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Eagles take first at 1A Individual Championships6 February 2008 — The Rosewood wrestling team had a big weekend at the Carolina/Albemarle 1A Individual Championships, finishing with the highest team score. The Princeton team also had a good showing, finishing in third place.
The Eagles dominated Saturday’s competition, with Rosewood wrestlers capturing a medal in all but one weight class. Coach Bill Edmundson said that he was astounded by the performance of his team, especially considering the performances he had seen the week before.
“After having a really bad week last week, I think we rebounded extremely well,” he said. “Having 13 of our 14 starters place in this tournament was more than I could have hoped for.” Among the 13 medal-winners, Rosewood had five first-place conference finishers. After coming in second to Manteo for the last two years, Senior Olivia Neal finally earned the top spot, not giving up a single point during the competition. In addition to a first-period pin against Manteo, Neal also had two 15-0 technical falls. Neal also reached another milestone Saturday, earning her 100th career win.
Coach Edmundson said Andy Seaman showed a surprisingly good performance on Saturday. Seaman defeated Trevor Jones of Ayden-Grifton, who Coach Edmundson said is an incredibly strong wrestler, earning first place in the 112 division. Coach Edmundson said he expected first-place finishes from JD Baker, Josh Holmes, and Trevor Morris, and he wasn’t disappointed. The pivotal match for Baker, he said, was a match against Shane Brinn from Manteo.
“JD managed to hit a couple of fantastic counter moves to score against Brinn and then used his offense to secure the win,” he said. He also praised the efforts of Josh Holmes, who has an impeccable record this season with only three losses. “Joshua Holmes is such a tough kid and he is so humble that his accomplishments seem to go unnoticed,” he said. “Josh has only lost 3 times this year and he is set up to have a very interesting post season.”
Andrew Sass (160) was the sole silver-medalist for the Eagles this weekend. Ariel Nacca (119), Tyler Dean (130), Sammy Ennis (135), Jacob Roberts (152), Jonathan Rudolph (171), Brandon Dean (189) and JP Pearson (215) all earned third place wins for Rosewood. Overall, the Eagles had the most wins of the day, finishing in first place with 238.5 points. Princeton finished in third place overall, earning 131 points total and boasting six medalists. Zach Stevens was 9-0 for the tournament, earning a first place finish in the 160 division. Steven’s biggest wins were an 8-4 decision over Andrew Sass of Rosewood, and a fall after 4:54 against Darius Crumb of Ayden-Grifton. Josh Williford earned another gold for Princeton at 215, winning all 10 of his matches. Williford had two first-period pins against Ayden-Grifton and Spring Creek. Four Bulldog wrestlers earned second-place finishes. BJ Creech (135), Josh Best (145), Tyler Baker (171) and Matt Stewart (285) each earned a silver for Princeton.
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