Thomasville wins CCC wrestling tournament
Sat. February 04, 2012 at 4:54 p.m. | By Mike Duprez
West Davidson's Tyler Hudson takes Thomasville's Ryan Broadie to the mat in the closing seconds of their 220-pound match in the Central Carolina Conference tournament on Saturday in Tyro. Broadie won by a 17-15 decision. Cheering Hudson on are Chris Vestal (standing, center) and Justin Smith (seated, right). (Photo by Mike Duprez/The Dispatch)
TYRO | It was a Thomasville show during the Central Carolina Conference wrestling regular season and that trend continued Saturday in the conference tournament at West Davidson.
Highlighted by Ryan Broadie’s thrill-a-second 17-15 win over West’s Tyler Hudson at 220, the Bulldogs piled up five first places and finished with 182 points, 42 ahead of second place Central Davidson.
“These kids have done everything I’ve asked them to do, 100 percent,” said Thomasville coach Richard Herman. “Our heavyweight has to have knee surgery on Monday. We had two kids who couldn’t make weight because they were sick. What our kids did today was fantastic.”
West was third with 131 points, followed by Lexington (123), East Davidson (110) and Salisbury (106).
Thomasville’s other winners were Jason Boutsady by pin at 113, Louis Dupree by decision at 120, Aaron Reeves by decision at 152 and Sharaun Mouzone at 195 by pin.
Lexington had the second most winners at three with Danford Carpenter (138) and Darel Martin Jr. (160) winning by major decision and Kabron Horton (182) winning by pin.
East Davidson’s Asa Bohanon (170) won by pin an heavyweight Josh White won by decision.
Richie Acord won for Central, which had six wrestlers fall in the finals by 132, and West’s Justin Smith won an 8-7 overtime thriller over the Spartans’ Josh Moore.
The unquestioned main event was Broadie and Hudson.
Broadie weighs 190 but wrestles at 220, giving Hudson, a first-year wrestler, a decided weight advantage. Hudson wasted no time in executing a belly-to-belly slam and nearly pinning Broadie in the first 10 seconds.
“I was scared,” said Broadie, who has lost once all year and that was while competing with a pulled hamstring. “I was real scared. I kind of took him lightly and I shouldn’t have done it.”
Hudson, a standout football and baseball player, planned to be aggressive right from the start.
“I know he’s one of the top ranked wrestlers in the state,” Hudson said. “My coach told me to go right after him and stick to my fundamentals.”
Broadie also nearly pinned Hudson in a fast and furious beginning that saw the two wrestlers rack up 13 points in the first 34 seconds, with Hudson leading 7-6.
The action was stopped twice in the first period when Hudson had a contact lens fall and then for bleeding. Hudson, who lost by major decision to the Bulldogs in their regular season match, led 11-10 after one period.
Broadie executed a takedown and nearly pinned Hudson in the closing seconds of the second period and led 17-12.
The match was stopped again when there was a problem with Hudson’s head gear in the third period. Hudson borrowed Central wrestler Jake Smith’s head gear and the action resumed.
Broadie seemed to be in control late in the final period when Hudson executed another powerful slam and recorded two more points just before the horn went off.
“He’s strong,” Broadie said. “He scared the mess out of me. I tried to throw him but I couldn’t. It was a real good match.”
Right after the match was over, Broadie walked out into the cafeteria area and Hudson sought him out. The two wrestlers congratulated each other.
“I came close but he’s strong,” Hudson said. “He’s got a lot of stamina.”
Thomasville (26-11) will wrestle in the first round of the 2-A dual team state playoffs against Bandys on Tuesday at North Henderson.
The 2-A individual Midwest Regional will be Feb. 17-18 at Piedmont High School.
Mike Duprez can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 218 or mike.duprez@the-dispatch.com.