Senior Jimmy Panozzo (Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, Ill.) at 125 and junior Matt Sears (Marist HS, New Lenox, Ill.) at 149 both came through with victories over opponents listed in the most recent top 10 of the National Wrestling Coaches Association ranking. Panozzo, now 21-4, beat seventh ranked Cole Ferguson 6-3 to get Augustana off on a positive note. Sears defeated eighth rated Mason Bohm 11-6 at 149 to move to 9-12 this season.
After Panozzo's victory, freshman Drake Stirn (Mercer County HS, Aledo, Ill.) picked up a forfeit at 133 to give head coach Eric Juergens' team a 9-0 lead. At 141 pounds junior Davis Baxter (Pueblo South HS, Pueblo, Colo.) fell to UW-Platteville's Trevor Harsh 9-4 to make it 9-3 in favor of the Vikings.
Sears came up with his big win at 149 and senior David Tessiatore (Downers Grove North HS, Downers Grove, Ill.) routed Jeremy Peterson 14-4 at 157. Tessiatore is now 15-13 on the season. Sophomore Trace Timmons (Davenport Assumption HS, Davenport, Iowa) scored a 16-3 major decision over Michael Belanger at 165 to go to 15-9. That made the score 20-3 in favor of Augustana. Senior Alex (Noblesville HS, Noblesville, Ind.) pushed his mark to 11-8 with a technical fall at 5:18 of the 174 pound match. Bowers was leading 21-5 when the match was stopped and that gave the Vikings a 25-3 lead and clinched the team victory.
Sophomore Nick Torres (Lincoln-Way Central HS, Manhattan, Ill.) fell to Grant Wedepohl 12-0 at 184 to trim the Augustana lead to 25-7. However, sophomore Chis Giatras (Lemont HS, Lemont, Ill.) won a close 3-1 decision over Bryant Etherton at 197 pounds. Giatras' win, which came on a takedown in the final seconds of the match, moved him to 15-7.
Senior John Seaman (Munster HS, Munster, Ind.) gave up back points late in the 285 pound match and fell to eighth ranked D'Andre Johnson 10-5 to account for the final score of 28-10.
While Augustana moved to 6-6, Wisconsin-Platteville fell to 3-4 on the year. The Vikings will be in action again on Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 at the Pete Willson Invitational in Wheaton, Illinois.
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