Statesmen Beat Hannibal-LaGrange in Season Finale

William Penn University Athletics

Oskaloosa–The William Penn wrestling team took advantage of an under-manned opponent in a 31-18 dual-meet victory over Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) Thursday.

125-pounder John Altieri (Fr., Warwick, R.I., Sociology) opened the night by receiving a forfeit. After a loss to the Trojans (2-7) at 133 pounds, Fabian Rodriguez (Fr., Manassas, Va., Business Management) collected WPU’s first contested win with an 8-5 decision over Jadin Taylor at 141 pounds.

149-pounder Kionte Crocker (So., Brandon, Fla., Industrial Technology) and 157-pounder Logan Loftus (So., Marengo, Iowa, Industrial Technology) added to the advantage with two more forfeits.

Christian Padilla (Sr., Tampa, Fla., Secondary Education) then picked up a major decision (14-4) over Josh Culp at 165 pounds, while 184-pounder Cody Jones (Fr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Biology) pinned Seth Pierce in a time of 1:13.

Next Up: William Penn (3-3) travels to Marshall, Mo. next Saturday to compete in the NAIA Central Qualifying Group Tournament. Action begins at 9 a.m.

125–John Altieri (William Penn) won by forfeit (6-0)
133–Brady Sloup (Hannibal-LaGrange) won by decision over Tommy Rios, 10-7 (6-3)
141–Fabian Rodriguez (William Penn) won by decision over Jadin Taylor, 8-5 (9-3)
149–Kionte Crocker (William Penn) won by forfeit (15-3)
157–Logan Loftus (William Penn) won by forfeit (21-3)
165–Christian Padilla (William Penn) won by major decision over Josh Culp, 14-4 (25-3)
174–Jeremiah Reed (Hannibal-LaGrange) won by fall over Joshua Wooten, 2:10 (25-9)
184–Cody Jones (William Penn) won by fall over Seth Pierce, 1:13 (31-9)
197–Nigel Burnett (Hannibal-LaGrange) won by decision over Chris Rodriguez, 16-11 (31-12)
285–Mike Wright (Hannibal-LaGrange) won by fall over Matthew Cuthbert, 5:54 (31-18)