Club competes in Placerville, Folsom tournaments over the weekend
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FOLSOM >> CORE Wrestling Club members participated in tournaments on back-to-back days over the weekend, attending the Meat Grinder on Saturday in Placerville and the New Year’s Bash on Sunday in Folsom.
Three CORE wrestlers – Colin Crown, Kaitlyn Crown and Wyatt Hooten – combined to bring home 10 medals all by themselves.
“Colin Crown, Kaitlyn Crow and Wyatt Hooten showed some true grit this weekend,” CORE coach Daniel Hooten said.
Hooten double-bracketed at the Meat Grinder, taking home first- and second-place medals with a combined record of 7-1. Kaitlyn Crow finished second in the novice girls division with a 2-1 record, and she also wrestled in the boys TOC division, going 1-2 for a third-place finish. Colin Crow went 3-1, coming in third.
During the New Year’s Bash on Sunday at the Folsom Wrestling Academy, Colin Crow double-bracketed and scored a pair of firsts – intermediate boys 51-56 pounds, going 3-0 with two technical falls, and intermediate boys 53.6-57 pounds, going 2-0 with one technical fall.
Kaitlyn Crow double-bracketd and finished second in middle school girls, 75-81 pounds, going 1-1 with a pin, and second in novice boys, 74-77.2 pounds, going 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall.
Hooten double-bracketed as well, finishing second in novice boys, 61.3-67 pounds, going 3-1 with one pin and one technical fall, and taking fourth in novice boys, 70-74 pounds, going 1-3 with a pin.
Two other CORE wrestlers also double-bracketed at Folsom. Eric Holley finished second in two different bantam divisions, going 2-1 with one technical fall at 48.5-52 pounds, and going 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall at 48.5-54 pounds.
Ryder White Eagle placed second in the middle school boys division (122-140 pounds), going 3-1 with three pins, and he also took fourth in the middle school boys division 122-130 pounds), going 1-3.
“We rounded up 13 medals with five wrestlers for the weekend,” Hooten said. “That’s a good weekend if you ask me. They might be earning the name ‘The Fabulous Five.’ They all wrestled with heart and made me a proud coach.”
CORE finished fourth as a team in tech falls despite suiting up only five wrestlers.
