Minutemen Youth Wrestling

The Berlin Minutemen’s youngest wrestler’s season had its state tournament on Sunday, February 13^th at Bristol Central High School.  They had eight Mighty Mites and eight Bantam competing for a state title.  Two came out on top with Marcus Kelly-Johnson winning a Mighty Mite title and Trevor Graham winning a Bantam title.  There was one lone second place finisher in Matthew Koops at Mighty Mites.  Brining home a third place finish were Nicholas Koops and Jamie Urrunaga in the Mighty Mite Division. Two bantams Braden Shea and Tanner Sparks placed fourth on the day.

This tournament was different then most of the season tournaments as most brackets consisted of eight wrestlers and after losing twice you were eliminated from the tournament.  Wrestling tough on the day but coming up short of a medal were; Mighty Mites – Jack Urrunaga, Cayden Hill, Ryan Mracheck and Caleb Orde.  Bantams were; Isaac Cortes, Sadie Boyer, Rory Mayer, Braden Shea, Ben Roe and Michael Lukaszewski.

Coach Moss said, “ I am very proud of this group.  They have come a long way in one season for many of them and only their second for the rest.” He added, “these young boys and girls will have a long wrestling career ahead of them if they stick to it.  I can see some of this year’s Berlin High Freshman class in some of these kids to the likes of Matt Cote, Richie Schlighting and Ethan Grieder who all started either at this age or close.”

The older Minutemen hit the mats on Sunday, February 20^th for a State Qualifer.  There they must place in the top four to move on to the Kids State Championship on Sunday, February 27^th at Hillhouse High School in New Haven.