Last Wednesday, Grapplers came back from their break ready for action and proved it by winning their meets against Rochester and Troy.
‘We definitely looked like we haven’t wrestled in about two weeks, but we wrestled hard,? said Coach Joe DeGain.
‘We got to take a little bit of the rust off from the past two weeks.?
The Wolves first competed against Rochester to win 38-27.
Wrestlers to win by default by scoring the most in points were Jeff Sloney (103), Ty Foltz (112), Matt Dietz (125), Chris Burkhart (135), Adam Lauzun (160), and Sloan Hadsall (185).
Bryant Craft (171) pinned his competition 40 seconds into the first period. Mike Richmond (215) added points for the team with a pin as well.
The Wolves continued the dual meet against Troy and won 49-20.
The Wolves held control of the meet by earning their points from pins.
Sloney (103) pinned his competition with 45 seconds left in the first period. Another wrestler pinning their competition in the first period was Craft (171) with 41 seconds left in the period.
By the end of his second period, Foltz (112) made his pin with 18 seconds left.
More wrestlers to make pins were Matt Dietz (125), Zack Burrow (130), and Lauzun (160).
Richmond (215) won by earning the most points.
‘Mentally it should have been a little bit of a wake up for them so they are more prepared,? said DeGain.
‘It will be a tough tournament for them on Saturday and its one of the toughest in the state. They needed a dual meet like this to get ready for it.?
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Grapplers took sixth place in the Bay City Western Invitational on Saturday.
They beat Linden and Dundee, who is ranked second in division three.
Evan King helped with the win against Dundee. He won the match that helped the team secure a victory over Dundee.
They lost to Montrose.
They continued onward in crossover competitions by beating Allegan, ranked fifth in division two and losing to Hesperia, ranked first in division four.
Each Clarkston grappler worked towards the team’s success with each match they wrestled their opponents.
Adam Lauzun was 5-0, beating Chris Eggert from Dundee, who is ranked #1 in the state.
After a loss last year to Malcolm Martin of Hesperia, Alex Popp came back with a fight and won all five of his matches.
Bryant Craft was 4-1. His only loss came when he was bumped up to wrestle ranked #3 from Dundee who was 40 pounds heavier than him.
Matt Deitz and Erik Butterfield also were 4-1 for the day.
Sloan Hadsall, Jeff Sloney and King were 3-2. Anthony Herron helped the team with two wins and only one loss..
The grapplers will to travel to Mount Orab, Ohio on Saturday to compete in the Hammer & Anvil Tournament.
‘They are good enough to be ready for it,? said DeGain.
‘I think it will be fine, as long as we are not taking another two and half weeks off like we did for the holiday break. These guys know how to wrestle and they got the rust off. So they will be ready to wrestle.?