Wrestling: St. Mary's drops Spalding for 8-0 start

They've both been there before.

With eight years of varsity wrestling experience shared between Archbishop Spalding's Chris Laidley and Lou Ruland of St. Mary's, the order of when each senior would compete didn't matter.

"Maybe if it was my freshman year, that would have bothered me," said Ruland, a 125-pounder who drew the first match in the MIAA B Conference dual meet yesterday. "It's just sort of luck of the draw and with my experience, I didn't give it a second thought."

Ruland took a commanding 10-2 lead on Jeff Yeatman before pinning the Spalding freshman late in the third period. The victory set the tone early for...