Minutemen Youth Wrestling

On Saturday, December 14, 2002, eleven Berlin Minutemen traveled to Coventry High School for the third annual "King of The Hill" Takedown Tournament. There were two divisions: Novice & Advanced so that begining wrestlers would compete against others of the same ability. Winners were determined by best of three takedowns. All eleven wrestlers placed in the tournament. Placing first in the beginner division was Jacob Eliades and Mason Powers in the advanced division neither were taken down once during the tournament. Also placing first was Jack Banks. 2nd place in the Beginner Division were: Jeremy Eliades, Matthew Cotes, and Bredan Butler (who wrestled up two age groups due a bracketing problem). 3rd Place were won by: Sean Pentalow Cameron Banks, Kevin Moss and Ritchie Skwiot. After all the individual trophies were handed out they held the "King of The Mat". This event gives everyone a chance to stay in the middle the longest by getting a takedown. If you get a takedown you stay in and at the end the person with the most takedowns is crowned king. In the Novice Division, Ryan Butler won the king of the mat. He had 7 takedowns before he lost. The 7 takedowns where good enough for "Longest Reign". Although he stole the trophy from his brother. Brendan was the leader of longest reign with 4 takedowns until Ryan came along. There was about 15 wrestlers in between Brendan and Ryan and Brendan's reign stood until Ryan got his chance. The coaches were very pleased with the effort and hope the medals keep coming and each boy gets better throughout the season.