AKRON - Manchester and Tippecanoe Valley met in a Three Rivers Conference wrestling dual at Valley, with the Vikings coming out on top 36-33 Monday evening. Both teams are young, and both teams came to the event with identical records of 0-6. Only nine matches were wrestled. Manchester received a forfeit at 112 pounds and then sent junior Austin Pence (119) against Valley's Robert Bauters, a freshman.In a minute and fifteen seconds it was over, with Pence recording a fall to put the Squires on top 6-0. Manchester added a victory at 125 pounds when Travis Wood battled back from a 4-1 deficit to grab a 10-9 victory over Tony Landry and the team score stood at 15-0. Valley won the next four matches to move into the lead. Viking freshman Kyle Horn (130) stuck Rick Morgan in 25 seconds, and then A.J.Austin (135) pinned Manchester's Kyle Coffey in 1:43.Elijoe Yoder (140) added six to the Valley team score, winning by injury default over Chance Shockey.
Jim Brenneman, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016