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Louisville 35, Canton South 28

Louisville built a 32-13 advantage before holding off visiting Canton South to claim a 35-28 victory.  The win was the Leopards second straight over the Wildcats and Louisville is now 4-8 overall and 1-2 in conference play.

The Leopards set the tone early as Dakota Oliver (113) won by technical fall 18-3 and Todd Bradley (120) won by major decision 13-2.  However, Louisville’s advantage was vaporized as Canton South would go on to win the next three matches and take a 13-9 lead.

The Leopards followed this with a run of their own.  Dane Dugan (145) survived his match to earn a 6-5 decision over South’s Austin Ness.  Then Dalton Deckerd (152) and Mark Robision (160) earned back-to-back pins for the boys in the blue and white.  Marshall Mason (170) kept things rolling for the Leopards picking up a 17-1 technical fall victory and finally Dale Welsh earned a 6-0 decision that all but sealed the deal for Louisville.

But Canton South won all of the top three weight classes to shrink the Leopards 19-point advantage to just 32-28.

It all came down to the 106 match-up between the Leopards Marshall Vick and the Wildcats Jacob Tucke.  Vick nearly pinned Tucke in the first period, but Canton South was saved by the buzzer.  Vick then built a huge advantage, but within the final ten seconds of the third period Tucke had Vick on the ropes for a pin.  Vick avoided possible devastation and the Leopards sidelines and fans breathed a huge sigh of relief when the buzzer sounded.  Vick won 13-8, but his victory more importantly gave Louisville the match 35-28.

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RESULTS

LEOPARDS 35, WILDCATS 20

113 — Oliver (L) tech. fall Stout (C), 18-3 | LHS 5, CSHS 0
120 — Bradley (L) maj. dec. Lambert (C), 13-2 | LHS 9, CSHS 0
126 — Schoeppner (C) pinned Kirkbride (L), 0:36 | LHS 9, CSHS 6
132 — Catlett (C) maj. dec. Robbins (L), 9-1 | LHS 9, CSHS 10
138 — Dolph (C) dec. DiAntonio (L), 6-1 | LHS 9, CSHS 13
145 — Dugan (L) dec. Ness (C), 6-5 | LHS 12, CSHS 13
152 — Deckerd (L) pinned Herron (C), 4:38 | LHS 18, CSHS 13
160 — Robison (L) pinned May (C), 1:37 | LHS 24, CSHS 13
170 — Mason (L) tech. fall Almasy (C), 17-1 | LHS 29, CSHS 13
182 — Welsh (L) dec. Haslem (C), 6-0 | LHS 32, CSHS 13
195 — Parsons (C) dec. Brahler (L), 7-2 | LHS 32, CSHS 16
220 —Stewart (C) pinned Gooch (L), 0:31 | LHS 32, CSHS 22
285 — Taylor (C) pinned Middleton (L), 0:47 | LHS 32, CSHS 28
106 — Vick (L) dec. Tucke (C), 13-8 | LHS 35, CSHS 28

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Minerva to take on the Lions on Thursday, January 10 at 7:00 PM.

NORTH CANTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Louisville finished 20th overall at the 53rd Annual North Canton Holiday Tournament last weekend.  Individually Dakota Oliver and Marshall Mason each took fifth in their respective weight classes.