Steven Martin of Roane County is on top of his Wheeling Park opponent during a match in the 215-pound division of the WV Duals at Parkersburg South High School. Photo by Patty Haught

Fisher wrestled a couple of key matches for the Raiders as they went 3-6 in the WV Duals Friday and Saturday at Parkersburg South High.

On Friday, Fisher dropped the first match of his career, a 9-2 decision to Johnni DiJulius to Walsh Jesuit of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, at 125 pounds.

Fisher, a junior who entered the match with 108 consecutive wins, scored a reversal with 36 seconds left in the match to pull within 3-2 of DiJulius, third-ranked nationally among juniors. Fisher is rated 11th.

DiJulius got a takedown and a near fall at the edge of the mat in the final 18 seconds to stretch the final margin.

“Fisher was just trying to score and get back in control,” Raider head coach Wayne Jarvis said. “The match was stopped twice earlier because a of potentially dangerous situation with Fisher in control. We thought the second time he was getting ready to turn him.”

The coach said his two-time Class AA state champ handled the unusual situation well.

“He was not happy,” Jarvis said. “He was disappointed, but he didn’t say a lot about it. He did bounce right back, though.”

Fisher won his other eight matches in the event to run his season record to 23-1. One of those wins was a 4-2 decision over Kyle Bauer of Wheeling Park, top-ranked in Class AAA at 125. Fisher had an escape in both the first and second periods and a takedown in the second.

Another Raider, sophomore Dylan Cottrell, also won eight matches during the Duals while suffering his first loss of the season. Cottrell, 35-1 on the season at 119, dropped a 6-3 decision to Max Byrd of LaSalle, Ohio.

Sam Whiting, another sophomore, also went 8-1 for the Raiders at 130 and moved his season mark to 27-4.

“Sam took a shot that chipped his tooth and broke his nose,” Jarvis said. “He finished that match and won it, and then won the rest of them.”

Other records for the Raiders during the Duals, and for the season, include: Randy Lawson (2-7, 7-17 at 135), Luke Hottle (5-4, 19-16 at 140), Nathan Reynolds (2-7, 15-17 at 152), Tyler Dolan (3-6, 20-16 at 160), Clayton Jarvis (2-7, 14-19 at 171), Sam Lawson (5-4, 17-15 at 189), Steven Martin (5-4, 17-17 at 215) and Caleb Starcher (2-7, 7-21 at 285).

Roane’s three wins during the event came over Lewis County (46-36), LaSalle (40-30) and the WV All-Stars (54-27). Losses were to Caldwell, Ohio (42-19), Calhoun County (46-27), George Washington (40-34), Walsh Jesuit (63-13), Parkersburg South B (58-17) and Wheeling Park (53-18).

Parkersburg South won the title, with Walsh Jesuit as runner-up.

Alex Mace of the Raiders tries to drive the baseline against the defense of Braxton County’s Trey Chapman. Photo by David Hedges

The Eagles soared to a 19-point lead after the first quarter and went on to win 84-37 Friday in Spencer. Braxton won every quarter in improving to 10-3 overall and staying perfect in the division while the Raiders fell to 1-11 (1-9 LKC South).

Trey Chapman paced four Eagles in double figures with 24 points. Dakota Wendling added 16 and Zach Nibert and Easton Hutton 10 apiece.

The Raiders got 17 points from Rhett Atkinson.

The Roane JV thumped Braxton 68-30 in the first game of the evening behind 10 points each from Adam Abbott, Austin Brown and Willie Bowman.

On Saturday, the Raiders traveled to New Martinsville to play Tyler Consolidated in the Rotary Invitational, a showcase for Class AA Region I teams.

The Knights (5-9) put up an astounding 40 points in the second quarter on the way to a 30-point halftime lead and then cruised to a 95-75 decision.

Cory Lowe sank seven 3-pointers and led the Knights with 27 points. Dusitn Snider contributed 22, Alex Jones 18 and Zach Minger 11 for the winners.

