December 21, 2018

Ringgold wrestlers slammed by USC

By Mon Valley Independent

By Dan Palm

For the MV Independent

It wasn’t enough to give the Ringgold wrestlers their first win of the season, but senior Jacob Duncan started Thursday night’s match with a significant upset.

At 152 pounds, Duncan posted an 8-7 victory over Upper St. Clair’s Grant Walnoha, who was coming off a second-place finish in the Chartiers Houston Invitational to start the season and was second in the section last year.

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