Overall for FTB, our kids did well last night; although the final score doesn't look like it (51-22). We were up 12-3 after 5 light-wts & 22-21 after 5 mid-wts. JJ Laird set the tone for the eve's dual with a superb display of wrestling skill versus an equally skilled opponent in Dillon Werth. Laird's early takedown and gritty cradle gave him a first period 5-0 lead. He held off Werth to win the match 5-3. Logan Brown followed JJ's lead with a win. Carl McAninch fought hard but lost a tough match. Austin Kolikas rebounded and secured another decision for us, followed by Travis Gorham's win.
The middle weights increased in adversity as David McMillion fell in his first match. Zach Miller gained a major decision in a high scoring match. While Coty Williams and Jake Davis both lost. Jorge Gonzalez wrestled very well to gain our only pinfall of the evening.
But give those kids from CMS their due, they rallied in the upper-wts and seized victory by pinfall. Our upper-wts were rambunctious but our haste resulted in errors that led to 5 straight pinfalls (Cameron Hatcher. Frankie Webster, Avery Rabb, De'Kwan Holmes & David Leavell). And to think back, in a couple of those matches we were actually ahead!
In exhibition matches, Christian Herrera, Dylan Mongold and David Leavell all prevailed with pinfalls. While Jensen Armstrong, Justin Illery, Trevone Holmes and Edwin Palomares had their first match end by fall.
But it's early in the season. We have a lot of student-athletes wrestling for the very first time. So, it gives us coaches & parents great opportunity to teach our kids to recognize, adapt and overcome our errors.
This weekend we will have another opportunity. I suspect many of our middle school wrestlers will face each other again this Saturday at the Warren County MS Wrestling Tournament. Hopefully all those matches will be for gold medals.
We plan to have a good spirited practice after school today.
Then we will see you all bright and early Saturday morn at 5:30-5:55AM. The bus leaves at 6:00 AM for our Warren County Tourny. Please pack a lunch & snacks or bring $5-10, as they will have food available/concessions. They also offer t-shirts for sale.
Good things come...
Sincerely,
FTB Wrestling Coach
Martin Shurina
FTB @ CMS Results:
76#
(FTB) JJ Laird 5-3 decision over
(CMS) Dillon Werth
FTB 3-0 CMS
*Great Match!
82#
(FTB) Logan Brown 4-1 decision
(CMS) Connor F
FTB 6-0 CMS
88#
(FTB) Carl McAninch
(CMS) Andrew Nazarro 7-1 dec.
FTB 6-3 CMS
94#
(FTB) Austin Kolikas 13-6 dec.
(CMS) Dylan Healy
FTB 9-3 CMS
100#
(FTB) Travis Gorham 6-0 dec.
(CMS) Dayne Harrison
FTB 12-3 CMS
106#
(FTB) David McMillion
(CMS) Dillon Harrison Pin 0:28
FTB 12-9 CMS
113#
(FTB) Zach Miller 26-14 Major dec.
(CMS) Nathan M.
FTB 16-9 CMS
120#
(FTB) Coty Williams
(CMS) George Mosley Pin 1:54
FTB 16-15 CMS
126#
(FTB) Jake Davis
(CMS) Mike Quetsch Pin 4:00
FTB 16-21 CMS
132#
(FTB) Jorge Gonzalez Pin 1:40
(CMS) Jamey G.
FTB 22-21 CMS
138#
(FTB) Cameron Hatcher
(CMS) Devin B. Pin 1:05
FTB 22-27 CMS
152#
(FTB) Frankie Webster
(CMS) John Shaffer Pin 0:29
FTB 22-33 CMS
170#
(FTB) Avery Rabb
(CMS) Kyle Jenkins Pin 1:27
FTB 22-39 CMS
195#
(FTB) De'Kwan Holmes
(CMS) Nick C. Pin 1:59
FTB 22-45 CMS
250#
(FTB) David Leavell
(CMS) Robert S. Pin 1:01
Final Dual Score:
FTB 22-51 CMS
