WHITMIRE — In a head to head match with Landrum and Mid-Carolina, Whitmire’s wrestling team lost both games Tuesday night.

In the match against Landrum, Whitmire struck out with a final score of 51-21. The team had six forfeits in the weight categories between 145 and 220.

Hunter Compton, 106 pounds, won by forfeit. The other three wins were as follows: Tripp Alexander, 113 pounds, won by pinfall in the first over C. Armstrong; Cole Eison, 120 pounds, won by pinfall in the second over Wiley and Kenny Page, 132, pounds, won by decision over A. Samenko.

West Jenkins, 126 pounds, lost by pinfall in the second to Jones; Matt Swain, 138 pounds, lost by decision to Prass and Jared Wicker, 285 pounds, lost by pinfall in the second to Molina.

In the match to Mid-Carolina, Whitmire lost by a final score of 54-27. There were six forfeits that Whitmire lost between the weight categories of 145-220.

In the smallest category of 106 pounds, Hunter Compton lost by pinfall to Hernandez.

However, Tripp Alexander, 113 pounds, won by forfeit while Cole Eison, 120 pounds, lost by pinfall to Spiegner in the first and West Jenkins, 126 pounds, won by pinfall over Teolino in the first.

Kenny Page, 132 pounds, won by decision over N. Hernandez while Matt Swain, 138 pounds, won by pinfall over A. Shealy in the first and Jared Wicker, 285 pounds, won by pinfall over Rosas in the first.

“We struggle to fill a roster year after year so when we step on the mat, we focus on winning head-to-head match-ups. In the record books we are 0-2 and the scores aren’t impressive. However, when you look at head-to-head match-ups, we tied Landrum splitting three matches each and we got the best of Mid-Carolina winning four matches to two. We started four freshemen out of our seven guys that we were able to put on the mat. When you consider that and how the head-to-head match-ups came out, I thought our guys got the season off to a strong start, ” said Whitmire’s Head Wrestling Coach Jarrod King.