Minutemen Youth Wrestling

On Sunday, January 26^th the largest group of beginner Minutemen traveled to Oxford High School for a tournament.  These young wrestlers took to the mat and did their best to bring home a medal on the day.

The results on the day were as follows:

Bantam – First year Austin Teti lost his first match but came back to win his next two the last one by pin to place 2^nd. Intermediate wrestlers placing 2^nd on the day included second year Jacob Wagner who won an exciting match 3-2, Jordan Sackschewsky lost his first match by a score of 5-1 but came back to dominate his next two opponents winning 11-2 and 12-4,  Johnny Rosario won his first match by pin and then lost his final match by takedown in overtime.  Wrestling in their first matches ever Mary and Christianna Morely wrestled tough on the day and both placed 4^th.

In the afternoon middle schooler Tyler Jones lost his first match in the 160 lb bracket before coming back with some fire to win his final match by pin to place 2^nd. Novice wrestler Zachary Polzun placed 4^th coming close to win two matches.

Coach Moss said, “I was happy to see how well these wrestlers did.  It is a different atmosphere than the practice room and there are a lot of distractions.  They all were ready to wrestle and many could have won the matches they lost by having a little more mat time.”