Perry Pin City Tournament

The team finished a disappointing 16th out of 18 teams. The tournament was postponed due to snow on Friday. On Saturday, they ran the whole thing through. Unfortunately, we did not know if we were competing until 8 at night. By that time many of the wrestlers had eaten and were overweight. With others I was not able to contact them by phone. This led to only 6 wrestlers making the bus on Saturday. Usually, when school is canceled on Friday, all weekend activities are canceled. This threw us for a loop and the results show it. However, Rynell Roper continues his hot streak with a runner-up finish once again. Zak Adkins finished in 5th, Dylan Norwood 7th, David Cozart 9th, Darsheed Mustafa 10th and Noah Brown 14th.

Kalin Invitational Tournament

We traveled to Parma Normandy for the Kalin Invitational right before Christmas and came away with a 7th place finish. Rynell Roper continues to improve and lost a very close finals match, 3-2, to finish second. With 4th place finishes were Dylan Norwood and T'Andre Smith. The team does not compete until after the Holidays.

Riverside Rumble

The team finished in 12th place at the Riverside Rumble. Zak Adkins led the way with his 3rd place finish. Other placers in our first tournament of the year were Rynell Roper, who finished in 5th, and Senior Kevin Conroy and his 6th place finish. We were able to get some extras in so they could get some mat experience as well. Forfeits hurt us in the team scores.

Eastlake North Tri.

The Eastlake North Tri. did not go as well as we would have liked. We took a devastating 61-6 loss, to the Rangers, as Zak Adkins was the only Panther to pick up a win. The team is still trying to get to their correct weights and should be there by this weekends tournament. We started four freshmen and six first-time starters. Unfortunately, we had to forfeit 7 matches and 42 points right off the bat.
In the other match, with Ashtabula Lakeside, we lost 45-24. This was a little more respectable. Freshman Henry Hinkle got his first varsity victory with a :21 second pin. Darsheed Mustafa, also a freshman, won his first match too.
The Panthers are next in action at the Riverside Rumble this next weekend.

First Match

All the sweat and hard work that we have put in this off-season will be on display soon.
Tomorrow our season kicks off with a triangular at Eastlake North, with Ashtabula Lakeside. We beat Lakeside 46-24 last year and they are looking for revenge this year. We did not face Eastlake North last year, but they defeated us 34-27 the year before.
Bus leaves at 4:15PM for a 5:00PM weigh-in. Wrestling starts at 6:00PM.
Good luck Panthers.

Aurora Practice

Saturday is our first scrimmage at Aurora High School. We will begin there at 9:00 AM, which means that wrestlers need to be at school by 7:45 AM to catch the bus to Aurora. Wrestlers need to turn in their emergency medical cards to Coach Turk otherwise they will not be permitted to ride with the team. The emergency cards go with us wherever we go in case of emergencies, so that we will have contact information on each wrestler. The practice will be over by 12:00 PM and we will then come back to the school.

2009-2010 Meeting

There will be a short informational meeting after school Tuesday, Sept. 15th in Rm. 107. Emergency forms and other important documents will be passed out. Conditioning will start on Thursday from 2:45 until 4 or 4:30 PM, for those who have a current physical on file in the Athletic Office. Hope to see you there!