Good afternoon Ram fans! Before I begin, I want to thank all of you for your work to make our program successful! Last week, for the first time since I've been at Robinson, we were ranked in the national pre-season rankings, and I know much of that success can be attributed to the work that everyone has put in over the years of our storied program.
I hope everyone braved the winter weather this week. Unfortunately, we missed a few days of school, but it was good to get our kids healthy for this weekend's tournaments.
Last weekend, the varsity traveled to Front Royal for the Elite Opener at Skyline HS with some very tough teams from all around Virginia and West Virginia! It is a great first competition because all wrestlers are guaranteed 4-5 matches, and everyone had a few tough ones. We won the tournament by about 30 points over Colonial Forge, and our boys have progressed a great amount since last year. It is a non-traditional format, so some of the placements may seem low, but early in the season, it is more important that our kids get matches. We had 6 in the final groups of 3 and we came out with 6 champs. Austin Riggs at 126, Jack Bass at 152, Zak DePasquale, Daniel Mika at 170, Cole DePasquale at 182 and Jake Pinkston at 285 were all champions, and the tournament was highlighted by Cole Depo's victory over Dylan Wisman of Millbrook who had been ranked 17th in the nation and was a Fargo All-American. Below are the teams placements and records for the weekend. We had 2 wrestlers entered who were non-scores...that's what NS means. 106. - Sam Book - 7th - (3-2 record) 113 - Brandon Greyson 5th (3-2 record) 120 - Ben Levinson 12th 126- Austin Riggs 1st (5-0 record) 126 NS - Tyler Hazard 4th - (4-1 record) 132- Mason Rockman 4th (4-1 record) 138 - Dane Robbins - 4th (4-1 record)(lost in 2OT) to the champion in the pool 145 - Avery Henry 5th -(3-2 record) 152 - Jack Bass 1st (5-0 record) 160 - Zak DePasquale - 1st - (5-0 record) 170 - Daniel Mika 1st (5-0 record) 182 - Cole DePasquale 1st (5-0 record) 195 - Max Sears 7th (3-2 record) 220 - JP Vittori 7th (3-2 record) 285 - Jake Pinkston 1st (5-0 record) 285 - Brendan Casey - 10th - (2-3 record)
Last night, Our JV competed at South County High School, and we were again successful at every level.It is great to see the constant improvement of our athletyes, and our coaching staff does agreat job of building up all of our athletes!
There are a lot of great things happening in our program, and I haven't mentioned a few great things that happened pre-season. Jack Bass finished 4th at the national tournament super 32 which along with his many other national accolades set into motion his college choice. He signed with the #2 team in the nation, the Minnesota Golden Gophers... And also in college news, Avery Henry committed to Ferrum College in SW Virginia. I know their pedigrees will pay off when they move on to bigger and better things. (See photos below)... I hope to have more college commitments very soon!
Thanks again for all that you do! I hope to see you all very soon! Happy holidays!
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