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Five of our wrestlers attended state qualifier tournaments and all five qualified. Better yet, each won a match at this past weekend’s Little Kids State Tournament at Milton High School. All wrestlers fear going “two and out” in a double elimination tournament. Congratulations to Jeremiah Collier, Jac Carlson, David Bertrand, Joey Bertrand, and Jack Brierley for their accomplishments this year in the state tournament. Each won a match and Jack Brierley won two matches before ultimately being eliminated. Great year for all of our wrestlers!
Fifteen of our wrestlers attended the Georgia Grind’s True Beginners Tournament. As expected, the competition was fierce with wrestlers traveling in from neighboring states to attend the prior days tournament at South Paulding High School and continue wrestling the following day in either the Grind’s open or beginner tournaments. Overall, we posted a combined record of 20-20. Five wrestlers were first year, including Max Stevens who had not wrestled in a tournament before. Jonathan Spratling earned his first win. Overall, our first year wrestlers did well with a combined record of 6-9. Congratulations to Jeremiah Collier and Jonathan Hammond for taking first and Harry Abrahams, Joey Bertrand, David Bertrand, Jac Carlson, and Kyle Denney for taking second. It was great year overall, and we are very thankful for being part of it.
Nava/Breffle will host an end of season banquet in the cafeteria at Dunwoody High School on Sunday, February 20th. The banquet will start at 1:00 pm and finish by 3:00 pm. All family members are welcome. There is no cost for club wrestlers; however, there will be a charge of $5.00 per family member up to $15.00 per family to help cover the cost of food and clean-up. We hope to see you all then.
We had 10 wrestlers attend the Brookwood Beginners Tournament, including two wrestlers that have never wrestled in a tournament before (Drew Koehler and Charlie Levy). Overall, we were 23 and 9 with three first place and five second place medals. Congratulations to Josh Carlson, David Bertrand, and Joey Bertrand for placing first, and Pete Carlson, Matthew Guest, Harry Abrahams, Charlie Levy, and Jac Carlson for placing second. Both Drew Koehler and Sam Abrahams wrestled tough and represented us well.
We had our highest participation ever with a total of 32 wrestlers attending the Lovett Beginners Tournament. In total, we wrestled 96 matches, winning 52 and losing 46. Nine of our wrestlers attending were first year AND had never wrestled in a tournament before. Ten of our wrestlers took 1st Place (Joey Bertrand, David Bertrand, Jack Brierley, Pete Carlson, Jac Carlson, Josh Carlson, Jeremiah Collier, Kyle Denney, Jayce Frady, Dawson Winters). Nine of our wrestlers took 2nd Place (Jake Williams, Marty Sheehan, Ethan Jewett, Gavin Horne, Jordan Hinton, Jonathan Hammond, Matthew Guest, Jackson Denney, Jacob Bedsole). Marty Sheehan and Gavin Horne were two of the nine first year wrestlers with no prior tournament experience that placed. Thanks to the Carlson boys (Pete, Jac, Josh) and Bertrand boys (Joey, David) for accounting for 15 or almost 30% of our wins.
The Dunwoody Patch published a story on the Nava/Breffle Wrestling Club on January 2, 2011. Don’t be alarmed about references to capacity issues, coaching shortages, and future caps on club membership. We are committed to introducing the sport of wrestling to as many area kids as we can. We are humbled by our growth but optimistic about the future. We are confident that we will find ways to develop our returning wrestlers into future champions as well as offer an introduction to wrestling to all that are interested.
http://dunwoody.patch.com/articles/youth-wrestling-gains-popularity-in-dunwoody
Nava/Breffle has changed two tournaments it will promote and coach wrestlers. On February 6th, we will attend the Brookwood Beginners tournament and on February 13th, we will attend the Georgia Grind. Information for both tournaments can be found on our web site under the Tournament tab at the top of the navigation bar.
The Georgia Grind is the last beginners tournament of the year and will conclude our regular season. Any Nava/Breffle wrestler who wishes to train for the state qualifier tournament on February 26th should let us know as soon as possible so we can make preparation for mat time.
In preparation for the state tournament, Josh and Jac Carlson entered the Northview open tournament. Both are second wrestlers and went up against Georgia’s best — opponents with a lot more experience. Both wrestled well and learned what it is going to take it to achieve the next level. Congratulations to Jac Carlson for taking second place.