Following the lead of his Warrior teammates, who battled hard to send their dual with William Penn into the final match tied, Pinedo gave the Waldorf men's wrestling team the road win with his 7-0 victory.
"The guys wrestled tough and like I asked them, hustling in every position for seven minutes," Waldorf head coach Brad Stockton said as the Warriors scored the 24-21 team victory. "The guys kept themselves in the match by wrestling smart and gave themselves a chance to win."
Down 9-0 in the match early, Taylor Lehman got the Warriors (1-1 duals) on the board with an 8-3 win in his 141-pound match.
A 7-6 victory at 149 pounds by Jonathan Halk closed the score to 9-6 in the dual before a pair of wins for the host Statesmen stretched their lead to 21-9.
Sandwiched in between those two victories was a 5-2 win for the Warriors' Dereck Samudio at 165 pounds.
That set the stage for a dramatic finish at the upper weight-classes for Waldorf, which started its comeback charge with Griffin Thorn accepting a forfeit victory at 184 pounds.
Dallas Knoop then added to the rally with a pinfall win at 197 pounds, an effort that tied the dual, 21-21.
"Dallas wrestled a smart match and took advantage of his opportunity," Stockton said.
That put the outcome of the dual on the mat with Pinedo and William Penn's Chris Rodriguez, and the Warriors big man came through with the 7-0 decision that sealed the Waldorf victory.
"We still have work to do, but the effort they put in tonight is a big start," Stockton said. "The guys wrestled hard and I'm proud of them. But like we said, there is still work to be done, but it's something to build off of."
The Warriors get 2 ½ weeks off now to savor their victory and prepare for their next action when they compete in the Buena Vista Open in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Results:
125--Jeremy Andujar (WPU) won by forfeit
133--John Altieri (WPU) won by decision over Edwin Youngdell, 19-13
141--Taylor Lehman (WU) won by decision over Tyshon Cannon, 8-3
149--Jonathan Halk (WU) won by decision over Kionte Crocker, 7-6
157--Joe Eads (WPU) won by forfeit
165--Dereck Samudio (WU) won by decision over Johnny Hopper, 5-2
174--Jason Beebe (WPU) won by fall over Dominick Fadden, 3:17
184--Griffin Thorn (WU) won by forfeit
197--Dallas Knoop (WU) won by fall over Sheldon Rodriguez, 5:55
285--Jacob Pinedo (WU) won by decision over Chris Rodriguez, 7-0
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