community College

Spartanburg Methodist wrestling team competed in two dual meets and a tournament this past weekend in Sanborn, NY. SMC went 1-1 in the dual meets on Friday night beating the #25 ranked NJCAA team Mercyhurst NE 23-21 and loses to the #13 ranked NJCAA Team Niagara County Community College 38-9.

In the Thunderwolves Open that took place all day Saturday, the Pioneers placed 5 wrestlers out of 8 that competed in the tournament. 149lber Aaron Fountain coming off an injury placed 2^nd in the tournament losing to Muskegons Dren Batrum by Fall in the finals. 133lber Tramon Jenkins keeps his success streak going with a 3^rd place finish with his only loss coming to an unattached wrestler from University of Buffalo. Tramon now has a 15-8 record with 9 falls on the year which is on top of the NJCAA leaderboards. 174lber Caleb Spears finished in 3^rd place putting his record now at 17-9. Andrew Wade builds on his now 19-9 record placing 3^rd at 285lbs. Lastly, 184lber Evan Makupson capped off the day placing 5^th place.

Box Scores from Dual Meets:

#18 Spartanburg Methodist College vs #25 Mercyhurst NE

125 Tramone Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Unknown (For.)

133 Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Tyrone Sims (Mercyhurst NorthEast) (Fall 1:11)

141 Monteze Thomas (Mercyhurst NorthEast) over Unknown (For.)

149Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Jude Mattocks (Mercyhurst NorthEast) (Dec 6-5)

157 Zachary Cassidy (Mercyhurst NorthEast) over Jacob Power (Spartanburg Methodist College) (MD 11-2)

165 Derek Ridgeway (Mercyhurst NorthEast) over Dyrell Johnson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 5-1)

174 Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Kennard Hairston (Mercyhurst NorthEast) (MD 16-6)

184 Deven Simpson (Mercyhurst NorthEast) over Evan Makupson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 4-3)

197 Hunter Harnish (Mercyhurst NorthEast) over Ramon Rodriguez (Spartanburg Methodist College) (TF 21-6 6:23)

285 Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Austin Slocum (Mercyhurst NorthEast) (MD 13-5)

Team Score:

23 Spartanburg Methodist College

21 Mercyhurst NE

#18 Spartanburg Methodist College vs #13 Niagara County Community College

125 Tramone Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Matt Genau (Niagara Community College) (Dec 7-3)

133 Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) over Jacob Bell (Niagara Community College) (Fall 3:35)

141 Kyjuan Hutchins (Niagara Community College) over Unknown (For.)

149 John Riena (Niagara Community College) over Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 16-10)

157 Ryan Sebesta (Niagara Community College) over Jacob Power (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 6:36)

165 Jaelen Jean (Niagara Community College) over Dyrell Johnson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (MD 13-3)

174 Troy Keller (Niagara Community College) over Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 3:13)

184 Sergio Crespo (Niagara Community College) over Evan Makupson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 4:17)

197 Eugene Latson (Niagara Community College) over Ramon Rodriguez (Spartanburg Methodist College) (MD 14-3)

285 David Carnie (Niagara Community College) over Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 7-3)

Team Score:

38 Niagara CCC

9 Spartanburg Methodist College

Thunderwolves Open Results for Spartanburg Methodist College

College 125 Tramone Jenkins

Quarterfinal - Justin Patrick (UB Unattached) won by tech fall over Tramone Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) (TF 23-7)

Cons. Round 1 - Christian Antoine (Unattached) won by decision over Tramone Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 5-3)

College 133 Tramon Jenkins's place is 3rd

Quarterfinal - Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by fall over Gress Jeffrey (Alfred State College) (Fall 3:29)

Semifinal - Freddy Eckles (Niagara Community College) won by major decision over Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Maj 20-8)

Cons. Semi - Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by fall over Joe Neylon (UMass Unattached) (Fall 0:31)

3rd Place Match - Tramon Jenkins (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by fall over Jacob Bell (Niagara Community College) (Fall 1:07)

College 149 Aaron Fountain's place is 2nd

Champ. Round 1 - Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by tech fall over Cameron Wyka (Henry Ford College) (TF 22-7)

Quarterfinal - Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Brett Burg (Saint Clair CC) (Dec 14-8)

Semifinal - Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over John Riena (Niagara Community College) (Dec 21-17)

1st Place Match - Dren Bratrum (Muskegon Community College) won by fall over Aaron Fountain (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 4:13)

College 157 Jacob Power.

Champ. Round 2 - Zack Brown (Brockport State) won by tech fall over Jacob Power (Spartanburg Methodist College) (TF 16-0)

Cons. Round 3 - Jojo Dowell (Muskegon Community College) won by tech fall over Jacob Power (Spartanburg Methodist College) (TF 24-5)

College 157 Dyrell Johnson.

Champ. Round 1 - Eric Fasnacht (UB Unattached) won by fall over Dyrell Johnson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 2:11)

Cons. Round 2 - Mike Stewart (Edinboro Unattached) won by fall over Dyrell Johnson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 3:59)

College 174 Caleb Spears's place is 3rd.

Champ. Round 1 - Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by tech fall over Tim Collins (Brockport State) (TF 16-1)

Quarterfinal - Cameron Page (Jamestown CC) won by fall over Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 0:35)

Cons. Round 2 - Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by fall over Jordan Darby (UMass Unattached) (Fall 2:21)

Cons. Round 3 - Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by major decision over Zach Woods (UMass Unattached) (Maj 13-1)

Cons. Semi - Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Ronnell McGhee (Muskegon Community College) (Dec 3-2)

3rd Place Match - Caleb Spears (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by medical forfeit over John Prentice (Penn State DuBois) (MFF)

College 184 Evan Makupson's place is 5t

Semifinal - George Vanvalen (Alfred State College) won by fall over Evan Makupson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 3:25)

Cons. Semi - Sergio Crespo (Niagara Community College) won by fall over Evan Makupson (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Fall 2:33)

5th Place Match - Evan Makupson (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Jordan Hines (Henry Ford College) (Dec 3-1)

College 285 Andrew Wade's place is 4th.

Champ. Round 2 - Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) won in sudden victory - 1 over Alex Mears (Alfred State College) (SV-1 3-1)

Quarterfinal - Samuel Weinger (RIT Unattached) won by decision over Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 8-1)

Cons. Round 4 - Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Bryce Hanley (Penn State DuBois) (Dec 7-2)

Cons. Round 5 - Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Elijah Sampo (Unattached) (Dec 3-2)

Cons. Semi - Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) won by decision over Brock Johnson (Muskegon Community College) (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match - Samuel Weinger (RIT Unattached) won by decision over Andrew Wade (Spartanburg Methodist College) (Dec 7-3)