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December 16, 2009
Ryland Parnell
Low numbers on this year’s wrestling team did not lead to much success in the first match of the year. The wrestling squad competed in a tri-match with St. Ignatius and Perry, who are two powerhouse programs that seemed to be too much for the Knights. In the sport of wrestling, there are sixteen different weight classes and the Knights only have fourteen wrestlers on the whole team. They forfeit at least two matches in every meet just because they do not have enough wrestlers, and if someone is injured or doesn’t make weight there are even less people to wrestle.
“We are having problems with people coming out for the wrestling team,” head coach Rich Lann said. “We’re not getting the numbers we usually get.”
“We wrestled two good wrestling programs and we were not at our best,” senior Joe Schindel said.
Schindel and freshman Joelewis Washington both finished the match with a record of 1-1.
“Washington wrestled really well for his fist high school match,” Schindel said. “I was impressed.”
This past weekend, the wrestlers competed in the Marysville Invitational. This invitational tournament was in Columbus. This tournament will give the wrestlers the chance to bounce back and dominate the rest of the season. Results not available at press time.
“There will be a lot of Division I schools at this invitational,” Schindel said. “They should be great competition for us.”
Looking forward, the Knights did well at the Hudson tournament on Dec. 18 and 19 last year. At this wrestling tournament in 2008, the Knights dominated with two wrestlers placing third and one placing fourth. The Knights will be working hard in practice by turning up the heat: literally, some times the wrestling room will get to 80 degrees, so the wrestlers can work up a sweat. The tough schedule will prepare the youngsters for tournament action.
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