Glens Falls Results
We were in desperate need of a test. Overall, we did a nice job. I thought our strength as a team was getting off the bottom and our conditioning (your running over the holiday payed off) . I thought we were weak on top (holding our opponent down) and setting up our shots on our feet. GF has a similar philosophy– get off the bottom, get your back away from the matt. Tyler Labert demonstrated excellent hand control as he was standing up, textbook technique. Matches that stood out in my mind: 1. Tom O’Conner was tenacious, determined, tough and wrestled smart. He was relentless with his 1/2 nelson on top and never stopped wrestling. He executed the technique we work so hard on in the room every day, way to go Tom. 2. Even Earl, Wow !! Evan wrestled two hard-fought matches. He was excellent off the bottom, tought on his feet and he never stopped scoring. In both matches he mentally “broke” his oppenet’s will to win. There were other outstanding demonstrations of skill such as Mike Hewitt’s arm throw. We have a full week to work on new technique as we polish up what we already know.
As I have told you boys before, there is something special about a wrestler, in my mind you are the “cream of the crop” in this middle school. You are participating in the toughest, oldest, most demanding sport there is. You should all be commended for your dedication and commitment to this sport.
We have only 14 practices remaining, let’s work harder than ever !!!
Pinning their opponent against GF were the following:
1. Joe Sambrato, 2. John Linendoll (2 pins for the night), 3. Tony Fusco, 4. Matt Lashway (2 pins for the night), 5. Evan Earle, 6. Jimmy VanDoran, 7. Joe Slattery,
January 10th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Tom O’conner wrestled tough.
January 10th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I thought we did a good job!!! I thought a lot of matches were great to watch.
evan earle