Congrats to Daniel Finni for making it to the State Tournament. Unfortunately, Daniel had a tough draw for his 1st match against Randy Roden of Rome. Since Sectionals were canceled/combined with the State tournament, wrestlers who lost the 1st match was done. The Wrestleback bracket didn't open til the 2nd round. If it's any consolation the guy who beat Finni is still undefeated and wrestling in the finals this afternoon. So, like I said, tough 1st round draw.
For all that are interested, GHSA is televising today's live matches right now. The finals start at 5pm. Here is the link.
GHSA.tv
My next post will have information about a couple of camps this summer that I think is exactly what our team needs. More on that later.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sectional Results
SNOW! Yep, those are the results... and due to the snow the Sectionals have been postponed until Monday.
Also, I forgot to mention before that Kean Pettus is an alternate for the State Sectionals tournament. You never know what may happen... look what happened to my son, Chris. Two days before Area tournament and the skin funk shows up on his arm. Who wants to wrestle somebody with the skin funk? Exactly. So, Kean, keep plugging away and believing... you never know what may happen. Maybe you'll get lucky and somebody will catch the skin funk.
Also, I forgot to mention before that Kean Pettus is an alternate for the State Sectionals tournament. You never know what may happen... look what happened to my son, Chris. Two days before Area tournament and the skin funk shows up on his arm. Who wants to wrestle somebody with the skin funk? Exactly. So, Kean, keep plugging away and believing... you never know what may happen. Maybe you'll get lucky and somebody will catch the skin funk.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Area Tournament Results
I wasn't able to make it to the Area tournament this weekend... it's a long way to drive just to watch your child keep score (he's out due to a skin infection), but I heard the tournament was put together very professionally and things seemed to run smoothly.
We only have one senior on the team, so if there was one guy I was hoping would do really well this weekend it was our senior, Daniel Finni. Well, he didn't disappoint. Daniel is our lone wrestler that we will be sending to Upson Lee next weekend to represent not only himself at State Sectionals, but the entire Villa Rica Wrestling Team! Congratulations Daniel!
We only have one senior on the team, so if there was one guy I was hoping would do really well this weekend it was our senior, Daniel Finni. Well, he didn't disappoint. Daniel is our lone wrestler that we will be sending to Upson Lee next weekend to represent not only himself at State Sectionals, but the entire Villa Rica Wrestling Team! Congratulations Daniel!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Cass Tonight!
We are heading to Cass tonight for a Tri meet with Cass and Temple. Due to the long haul, and small teams, Villa Rica and Temple will be riding together on the bus. I wonder how that is going to go??
Also, I should point out two other things. First, Cass finished 3rd in the AAAA State Dual Tournament. Second, they scheduled Senior Night tonight. Are we a bunch of cream puffs or something? Heck no. I am going to make a bold prediction and say that we steal at least two, maybe three matches from Cass tonight... And I hope its their Seniors that we steal the matches from!
Fights start at 5pm, but actually probably won't be until 5:30pm tonight.
Also, I should point out two other things. First, Cass finished 3rd in the AAAA State Dual Tournament. Second, they scheduled Senior Night tonight. Are we a bunch of cream puffs or something? Heck no. I am going to make a bold prediction and say that we steal at least two, maybe three matches from Cass tonight... And I hope its their Seniors that we steal the matches from!
Fights start at 5pm, but actually probably won't be until 5:30pm tonight.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Bowden Invitational Results
Unfortunately, we didn't have any placers at this year's Bowden Invitational. However,the tournament did a great job of getting our guys ready for this coming weekend's Area tournament by exposing our guys to some top notch wrestlers!
We didn't leave completely empty handed and without any victories. Picking up victories were: Chris Enslow (1 win via pin @ 140), Josh Ivey (1 pin & 1 dec @ 103), Kean Pettus (2 wins both via pin @ 135), and Daniel Finni (1 pin & 1 major dec @ 171). I thought Kean and Finni both looked exceptionally good. Kean picking up 2 pins and Finni working the power half to death and scoring a ton of points in the process.
Also, we did get to witness a wrestler that has been getting a lot of attention at the 140 weight class. Before the wrestling started on Friday there was a lot of buzz about this kid named Tyler Askey and how he is going to be the next 4-time state champ, and he is only a Freshman this year. At first I thought it was a lot of smoke and hot air, but after watching Askey wrestle it was obvious that he is on a whole different level than anyone else in the gym that night. When I got home a did a little search on this guy and guess what he does during the Spring and Summer??? That's right he wrestles! He trains at The Wrestling Center (Click here for the link) during the wrestling off-season in Smyrna. Guys, if you want to get better, really better, and start winning a lot more matches, maybe even go to State and place, maybe even win State... here's the secret... you have to practice year round. You don't have to kill yourself with cardio year round, but if you work technique one to two days a week it will make a world of difference in the Fall and Winter. More on this later.
Next up is the Area Tournament this weekend. I don't have any details yet on the location, so I will do another post this week with that info.
We didn't leave completely empty handed and without any victories. Picking up victories were: Chris Enslow (1 win via pin @ 140), Josh Ivey (1 pin & 1 dec @ 103), Kean Pettus (2 wins both via pin @ 135), and Daniel Finni (1 pin & 1 major dec @ 171). I thought Kean and Finni both looked exceptionally good. Kean picking up 2 pins and Finni working the power half to death and scoring a ton of points in the process.
Also, we did get to witness a wrestler that has been getting a lot of attention at the 140 weight class. Before the wrestling started on Friday there was a lot of buzz about this kid named Tyler Askey and how he is going to be the next 4-time state champ, and he is only a Freshman this year. At first I thought it was a lot of smoke and hot air, but after watching Askey wrestle it was obvious that he is on a whole different level than anyone else in the gym that night. When I got home a did a little search on this guy and guess what he does during the Spring and Summer??? That's right he wrestles! He trains at The Wrestling Center (Click here for the link) during the wrestling off-season in Smyrna. Guys, if you want to get better, really better, and start winning a lot more matches, maybe even go to State and place, maybe even win State... here's the secret... you have to practice year round. You don't have to kill yourself with cardio year round, but if you work technique one to two days a week it will make a world of difference in the Fall and Winter. More on this later.
Next up is the Area Tournament this weekend. I don't have any details yet on the location, so I will do another post this week with that info.
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