Weekly Recap and Preview

We traveled to Grant last week to face off against Grant and Franklin. It was great to see everyone that attended get at least one match! This rarely happens at a PIL Dual but having 2 other large teams really helped out.

The boys and girls teams both went 1-1. The boys defeated Franklin 48-36, but fell short against Grant, 70-10. Meanwhile, the girls defeated Grant 32-6 and lost to Franklin 47-23.

Individually, Kieran, Shae, Linda, Zorina, and Misha won all of their matches.

In the boy's dual against Franklin each match we won was by pin, making for a quite fast and exciting match. It was also really cool to see Franklin send out a complete girl's team, as well as having a number of extras.

Saturday was a very early morning for the boys as they headed out to Silverton for our last tune-up tournament before the district meet. We faced some very tough competition, but Shae impressed with a second place finish and Lucius is working his way back into match shape as he finished 4th.

Art, Captain, Walker, Kieran, Sam, Gabriel, Wakmand, and Isaac also all picked up a win or two on the day. Overall it was a good learning experience for everyone as they all found things they did well and things to work on in the coming weeks.

Misha has been wrestling extremely well over the last couple of weeks. She goes into each match fearless and ready to compete. At the Guardian Invite she finished 3rd and won both of her dual matches this week by pin. Misha is also looking to get better. She asks great questions and is always trying to invent new moves or find ways to score. Misha is one of the first athletes asking for extra matches or if anyone is available to have an exhibition match. She has put herself in a great position to do well at regionals this week, we hope all of her hard work pays off!

Unfortunately, Jacob has been injured for most of the season, but that hasn't stopped him from being a vital member of the team. Jacob has not missed a single varsity tournament even though he wasn't able to compete. He is always at someone's match cheering, coaching, or recording. He also makes sure that athletes are ready, and have all necessary equipment with them. At practice, he is a constant positive presence, always there and ready to help out. Over the last couple of practices, he essentially assumed the role of coxswain as we all worked on the rowers. Jacob went from rower to rower, coaxing the best out of everyone. We can't wait for Jacob to be healthy full time, he is a tremendous asset to this team.

• Monday: Novice at Roosevelt. Early dismissal at 3 PM, wrestling at 4:30. Normal practice for everyone else
• Tuesday: Normal practice for everyone
• Wednesday: Final home dual against Jefferson. Senior Night!
• Thursday: Normal practice for everyone
• Friday: Normal practice for boys, Day 1 of Girl's Regionals at Sandy
• Saturday: Day 2 of Girl's Regionals

Senior night against Jefferson. Help us celebrate our seniors, we will start the ceremony at 5:30 and then wrestle right afterwards.

Zorina

Roman

Josephine

Sam

Gabbi

Peter

Lena

Antonio

Mirja

Naya

Girl's Regionals/State Qualifying is this Friday and Saturday at Sandy High School.

Here is the schedule for this weekend:

Friday:

12:15 PM - Bus Departs IBW for Sandy

1:30 PM - Arrive at Sandy

2:00 PM - Weigh-Ins

4:00 PM - Wrestling Begins

Wrestle through the quarterfinals

8:30 PM - Depart

9:30 PM - Arrive back at IBW

Here is Saturday's schedule (no bus, report to site/carpool):

7:45 AM - Arrive at Sandy

8:00 AM - Weigh Ins

10:00 AM - Wrestling Starts (consolation rounds)

11:30 AM - Semi-Finals

1:00 PM - Placing Matches

3:00 PM - Finals

4:30 PM - All done, head home!

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