Our Varsity Red Team competed at an individual tournament hosted by Lutheran Westland called the Traci Mosher Memorial Tournament.  Clinton placed 7th out of 16 teams with 84 team points.  The top finisher was Drew McNatt at Hwt. as he finished runner up in this varsity tournament.  After an opening round bye Drew picked up a pin in the quarterfinals.  In the semi finals Drew won 9-7 before finishing as runner up.  Will Charlton competed at Hwt. as well but was unable to place.  Manny Estrada picked up a technical fall win 17-2 in his first match at 215 pounds.  Manny dropped his next match before picking up pin in his third match. Manny lost his next match to place to finish his tournament at 2-2.  Chance Maddox picked up a pin in his opening match, but dropped his quarterfinal match.  After than Chance picked up two straight wins one with a pin and another with a technical fall 17-0 win.  Chance dropped his match to place and finished 3-2 on the day.  Grant Kutzley picked up a pin in his opening match at 190 pounds but dropped his next two matches and finished his day 1-2.  Clinton had another 190 pounds with Zander Urban who lost his first match, but bounced back with a win by pin in his second match before dropping his final match on the day.  At 175 pounds Shane Cook opened his tournament with a pin, then dropped his next match.  Shane received a bye to continue to advance in the tournament, but lost his final bout and fell short of placing.  Kolton Pruss also competed at 175 pounds and lost his first match, received a bye in his second match, but lost his last match and was unable to place.  At 165 pounds Griffin Bowers picked up a an opening round pin to advance to the quarterfinals.  Griffin lost his quarterfinal match, then received a bye before dropping his last match.  Jonah Hahn also competed at 165 pounds and started with an opening round pin in just 53 seconds.  In the quarterfinals Jonah lost his match 8-15.  But bounced back with three straight wins, all by pin to put himself in the match for third.  Jonah fought hard and finished in fourth place on the day.  Jacob Pope competed at 157 pounds and lost his first match, then suffered a minor injury that ended his day of competition.  At 150 pounds Keegan Keith started out with a win by pin, before dropping his quarterfinal match.  Keegan bounce back and picked up another win by pin.  But lost his match to place to finish his day at 2-2.  Grady Aldridge competed at 132 pounds and started his day off with a pin for the win.   Then dropped his next match and lost a heartbreaker 5-8 in sudden victory overtime to finish his day.  At 126 pounds Max Delphy started his day with a loss, but picked up three straight wins, two by pin and a 9-3 decision.  In his match to place he was unable to get the win to finish his day 3-2.  This was a great tournament for these wrestlers to continue to get varsity experience and their improvements throughout the season showed with some varsity wins.