Hornet Wrestling
2/19-21/2015 State Wrestling
<Season Results>
 

 Day One
     Chillicothe's two wrestlers at the State Wrestling Meet both survived the first day of action and will continue to compete on Friday.
      132 pound Junior Aaron Baker survived a close opening match when he picked up a pin with 3 seconds left in the match to beat Kedric Brink (Sr 41-11) from Monett. Baker will compete Friday morning in the quarter finals against Kirksville Freshman Jarrett Jacques, who has a 41-1 record. Jacques beat a St Clair Junior with a losing record by pin in 1:40

      152 pound Senior Matt Shaffer lost his opening match to Grant Taylor (Jr 38-5) by technical fall 15-0 22 seconds into the second period Shaffer suffered a take down and 3 near falls to trail 11-0 in the first quarter.
      Shaffer then won his first round wrestleback match over Ben Turnbough (Fr 33-13) of Potosi by forfeit. No other details were available.

      Shaffer will compete Friday in the second round of wrestlebacks against the loser of Olen Brattin (Jr 51-1) of Pleasant Hill and Tristan Stack (Jr 31-22) of Oak Grove.

 

 Day Two
    
Aaron Baker had a busy day, winning 2 out of 3 matches. Baker started with a 15-2 loss to Jarrett Jacques (Fr 43-1) of Kirksville in the quarterfinals. In the 2nd round of wrestlebacks, Baker pinned Brock Mercer (Jr 35-16) of oak Grove in 1:35. Then Baker extracted revenge from a loss in Districts when he edged Brody Lamb (Sr 39-15) of Smithville 10-8 in sudden victory to assure him of a medal.
     Matt Shaffer's career came to an end early in the day when he lost to Wyatt Harrell (Jr 31-7) of Owensville by pin in 2:28. Shaffer ends the season at 37-11
 

Day Three
    
Aaron Baker has finished with a 4th place medal at 132 pounds. Baker beat Jadin Taylor of Mexico (Sr 33-11) by a score of 7-3 to advance to the 3rd place match. There, Baker lost to Tanner Jones (47-6) of St Genevieve 9-0. Baker ended the season at 46-7.