DEXTER – Don’t let the score sheets and results fool you – there was only one wrestling meet held at Dexter High School on Saturday.

Sure, five teams showed up, and took their turns facing off against each other in a series of dual matchups that took the better part of the day. For the record, Foxcroft Academy went 2-2 on the day, Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln 1-3, and Madawaska 0-4.

But when it comes to a capital-M Meet – one of those matchups that injects a building with venom and bile and squeezes it out, slowly, over the course of 13 competitive matches – well, there was only one of those.

It was the rematch of last year’s most talked-about battle, during which Dexter had knocked Penobscot Valley High of Howland’s 72-dual meet winning streak off the rails.

This time Penobscot Valley won 39-31.

“I’m sweating like a pig,” jubilant Penobscot Valley coach Gerald Hutchinson said after the win, when the temperature – and intensity level in the gym – had taken a drastic drop.

“That’s my whole season. Me and [Dexter coach Dave Gudroe], we look forward to each other.”

The Howlers improved their perfect record to 9-0, while Dexter finished the day at 9-1.

Last season, the upset took place “in my house,” as Hutchinson points out.

This time around, it was Hutchinson’s squad that hit the road and proved just a little better. He just had to juggle his lineup a little to make it work out that way. In the upset, it was Gudroe who pulled out the stops and outfoxed his friend.

“He outcoached me last year,” Hutchinson said.

The move of this meet was Hutchinson’s decision to move two-time defending 103-pound state champ Matt Lindsay, a junior, up from the 112-pound class he wrestles in now to 119 to face Gudroe’s son, Adam. Though Gudroe expected it, the ploy worked.

In last season’s state finals, Lindsay edged freshman Adam Gudroe 4-2 in overtime.

In Saturday’s most stirring match, Lindsay and Gudroe spent six grueling minutes fighting for an advantage neither really achieved. Lindsay won 3-2.

“He pulled that on me last year,” Hutchinson said. “He moved his 25 [125-pounder] up to 30 [130] to beat me. I couldn’t beat ’em without moving Lindsay up.”

Lindsay said the combination of moving up in weight against a heavier, taller opponent, made the match tough.

“He’s real tall and lanky, so I was trying to stay down low and stay at his legs,” Lindsay said. “He wrestled a real good match.”

The meet featured a steady ebb-and-flow, as first Penobscot Valley, then Dexter, took the lead.

After a double forfeit at 103, PVHS took the next three matches. Then Dexter got to the meat of its order.

Trailing 15-0, the Tigers got back-to-back pins from defending state champs Ken Welch at 130 and Sean Cole at 135. The rugged juniors answered with 24-second dispatches of Matt Dobson and Nathaniel Nightingale. After decisions in the next two matches, it was 25-15, Dexter.

The Howlers answered with pins at 160, 171 and 189 by Ricky Cyr, Josh Boober and David Stenzel, respectively. That made it 33-25 PVHS with two matches to go.

Though Dexter’s George Venturelli made it close, at 33-31, when he posted a speedy pin in the 215-pound division, the Howlers had the top 275-pounder of the meet in waiting.

Robert Smith pinned John Bryer in 3:12 to ice the win.

Each coach said pre-meet figuring was on target.

“I predicted 39-30,” said Gudroe, whose Tigers face the Howlers two more times before the postseason. “We were real close on the predictions, and usually you can do that. Once in a while there’s an upset. Not today.”

High school

AT DEXTER

Dexter (9-1) 78, Madawaska (0-5) 6

103: Anne Cyr (M) by forfeit; 112: Phil Mosley (D) by forfeit; 119: Adam Gudroe (D) pinned Roger Cyr, 3:20; 125: Tim Welch (D) inj. def. Gerald Levesque; 130: Ken Welch (D) pinned Sarah Boidi, 0:14; 135: Sean Cole (D) pinned Jesse Michaud, 0:30; 140: Joey Turner (D) pinned Fred Mazzerolle, 0:08; 145: Ed Cooney (D) by forfeit; 152: Adam Page (D) pinned Dennis Clavette, 2:33; 160: Justin Cardelli (D) pinned Jeff Redwine, 0:49; 171: Brian Beem (D) pinned Joey Dionne, 2:41; 189: Bruce Beem (D) pinned Eli Beaulieu, 1:11; 215: George Venturelli (D) pinned Eric Morin, 0:12; 275: John Bryer by forfeit

