GREENVILLE- With six forfeits on the docket for Greenville Thursday against Versailles, it all added up to a favorable outcome for the Tigers.

Giving up 30 points automatically, Greenville had a mountain it could not overcome as the visiting Tigers rolled to a 56-24 team victory.

“Take away the 30 points in forfeits and we are right there,” said Wave coach David Guillozet. “I was pretty happy with our kids for the most part. There are some things we need to work on but I’m not going to be too had on them at practice. I’m prey happy with them.”

Getting three forfeits right out of the gate, Greenville soon found itself down 32-6 with the lone points coming from a tech fall in the 152 pound weight class as Jeremy Eshbaughn routed Jonny Mooreman, 18-2.

At that point Greenville hit one of its few bright spots.

With the 160 pounders taking the mat, it was junior Alex Vanderhoose scoring the pin on Versailles junior Shane McGlinch.

Up next at 170, sophomore William Nibert scored a pin and the Wave had climbed back into it, trailing 32-18.

The momentum would stop there as Versailles would gain pins at 182 and 195.

Kory Bannon would gain a hard fought pin over Ian Hiestand but it was not near enough as Versailles would gain three more forfeits.

“Alex Vanhoose is a good wrestler with a lot of talent,” said Guillozet. “He can do a lot of good things as the season goes on but we just have to keep on him. William Nibert wrestled his first match of the season. I am very happy with him. He came out and wrestled tough and looked pretty good.”

As a freshman, Nibert was one of the surprises for the Wave and then head coach John Shutts.

Now as a sophomore, he has picked up right where he left off after suffering a shoulder injury before the start of the season.

“We are looking for some big things from him,” said Guillozet. “He works hard in practice and I’m looking forward to his season. I’m pretty fired up for him.”

Bannon, listed at 195, moved up a weight class for Guillozet and ended up a winner.

“He put a hammer lock on that kid and it was a thing of beauty,” Guillozet pointed out. “I’ve never seen anyone do it that fast. It was nice. I was real happy with him. My kids held their own tonight even though I feel we could have done better.”

Despite winning, Versailles coach A.J Bey would have liked to have seen better from his team.

“There were three or four pins out there tonight that I was not happy with,” Bey pointed out. “The last couple of weeks we have preached on not getting pinned but I thought the kids wrestled hard.”

While the Tiger grapplers are showing improvement, Bey points out some things that needed to be improved on.

“We need to learn to stay off our back,” said Bey. “We preach on wearing our guys down and getting to the third period. We just have to be mentally tough.”

Bey did see some bright spots at the end of the night.

Jonny Moorman at 152 is just a freshman and is really looking good on his feet and he’s controlling guys,” Bey said.

Over the course of the last two weeks, Bey has seen much improvement sice losing to Covington on the road.

“We are getting better on our feet,” said Bey. “The younger kids are maturing and the older kids are leading in the practice room. We have the big holiday tournament coming up with Graham and a team out of Georgia. So we have to measure up off of that. The best is coming up. We don’t have the team to win it but if we can get a couple or three places there, I’ll be happy.”

The tournament the Tigers will wrestling in will be held at the Nutter Center next Friday and Saturday while the Wave will wrestle in the Thunderbird Invitational next Saturday at Lima Central Catholic.