Francis Howell Central hosted Lafayette (Wildwood) in an early season meeting of Top 10 Ranked Missouri Teams. Lafayette (Wildwood) came into Howell Central ranked #10 in Class 4 while Howell Central is ranked #5 in Class 4. Lafayette left Howell Central as the Victor.
The crowd was enormous as both teams brought tons of wrestlers and fans with them. The noise was nonstop all night long and the spectators were hanging on each move and point scored. Howell Central Freshman Chase Grey would start the winning off with his first High School win against fellow Freshmen Calum Brown (5-2).
The Lancers would go on a 4-match winning streak after the initial loss at 106. Howell Central had a huge hole to dig out of but they also have the wrestlers to do it…Normally.
However, tonight they were missing 2 big pieces from the lineup, Peyton Shepard-126 (illness) and Aidan Hernandez-165 (thumb surgery). Even with these 2 State Medalists out of the lineup, the Dual was close at the end.
Post-match Interviews
- Interview with David Cross, Francis Howell Central (Mizzou Commit). Talks overall about the first dual despite missing a few in the lineup, off-season training that creates a future mindset, and goals.
- Interview with Andrew Wier (Lafayette). Had a big win via pin for the dual win. Talks season goals, rankings, and what he does to get on his dad’s nerves.
- Interview with Aidan Hernandez (Francis Howell Central). After Francis Howell Central vs Lafayette dual, talks about how the FHC vs Lafayette dual went as well as why he’s not currently in the lineup.
- Interview with freshman, Chase Grey (Francis Howell Central), talks about getting his first high school win.
- Interview with Thomas Stuhlman (Francis Howell Central) talks about improvement in his match he won by major decision and future strategy.
- Interview with Hunter Song (Lafeyette). Missed last season with a broken hand is ready for this season and talks about what he did to prepare going into this season.
- Interview with Dylan Roth (Lafayette) talks about how he felt during his match, his off-season training, what he did to get ready for this season, and season goals. Favorite movie = Good Will Hunting
- Interview with Aidan Schoen (Lafayette) talks about his match with David Cross and how to control and improve upon, goals for state and beyond and what a bad day with Coach Wier consists of.
Noah Keen (138) would get the Spartans on the board with a win followed by Mizzou commit, David Cross (144), getting the major.
The Lancers sent our Freshmen, Carter Welch (150), next who would pick up his first High School victory. Howell Central’s Thomas Stuhlman picked up the major at 157 to bring the team score to 14-22 in favor of the Lancers.
The Lancers would strike back at 165 with Gavin Shoulders pinning Arman Sams. Howell Central’s Hayden DeVilder would get 6 points back at 175 with the Fall against Ben Matheus. The team score closed to 20-28 Lancers and the energy from the Spartan spectators began to build.