Michael Smith
The Blue Springs South wrestling team is young and inexperienced.
This season the Jaguars have taken their licks, especially without Tommy LaPour and Callen Smithpeter being in the lineup due to injuries.
So wins have been at a premium for the Jaguars.
They met up with a Van Horn team that has had success this season. The Falcons won the Coffman Invitational and finished third at the Grain Valley Tournament. They were missing five of their wrestlers in their lineup due to COVID quarantine and injury.
That opened the door for the Jaguars to get a much-needed win as they took the tiebreaker in a 43-42 win Tuesday at home.
The match came down to the sixth tiebreaker which is the number of forfeits. South had three and Van Horn had four which was the deciding factor.
“A win right now is pretty good because we’ve had a pretty rough stretch the last couple of weeks,” South coach Doug Black said. “I knew it was going to be rough on the kids going against quality competition. It’s good momentum to take into the holidays.
“We had a couple of guys who had competitive matches going into the third period who gave up pins. We simply cannot have that happen.”
