Cunanan Clinches Gsl Mat Win For Cv
Shane Cunanan’s reversal with 30 seconds remaining Wednesday clinched Central Valley’s 31-18 Greater Spokane League wrestling win over visiting Gonzaga Prep.
Cunanan trailed Prep’s 108-pounder, Korey Brannon, 4-3 as time ticked away in the night’s penultimate match. The reversal gave Cunanan a 5-4 win and put the Bears out of reach, 28-18.
G-Prep finished its GSL season 4-4. CV (5-2) hosts league-champion University (7-0) tonight, with all wrestling alumni from the schools invited to parade before the meet.
Prep won four of the first five matches to claim a 15-3 lead, but CV finished with wins in seven of the last eight. The final three matches were decided by one point apiece.
CV’s Shane Yackel (158) and Rick Giampietri (168) moved up one weight apiece. Yackel had a pin, Giampietri a major decision.
Prep freshman Nick Bliss scored an upset 11-9 win over Dean Jolley at 141. The Bullpups’ Steve Steigleder (135) moved up a weight to challenge district champion Joel Gehrett. Steigleder broke from a 2-2 first round for a 9-3 win.
Tyler Kuhn (129) of Prep pinned Matt Schlaich late in the first round. CV heavyweight Bob Perkes pinned Chris Norman, also late in the first.
Central Valley 31, Gonzaga Prep 18 122 - Hopson (CV) d. Garardy 4-0. 129 - Kuhn (GP) p. Schlaich 1:38. 135 - Steigleder (GP) d. Gehrett 9-3. 141 - Bliss (GP) d. Jolley 11-9. 148 - Malone (GP) d. Botner 9-8. 158 - Yackel (CV) p. Short 5:49. 168 - Giampietri (CV) md. Smith 10-2. 178 - Asbury (CV) d. Mangiaracina 5-2. 190 - Linerud (CV) d. Rucker 5-1. 275 - Perkes (CV) p. Norman 1:59. 101 - Montgomery (GP) d. Reese 1-0. 108 - Cunanan (CV) d. Brannon 5-4. 115 - Ota (CV) d. Brown 3-2.