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Pooton finishes third

GRANTHAM, Pa. – Jake Pooton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) finished third at 197 to lead McDaniel to a seventh-place finish at the Messiah Invitational in season-opening wrestling action on Saturday.

The Green Terror finished with 40.5 points. The Falcons won their own invitational with 136 points, outdistancing second-place Elizabethtown by 50 points.

Freshman Jake Rendelman (Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills) joined Pooton as a placewinner,l finishing fourth at 133 in his collegiate debut.

Pooton opened his day with a bye before edging Washington & Jefferson's Ezekiel Stroupe 3-2 in the quarterfinals. Kyle Koser recorded an 8-3 win over Pooton in the semifinals. Pooton won by major decision 10-2 over Timothy Bickle (Wheaton) to reach the third-place match, where he topped Nick Havener (Messiah), 8-4.

Rendelman debuted with four wins – all by fall. His collegiate career opened with a 2-minute, 30-second fall before he was pinned in the second period of the quarterfinal match by Liberty's Brian DiCesare. In the consolation bracket, Rendelman recorded three first-period pins, including two in the first minute of the match to reach the third-place match. DiCesare once again topped Rendelman, 8-5.

Erik Meyer (Fallston, Md./Archbishop Curley) and Marcos Mercado (Northampton, Mass./Hyde School Woodstock) each won three times at their respective weight classes.

Meyer opened his day at 165 with a 9-4 win before falling to the consolation bracket by the same score. He added victories of 7-4 and 3-2 before bowing out 8-3 a match shy of the third-place bout.

Mercado opened his day at 149 with a bye before notching a 32-second pin. He was edged 3-2 by Messiah's Adam Peris in the quarterfinals to fall to the consolation bracket, where he recorded a 2-minute, 9-second fall and an 8-5 win before falling by technical fall, 19-3.

Trey Mitchell (Lewes, Del./Caesar Rodney) also recorded a pair of wins at 149. After falling to the consolation bracket in his first match, he recorded pins of 4:03 and 1:01 before being ousted by Mercado.

Nathaniel Frantz (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven), Micklos Zahora (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods), Wade Bishop (Greensboro, Md./North Caroline) and Nick Cross (Centreville, Md./Queen Annes County) all recorded 2-2 days in the season opener.

Both of Frantz's wins came in the consolation bracket at 125, winning 10-6 and 11-0.

Zahora, whose collegiate debut began with a bye at 141, notched a pair of wins to advance to the semifinals. He won 8-5 and 2-0.

Bishop started his day at 157 with a 7-2 win before also recording a 6-minute, 28-second fall in the consolation bracket.

Cross won by major decision 10-1 in his first bout at 184 before falling to the consolation bracket, where he was awarded a medical forfeit in his next bout.

Ricky Tisinger (Edinburg, Va./Stonewall Jackson) and Ronnie Wuest (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) each recorded one win at 174. Tisinger took an 8-5 decision while Wuest won, 3-0.

The Green Terror returns to action at home against Lycoming on Thursday. Match time is 7 p.m.

Team Scores: 1. Messiah (Me) 136, 2. Elizabethtown (E) 86, 3. Wheaton (W) 70.5, 4. Ursinus (U) 61, 6. Liberty (L) 58, 7. Washington & Jefferson (WJ) 46, 7. McDaniel (McD) 40.5, 8. Johns Hopkins (J) 27.5, 9. UMBC (UMBC) 21.5.

