Schedule
2006-2007
Frankfort/Bear Lake/Onekama
High School Wrestling 
Coaches:
Chuck Beale, Irv Pettit, Paul Morrill
12/9 Manton Invitational
Away 9 am
Well the Frankfort/Onekama wrestling team started competition on Dec 9th traveling to Manton. There were teams from Kingsley, Cadillac, Holton,  Hart, Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, Coopersville and Manton. Competition was rough. Most of these teams already had 6 to 8 matches under their belt.
12/13 Benzie, w/Kingsley
Away 6 PM
We then traveled to Benzie Central to meet up with Kingsley/Benzie. Kingsley was a strong team as expected. Against Benzie Central, Nathan Morrill posted a win. December News
12/15
 
Rudyard Bridge Brawl
Away 2:30
   After that it was a long road trip on December 15th to Rudyard and the Bridge Brawl. Nathan Morrill posted a pin in .40 seconds. Due to too many weight classes open, Frankfort’s only chance for a team win was nullified by forfeits. They had 5 wrestlers go up against Rudyard and all five won. The U. P. definitely has some very good wrestlers. Next year the districts will be re-divided as the U. P. will come down for tournaments. As it stands now, the U. P. has their own state championship matches. Frankfort’s wrestlers have been doing quite well according to Coach Pettit. We started off a little slow, but with hard conditioning and drills, we expect to see some really good results. Tommy Johnson, Sam Fitzhugh and Mike Cole are all posting winning records so far. Eric Pettit injured his arm in the U. P. He will return after the Christmas break.  We are looking forward to having Zack Fix return as our 285lb wrestler. He has been hampered with a shoulder injury, and felt a couple of weeks off would help.  The wrestling team would like everyone to know that if you’re interested in wrestling, you have up to the 15th of January to join.  . ...Reported by Paul Morrill       More December News
Jan 4 Elk Rapids, w/Boyne City January News We took on Manton/TCC last week. We beat TCC but came up short 33-30 to Manton.
Jan 6 Frankfort Invitational  
Jan 10 Manton w/ TCC We took on Manton/TCC last week. We beat TCC but came up short 33-30 to Manton.  Over the past weekend we traveled to Lakeview Invitational.   January News
Jan 13 Lakeview Invitational
Away 9 am
Over the past weekend we traveled to Lakeview Invitational. The teams consisted of Frankfort, Newago, Clinton, Morley Stanwood, Claire, Beaverton, Lakeview, Clinton, and Houghton Lake. We beat Newago and Beaverton, but suffered losses to Clinton and Morley Stanwood.  January News Mike Cole earned his 100th career win at Lakeview.
Jan 16 Forest Area
Away 6 PM
 
Jan 20 Charlevoix Invitational
Away 10 am
The Charlevoix Takedown Tourney is a fast 3 minute round in which you score points for takedowns, then start over and do it again. It’s a speed and agility match. We went with 7 wrestlers and came back not only with the “runners-up trophy, but all 7 wrestlers medaled. Report
Jan 25 Manton, Pine River
Home 6:00
The season is winding down. On the 25th of this month the wrestlers had a home meet. Mancelona and powerhouse Pine River were our opponents. Frankfort defeated Mancelona, but fell short due to forfeits of weight classes to Pine River. We wrestled very well against Pine River. They have a very solid program.  ...Paul Morrill reporting
Jan 27 Reed City 16 Team Tourney On the 27th, the team traveled to Reed City for a 16 team tourney. This was predominately 3rd division schools. Manton who is in our conference was there. All of our wrestlers won their first rounds. Nathan Morrill could not attend the last two meets due to illness. Zack Fix took 6th place in his division. The team finished 9th overall. A very good showing considering the size of the schools they were wrestling against.  ...Paul Morrill reporting
Jan 30 Frankfort Invitational The 30th saw Frankfort hosting a 3 team meet. Traverse City West "B" team and Charlevoix attended. Nathan Morrill posted a pin against his Traverse City West opponent. He fell short 11-8 against Charlevoix. Nathan being 9 pts down in the 3rd period staged a comeback and rolled his opponent twice for back points, but it wasn't enough. Frankfort did win both matches! This was the first time this year we had done so. Zack Fix didn't wrestle at this meet. I believe we now have 7 team wins for the year so far. ...Paul Morrill reporting
Feb 3 Conference Meet at Manton 9:00  
Feb 6 St. Francis Away TBA  
Feb 10 Petoskey Invitational
Away 9 am
 February News
Feb 14-15 Team District Tourney TBA  
Feb 17 Individual District Tourney February News We fell short by 6 pts to Forest Area. They took on Kingsley, with Kingsley winning and advancing to Regional.
Feb 21 Team Regionals  

Wrestling Team

Front L to R: Joe Baker, Ryan Cederholm, Sam Fitzhugh, Luke Fogarty, Nathan Morrill, Sarah Cruikshank

Back: Louis Johnson, Van Amond, R.J. Rafferty, Eric Pettit, Mike Cole, Joe Gokey, Zack Fix, Charles Beale, Tom Johnson, (not shown Kyle Merrill)

Coaches: Chuck Beale, Irv Pettit, Paul Morrill

 

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