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Held out for all but two of the team's five dual meets this weekend, senior 197-pounder Gable Crebs, a Montoursville graduate, left his mark on the 35th annual Budd Whitehill National Duals by pinning his opponent in 51 seconds to spur the 21st-ranked Lycoming College wrestling team to its first win over Messiah University in 14 years, 26-16.
Lycoming picked up six wins against the Falcons in their first win over the program since a 22-12 triumph on Jan. 22, 2010, with Messiah winning seven straight duals. It also beat McDaniel College, 31-14, on the day, finishing in ninth place at the 16-team tournament at Lamade Gym.
No. 9 Wis.-Eau Claire won its second straight title, beating No. 8 Stevens, 26-13, in the tournament's title. Washington & Lee took third with a 23-18 win over No. 9 Roanoke.
Junior 125-pounder Kaden Majcher, a Warrior Run graduate, wrapped up a spot on the Whitehill Duals All-Tournament Team with a 20-1 technical fall of Bryce Arnold. Senior 149-pounder Wiley Kahler gutted out a 1-0 win over Camerin Deville to tie the meet at eight. Junior 165-pounder Chase Chapman retied the meet at 11 with a 9-5 decision over Andrew Kozubal, coming back from a 3-0 deficit and sophomore 174-pounder Eli Crum gave Lycoming a 14-11 lead with an 11-5 win over Chris Cratsley.
A tech fall at 184 helped Messiah take the lead and set the stage for Crebs' 95th career win, as he quickly got a takedown before pinning Sawyer Dereszynski. Then, junior heavyweight Robbie West iced the win with his second pin of the day, just touching Micah Kunkle's shoulders down before the first-period bell.
The Warriors also won six bouts against McDaniel, earning bonus points in five of those bouts, which ultimately piled amidst their 31-14 victory.
Majcher kicked off the bout with a 17-0 technical fall against Romeo Tsai, sophomore 133-pounder Jaciah Whitcomb added a 4-2 win over Alex DuFour and sophomore 141-pounder Cooper Gilham added a 15-0 technical fall over Cooper Gilham before McDaniel won the next three bouts to make it 13-10.
Crum gave the Warriors a huge lift with a pin of Dalton Pearl in 3:15 at 174 before first-year Devon Green clinched the bout by forcing his opponent to stall out in the third period for a disqualification. West added another pin in the heavyweight bout to round out the team's scoring.
The Warriors are back in action next Saturday at the Jim White Duals at Washington & Jefferson College, where they'll be facing Seton Hill at 10 a.m., Washington & Jefferson at 11:30 a.m. and and Davis & Elkins at 1 p.m.