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Prep Wrestling: Harrisburg opens season with split over Murphysboro, Herrin

Like most first matches of the season, Harrisburg head coach Greg Langley wasn't sure what to expect in a triangular match with Murphysboro and Herrin earlier this week. Langley walked away with a feeling that this Bulldog wrestling team has more potential than what me might have originally thought.

On Tuesday, Harrisburg knocked off Herrin 49-30 and then fell short to Murphysboro 42-39.

"We still have work to do in the practice room," Langley said. "Our conditioning is getting better, but must improve, our ability on our feet and to control our opponent on the mat still needs work. With that said, we are headed in the right direction, but we really got to get the kids focused on taking it to the next level in practice for it to carry over to when it counts. The Murphysboro match was a close one, but came up short and I feel the kids know that we could have just as well came away with a win in that one. The Herrin match was a win, but I felt it should have been by a little more than it was.

"We did not wrestle two or three matches very well and went away from what we stress in practice. We will get back to the practice room the rest of this week and make corrections, pick up our intensity, and focus on the things that makes us better."

Harrisburg returns to action Saturday at the Lawrence County Invite.

Murphysboro (MHS) 42.00 Harrisburg (HBG) 39.00

106: Ethan Cue (MHS) over Autumn Millis (HBG) (Fall 0:39) 113: Garrett Turcott (HBG) over (MHS) (For.) 120: Landon Hicks (HBG) over Seth Daniels (MHS) (Fall 1:39) 126: David Tellor (MHS) over (HBG) (For.) 132: Kyle Cavender (HBG) over Maricus Simmons (MHS) (Dec 6-0) 138: Tristian Mick (MHS) over Abraham McClelland (HBG) (Fall 2:19) 145: Ryan Chambers (MHS) over Chandler Bowling (HBG) (Fall 2:56) 152: Jimmy Hicks (HBG) over William Thomas (MHS) (Fall 5:20) 160: Emanuel Edwards (HBG) over Noah Ridings (MHS) (Fall 1:18) 170: Jared Schmook (HBG) over (MHS) (For.) 182: Marcus Gilmore (MHS) over Chase Pritchett (HBG) (Fall 1:14) 195: Dalton Craig (MHS) over Ryan Ragsdale (HBG) (Fall 4:17) 220: Dalton Miller (MHS) over Alex Johnson (HBG) (Fall 3:01) 285: Chase McDaniel (HBG) over Angel Acosta (MHS) (Fall 1:51)

Harrisburg (HBG) 49.00 Herrin (HHS) 30.00

106: Garrett Turcott (HBG) over (HHS) (For.) 113: Ray Jones (HHS) over Autumn Millis (HBG) (Fall 0:31) 120: Landon Hicks (HBG) over Kevin O`Connor (HHS) (Fall 3:23) 126: Race Jerrell (HHS) over (HBG) (For.) 132: Kyle Cavender (HBG) over (HHS) (For.) 138: Jase Hahs (HHS) over Abraham McClelland (HBG) (Fall 3:40) 145: Chandler Bowling (HBG) over Caleb Stein (HHS) (MD 16-2) 152: Jimmy Hicks (HBG) over Gavin Harrison (HHS) (Dec 5-3) 160: Emanuel Edwards (HBG) over (HHS) (For.) 170: Mason Stout (HHS) over Jared Schmook (HBG) (Fall 5:07) 182: Elijah Mason (HHS) over Chase Pritchett (HBG) (Fall 1:31) 195: Ryan Ragsdale (HBG) over (HHS) (For.) 220: Alex Johnson (HBG) over Eric Smith (HHS) (Fall 0:58) 285: Chase McDaniel (HBG) over Frank Mannie (HHS) (Fall 1:28)