Huskies Critique Their First Match

Sports

By Kyle Burch

Husky Herald Reporter

The Port Huron Northern Huskies had their first wrestling meet Saturday, January 10th  against a slew of opponents. The meet took place on the Huskies home mat here at PHN.

  As a team, the Huskies didn't do the greatest but many of the wrestlers did good and achieved personal gains. It was a great learning day for the Huskies and many of the other teams.

  One of the more successful wrestlers for the Huskies, Brandon Leal ‘15, who went 4-1 on the day, said “for me it was an overall pretty good day. I could have done better but I am happy with my performance.”

  Leal couldn't place at the meet however because he reached his “five match limit” for the weekend. Wrestlers are not allowed to wrestle more than five matches in a weekend and he hit that limit which hindered him from competing and being able to place.

  Leal, a captain of the team, along with Mike Mahaffy ‘16 said “it was a good learning day for our team. We have a very young team that is inexperienced so it helps to have meets like this to gain experience.”

  Mahaffy thought along the same lines as Leal as he said “we learned a lot, but we can do better. This is my first year so I learned a lot from the meet as well.”

  Ethan Blair ‘17 couldnt wrestle due to a shoulder injury but he was there motivating his team on. “It sucks not being able to wrestle but I want to see my team do good so I try and motivate them to do the best they possibly can.”   

  Brennan Coleman ‘17 is one of those young inexperienced kids. This is his first year wrestling as well. He said “I learned a lot. It was a different experience for me, but I learned a lot and feel like it bettered me for the future.”

  Overall it was a learning day for the Huskies. They gained experience which will help them for future wrestling meets. They have a lot of season left so hopefully the experience they gained will help them in the near future.