Next home meet: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday against Fox Lane
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Monday, January 9, 2012
by Coach Mike DeBellis
Kirby Atlas, Billy Marino, Matt Mercer, and Scott Wymbs propelled Greeley to a 7th place finish at the Chad Antoch Tournament in Westerly, Rhode Island on Saturday, January 7th.
Kirby Atlas placed third in his 113-pound weight class. Kirby busted his lip in the second match of the day and continued to wrestle strong throughout the day despite extreme pain.
Jon Russo placed fourth in the 126-pound weight class, the toughest weight class in the tournament.
Matt Mercer had the best tournament of his career placing third out of 16 guys in his 138-pound weight class.
Billy Marino, 195 pounds, wrestled up a weight class for the team and placed third in the 220-pound weight class. I asked Bill if he would bump up so the team could score more points and he responded “anything for the team, Coach”. It is so nice to be coaching a team that has this attitude.
Scott Wymbs stole the show once again beating a Connecticut state runner-up in the finals. Scott recorded the fall in 2:35. Scott continues to dominate at the 195-pound weight class. Scott is currently 26-0.
Other top six place finishers for Greeley were: Mike Orbeta, Mitchell Klein, Brock Cvijanovich, Liam Mercer, Kolbe Jendzejec, Grady Jendzejec, Ryan Rudinger, Anthony Sasso, Elijah Kim, and Sammy Tugendhaft.
The entire team wrestled extremely well against some high level competition. Going into the tournament, we did not know what to expect. I think the Greeley wrestlers stepped up to a big challenge and it says a lot about their character. They are getting tougher and tougher as the year progresses.
Our next home meet is on Wednesday against Fox Lane, coached by Hall of Fame Coach Joe Amuso, Sr.. We see Amuso’s son, Joe Jr. at home on Friday when we host a dual meet against Division 2 powerhouse Pawling. Both matches this week will begin at 4:30 in the wrestling gym at Greeley. It should be a fun and exciting week and we hope to see you there.
Photos by Kristen Atlas:
Kirby Atlas, 113-pound weight class
Matt Mercer, 138-pound weight class
Scott Wymbs, 195-pound weight class
Billy Marino, 220-pound weight class
Kirby Atlas, Scott Wymbs, Matt Mercer, Billy Marino
Photos by Kristen Atlas
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