Black Knights Post 1-2 Record at Cowboy Shootout

Friday, January 4

Laramie, Wyo.

6:30 PM ET

Army West Point

American

Lane Peters wrestling at the 2018 All-Academy Championships

Black Knights Post 1-2 Record at Cowboy Shootout

January 04, 2019 | Wrestling

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Army West Point wrestling team kicked off the 2019 calendar year with a 1-2 showing at Wyoming's Cowboy Shootout on Friday evening.

Army opened with a 21-13 victory over Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) opponent American before dropping a 27-9 decision to 24th-ranked Wyoming. The Black Knights closed out the event with a thrilling match against No. 13 North Carolina that went down to the wire but ended with a 22-18 victory for the Tar Heels.

The Black Knights were a perfect 3-0 at 197 pounds with sixth-ranked senior Rocco Caywood earning two wins and junior Alex Hopkins adding a victory against North Carolina. Caywood was one of four Cadets with multiple wins on the evening, along with juniors Trey Chalifoux (125 lbs.), Cael McCormick (165 lbs.) and Ben Harvey (174 lbs.).

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. AMERICAN
149 lbs.: Michael Sprague dec. over Beau Guffey, 6-0 (American leads, 3-0)
157 lbs.: Kizhan Clarke maj. dec. over Markus Hartman, 13-4 (American leads, 7-0)
165 lbs.: Cael McCormick dec. over Anthony Wokasch, 7-3 (American leads, 7-3)
174 lbs.: #12 Ben Harvey maj. dec. over Colin Shannon, 11-2 (Tied, 7-7)
184 lbs.: #19 Noah Stewart dec. over Tanner Harvey, 7-4 (Army leads, 10-7)
197 lbs.: #6 Rocco Caywood tech. fall over Abraham Correa-Medina, 17-0 (Army leads, 15-7)
285 lbs.: Niko Camacho dec. over Ben Sullivan, 3-2 (Army leads, 15-10)
125 lbs.: Trey Chalifoux dec. over Gage Curry, 5-2 (Army leads, 18-10)
133 lbs.: Lane Peters vs. #16 Josh Terao, 3-2 (Army leads, 21-10)
141 lbs.: Jack Mutchnik dec. over Corey Shie, SV-1, 3-1 (Army leads, 21-13)

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. #24 WYOMING
149 lbs.: Jaron Jansen pinned Beau Guffey at 1:37 (Wyoming leads, 6-0)
157 lbs.: #16 Lucas Weiland dec. over Jed Loveless, 3-0 (Wyoming leads, 6-3)
165 lbs.: #9 Branson Ashworth pinned Cael McCormick at 4:02 (Wyoming leads, 12-3)
174 lbs.: Hayden Hastings dec. over #12 Ben Harvey, 3-1 (Wyoming leads, 15-3)
184 lbs.: Tate Samuelson dec. over #19 Noah Stewart, 7-1 (Wyoming leads, 18-3)
197 lbs.: #6 Rocco Caywood dec. over Cale Davidson, SV-1, 4-2 (Wyoming leads, 18-6)
285: #20 Brian Andrews dec. over Ben Sullivan, 4-3 (Wyoming leads, 21-6)
125 lbs.: Cole Verner dec. over Trey Chalifoux, 9-4 (Wyoming leads, 24-6)
133 lbs.: Mark McConnell dec. over Conner Ziegler, 6-2 (Wyoming leads, 27-6)
141 lbs.: Corey Shie dec. over Sam Turner, SV-1, 8-6 (Wyoming leads, 27-9)

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. #13 NORTH CAROLINA
149 lbs.: #5 Austin O'Connor pinned Beau Guffey at 1:36 (UNC leads, 6-0)
157 lbs.: Josh McClure dec. over #16 Lucas Weiland, 3-1 (UNC leads, 9-0)
165 lbs.: Cael McCormick pinned Will MacDonald at 2:22 (UNC leads, 9-6)
174 lbs.: #12 Ben Harvey dec. over Devin Kane, 8-5 (Tied, 9-9)
184 lbs.: #11 Chip Ness tech. fall over #19 Noah Stewart, 17-1 (UNC leads, 14-9)
197 lbs.: Alex Hopkins wins by DQ vs. Chasen Blair (Army leads, 15-13)
285: #15 Cory Daniel dec. over Ben Sullivan, 3-2 (UNC leads, 16-15)
125 lbs.: Trey Chalifoux maj. dec. over Joe Heilmann, 10-2 (Army leads, 18-16)
133 lbs.: Gary Wayne Harding dec. over Lane Peters, 10-5 (UNC leads, 19-18)
141 lbs.: A.C. Headlee dec. Corey Shie, 8-4 (UNC leads, 22-18)

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights have won their last four duals against American.
Army improved to 6-1 all-time against the Eagles.
The Cadets open their EIWA dual slate at 2-0 for the third time in the last four years.
The win over American extended Army's winning streak to four matches, the longest since the 2016-17 season.
Lane Peters earned his first-career victory over a ranked opponent when he defeated No. 16 Josh Terao of American.
Cael McCormick notched the 10th pin of his career against UNC's Will MacDonald.
Alex Hopkins documented the first dual victory of his career opposing Chasen Blair of North Carolina.
Head coach Kevin Ward improves to 14-13 all-time against conference foes.

WARD'S WORDS

Head coach Kevin Ward – "I thought we had a few individuals that had good days and competed well. Overall, it was a pretty poor team performance. No doubt we had some bright spots, but we just didn't have the intensity that we needed to upset teams that are ranked ahead of us. The reality of it is we gave up too many bonus points and left too many points out there to upset teams like Wyoming or North Carolina."

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