Penobscot Valley (9-0) 39, Dexter 31

103: double forfeit; 112: Brad Thibodeau (PV) pinned Mosley, 1:05; 119: Matt Lindsay (PV) dec. Gudroe, 3-2; 125: Justin Thompson (PV) pinned T. Welch, 1:06; 130: K. Welch (D) pinned Matt Dobson, 0:24; 135: Cole (D) pinned Nathaniel Nightingale, 0:24; 140: Cooney (D) pinned Greg Delauney, 3:56; 145: Turner (D) dec. Jason Dewitt, 7-6; 152: Page (D) dec. Greg Savage, 12-0; 160: Ricky Cyr (PV) pinned Justin Cardelli, 1:11; 171: Josh Boober (PV) pinned Bri. Beem, 4:28; 189: David Stenzel (PV) pinned Bru. Beem, 3:44; 215: Venturelli (D) pinned Corey Clukey, 1:14; 275: Robert Smith (PV) pinned Bryer, 3:12

Dexter 57, Foxcroft Academy (5-4) 24

103: Dustin Shorey (F) by forfeit; 112: Mosley (D) pinned Derek Shorey, 1:45; 119: Gudroe (D) pinned James Ward, 1:11; 125: T. Welch (D) pinned Dan Moore, 0:53; 130: K. Welch by forfeit; 135: Cole pinned Garrett Smith, 0:56; 140: Cooney (D) dec. Bo Kennedy, 13-11; 145: C.J. Ewer (F) dec. Turner, 14-4; 152: Page (D) pinned Jacob Kennedy, 3:09; 160: J.J. Tuller (F) pinned Cardelli, 2:46; 171: Lucas Talbot (F) pinned Bri. Beem, 3:10; 189: Bru. Beem (D) pinned Jason Kotara, 0:28; 215: Venturelli (D) pinned Josh Higgins, 1:45; 275: Bryer pinned Billy Finkelstein, 0:24

Dexter 54, Mattanawcook Academy (1-8) 17

103: double forfeit; 112: Mosley (D) by forfeit; 119: Gudroe (D) dec. Todd Martin, 12-7; 125: Jared Tash (MA) pinned T. Welch, 3:05; 130: K. Welch (D) pinned Kelly Muncie, 0:52; 135: Cole (D) pinned Charlie Sawyer, 0:57; 140: Lenny Martin (MA) pinned Cooney, 5:38; 145: Turner (D) by forfeit; 152: Page (D) dec. Donald Basiel, 11-5; 160: Cardelli (D) by forfeit; 171: Josh Sutherland (MA) pinned Bri. Beem, 3:32; 189: Bru. Beem (D) by forfeit; 215: Venturelli (D) by forfeit; 275: Bryer (D) by forfeit

Penobscot Valley 47, Foxcroft Academy 34

103: Du. Shorey (F) by forfeit; 112: Thibodeau (PV) pinned De. Shorey, 0:54; 119: Lindsay (PV) dec. Ward, 12-0; 125: Thompson (PV) pinned Moore, 0:53; 130: Dobson (PV) by forfeit; 135: Delauney (PV) pinned Smith, 3:12; 140: Kennedy (F) pinned Nightingale, 1:38; 145: Ewer (F) pinned Dewitt, 2:20; 152: Kennedy tech. fall Jacob Smith, 16-1; 160: Cyr (PV) pinned Tuller, 0:40; 171: Talbot (F) pinned Boober, 5:55; 189: Stenzel (PV) pinned Kotara, 3:53; 215: Higgins (F) pinned Clukey, 3:52; 275: Smith (PV) pinned Finkelstein, 0:21

Penobscot Valley 73, Madawaska 6

103: A. Cyr (M) by forfeit; 112: Thibodeau (PV) by forfeit; 119: Lindsay (PV) tech. fall R. Cyr, 17-1; 125: Thompson (PV) by forfeit; 130: Dobson (PV) pinned Boidi, 0:24; 135: Delauney (PV) pinned Michaud, 1:19; 140: Nightingale (PV) by forfeit; 145: Dewitt (PV) by forfeit; 152: Savage (PV) dec. Clavette, 14-4; 160: R. Cyr (PV) pinned Redwine, 0:45; 171: Andy Bernard (PV) by forfeit; 189: Stenzel (PV) pinned Beaulieu, 1:26; 215: Clukey (PV) pinned Morin, 1:02; 275: Smith (PV) by forfeit

