MHS
Wrestlers Take Fifth in Conference
Manistee News Advocate Staff Report January 7
LEROY — The Manistee High
School wrestling team wrapped up its first season as a member of the
Mid-Michigan Wrestling Conference with a fifth-place finish in
Saturday’s tournament.
The co-op Chippewas also placed fifth in
the regular season in the nine-team conference.
“I was happy with everyone,” said Manistee
coach Chris Codden. “These kids did really well and fought really hard.
They were so focused.”
Regular season champion Kingsley also won
the tournament, edging Pine River, 212-208. Benzie placed third with 92
points, followed by Manton (96) and Manistee (59).
“Overall, I knew Kingsley was going to be the
toughest, along with Pine River, considering they have teams loaded with
seniors,” Codden said.Individually,
seven Chippewas medaled with a fourth place or higher.
Manistee’s Caleb Bailey went 3-1 and took
second at 119 pounds, but a loss to Pine River spoiled the senior
co-captain’s hopeful finish for first. “Caleb just had a really hard
time getting anything going,” Codden said. “With a guy like Caleb, it
just makes him go that much harder.” |
Also taking second place for Manistee was
Raul Torres at heavyweight, finishing 2-1. “It had to be the best
day I’ve seen for Raul,” Codden said.
First-year Chippewa wrestler Nick Carter
finished 3-1 and took third place at 125 pounds. “Unbelievable day,”
Codden said. “Excellent job, I can’t say enough about him.”
Manistee wrestlers Alex Meyers (103),
Tucker Bruce (130), Luke Fogarty (145) and Tyler Kniss (152) all
went 2-2 and took fourth place.
Also for the Chippewas, Brian Fisk (112)
and Nathan Rybicki (189) both went 1-2 and finished fifth, Dan
Wehrmeister (160) went 1-2, while Dakota Girard (135), Travis Bulerski
(171) and Alex Waterman (215) all finished 0-2.
“It’s nice to be in a conference that’s
innovative and thinking,” Codden said. “The people who lead it do a nice
job. It’s good competition.”
The conference meet wasn’t the only
competition Manistee was involved in on Saturday as the Chippewas sent a
second team to a 16-team tournament in Shelby.
The other Chips, most of who wrestle
junior varsity, finished the day 2-3 in the varsity tournament with wins
over Godwin Heights and Muskegon Catholic Central, and losses to Shelby,
Lakeview and Ludington.
Travis McKenney (103) and
Brandon Morrill (152) both went 4-1 and finished second and Jon
Hogiev (135) went 3-2 and placed third. Also for the Chippewas, Frank
Carini (145), Tyler Knudsen (171) and Zack Paine (heavyweight) all went
2-3, Parker Johnson (160) was 1-4 and Ariel Tomaszewski (130) finished
0-5. |