Rocky Mount's wrestling team drove over two hours each way on Thursday to take on Pasquatank High. It took the Panthers less than an hour to get by the Gryphons, 45-36. On a night where only 2 matches made it past the first period and only one went the distance, this one was short and sweet for the Panthers.
Pasquatank took the first three matches from the Gryphs to jump out to an 18-0 lead. Rocky Mount lost the Heavyweight, 103 and 112 matches by pin before Adam McRae got Rocky Mount on the scoreboard. For the better part of two and a half periods in the 119 pound match, it looked as if Pasquatank would take a fourth consecutive match. McRae battled back late in the match and won by pin.
Pasquatank kept the pressure on the Rocky Mount squad, winning at 125 by forfeit and then by pin in both the 130 and 135 pound matches to take an almost insurmountable lead at 36-6.
Chandler Phillips and Dayshawn Taylor put the brakes on a Panther romp. Both Phillips and Taylor won by first period pins, slashing the Panther lead to 36-18.
The Gryphon hopes for a come from behind victory were snuffed out when Pasquatank took the 152 pound match by pin and the 160 match by decision to clinch a team victory and a 45-18 lead in the match.
Rocky Mount finished strong as Jeffrey Henderson took the 171 contest by pin in his first match of the year. J.K. Williamson took care of his 189 pound opponent by pin, and Nathan Barbour raised his record to 2-0 as a Gryphon with a pin victory at 215.
The Gryphons' record falls to 5-3, but there was no head hanging after this one. This was a good Panther squad and the experience going toe to toe with good wrestlers will help the young team. The Gryphons will return to the mat Dec. 16 when they travel to Greenville to take on Rose.
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