Penobscot Valley 54, Mattanawcook Academy 24

103: double forfeit; 112: Thibodeau (PV) by forfeit; 119: T. Martin (MA) by forfeit; 125: Thompson (PV) pinned Tash, 1:55; 130: Dobson (PV) pinned Muncie, 1:39; 135: Delauney (PV) pinned Sawyer, 0:41; 140: L. Martin (MA) by forfeit; 145: Dewitt (PV) by forfeit; 152: Basiel (MA) pinned Mike Houde, 1:01; 160: R. Cyr (PV) by forfeit; 171: Sutherland (MA) pinned Andy Bernard, 4:01; 189: Stenzel (PV) by forfeit; 215: Clukey (PV) by forfeit; 275: Smith (PV) by forfeit

Mattanawcook Academy 35, Madawaska 30

103: A. Cyr (M) by forfeit; 112: double forfeit; 119: T. Martin pinned R. Cyr, 3:57; 125: Tash by forfeit; 130: Boidi (M) pinned Muncie, 3:03; 135: Sawyer (MA) pinned Michaud, 1:42; 140: L. Martin (MA) by forfeit; 145: double forfeit; 152: Basiel (MA) pinned Clavette, 3:58; 160: Redwine (M) by forfeit; 171: Sutherland (MA) tech. fall Dionne, 18-3; 189: Beaulieu (M) by forfeit; 215: Morin (M) by forfeit; 275: double forfeit

Foxcroft Academy 66, Madawaska 16

103: Du. Shorey (F) pinned A. Cyr, 5:25; 112: De. Shorey (F) by forfeit; 119: R. Cyr dec. Ward, 11-8; 125: Levesque (M) pinned Moore, 0:38; 130: Boidi (M) by forfeit; 135: Smith (F) pinned Michaud, 1:17; 140: B. Kennedy (F) by forfeit; 145: David Buchanan (F) by forfeit; 152: Ewer (F) pinned Clavette, 0:56; 160: Talbot (F) pinned Redwine, 0:46; 171: Chris Segerson (F) by forfeit; 189: Kotara (F) pinned Beaulieu, 0:23; 215: Higgins (F) pinned Morin, 0:23; 275: Finkelstein (F) by forfeit;

Foxcroft Academy 51, Mattananawcook Academy 27

103: Du. Shorey (F) by forfeit; 112: De. Shorey (F) by forfeit; 119: T. Martin (MA) pinned Ward, 3:46; 125: Tash (MA) pinned Moore, 1:38; 130: Muncie (MA) by forfeit; 135: Smith (D) pinned Sawyer, 5:13; 140: B. Kennedy (F) dec. L. Martin, 7-3; 145: Ewer (F) by forfeit; 152: Basiel (MA) dec. J. Kennedy, 4-2; 160: Talbot (F) by forfeit; 171: Sutherland (MA) pinned Segerson, 0:32; 189: Kotara (F) by forfeit; 215: Higgins (F) by forfeit; 275: Finkelstein (F) by forfeit

AT CALAIS

Ellsworth 57, Calais 24

103: Travis Hardison (E) pinned Ryan Kelly, 2:58; 112: Ryan Gerrity (E) pinned Bobbi-Jean Hill, 1:03; 119: Adam Cobb (E) pinned Chad Moreside, :54; 125: Ben Brilliott (C) by forfeit; 130: Kevin Taylor (C) pinned Jason Hardison, 1:58; 135: Josh Hellum (E) pinned Adam Doten, 3:30; 140: James Cobb (E) pinned Adam Cottrell, 1:44; 145: Dan Harriman (E) pinned A. Bassett, 2:50; 152: Mike Hangge (E) pinned Brian Kimball, :40; 160: Dustin Frank (E) def. Aaron James, 10-9; 171: Joey Duren (C) by forfeit; 189: John Foss (E) by forfeit; 215: Jesse Hopper (E) by forfeit; 275: Robbie Poole (C) by forfeit

John Bapst 48, Calais 30

103: Kelly (C) by forfeit; 112: Aaron MacArthur (JB) pinned Hill, 1:17; 119: Chad Wong (JB) pinned Moreside, 1:06; 125: Kevin Higgins (JB) pinned Brilliott, 4:37; 130: Taylor (C) pinned Grover, 3:19; 135: Zach Horn (JB) def. Doten, DQ; 140: Cory Dunn (JB) pinned Cottrell, 2:49; 145: Bassett (C) pinned Jesse Vollick, :42; 152: Ryan Lynch (JB) def. Kimball, DQ; 160: James (C) pinned Mike Lynch, 1:27; 171: Nate Picard (JB) pinned Duren, 3:13; 189: Nate Swett (JB) by forfeit; 215: Double forfeit; 275: Robbie Poole (C) by forfeit