Alberni Wrestlers Compete at Island Novice in Esquimalt
Wrestling
teams from ADSS, EJ Dunn, and Neill Middle School travelled to
Esquimalt on Saturday to compete at the Island Novice Wrestling
Championships. The tournament marks the official start of
the school wrestling season.
The Novice tournament is intended for athletes who are relatively new to the sport and there are restrictions as to who can compete. As a result a number of the Alberni wrestlers either did not travel to Victoria or travelled down to referee rather than wrestle in the tournament. Despite having only a portion of their wrestlers compete the local teams did very well.
The Novice tournament is intended for athletes who are relatively new to the sport and there are restrictions as to who can compete. As a result a number of the Alberni wrestlers either did not travel to Victoria or travelled down to referee rather than wrestle in the tournament. Despite having only a portion of their wrestlers compete the local teams did very well.
Boys and Girls results were combined to determine the overall Middle School Team Standings.
EJ Dunn Middle School and Neill Middle School finished the tournament tied with 65 points each.
When the tie breaking criteria, most gold medals was applied, EJ Dunn was awarded third and Neill fourth.
Phoenix Middle School from Campbell River finished first and a combined team from multiple schools in Cowichan finished second.
EJ
Dunn was led by the gold medal performances of Ally Flaro (43kg Girls),
Bobby McKenzie (29kg Boys), and William Merry (Hwt. Boys).
Seth Price from Neill Middle School went undefeated to claim the gold medal in the Junior Boys 35kg category.
“I was really impressed by the performance of all our middle school wrestlers,” commented EJ Dunn Coach Russ Bodnar.
“Seth Price from Neill and Ally Flaro from EJ Dunn were particularly dominant.
Their performances at this tournament indicate that both Seth and Ally are ready to compete at the next level.
Hopefully they both stick with this sport because I predict very bright futures.”
Anna
Frost (Dunn 34kg Girls), Miranda Barker (Dunn 54kg Girls), Kylea
Anderson (Dunn 64kg Girls), Ravi Manhas (Dunn 35kg Boys), Ripley Janzen
(Neill
41kg Boys), Jayden Iverson (Dunn 57kg Boys), Daniel Spencer (Neill 60kg
Boys), and Jayce Clayton (Dunn 78kg Boys) all claimed the silver medals
in their weight classes.
EJ Dunn rookie coach Emma Vanderlee made the following assessment, “Alberni had nine silver medalists today.
In many cases they were one or two points away from going undefeated.
With a couple more practices and some hard work I think they are going to be even more impressive.”
Olivia
Zanette (Dunn 34kg Girls), Mackenzie Boudreau (Dunn 43kg Girls), Teela
Johnson (Neill 51kg Girls), Shane Leeper (Neill 51kg Boys) and Leonard
Nookemis (Neill 60kg Boys) finished with bronze medals in their
respective weight classes
.
Dakota McKenzie (Neill 4th 57kg Girls), Jenna Sportak (Dunn 4th 64kg Girls), Kenji Boyko (Neill 4th 35kg Boys),
Hunter Cootes (Dunn 4th 45 kg Boys), Jarrod Gagnon (Dunn 4th 66kg Boys), Harley Barkhouse (Dunn 5th 66kg Boys), and Kodi Van den Broek (Neill 6th 60kg Boys) rounded out the top six placers in the Middle School Division.
“I am really excited about how closely the two middle schools finished today,” commented Neill Head Coach Erin Anker.
“I think we are going to have some exciting dual meets between
the two schools and I think we can make a run at EJ Dunn this year.
They have been holding onto that dual meet trophy for too long.”
ADSS had five wrestlers compete in the Novice tournament and all five of them placed.
David Wilson led the way with a gold medal in the Men’s 62kg division.
Trevor Barker (Men’s 41kg) and newcomer Cam McFarlane (Men’s
Hwt.) finished with silver medals in their respective weight classes.
Tanner Cook (4th at 71kg Men) and Austin Patten (5th at 64kg Men) rounded out the finishers for ADSS.
“We have a great development program in Alberni,” commented Coach Jeanette Badovinac.
“As a result a lot of people think you have to start wrestling before high school.
David Wilson and Cam McFarlane’s performance at the tournament proves that wrong.
David started wrestling last year in Grade 11 and Cam who is in Grade 12 started wrestling just a few weeks ago.
It isn’t an easy sport but if you work hard and are willing to
learn you will have fun and probably even experience some success.
Our season is under way but new or returning wrestlers are always welcome.”
In
addition to those competing ADSS sent down a contingent of elite
wrestlers to participate in an Island Practice and rules clinic on
Friday.
In a successful effort to be reinstated in the Olympics wrestling has made some pretty drastic rule changes.
ADSS experienced wrestlers had the opportunity to learn the rules and get some extra practice in.
On Saturday they gave back by acting as officials and volunteers at the tournament.
A very big thanks to everyone that makes the Santa Train possible, from the conductor to the elves to the big guy himself, it's a memory of a lifetime for the kids, and the big kids! Part of a very busy Sunday, and a big tradition around here this time of year!
The ADSS Athletic Dept. is doing a community wide Food Drive Wednesday Dec 4 from 5:30-7:30
Please
give generously, as all proceeds will go directly to our community food
banks. It is our way to give back as the community helps our Athletes in
so many ways
For more information call Mike Roberts at 250 731-7782 or items can be dropped off at the school
And here's another one for you to support! Read below
This year is the inaugural ADSS girls rugby and
project based learning Christmas Tree sale.
This Saturday and Sunday (Dec 7th
and 8th) at ADSS from 10am - 1pm team members will be on hand to
personally help you pick an amazing Christmas tree. Not only will you
get an amazing tree but all profits will directly help students at ADSS.
Come out and help support local students and athletes by buying a
tree.
Finally, I promised SOUP, so here it is... I made an attempt at one of those "saw it on the internet" recipies - Dill Pickle soup, and wow was it a HIT.
I'm not Gordon Ramsey or anything, I was just spending some fun times with the little guys at home, it's winter so soup feels appropiate. And who doesn't love pickles!
People on my facebook are commenting on how it doesn't look to appetizing...how is soup supposed to look?! Turns out it looks just like it's supposed to...here's the recipe if you are interested. I promise, no more food posts on the blog...it was cold out, I was feelin' soupy, OK? At the very least, they will be few and far between!
I must say a big thanks to friend of the Blog, Buy Low Foods (the bright spot on Johnson Road!) for carrying a tough to find ingredient...the soup recipe called for "Old Bay Seasoning" which I had never heard from before. I googled it, and the information I got back indicated it was mostly available only in the Eastern United States. After I asked about it on Facebook, several people commented that it could be found at Buy Low! I don't know how I missed it as I'm a habitual shopper there. When I went in to ask about it, the story goes that someone from Port Alberni went in to ask about it for making Fish Chowder, and Buy Low went out and found a distributor for it! Now is that service, or what?! Thanks Randy and the guys and gals at Buy Low!
I'm sure they have this down to a science and almost like paint-by-numbers now, but I am always impressed with the displays that the Coke and Pepsi guys set up!
Yum?
Hammer
I'm sure they have this down to a science and almost like paint-by-numbers now, but I am always impressed with the displays that the Coke and Pepsi guys set up!
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