The Hagerty Wrestling Report (12.09.13)

Posted on December 9, 2013 by CoachDiaz — Leave a comment

Huskies go 4-1 at Shark Duals, place 3rd.

Last week the guys focused on maintaining the pace and forcing the action throughout the whole match and finishing matches with bonus points. We let a dual slip away by letting our opponents off of their back and giving up major decisions.

The other thing we’ve been trying to stress to our wrestlers is the importance of scoring first. We fight hard for good positioning and attacking our opponent’s stance and we want to fight like crazy if our opponent gets to our legs.

Consider the following:

Against Westwood, we scored the first takedown 9 times and won 56-18. Wrestlers who scored first in the match ended up winning 9 out of 10 matches.
Against Melbourne, we scored the first takedown 9 times and won 44-30. The wrestler who scored first won 10 out of 11 matches.
Against Vero Beach, we earned 7 first takedowns and won 48-30. Wrestlers were 8-1 when they scored first.
Against Port St. Lucie, we earned 4 first takedowns and lost the dual 49-28. The wrestler who scored first won 6 out of 8 matches.
In the third place match, we scored first in 9 matches and won 52-27. The wrestler who scored first in the match won 10 out of 10 matches.

Key highlights for the Huskies:

Zach Larison (Jr., 126 lbs.), Derek DiBernardo (Fr., 170 lbs.), and Ethan Kaufmann (So., 182 lbs.) all went a perfect 5-0 on the day. Senior Dan Reilly (113 lbs.) was 1-0 until his broken finger caused him to injury default in our match against Melbourne.

Luke Franco (Jr., 120 lbs.), Rodney Shaw (Jr., 132 lbs.), Zach Turner (Jr., 138 lbs.), Scooter Duren (So., 160 lbs.), and Will Searcy (Jr., 220 lbs.) all finished the day 4-1. Great job, guys!

The team improved its record to 5-7 and looks to improve its record this week at Oviedo this Thursday and at our own 3rd Annual Johnny Rouse Invitational this Saturday.

This Week at a Glance:

Mon. (12.09.13): Practice 3:00-5:30 PM
Tue. (12.10.13): Practice 3:00-5:30 PM
Wed (12.11.13): Practice 3:00-5:30 PM
Thu (12.12.13): Practice 3:00-4:00 PM
- 4:30 PM: Leave for Oviedo
- 5:00 PM: Weigh-ins
- 6:00 PM: Wrestling begins
Fri (12.13.13): PRACTICE 6:00-8:30 PM
- Please note the time change here. The Lady Huskies play a home basketball game Friday night so we will not be able to set up the gym until after the varsity game is finished.
Sat (12.14.13):
- 7:00 AM: JV AND Varsity wrestlers report to finish setting up the gym.
- 8:00 AM: Weigh-ins
- 9:00 AM: Wrestling begins