WRESTLING CENTRAL 46, POINT BORO 27

Five pins help propel Central to victory

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/11/06
BY JOE ADELIZZI
STAFF WRITER

POINT PLEASANT — Central coach Mike Bischoff had a great game plan against Point Pleasant Boro.

"I was going to have Ryan Lyons weigh in at 152 and move Nick Weaver up against Jeff Jacobs," Bischoff said. It would have meant a matchup between two state-caliber wrestlers.

Instead, Lyons couldn't make weight.

Turns out, it didn't matter. Central got five pins, including one by Nick Tenpenny, who was wrestling at 189 instead of his regular weight of 160, as the Eagles took a commanding lead in Class B South with a 46-27 victory.

"We had weighed Nick in at 171, so we had no option at 160. We had to send Ryan out there," said Bischoff.

The good news was that Central had already built a 12-0 lead thanks to pins by the Weaver brothers, Jack and Nick.

Nick's win was no surprise, but Jack's pin at 145 in the opening bout of the match actually got the ball rolling.

"Jack doesn't get much respect," Bischoff said. "Everyone knows his brother. But he has had to work hard to keep his weight down and he's usually been there when we needed him this year."

He was trailing against Lolan Beers at the end of the first period but got a takedown 24 seconds into the second period and rolled Beers to his back for a pin at 2:44.

Lyons got a takedown with 24 seconds left in his bout against John Rose to take a 3-1 victory.

After Jacobs pinned at 171, Tenpenny went out against Kyle Coleman.

"I told him he would have to equal whatever Jacobs did," Bischoff said.

Tenpenny put him into a headlock and quickly pinned him before a minute had gone by.

"I knew I was giving up weight," Tenpenny said. "But I just went out and wrestled the way I always do. I wasn't worried about the weight. I just wanted to get points for our team."

The Eagles came into the match without heavyweight Sean DeDeyn, who was disqualified in a match against Toms River East on Saturday. His loss and disqualification cost Central its undefeated status and he has to sit out two matches.

But Rich Foster took the sting out of not having the heavyweight when he pinned Marty Infante to give Central a 27-12 lead.

Any any hopes Boro had of a comeback because of back-to-back pins by Pat Hunt (103) and Brian Munsie were erased when Garrett Lavaggi took a 4-3 double-overtime victory from Anthony Tarantin.

He rode out Tarantin in the second overtime and than escaped with 13 seconds remaining in the second 30 second extra period.

"We have to look forward, not back," Tenpenny said of the loss to East. "There is a lot of wrestling left."

Bischoff agreed.

"We have plenty of big matches ahead," he said. "But beating Point Boro gives us a leg up in B South. Our whole turnaround began two years ago when we won the title. Last year a great Manchester team took it back. Now it can be ours again."