McCallie’s Zack Ward upends Baylor’s Claton Pettway on the way to a win by a pin in their 106-pound class match as McCallie hosts Baylor in a wrestling match on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.He may not have spilled any breakfast on his shirt or pants Saturday morning, but Baylor wrestling coach Ben Nelson’s day started rather poorly.
Undefeated senior stalwart Ryan Parker, who has wrestled at 195 and 220 pounds this season, tweaked his back in a mid-morning practice. The bus that was to transport the Red Raiders to McCallie failed to show, forcing Nelson and his assistants to hustle wrestlers into their personal vehicles for the crosstown trip.
And then McCallie went up 27-13 nine matches into the evening dual.
It was an entertaining, seesaw match – something both coaching staffs had anticipated – with McCallie winning five of the first seven bouts and backing Baylor into a do-or-die corner.
The Red Raiders won 30-27, securing their 11th straight regular-season win against the Blue Tornado.