BOONE, N.C. — With victories in five of the first six matches, the Black team led by assistant coach Ryan LeBlanc held off a late push from the Gold team and won 20-15 in Appalachian State's Black and Gold wrestling exhibition on Wednesday night.
A large crowd gathered inside Varsity Gym to watch the intrasquad match between LeBlanc's team and a team coached by assistant Josh Roosa.
The Mountaineers have five starters returning from a 13-3 team that won the Southern Conference championship last season, and only three of them competed Wednesday as head coach JohnMark Bentley got a closer look at many of his young wrestlers.