Richmond coach Cody Hogan and his Spartans had to go to the rulebook to sweep their first boys wrestling triangular of 2023. The Spartans cruised past Lexington 60-22 to open the Jan. 5 home competition, but tied Penney of Hamilton 33-33. Richmond was declared the winner, based on match forfeits, per the National Federation of High Schools wrestling rulebook, Hogan explained. Richmond won by forfeit at the 106-, 132- and 190-pound divisions because Penney was open at those weights. The Hornets had no forfeit victories, with five wins coming by pin and the other by a 12-9 decision. Both teams were open at two weights – 144 and 157. It shouldn’t have come down to a tiebreaker, Hogan suggested. “We could’ve wrestled a lot better in a lot of matches. … We gave up the pin … too … (easily). … We (have) got to do better in that situation,” he commented. The Hornets have room for improvement, too, Penney coach Dave Nixdorf acknowledged. “We did well in some areas, got some payback (in)…