Einstein wrestling battles Kellogg and sibling coaches compete for league title

It was a battle for the league title on Thursday, March 21, 2019 as the undefeated Einstein Tigers wrestling team visited the 2nd place Kellogg Knights.

Kellogg took the early lead with a pair of pins from George Fernandez at 81 pounds and Kaiju Ferguson at 88 pounds. Einstein bounced right back and won the next three matches to take their first lead at 13-12. 

Over the several weights the two teams traded victories back and forth. When Kellogg's Matthew Curtis came back from a 4-0 deficit to pin his opponent in the second round of the 133 pound match the two teams found themselves tied at 30-30. 

Einstein's Grant Harley held on for a 9-7 win at 140 pounds to reclaim the lead for the Tigers that would start an 18-0 run over four weights. Kellogg tried to rally, but three late pins from Ryder Baldwin, Jessie Gigrich and Jacob Smith weren't quite enough as Einstein held on for a narrow 54-48 victory.

The win also gave Einstein Coach Derek Norton his first undefeated season in fifteen years as head coach at the school

Kellogg Record: 5-2

Einstein Record: 8-0

Kellogg 48 - Einstein 54
@ Kellogg Middle School
Thursday, 3-21-2019

81: George Fernandez KEL pinned Owen Mulder 2:47
88: Kaiju Ferguson KEL pinned Rylan Jordan-Jenkins 1:06
93: Henry Poetzl EIN maj. dec. Maddy Cantrell 11-3
98: Clayton Elder EIN pinned Alessia Godsey 0:17
103: Cossette Lumsden EIN dec. Kael Watkins 8-6
108: Porter Lewis KEL pinned Liam Gallagher 0:31
113: Yehya Zeinaddine EIN tech. fall Jake Lockwood 16-1
118: Peter Grimm KEL pinned Joseph Rivera 0:47
123: Isaac Van Horn EIN pinned Matthew Littell 0:46
128: Rock Harris EIN pinned ole Burns 1:00
133: Matthew Curtis KEL pinned Caden Norwood 1:48
140: Grant Harley EIN dec. Malachi Stream 9-7
148: Danny Martinez EIN pinned Max Rutledge 3:55
157: Rory Swanson EIN win by forfeit
167: Gershome Chishingu EIN dec. Cage Jensen 6-4
178: Ryder Baldwin KEL pinned Alberto Solano 3:41
188: Hunter Thibodeau EIN pinned Ramy Abdalla 1:20
218: Jessie Gigrich KEL pinned Kianna Yoshimura 0:36
248: Jacob Smith KEL pinned Peter Eskew 1:08
278: Double Forfeit

--Kellogg Coach Clark Norton