Caldwell County has had a great season on the wrestling mat but Union County is the 18-time defending Region 1 champion.
The Tigers hosted the Braves for Senior Night action Thursday at the CAB gym, but Union County rolled to a 66-5 victory.
It was just Caldwell’s second loss in a dual match this season. Union is unbeaten in dual matches this year.
Caldwell lost one match in overtime on Thursday and saw Union pull out two other matches in the closing seconds.
Caldwell’s only win came from senior Riley Johnson, who won his match at 132 pounds by pin in 1:10.
Johnson is undefeated this season, now sporting a 37-0 record.
Caldwell’s wrestlers will compete in tournament action Saturday at Paducah Tilghman.
Here are the complete results from Thursday’s match against Union County:
106 — Jayden Raney (Union) won by forfeit
113 — Jordan Raney (Union) pinned Andre Carter in 0:24.
120 — Hunter Jenkins (Union) decisioned Collin Teutsch 7-5 in overtime
126 — Trayce Eckman (Union) decisioned Cofy Walls 23-6
132 — Riley Johnson (Caldwell) pinned Jeremy Ray in 1:10
138 — Abe Fletcher (Union) decisioned Timothy Nichols 8-7
144 — Glenn Mayes (Union) pinned Cale Goodwin in 0:57.
150 — Jake Dowdy (Union) pinned Jackson Riley in 0:52.
157 — Tristan Moore (Union) won by forfeit
165 — Gavin Ricketts (Union) decisioned Dylan Walls 5-4
175 — Paxton Ervin (Union) decisioned Colin Walls 8-2.
190 — Stephen Little (Union) won by forfeit
215 — Leland Fought (Union) won by forfeit
298 — Corithian Seales-Portee (Union) pinned Cole Sherill in 2:54.
