S-C Wrestlers Post Milestones in Pair of Dual Meets

Smith-Cotton Wrestling took on Boonville and Tipton on Thursday, Jan. 11, for the Tigers’ Senior Night in which 16 seniors were recognized.

The night included personal and program milestones, too.

In a boys 175-pound matchup, S-C’s Keaton Belsha won by fall over Rhodes Leonard of Boonville in 1:22 for his 17th consecutive pinfall victory, which broke a 25-year-old record of most consecutive wins by fall. Belsha extended that record with another pin against Tipton later in the evening to go to 18-0 on the season, all by pins.

On the girls side, Tigers junior Jazlyn Smith-Freeman won at 120 pounds over Alivia Bottoms of Boonville 8-2 for her 100th career win.

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Match results are as follows:

Girls:
Smith-Cotton 57 Boonville 12
Smith-Cotton 66 Tipton 0

Sarah Davis, Kylie Jones, Katherine Madrid, Paiton Stackhouse, Jazlyn Smith-Freeman, Mikayla Wiley, Jasmine Wolfe, Joey Arbisi, Ellie Fiorino, Kylie Guerrero, Addisyn Hunt, Mollie Miner, and Jameshia Bennett all picked up wins!
Season Record: 8-0 (3-0 CMAC)

Boys:
Smith-Cotton 47 Boonville 28
Smith-Cotton 52 Tipton 22

Adarein Hawkins, Santiago Silva, Chad Culp, Alex Sim, Ayden Haulotte, Javier Martinez, Keaton Belsha, Jerian Maupins, Julio Zalpa and Luis Juarez all picked up wins.

Season Record: 6-2 (2-1 in CMAC)

Dayton Cochran and Koleman Fredrickson picked up wins on the JV boys side.

S-C Head Coach Joe Hulsey: “It was a great night for our boys and girls. Both teams came out and put it to the competition! We were firing on all cylinders all around tonight and our kids did an outstanding job. We even had two historic moments with Jazlyn getting her 100th career win and Keaton breaking an old S-C record on the night. We are super proud of all our kids!"

In the photos: 
BELSHA: Smith-Cotton senior Keaton Belsha pins Rhodes Leonard of Boonville in 1:22 in the teams' dual meet Thursday in the S-C gym. It was Belsha's 17th consecutive pinfall victory, which broke a 25-year-old school record of most consecutive wins by fall.

SMITH-FREEMAN: Smith-Cotton junior Jazlyn Smith-Freeman controls Alivia Bottoms of Boonville in their 120-pound matchup Thursday in the S-C gym. Smith-Freeman won 8-2 for her 100th career win.