It was the battle of the titans, this past Sarurday as the five top squads from both Oakland and Macomb Counties met on the mat.
Clarkston hosted the county dual meet between Clarkston, Lake Orion, Oxford, Novi Detroit Catholic Central, Holly, Romeo, Richmond, Chippewa Valley, Anchor Bay, and Utica Henry Ford.
Each Oakland school had 5-0 victories, except Holly, they had three victories and two losses.
‘The guys wrestled well,? said Clarkston coach Joe DeGain. ‘There was a lot of team support and a lot of leadership from our seniors.?
Seniors Adam Lauzun (171) and Bryant Craft (215) were unbeaten for all of their duals. Jeff Sloney (103), Ty Foltz (112) and Matt Deitz (125) followed suit by also winning all of their duals.
The Wolves competed against Anchor Bay from New Baltimore to win, 50-22.
The dual with Anchor Bay brought Oakland County champ, Lauzun, face-to-face with Macomb County champ, Nick Licari.
Lauzun won with a fall 3:42 into the match.
‘He did excellent,? said DeGain. ‘It was great. It was a good match for him.?
Foltz and Craft also had a pin against Anchor Bay.
Chris Burkhart (140), Evan King (145), Matt Vandermeer (150), Sloney and Deitz won their matches with major decisions by earning the most points.
Sloan Hadsall (215) and Mike Richmond (275) won by having no one to compete against them.
Clarkston won against Richmond High School, 50-20.
Leading to the win were Deitz, Lauzun and Craft pinning their opposition.
Sloney won by major decision.
Spencer Karrick (152), Foltz, Burkhart, Hadsall and Richmond won by void.
The team continued on with a win against Chippewa Valley, 45-16.
Wrestlers with a win by pin were Sloney, Lauzun and Hadsall.
Foltz, Deitz, Burkhart, King, Vandermeer and Richmond won points for the team by major decision from the referee.
In the 37-22 win over Romeo, five wrestlers made pins, Sloney, Deitz, Booker, Lauzun and Craft.
Foltz, Burkhart, King and Vandermeer won by earning the most points during their match.
The team’s final win was over Henry Ford II, 66-6.
Two wrestlers went up one weight class for this dual. Sloney went up to 112 pounds and Foltz went up to 119 pounds.
The change didn’t matter, Foltz won his match with a pin 17 seconds into the first period and Sloney won scoring 2-1.
Ryan Brown (130), Deitz, King, Lauzun, Craft and Richmond won with a pin.
Vandermeer won with a score 12-6.
Mike Williams (103) and Karrick won by void.
The Wolves got ready for the day of duals with a double dual on Thursday.
They wrestled teams from West Bloomfield and Rochester Adams.
They won against West Bloomfield, 59-9, and lost to Adams 28-27.
Contributing to the win against the Lakers were Sloney, Deitz, Brown and Hadsall by pinning their competition.
Booker, Burkhart, King, Vandermeer, Lauzun, and Richmond won their matches by earning the most points during the three periods.
Foltz won by void.
Next for the team is a league meet at Lake Orion High School on Saturday.
‘The guys got to wrestle well,? said DeGain.
‘We need some of our younger wrestlers to step up and fill the older wrestlers? shoes.?
The league meet begins at 10 a.m.