CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Posting back-to-back big CASL victories, the Big Ridge Raiders had little trouble in downing an out-numbered Cleveland Aqua Tiger squad Monday evening.
Coming off the heels of a 521-246 thumping of the Cumberland Currents the week before, Big Ridge downed Monday's guests 409-287.
After falling to the unbeaten Red Bank Gators (3-0) last Thursday by a 508-234 tally with a 52-40 deficit in swimmers, CAT (0-2) was outnumbered by a half dozen (48-42) against Big Ridge Raiders (2-1).
The Cleveland squad will open its home schedule at the Tinsley Park pool Thursday as Red Bank comes calling for a CASL White Division rematch.
The Aqua Tigers will entertain the Cumberland Currents (0-2) Monday and Big Ridge Thursday, June 20.
The Raiders have a big home showdown with Red Bank on tap Monday.
RAIDERS 409
AQUA TIGERS 287
The teams evenly split the 10 competitive divisions, CAT had no entrants in the Girls 13-14 and Womens 15-Over classifications, which allowed the hosts to put up 96.5 uncontested points.
The two tightest divisions both wento the Aqua Tigers, taking the Boys 11-12 by a 40-38 margin, plus the Boys 6-Under 9-7.
CAT's Elias Elred led the 11-12 victory with 18 points, while Teddy Elliott helped out with 13 markers.
They also got support from teammates Andrew Rutledge (5), Wyatt Smith (3) and Jacob Ols (1).
Big Ridge countered with double digits from Benson Wright (12), Ashton Conibear (11) and Hudson Ross (10), plus five point from Bryson Young.
In the Boys 6-Under, Aqua Tigers teammates Nathan Jossart (6) and Logan Gregory (3) nipped Raider Zac Saltich's seven markers.
In another tight race, the Cleveland squad claimed the Boys 13-14 by a 51-46 shootout, despite having two less participants.
Jaxon Moseley posted the lone "Perfect 19" for the Aqua Tigers with teammates Santiago Elred (13) and Ben Condo (12) also reaching double figures. Jack Condo helped out with seven points.
Big Ridge was led by Eli Haupert with 14 markers, while Luke Scharff and Nic Tate notched nine apiece and Benji Wamuhiu seven.
CAT's biggest winning margin came in the Girls 7-8 by a 38-17 margin when Stevie Rose McDaniel and Abigail Parrish carded matching 14-point tallies, while Blakely Bradley and Vilah McDaniel added five apiece.
Rebekah Davis topped the Big Ridge effort with nine points in the division.
Taking the top three spots, the Aqua Tigers also won the Girls 6-Under by a 22-6 margin thanks to Caroline Kate Elrod (9), Palmer Blackmon (8) and Charlotte Lackey (5).
Beside getting the "walkovers" in the two oldest female divisions, Big Ridge took the Mens 15-Older by a 32-15 margin with Lander Smith putting up a "Perfect 19," while teammate Ian Hayton was second with 13.
CAT's Ian Bryant notched 10 points, while Gavin Hammons had five.
In a hard-fought Boys 7-8, the Raiders prevailed 27-22, despite Aqua Tiger Kevin Curley dominating the division for 16 points.
Big Ridge had a 6-3 participant advantage, with Matthew Stoll topping its effort with eight points and Camden Ross six.
The Raiders also got five points from Finn Jungels and Garner Singleton, while Michael Ols did the same for CAT.
Despite an 8-6 Aqua Tiger advantage, the Girls 11-12 was a single-digit difference with the hosts winning 46.5-38.
Jada Skiba led the Lady Raiders with 17 points, while Cleveland Addie Taubert was the only other double-digit scorer with 13 markers.
Casbie Kintz (BR) and Sophie Hughes (CAT) tied for third place with nine points each, while May Kountz (BR) and Maddie Peterson (CAT) were event with either markers each for fifth place.
The Raiders notched big victories in the other two contested divisions, winning the 9-10 divisions, the boys prevailing 48-22 and the girls 45-30.
Big Ridge took the top four spots in the boys division with Noah Kenner and Gracin Smith each garnering 17.
CAT's top scoreres were Asher Cory and Mark Peterson, with a half dozen each, while Jay Elred had five.
The Lady Raiders also dominated the top three spots — Haley Clark (14), Madison Skiba (13) nad Blakely Martin (12).
Aqua Tiger Reed Blackmon put up 11 points, while Olivia Hughes had seven and Lee Elliott six.