WEEKLY COMMUNICATION PLEASE READ!

Coach's Gratitude-
Week 1 of the postseason is behind us and I am grateful for adversity. Last night after all of the wrestling was done I thought about all of the moments of adversity the young men on this team have endured.  Injuries, illness, skin issues, making weight, wrestling at a weight that isn’t their first choice. In the end it is their response to all of these that has helped to shape and define them as young men.  In my mind I think about all of the lessons wrestling can teach us but, probably don’t do a good enough jo talking about them. All of these wrestlers have become better men for the adversity they endure. All of them must quite literally pick themselves up off the mat after a tough practice, or a match that doesn’t go their way.  It is the tough times that make us tougher. No one likes adversity when they are going through it but I am grateful for it. It has made us a better team from the beginning of the season until now, I am excited for what the next two weeks will brings. 

Part 2
Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents, siblings, stats, wrestlers not competing, alumni and friends of the program for the last 4 weeks.  I know I have mentioned it previously but it can not be understated how appreciative I am to have the support system we have at Marysville. We just ran events 4 weeks in a row and did a phenomenal job. After every event I here compliments from other coaches about our families who help us do what we do.  The coaches from Liberty and Delaware gave huge shout outs yesterday saying it was one of the best run sectionals they have been to in years. Once again THANK YOU!!!!!!!
 

Wrestling Recap
Sectional Tournament.
Our team finished in 2nd place out of the 12 teams at our host sectional.  The top four placers advance to the District and 5th place serves as an alternate. At the end of the day of wrestling we ended up with 13 placers, 11 in the top 4.  

1st Place Josh Melms-132, Lincoln Heard-138, Erryl Will-152

2nd Place Nate Thompson-126, Jack Golla-145, Christian McCartney-170

3rd Place Lincoln Witt-120, Colton Powers-160, Ben Bickerstaff-182, Zach McMinn-285

4th Place Joey Palmer-220

5th Place Ethan Skiles- 106

6th Place Zach Pfarr -113

elp Needed

Final Home event of the year, I am in need of adults to work the clocks at the sectional tournament and we are still in need of help in the concession stand. 

Post-season practices, if you were asked to practice last week you should continue practicing this week as well. We will also try to bring in some wrestlers from other schools to continue to give us new individuals to wrestle with. 

Weekly Schedule (practices will start later to allow other schools to get to us)
Monday  morning lift Practice 3:45-5:30
Tuesday  3:45-5:30
Wednesday morning lift Practice 3:45-5:30
Thursday Practice  3:30-5
Friday bus will leave at 12:30

Competition Schedule
March 6-7 District Tournament at Hilliard Darby
Friday Weigh in 2:00 Wrestling begins 4:00 Two rounds of Championship matches only Weigh outs on Friday night for Saturday Wrestling
Saturday wrestling begins 9:00am with two rounds of consolation matches, semi-finals estimated start time 1:00

3/8 Open Tournament at Westerville Central https://register.ohioathletics.com/tournaments/info/2636

On The Horizon
3/10 Booster Meeting in the Studio 6:30
3/13-3/15 State Tournament at tOSU
3/31 Wrestling Banquet *we are looking for help in planning and organizing if interested please plan to attend our booster meeting on 3/10 

Have a great week!

-Coach Andrews