McDaniel Results: 125: Jacob Spearman (WJ) tech. fell Nathaniel Frantz 20-1, Frantz dec. Dominic Percell (WJ) 10-6, Frantz maj. dec. Daniel Smith (E) 11-0, Phil Torresani (E) dec. Frantz 4-0, Torresani pinned Tyler Zimmerman 2:38, Brandon Tran (J) maj. dec. Zimmerman 11-2; 133: Jake Rendelman pinned Marcus Stine (UMBC) 2:30, Brian DiCesare (L) pinned Rendelman 4:27, Rendelman pinned Turner Wilson (UMBC) 0:49, Rendelman pinned Josh Whitelaw (Me) 2:13, Rendelman pinned Hunter Harris (Me) 0:55, DiCesare dec. Rendelman 8-5; 141: Micklos Zahora dec. Matt Darok (Me) 8-5, Zahora dec. Eric Wales (W) 2-0, Adam Smith (E) tech. fell Zahora 18-0, Christian Hoogheem (U) dec. Zahora 14-8; 149: Marcos Mercado pinned Eddie Howlette (U) 0:32, Adam Peris (Me) dec. Mercado 3-2, Patrick Rowe (U) maj. dec. Trey Mitchell 18-7, Mitchell pinned Cory Obendorfer (Me) 4:03, Mitchell pinned Claudio Malicdem (J) 1:01, Mercado pinned Mitchell 2:09, Mercado dec. Logan Strope (WJ) 8-5, Stephen Beam (UMBC) tech. fell Mercado 19-3, Alex Kramer (U) tech. fell Clint Wright 16-0, Issac Podell (L) tech. fell Wright 16-1; 157: Wade Bishop dec. Mason Kemble (Me) 7-2, Trevor Meyers (WJ) dec. Bishop 12-5, Bishop pinned Noah Dean (WJ) 6:28, Logan Via (Me) maj. dec. Bishop 14-5, Samuel Florentino (WJ) pinned Miranda 6:35, William Korzeniewski (Me) pinned Miranda 3:32; 165: Erik Meyer dec. Sidique Furet (UMBC) 9-4, Ben Wise (Me) dec. Meyer 9-4, Meyer dec. Jared Forman (J) 7-4, Meyer dec. Dane Morgan (J) 3-2, Frank Aiello (W) dec. Meyer 8-3, Cody Richmond (L) maj. dec. Ronald Mattox 15-2, Zachary Goranson (U) maj. dec. Mattox 11-3; 174: AJ Cutrufello (U) pinned Marvin McKinney 4:17, Brandon Buckingham (UMBC) pinned McKinney 2:01, Tyler Hershey (Me) dec. Ronnie Wuest 3-1, Wuest dec. William Gilliam (J) 3-0, Cutrufello pinned Wuest 2:29, Karrington Washington (Me) pinned Ricky Tisinger 1:22, Tisinger dec. Rafi Sayada (E) 8-5, Quinn Ruble (E) pinned Tisinger 1:24; 184: Nick Cross maj. dec. Joshua Stencler (E) 10-1, Victor DeFrance (Me) pinned Cross 1:20, Cross med. for. David Smith (L), William Oberschelp (WJ) pinned Cross 0:53; 197: Jake Pooton dec. Ezekiel Stroupe (WJ) 3-2, Kyle Koser (Me) dec. Pooton 8-3, Pooton maj. dec. Timothy Blickle (W) 10-2, Pooton dec. Nick Havener (Me) 8-4, Blickle pinned Dominic States 0:57, Jason Bennett (U) pinned States 1:24; HWT: Evan Canaday (L) pinned Matthew Meagher 0:58, David Giovannacci (Me) pinned Meagher 1:22. 

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Players Mentioned

Wade Bishop

Wade Bishop

5' 11"
Sophomore
Nick Cross

Nick Cross

5' 11"
Senior
Nathaniel Frantz

Nathaniel Frantz

Sophomore
Ronald Mattox

Ronald Mattox

First Year
Marvin McKinney

Marvin McKinney

5' 9"
Junior
Matthew Meagher

Matthew Meagher

6' 0"
Sophomore
Marcos Mercado

Marcos Mercado

5' 9"
Sophomore
Erik Meyer

Erik Meyer

6' 1"
Junior
Trey Mitchell

Trey Mitchell

5' 7"
Senior
Jake Pooton

Jake Pooton

5' 11"
First Year
Jake Rendelman

Jake Rendelman

5' 5"
First Year
Dominic States

Dominic States

5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Wade Bishop

Wade Bishop

5' 11"
Sophomore
Nick Cross

Nick Cross

5' 11"
Senior
Nathaniel Frantz

Nathaniel Frantz

Sophomore
Ronald Mattox

Ronald Mattox

First Year
Marvin McKinney

Marvin McKinney

5' 9"
Junior
Matthew Meagher

Matthew Meagher

6' 0"
Sophomore
Marcos Mercado

Marcos Mercado

5' 9"
Sophomore
Erik Meyer

Erik Meyer

6' 1"
Junior
Trey Mitchell

Trey Mitchell

5' 7"
Senior
Jake Pooton

Jake Pooton

5' 11"
First Year
Jake Rendelman

Jake Rendelman

5' 5"
First Year
Dominic States

Dominic States

5' 5"
Sophomore