On Saturday, Jan. 11th the JV/Red Team traveled to Garden City Tournament and came away with a ton of medals.  Starting at 126 pounds Max Delphy picked up two pins on the day, but just fell short of placing.  At 132 pounds Grady Aldridge picked up a pin in the first period, but also fell short of placing.  Tim Isyk competed at 144 and came away with a 5th place finish after picking up three pins on the day.  Bronson Handy saw some action at 157 pounds and it was nice having him back on the mat, but he fell short of placing.  Austin Putnam placed 2nd at 157 pounds and collected two pins after a close 7-6 win in the first round.  Jacob Pope placed 3rd at 157 after earned a pin and a 9-1 major decision.  Griffin Bowers placed 6th and earned a pin and a technical fall 18-3 win at 165 pounds.  Brody Wenn placed 3rd after collecting two pins on the day.  Kolton Pruss placed 6th at 175 pounds after earning two pins during the tournament.   Shane Cook put three pins in a row together to make the finals at 175 pounds and finish as runner up.  Jonah Hahn placed 1st at 175 pounds after pinning all three of his opponents.  Connor Flood and Royce Martinez both battled hard at 190 pounds but both fell short of placing.  Grant Kutzley placed 5th at 190 pounds after going 4-1 on the day with two pins, a major decision 13-3 win, and an 8-4 win.  After pinning his first three opponents Zander Urban finished as runner up at 190 pounds after losing in the finals.  Manny Estrada battled at 190 pounds but was unable to place.  Will Charlton wrestled at Hwt. and was unable to place.  Aiden Simpson placed 3rd at Hwt. after earning a pin, and decisions 5-0 and 8-4 for third place.  Drew McNatt placed 6th at Hwt. after earning a pin, a 1-0 decision, and 13-0 major decision on the day.  Overall the Red Team was able to compete in a lot matches and gain valuable experience.  This week the teams head to Riverview Gabriel Richard for a quad and the Red Team heads to Wayne Memorial on Friday.  

The JV/Red Wrestling Team competed on Monday, Dec. 23rd at Columbia Central for a JV Individual Tournament and showed great progress.  The team ended up with 6 champions, 5 Runner Ups, and several other placers.  Austin Putnam picked up the tournament championship at 157 pounds after defeating his teammate Jacob Pope with a barn burner of a match 15-13.  Brodie Stipe finished 4-0 on his way to the 150 pounds championship.  Keegan Keith finish 2nd place in the 150 pound weight class.  Jayden Duplessis finished 4-0 with the 165 pound championship.  Jonah Hahn finished in second place in his weight class.   Braxton Randolph went 5-0 with 5 first period pins to finish 1st at 138 pounds.  Grant Kutzley finish 1st in his weight class going 4-0 on the day as well.  Tim Isyk finish 2nd overall and lost a tough match 1-2, but finished the day with a runner up finish.  Zander Urban finished in 3rd place at 190 pounds.   Chance Maddox finished as the runner up at 215 pounds.  Griffin Bowers also finished as the runner up in his weight class.  Max Delphy was 3rd on the day at 132 pounds.  Drew McNatt picked up several pins on the day in route to his Championship at Hwt.  Aiden Simpson finished third at Hwt.  Others competing hard throughout the day were Will Charlton, Manny Estrada, Grady Aldridge, and Connor Flood. This was a great tournament that started on time and finished by 2:15 in the afternoon, with our wrestlers racking up 3-5 matches apiece.  It was a great way to start our break.  The varsity team heads to Salem High School on Friday, Dec. 27th for an individual tournament that starts at 9am.  Our Girls Varsity Team heads to Montague to compete on Friday, Dec. 27th as well, with competition starting at 9am as well.   

