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It was a good night for first wins.
Especially for Manheim Township.
Down 27-12, Manheim Township swept the last six matches to pull out a 32-27, nonleague win over Garden Spot, Tuesday night in Neffsville. It was the Blue Streaks first win of the season.
The Blue Streaks' rally was powered by the first wins of the year from Matt Morgante (145), Kyle Kinderwater (171) and Christian Stock (189) and sealed by an old hand at victory, Austin Schultz, at 215.
Perhaps the first win of the night was when Township (1-1) won the pre-match flip and chose the even bouts.
That meant the Spartans would have to declare at 189, allowing Township to match Schultz (4-1) on Nate Kramer (5-7), leaving Stock (1-1) to face Jason Yoder (2-4).
But all that appeared moot as the Spot (5-2) opened a 15 point lead.
In a meet that opened at 285, Alex Vigilante (5-1) gave the Streaks a 6-0 lead with a fall, but Nick Cook (7-4) got that right back for the Spartans at 103 and Tim Beegle (9-3) held off Scott Lopez (2-4) at 112 for the Spartans' first lead.
Township's Alex Smith (3-3) and Garden Spot's Kyle Coblentz (10-2) traded falls at 119 and 125.
Then Neal O'Malley (11-1) picked up a late stalling point to shade Brooks Kenderdine (2-3), 3-2 at 130, avenging an 8-0 loss to Kenderdine last year.
Tanner Leid (5-4) scored a 4-point headlock in the first period, then held off Adam Smith (4-2), 7-6, in a battle of freshmen at 135.
Getting his first win of the year in his varsity debut, Rob King (1-0) scored a fall at 140, putting the Spartans up, 27-12.
It was not looking good for the home team.
Locked in a tight match with Dakoda Leid (7-5), Morgante (1-2) picked up his second stalling point of the night with 31 seconds left, clicked on a sweet double leg 5 seconds later and allowed an escape at the buzzer to finish off a 7-5 win.
"I've had some close losses," Morgante said. "It was time to step it up and get going. I just wanted to help the team get on the right track.
"He's one of those kids who has the talent," said his coach, Joe Narkiewicz. "He just hasn't been able to put it together. Tonight, things clicked for him and he came through big for us."
Township rolled from there as Kirby Kinderwater (1-1) decisioned Cha Vang, 12-8, at 152 and Luke Sims (4-1) majored Adam Haas (3-5), 11-2 at 160.
Making his 2009-10 debut, Kyle Kinderwater pancaked Anthony Huber (8-4) off Huber's takedown shot with 20 seconds left in the first period, then made that stand up for a 5-2 win at 171.
"We've been talking to (Huber) about being more aggressive," said Spartans' coach Hoyt Craver.
"You get caught and it's hard to come back. Any kid who is worth his salt, up 5-0, should be able to pull out a win."
Now it mattered who would come out at '89. It was Yoder.
"Coach is quite the strategist," said Stock, who took a 5-0 lead into the third period.
Yoder got on the board on a locked hands penalty, then reversed a tiring Stock with 49 seconds to go.
"I wasn't very technical tonight, which I'm not happy about," said Stock, who nonetheless had enough left in the tank to finish off a 5-3 win.
"It was a good time to step in and do it," he said. "You've got to stay in there and be tough. Fortunately I was able to be a little bit tougher than the other guy."
That left Schultz, who put a single-leg clinic on Kramer, scoring six of his seven takedowns on single setups in a 17-5 major decision.
