Wrestlers show strongly at Hudson Super 16

by Chelsie Darrow

Saturday’s wrestling meet was the Hudson Super 16, one of the most prestigious tournaments in the state. It was a decent finish for the Pittsford’s wrestlers as well.

The Pittsford wrestlers tied for 14th place, so it was an overall decent match for them. The meet had two pools, both A and B. A was the top 16 wrestlers in each weight class; it also had 3 mats for that pool, whereas pool B only had 2 mats. The second pool, pool B, was the JV wrestlers or wrestlers that did not make it into the top 16. The Pittsford wrestlers did fairly well considering the Hudson Super 16 is one of the toughest tournaments in the state. The wrestlers had over 50 ranked wrestlers and 7 ranked teams. The tournament started at 9 a.m. and got done about 10:30 p.m. so it was a really long and tiring day for all of the wrestlers.

Senior Ben Wines placed 5th overall in his weight class with a 3-1 finish. Wines tells how he can improve his wrestling technique. “I could improve my strength,” said Ben. Junior Taylor Hatfield had a 2-2 record and 4th place overall, beating the first kid 10-6 and pinning the second kid before dropping his last two matches. “It was a bad day and I was kind of under the weather and injured,” stated Hatfield. Senior Chase Weber got 3rd place overall with a 3-1 score. Weber was pleased with the day’s results for him and his team. “I though overall we wrestled well and we competed well,” said Chase.