Minutemen Youth Wrestling

A small group of Minutemen traveled to New Milford High School on Sunday, December 13th for the Kick-Off Classic Wrestling Tournament. The group wrestled extremely well on the day with the following finishes; Tyler Ebrahimi in his first tournament as a Mighty Mite placed 2nd with three wins two my pin, Bantam Maleeah Rios finished three and one on the day but took first on a point criteria as she pinned two of her opponents, Elijah Ortiz in the Intermediate Division finished 2nd with a 2-2 record pulling out a third period win in his last match to beat his opponent 5-3 and fellow Intermediate wrestler Nicky Ebrahimi won both his matches by pin to bring home a gold medal. In the afternoon Novice wrestler Johnny Rosario won one match on the day in a six man bracket. Head Coach Roger Moss said, "We have only been wrestling for about a month and have missed numerous nights due to school activities but they looked good as a whole and we now know some of the areas we need to work on to get better on the mat." Assistant Coach Fred Orde added, "I liked the aggressiveness of some of our wrestlers today, they went right after their opponent and won the matches. Tyler went out and won his first match ever by pin which was awesome."

Berlin Youth Wrestling practices on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays at McGee Middle School in Berlin. They are still accepting new wrestlers for those interested in joining the team. Visit their website at www.berlinwrestling.com or calling Coach Roger Moss at 860-828-9818.