Minutemen Youth Wrestling

Seven Minutemen traveled to Southington for this week's tournament and did very well. First year wrestler Derrick Durity had another outstanding day, coming away with the only first place finish. Durity won three matches on his way to first place. Placing second were Mason Powers who won his first match by pin then went on to Technical Fall his second opponent before losing in the championship match 4-0. Sean Pentalow won his first two matches by scores of 6-3 and 6-2 before meeting a tough Avon opponent and losing in the championship match. Kevin Moss was the third to take home second place winning his first match 7-0, pulling out a 5-2 win in the third period of his second match and losing his final match 7-1. Third place finishers included John Holzinger who lost a close match 5-2 before taking home the third place medal. Coming back from an injury earlier in the week Jacek Liberda had the most matches on the day winning his first by pin, then shutting out his opponent 13-0. His third match was a tough 14-3 loss which put Jacek in the consolations bracket where he pinned his first opponent and then beat his last opponent 10-8 for third place. Also wrestling was Jack Rudy who lost his first match in overtime 2-0 and then had a slight neck injury that required him to stop for the day. This week our wrestlers were ready to rumble and showed it on the mat. I don't have a breakdown of each match but here are the results as reported to me. 1st Place Finishers: Derrick Durity: Pinned, Won 6-2, Won 1-0. 2nd Place Finishers: Sean Pentalow: Won 6-3, Won 6-2, Lost Pin Kevin Moss: Won 7-0, Won 5-2, Lost 7-1 Mason Powers: Won Pin, Won TFall, Lost 4-0 3rd Place Finishers: Jacek Liberda: Won Pin, Won 13-0, Lost 14-3, Won Pin, Won 10-8 John Holzinger: Lost 5-2, Won Also wrestling and not placing on the day was Jack Rudy. Lost 2-0 OT, Lost TFall Jack had a tough match against someone he might see a lot of! Your neck is fine Jack!