Atkinson, with 21 points, led the Raiders (1-12) for a second straight game. This time he got scoring support from Colter Taylor with 16 and Jimmy Hensley with 14.

Braxton County (10-3) 26 20 25 14 - 84 xxx
Roane County (1-11) 7 15 10 5 - 37
BRAXTON 84
Trey Chapman 10 1-1 24, Dakota Wendling 5 3-4 16, Zach Nibert 4 1-2 10, Easton Hutton 4 0-0 10, Jordan Lacey 2, 3-4 7, Yannick Yewawa 2 2-2 6, Ronnie Carroll 2 0-2 5, Aaron Conant 1 0-0 3, Joe Wilfong 1 0-0 2, Nathan Harper 1 0-0 2. Totals: 44 1-15 85. 3-point goals: Chapman 3, Wendling 3, Hutton 2, Carroll, Conant, Nibert
ROANE 37
Rhett Atkinson 6 4-6 17, Colter Taylor 3 0-0 7, Alex Mace 2 1-2 5, Austin Corbitt 1 0-0 3, Shane Starcher 1 0-0 3, Jimmy Hensley 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 5-8 37. 3-point goals: Atkinson, Taylor, Corbitt, Starcher

Tyler Consolidated (5-9) 21 40 16 18 - 95 xxx
Roane County (1-12) 20 11 18 26 - 75
TYLER 95
Dustin Snider 9 1-3 22, Zach Minger 4 3-4 11, Boone Kehrer 2 0-0 4, Cory Lowe 10 0-0 27, Alex Jones 6 6-8 18, Zach Knowlton 2 2-3 6, B.J. Eastham 1 1-3 3, Aaron Fuller 1 0-3 2, Skylar Kinnard 1 0-0 2. Totals: 36 13-24 95. 3-point goals: Lowe 7, Snider 3
ROANE 75
Rhett Atkinson 7 10-13 21, Jimmy Hensley 3 6-7 14, Matt Harper 3 0-0 7, Ryan Carper 0 1-2 1, Timmy Williams 2 1-2 6, Colter Taylor 6 0-0 16, Shane Starcher 1 2-2 4, Alex Mace 0 1-2 1. Totals: 22 20-26 75. 3-point goals: Taylor 4, Hensley, Harper, Williams
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Point Pleasant snapped a four-game losing streak Tuesday with a 68-50 nonconference triumph over visiting Roane County.

The Big Blacks (7-6) led 16-6 after the first quarter and had stretched the lead to 39-22 by the half. The Raiders (1-13) sliced the advantage to 14 points heading into the final eight minutes before Point pulled away.

Colter Taylor was high for the Raiders with 16 points, with Alex Mace adding 10 and Rhett Atkinson nine.

Tyler Deal netted 19 and Jacob Wamsley 13 for the Big Blacks.

Point picked up a 54-48 victory in the junior varsity contest. Willie Bowman paced the Raider reserves with 15 points.

Roane County (1-13) 6 16 16 12 - 50
Point Pleasant (7-6) 16 23 13 16 - 68
ROANE 50
Colter Taylor 4 8-13 16, Alex Mace 4 1-1 10, Rhett Atkinson 3 3-4 9, Shane Starcher 2 3-4 8, Jimmy Hensley 3 0-0 7. Totals: 16 15-22 50. 3-point goals: Mace, Starcher, Hensley
POINT 68
Tyler Deal 8 0-2 19, Jacob Wamsley 4 2-3 13, Nathan Wedge 3 0-0 8, Cody Greathouse 2 4-4 8, Jacob Templeton 1 4-5 6, Kylenn Criste 2 0-0 4, JeWaan Williams 3 1-2 7, Matt Lewis 1 0-0 2, Drake Nolan 0 1-2 1. Totals: 24 12-17 68. 3-point goals: Deal 3, Lewis 3, Wedge 2