By BUTCH HARMON
LOWELL – After defeating Davison earlier this season, the Lowell wrestling team made it a double play of wins against elite Division 1 powers as the Red Arrows defeated Detroit Catholic Central 36-27 in an afternoon assembly match Wednesday afternoon in a snowy Lowell.
The Red Arrows needed to really to earn the win as they trailed 24-7 midway through the match. The comeback began at 189 pounds where Lowell sophomore Max Dean stunned second-ranked Logan Marcicki with a pin in 5:01. That pin began a string of six straight victories that gave the Red Arrows a 36-24 lead going into the final match and securing the dual-meet victory.
“I felt we wrestled pretty good,” Lowell coach Dave Dean said. “Detroit Catholic Central is a formidable opponent and a very good team. I sensed that we had a lot of energy today. This was a big deal for the kids being able to wrestle in front of their peers and the whole school.”
After Max Dean’s pin, the Red Arrows picked up four team points when second-ranked Garrett Stehly defeated sixth-ranked Nick Giese 13-1. At heavyweight junior Josh Colegrove, ranked number one in Division 2, edged Jimmy Russell ranked number three in Division 1 3-2.
In the light weights the Red Arrows picked up pins from Sam Russell (1:06) at 103 pounds and Lucas Hall (3:02) at 112 pounds. Zeth Dean claimed a major decision at 119 pounds to close out the run.
Lowell started the match with back-to-back wins from Bailey Jack at 130 pounds and Jordan Hall at 135. Jack won a major decision over Evan Toth while Hall won a 9-2 decision.
“This was a great win,” Jack said. “We are definitely on an uphill path now. There is nothing going wrong right now. We are healthy and training hard.”