Millbrook Caps Night Off With Thrilling Victory Over Broughton

In an exciting Cap-VIII Conference matchup, Millbrook took a one-point “tie breaker” victory over the Broughton Capitals, advancing to 3-0 in the conference.

Wrestling fans got their money’s worth last night at Broughton High School. The match was an uphill battle for the Wildcats as they forfeited the first match at 113 pounds and started in a six point hole. The Medina brothers scored back-to-back decision victories to tie the match up at six points.

Robinson Carroll put the Wildcats in the lead with a third period pinfall at 132 pounds. Starting at 138 pounds, Broughton went on a three match winning streak, recording a major decision and then two pinfalls at 145 pounds and 152 pounds. Josh Reid stopped the streak in the 160 pound match with a two point victory, 9-7.

Exciting matches at 182 pounds, 195 pounds and 220 pounds saw three victories by Millbrook wrestlers – Matt Flores, Wilhelm Heinsen and Jacob High, respectively.

With Millbrook’s Ty Smith collecting a forfeit at 285 pounds, the match was all but sealed up for the Wildcats. Millbrook held a six point lead heading into the final match of the night – a match that Broughton won by pinfall at 106 pounds. The score was tied at 31 points each and the rule book was pulled out. Millbrook took the team victory by virtue of most head-to-head matches won.

The Wildcats will be back on the mat this weekend at the annual WRAL Invitational hosted by Athens Drive High School on Friday, December 19th and Saturday, December 20th!

Photos from last night’s action can be viewed by following this link.

Wildcats Fly High Over Eagles To Start Cap-VIII Season

Millbrook dominated from start to finish as they defeated the Enloe Eagles 78-6 tonight at Millbrook High School.  Tonight’s match was the first Cap-VIII match of the season for Millbrook.  The Wildcats have been Cap-VIII runner-ups for the past few years but strive to to win the conference this season.

Eight matches were forfeited by Enloe tonight in a match that started at 138 lbs.  The first competition of the night was at 152 lbs, where senior co-captain Alexander Janni won by pinfall just 1:09 into the first period.  Pins were also recorded by Josh Reid (160 lbs), Matt Engel (182 lbs), and Crayton Saby (113 lbs).  The fastest pin of the night went to Jacob High at 285 lbs, who defeated his opponent 20 seconds into the first period.

Millbrook travels to Orange High School for the Jim King Invitational this weekend where they hope to improve on last year’s 7th place finish.

Millbrook 3-0 To Start The Season

The Millbrook wrestling team began the 2014-2015 season this past weekend in Fayetteville, NC at the Feud in the Forest tournament. The weekend tournament produced two first place winners for Millbrook:  Crayton Saby (113 lbs) and Josh Reid (152 lbs).

Dual match competition began last night for the Wildcats as the team traveled to Lee County Senior High to wrestle Middle Creek, Western Harnett, and Lee County Senior High.

The first match of the night was against Middle Creek and ex-Millbrook assistant coach Heath Allen. Last season, Millbrook defeated Middle Creek by a score of 76-6. This year the Wildcats dispatched the Mustangs by a score of 60-21. Co-captains Crayton Saby and Alexander Janni led the Wildcats with wins by pinfall.  Also recording pins during the match were Quintin Merritt (106 lbs), Jarred Prather (126 lbs), Robinson Carroll (132 lbs), Josh Reid (152 lbs), and Matthew Engel (182 lbs).  Freshman Ty Smith recorded his first varsity win for the Wildcats with a win by pinfall at 220 lbs. Congratulations Ty!

Next, the Wildcats were out to revenge last season’s 50-27 loss versus Western Harnett. The lead swung back and forth throughout the contest, all coming down to the match at 182 lbs. Matt Flores scored six points for the Wildcats with a win by pinfall and Millbrook escaped with a one-point victory, 40-39.

Millbrook’s final match of the night ended with a 49-27 victory over Lee County Senior High.  Four Wildcat wrestlers received a forfeit – Ward Carroll (113 lbs), Chris Medina (126 lbs), Josh Reid (152 lbs) and Alexander Janni (160 lbs).

Photos from last night’s action can be viewed by following this link.

The Wildcat wrestlers will be back in action on Wednesday, December 3rd as the team prepares for its first Cap-VIII Conference match against Enloe.  Wrestling starts at 7:00pm!