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Bailey, who picked up his 100th
career win earlier in the season, improved his team-best record to 27-3
with a pair of wins on Wednesday night at 119 pounds. It only took
Bailey 24 seconds to pin Benzie’s Robert Kerby.
“I’m really proud of Caleb,” Codden
said. “A lot of kids look up to Caleb and are looking for guidance from
him. Caleb is definitely taking it to the next level.”
Nick Carter (125), Tyler Kniss
(152), Travis Bulerski (160) all went 2-0, also. Travis McKenney (112)
and Raul Torres (heavyweight) both finished 1-0, while Alex Meyers
(103), Tucker Bruce (130), Tyler Fogarty (140), Luke Fogarty (145) and
Nathan Rybicki (189) all finished 1-1.
Codden said he thought some of
his wrestlers — both JV and varsity — looked a bit winded.
“I was disappointed that some of
our JV (wrestlers) looked like they were out of shape, which kind of
gave momentum to their varsity, which I didn’t like that,” Codden said.
“Some of our varsity (wrestlers) were a little winded.
“It’s not that we have to
reinvent the wheel by getting back into shape, it just means we have to
spend a little more time on possibly getting into more running. It kind
of shows me that we’ve maybe laxed off a little bit. We’re going to up
the pace.”
It was only the second home match
for the co-op Chippewas, and their first since a season-opening quad on
Dec. 3.
“It’s a good break from lots of
travel,” said senior co-captain Caleb Bailey. “It’s nice to have a home
crowd.”
“The guys that did win were very
aggressive, very in shape,” Codden said. |
Chippewa wrestler Raul
Torres, from Onekama, (top) pins Benzie’s Remington Rice on
Wednesday night at MHS. (Matt Wenzel/News Advocate)
Also for Manistee, Brian Fisk
(112) and Zach Paine (heavyweight) went 0-1, while Dakota Girard (135),
Tyler Knudsen (171) and Cody Polcik (215) all finished 0-2.
“I give a lot of credit to Tyler
Knudsen,” Codden said of plugging the younger wrestler into the varsity
lineup. “I kind of threw him in the mix and Tyler took every one of them
to the third period. I was not unhappy with Tyler at all.”
The Chippewa JV wrestlers will
head to Benzie on Friday, while the varsity team will be off until a
Jan. 28 match at Pine River. Manistee has one more home match left this
season — against Muskegon Catholic Central on Feb. 4. |
