Minutemen Youth Wrestling

Tournament this Saturday. Takedowns only. Should be a good day and not that long. Click on the Tournament heading to the left to get full details. I will need your registration fee tonight if you are planning on going. Coach Moss

The Minutemen opened their season at home against Hebron on Friday, December 14th. It was a great night for the home team as they won 28 to 16. Leading the way for the Minutemen were Kevin Tatro with two pins, Mason Powers with two Major Decisions, and the following with two wins: Zach Parsons, David Balfore and Jack Rudy. Winning one match by pin and tying a match was Danny Hackett. Winning one match by a pin were: James Marchetti, Ian Vujs, Ryan Vujs, Jack Liberda, Brad Lepak and John Holzinger. The fastest pin on the night was recorded by Ryan Vujs who pinned his opponent in 30 seconds. Winning one match by a technical pin (score 15 points on opponent) were: Jack Banks and Ben Domurat. Winning one match by a Major Decision (winning by 8 to 14 points) were: Michael Cassineri, Ryan Butler, Ryan Bisson, Jonathan Asal, Kevin Moss, Derrick Durity Winning one match by a Decision were: Ali Sullivan, Jack Russo, and Cameron Banks. Tying their match were: Ritchie Skwiot 13 to 13, Chris Dumorat 11 to 11, and Seth Synckowiczs 6 to 6. Giving a good effort in their first match were: Sean Pentalow who lost 11-10, John Swantek 8-7, Chelsea Vujs 8-5, Tim Norton 10-6, Cody McCormack 9-2 and Peter Ginter 10-7. Tony Squitieri in his first matches ever lost both but gave it his best effort on the mat. The highest scoring match of the night was with Jack Haynes who ended up on the short end of a 26 to 15 score. Coach Moss was very pleased with the efforts of all his wrestlers. The next home match will be Friday, January 11th at 6 PM.

It was a great day for the Minutemen who traveled to Coventry. Wrestling in his first tournament Derrick Durity won three matches on his way to being crowned Champion in his weight class. Derrick was aggressive and did a nice job controlling his opponents throughout the day. Also coming away a Champion was Zachary Parsons. Zach used some football moves in one match but was able to win his two matches and take home first place. Kevin Moss and Jack Rudy finished the day with one win and one loss to take second place in their respective weight classes. Cameron Banks wrestled with the big boys and came away with third place while brother Jack Banks worked hard and almost had a match won but just missed out on a takedown. The tournament was set up so that the first wrestler to get two takedowns advanced to the next round. It was a great day for all and they are already looking forward to the next tournament on December 30th in Bristol.

Hey all you Tuesday wrestlers - you looked marvelous! No really you all did a great job. If we keep working as hard as we did tonight we will be looking pretty good on the mat this year. We will see you all on Friday night. Coach Moss

Break man down. Right hand jams the opponents right arm straigtht out. Left arm goes across opponents face and grabs the opposite tricep. Turn your thumb on the tricep down towards the mat. Jump to side. Arm near head cross faces man, back arm posts on the mat between legs. Get on toes and run towards back leg driving head to knee. Lock hands up to man’s knee - keep the tricep with the left hand. Rock the man back top knee in side bottom leg back, head on temple.