Tigers Defeat Jets; Bickley Breaks School Record For Wins
Jan. 25, 2008
The Fort Hays State University wrestling squad was in non-conference dual action Friday evening against Newman University in Wichita, Kan. The Tigers won eight of 10 matches in the dual, on their way to a 26-12 win. It was the 55th win of head coach Cody Bickley’s career, giving him the most wins among any coach in Fort Hays State history.
The dual opened at 133 pounds with Blake Fisher of Fort Hays State facing Isaac Wall of Newman. Wall won the match by fall in 3:02 giving the Jets an early 6-0 advantage.
The Tigers would respond by winning the next five matches. At 141 pounds, FHSU’s James Annon defeated Aeron Hill of Newman by a 10-7 decision. Josh Pfannenstiel scored a 9-4 decision over James Fox at 149 pounds to knot the dual at 6-6. FHSU took a 9-6 lead with Danny Grater picking up a 2-0 decision over Clay Goodloe at 157 pounds. The lead jumped to 13-6 with Troy Lussenhop getting a major decision of 10-0 over Jake Johnston at 165 pounds. Blake Malloy picked up a 10-5 decision at 174 pounds over Steven Sprague to move the FHSU lead to 16-6.
Newman stopped the FHSU run at 184 pounds with Curtis Chenoweth winning by fall over Shawn Kuhlman of FHSU in 1:29. The second pin for the Jets brought them within striking distance with three matches to go down 16-12 to the Tigers.
At 197 pounds, FHSU’s Tyler Gonzales scored a 2-0 decision over Josh Fansler of Newman to put the FHSU lead at 19-12. Then Dustin Martin put the dual away for the Tigers at heavyweight with a 9-1 decision over Florian Temengil, running the lead to 23-12. Kyle Patton finished the dual on a good note for the Tigers with a 9-3 decision over John Hagan at 125 pounds.
Head coach Cody Bickley is now 55-40-5 in his career at FHSU. Even more interesting is that he broke the school record for wins in the 100th dual of his career. Bickley has been the head coach of the Tiger program since the beginning of the 2000-01 season, now in his eighth season. Bickley broke the old school record for wins of 54 held by Dave Winter, who coached at FHSU from 1963-70.
The Tigers moved to 4-4 overall this season with the win. Newman is now 7-7 overall. The Tigers return to dual action on Saturday, February 2 at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo. The non-conference dual is set to begin at 7:00 p.m.
