Week Ten: Sectionals

Sectionals week is what the team has been building towards all season. It is a fresh start. Records do not matter. Lose and go home. Win and move on.
Our team took that challenge to heart and scored 105 points, good enough for a 7th place finish. One year after a poor finish, and only one District qualifier, we rebounded with 5 district qualifiers this year. That is the highest total since 2002 for the team and quite an accomplishment.
Those moving on are Sophomore Darsheed Mustafa, for the first time, Junior Rynell Roper, and Seniors Lamar Gunter, Dylan Norwood, and Zak Adkins. Darsheed finished in 4th in a very tough 130lb. division. Rynell finished in second, with his only loss to a 3-time state placer from Mayfield by a 8-3 decision. Zak was battling illness all week and did what he needed to do to advance with a top four finish. Dylan continued to wrestle well and put a tough semi-final loss behind him to finish in 3rd. Lamar also had a tough loss in the semis but rebounded for a 3rd. They both will go to districts for the first time.
We had another three wrestlers finish in 6th and they were all one match away from advancing. Those wrestlers, Jeremy Adkins, Linje Ross, and Ebrahim Elbagory, will be leaned upon in the coming years.
Overall, the team performed very well and we seem to be peaking at the right time. Good luck at Districts!