On Friday, Dec. 13th the JV Team traveled to Ann Arbor Skyline for an individual tournament that started at 5pm.  But due to the slow progression of the tournament it ended due to lateness and computer issues.  So many wrestlers were unable to finish their entire brackets.  But overall the Redwolves had a great night with many wrestlers winning matches, going undefeated, and getting mat time in on the night.  At 120 pounds Landon Robertson got two good matches in for his first year wrestling.  Grady Aldridge competed at 132 pounds and got some valuable experience.  At 150 pounds Brodie Stipe picked up several wins on the night and finished undefeated.  At 175 pounds Shane Cook saw his first action of the year and started off with pin, before dropping a 6-12 match, then picked up two more wins to finish 3-1 on the night.  Will Charlton competed at Hwt. and picked up a win on the night.  Connor Flood competed at 190 but was not feeling well and existed early due to sickness.  Royce Martinez also competed at 190 pounds and gained some mat time.  Manny Estrada competed at 215 pounds loosing his first match on points and dropping his next match as well.  Zander Urban went undefeated for his second tournament of the year and earned him wrestler of the week for the Red Team.  Grant Kutzley competed at 190 pounds and dropped his opener, but bounced back for a 7-3 win in his next match.  Then Kutzley picked up a fall in his final match to finish 2-1. Max Delphy competed at 132 pounds and was able to compete in several matches on the night to gain valuable experience.  Tim Isyk competed at 144 pounds and picked up a pin in his first match of the night.  Tim followed that up with a second pin in as many matches, but dropped his final match to finish 2-1 on the night.  Jacob Pope wrestled at 157 pounds and earned a fall in his first match and another fall in his second match after receiving an opening round bye to finish 2-0 on the night.  Aiden Simpson went undefeated at Hwt. for his second tournament in a row, picking up two wins on the night.  At 215 pounds Chance Maddox pinned his first opponent in the first period, and followed that up with another first period pin in his second match.  Chance finished his night with his third pin to finish 3-0.  Drew McNatt competed at Hwt. lost a tough match before picking up a pin in the third period against his opponent from Ypsilanti. Drew continues to improve and gain experience with his team mates.  Not all results were able to posted as they had computer problems at the end of the tournament, which made it difficult to get all the correct results.  But other than the late night for our wrestlers and families, they were able to compete and improve overall.  The JV team will hit the mats again on Monday, Dec. 23rd at Columbia Central High School starting at 9am.  

On Saturday, Dec. 7th the Clinton JV Wrestling team won the championship at the Westland John Glenn JV Tournament.  Clinton had 9 placers and three champions to run away with the title in the end.  Winning tournament championships were Brody Wenn at 165 pounds and defeating his teammate Jonah Hahn for the title.  Aiden Simpson won the heavyweight championship with a 7-2 decision.  Zander Urban won the 190 pound bracket with a pin in the second period.  Keegan Keith placed 2nd at 150 pounds.  Jacob Pope also placed second at 157 pounds.  Placing third was Kolton Pruss at 175 pounds with a pin in his last match.  Chance Maddox also placed 3rd overall at 215 pounds with a pin in the first period in his final match.  Drew McNatt took 3rd at heavyweight with a pin in the third period.  Landon Robertson placed 4th overall at 120 pounds.  Taking 5th was Griffin Bowers at 165 pounds with pin in his last match.  Tim Isyk placed 5th at 144 pounds with a pin in the first period.  Grant Kutzley placed 5th overall at 190 pounds with a pin in the second period in his fifth place match.  Placing 6th overall was Max Delphy at 132 pounds.  Competing hard, but falling short of a medal was Lucas Coughlin, Bronson Handy, Connor Flood, Manny Estrada, and Grady Aldridge.  The JV Red Team travels to Ann Arbor Skyline on Friday, Dec. 13th for a tournament that starts at 5pm.  Winning the Red Wrestler of the Week was Brody Wenn for taking first at 165 pounds. The Black Wrestler of the week was Zach Taylor for going 5-0 at Westland John Glenn Varsity Dual tournament.