College Wrestling: Former Sonoraville standout Smith places fourth at tourney
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Former Sonoraville standout Tyler Smith, seen here during an earlier tournament this year, finished fourth last Saturday at the Mustang Open in Arkansas. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / Cumberland Athletics)
Former Sonoraville standout Tyler Smith, seen here during an earlier tournament this year, finished fourth last Saturday at the Mustang Open in Arkansas. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / Cumberland Athletics)
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LEBANON, Tenn. –— Michael Gonzalez and Jacob Shirley each won their respective weight classes, Jake Williams finished second and Aric Fernandez and Tyler Smith, a former Sonoraville High standout, both placed fourth, leading the Cumberland wrestlers on Saturday at the Mustang Open in Conway, Ark.

Smith posted three straight wins in the heavyweight class, starting with a 14-5 Major Decision against Texas State’s Adam Traxler, then pinning Wentworth Military’s Jamarcus Maccardell at 1:25 and winning a 5-3 Decision versus Baker’s Austin Hamm. In the semifinals he lost at Fall at 1:05 against Oklahoma’s Ross Larson. In the wrestleback Smith defeated Baker’s Beau Bennett with a 3-1 Decision before dropping an 8-3 Decision to Hamm in the third-place match.

Gonzalez won all four of his matches at 157, starting with a 4-2 Decision. In the semifinals he defeated Bacone’s 16th-ranked Arnol Arroliga with a 10-6 Decision, Gonzalez’s second victory over Arroliga in three weeks, and won by Fall at 4:06 in the finals against Missouri Valley College’s Nico Martinez.

Shirley posted three victories en route to a title at 165, beginning with an 11-6 Decision against Oklahoma’s Garrison McCauley. He won a 12-4 Major Decision over Central Baptist College’s Joseph Goolsby in the semifinals before registering a 4-2 Decision versus Baker University’s Brandon Scott in the finals.
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