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Donegal Matmen Fall 46-24 to South Western
remarked. “It has kept us in a lot of games.” In the second quarter, the Spartans Donegal’s wrestlers lost a tough 46shaved three points off that deficit to 24 battle to South Western in a nonmake it 32-22 at intermission. The league match on Saturday, January Indians, who improved to 9-6 overall, 22. outscored their opponent 26-21 in the The Mustangs muscled their way to second half. a 46-6 lead thanks to four pins, a Senior Khalil Madsen was the leadmajor decision and a Donegal forfeit in er in points as he poured in a gameaddition to a pair of decisions. high 19 points for Donegal. In the 160-pound bout, senior “He has been our leading scorer,” Andrew Small came up just short in a Dolan pointed out. 7-6 loss to Luke Dewees. Joseph Turbedsky, another senior, Mark Overlander took his opponent provided plenty of support, making down with five seconds remaining in five baskets and going 7-for-8 at the the match, giving the Indians their foul line for his 17-point game. first pin of the day. Benyamin Viselli “He’s been taking the ball to the pinned Mark Keating in the 126basket and also getting a lot of points pound bout and junior Landon Keller at the foul line,” Dolan noted. earned a pin 3:42 into the 132-pound Dutch Good and Dameon White bout. each scored five for the Indians while In a heartbreaking defeat, the IndiBrendan Weaver led the Spartans in ans fell just short on Wednesday, Janscoring with 11 points. uary 26, in a Section Two clash with “Dutch Good is probably our top Manheim Central. The Barons held on defender,” said Dolan. “He and Noah for a 33-31 victory. Rohrer draw the top assignments and Having pulled ahead to a 33-19 do a nice job.” Donegal’s next game was a nonleague Saturday afternoon road game at Big Spring. The Indians rallied in the fourth quarter but came up empty in a 53-48 loss. “We came out slow and were sluggish,” Donal remarked. “We didn’t play like we had been - the same intensity. We made it close though; it was only a five-point game.” The Bulldogs led the Indians 20-17 at the half but went on a 17-10 run in Photo by Cheri Sine the third quarter. Ian Brown battles South Western’s Ethan Leitzel for a takedown Masden again led the Indians in in 152-pound action in the Indians’ 46-24, nonleague loss at scoring, finishing with 16 points, Donegal on January 22. including a three-point basket. Good added nine points while Aiden Sallie Residential, led the Bulldogs with 17. Asked about post-season prospects commercial, in terms of league and district playoffs, trouble shooting, Dolan replied, “We talked about how light/fan install, our new year started the last week of rewire, and panel December and that we were going to lead with only two weight classes remaining, the Barons could not mathematically lose the match. However, seeing the tremendous effort by those last two Donegal wrestlers - Owen Champ and Nicholai Brotzman - one might have thought that the match was on the line. Champ pinned Tyler Groff 1:24 into the 215-pound bout and Brotzman pinned his opponent 10 seconds in at 285, cutting the margin to 33-31 at the end. BOYS’ BASKETBALL The Donegal boys’ basketball team jumped out to a quick start in its Section Four contest with Garden Spot on Friday, January 21. The Indians evened their Lancaster-Lebanon League record at 4-4 with the 58-43 win at Mount Joy. Starting five of their seniors on Senior Night, the Indians outscored the Spartans 18-5 in the opening period. “Our defense has gotten better this year,” Indians head coach Kevin Dolan
turn it around. “We went into the Holiday Tournament at East Pennsboro and won that,” continued the coach. “We are getting the wins that let us look at the post-season. It’s one of our goals.” GIRLS’ BASKEBALL The Donegal girls suffered a league loss at Garden Spot on Friday night, January 21. The Spartans slowly pulled ahead by outscoring the Indians by six points in the second quarter and by a 12-point margin in the third. Garden Spot finished on top 60-42. Sophia Floyd came through again with the top scoring total for Donegal. She poured in 18 points, including a pair of three-pointers. Victoria Burton and Remy White each scored eight for the Indians, who fell to 1-6 in league play. Taylor Soehner and Erin Gonzalez led Garden Spot with 23 and 21 points, respectively. Donegal played on the road the
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while Rhiannon Henry scored 10. Floyd topped Donegal in points with eight while Burton chipped in with seven. Remy and Kara Heidlauf each added five points. The loss dropped Donegal to 2-16 overall.
Ben Viselli turns South Western’s Mark Keating for a 4:43 fall at 126 pounds to give the Indians one of their two pins in their 46-24, nonleague loss at home on January 22.
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