Apprentice Wins First Two Duals Of Season - Apprentice School

Posted: Nov 26, 2018

The Builder Wrestling squad travelled to Charlotte, NC to square off against Belmont Abbey JV and host Queens University of Charlotte. A number of forfeits lifted the Builders to their first two dual victories of the season, with a 44-8 win over Belmont Abbey JV, followed by a 27-18 win over Queens.

Two Builders were 2-0 for the day without receiving forfeits. Chad Simmons recorded an 18-2 tech fall over Belmont, followed by a close 9-7 win over 2018 NCWA All-American Stephon Halliburton of queens. Wes Sorey found a pin against Belmont Abbey, followed by a 5-2 decision over Jacob Balmas of Queens.

After a forfeit from Belmont Abbey, Colton Messick entered a rematch of the NCWA National semi-finals against Melvin Rubio of Queens, which saw Messick come out on top with a last second reversal. Messick and Rubio would go on to finish 1^st and 3^rd respectively. The script was different in the rematch as Messick controlled the majority of the 7-2 decision over Rubio.

125	Colton Messick \| APPR	Forfeit	Colton Messick Won by FF	——
133	Kolin Johnson \| APPR	Forfeit	Kolin Johnson Won by FF	——
141	Ty Boyd \| APPR	Forfeit	Ty Boyd Won by FF	——
149	William Heath \| APPR	Forfeit	William Heath Won by FF	——
157	Tyler Allen \| APPR	Decision	Matt Levy \| BAC	3-0
165	Chad Simmons \| APPR	Technical Fall	Jordan Eakin \| BAC	18-2
174	Logan Branham \| BAC	Decision	Jeremy Mosley \| APPR	8-1
184	William Sorey \| APPR	Pin	Jacob Kramer \| BAC	0:00
197	Lucas Scarlett \| BAC	Technical Fall	August White \| APPR	16-1
285	Peter Cortapasso \| APPR	Pin	Jordan Hawthorne \| BAC	0:00

125	Colton Messick \| APPR	Decision	Melvin Rubio \| QUC	7-2
133	Kolin Johnson \| APPR	Forfeit	Unknown \| QUC	——
141	Trey Templeton \| APPR	Forfeit	Unknown \| QUC	——
149	Micah Marcin \| QUC	Decision	Ty Boyd \| APPR	15-8
157	Christopher Cohens \| QUC	Pin	Tyler Allen \| APPR	0:00
165	Chad Simmons \| APPR	Decision	Stephon Halliburton \| QUC	9-7
174	Austin Watkins \| QUC	Major Decision	Daniel Henson \| APPR	18-9
184	William Sorey \| APPR	Decision	Jacob Balmas \| QUC	5-2
197	Noah Curreri \| QUC	Technical Fall	Gilbert Owens \| APPR	22-6
285	Steven Francisco \| APPR	Forfeit	Unknown \| QUC	——

Next Up: The Builders will travel to York College in Pennsylvania to compete in the prestigious New Standard Corporation Invitational Nov 30^th-Dec 1^st . Apprentice has never put a wrestler in the finals at York, but this year's team has already made history crowning the first ever champion at the Fall Brawl and will look to continue that trend next weekend.