Soddy-Daisy started off strong, came through again with a pair of back-to-back middleweight pins and coupled those with three forfeit victories for a 51-24 wrestling victory over visiting William Blount on Thursday.
The Trojans’ inexperience in a couple of weights cost them, and William Blount also came up with a pair of big wins as Calvin Martin edged Landon Wheaton 3-2 at 126 pounds and Josh Hughes rallied in overtime for a 4-3 victory over Slater Daniel at 138.
“At the beginning of the year you’re going to see things you need to work on. This sport will tell on you. We have a lot to improve on,” Soddy-Daisy coach Jim Higgins said following his team’s third win three matches into the season.
The performance wasn’t nearly as impressive to the coach as the pounding the Trojans put on Cookeville last week.
“It’s not so much about wins and losses this early in the year, but we looked great versus Cookeville. We were good on our feet, working and faking in and out and using what we’ve been working on in practice. We didn’t do that so much tonight,” the coach said.