Gilmore's take: Westerville North

The toughest part of wrestling is the fact that you are out there all alone. When things get tough, you are the one that has to step it up by yourself. There isn't any room to doubt yourself. If you do, your opponent gains confidence and things start to steamroll. We have to get to the point where we don't step away from the challenge, but welcome the challenge and truly battle the entire match. No one remembers the matches where you pinned in 20 seconds. Everyone remembers the matches where two warriors went after it for six straight minutes. Be one of those warriors. Talk is cheap, but actions make history. Sometimes the one with the most guts wins. The one who is willing give his all every time will be victorious. You can't expect to just turn it on during the match. A warriors attitude is developed in the room everyday and on every move. You have to hate losing more than you like winning.

Gilmore's Take: Stow and Fitch

      The Bees won two hard fought matches last night against Stow and Austintown Fitch, despite some less than adequate officiating.  I have not been that fired up at an official for quite some time, but when I feel our guys are being treated unfair I will fight for them to the fullest.
      I was very proud of the fight, and attitude that our guys showed last night.  We were very aggressive on our pursuit for pins, and did a lot better not giving up too many bonus point.  Some of our new guys are still getting caught in unfamiliar situations, but they are getting better every week.  We are only 5 weeks into a season, and we have greatly improved week to week.  We need to learn from every win and every loss, and correct little mistakes that are made.  If we can do this throughout the season, we will be competing for another NOC Championship in February, and another top 10 state finish come March. 

Stow and Fitch Dual Itinerary

When: Thursday Dec 15^th @ 5:00

Where: Medina High School

Who: Varsity and Jv

Schedule:

-         3:30 meet at the High School and Set up Mats

-         4:00 Weigh-ins

-         5:00 Medina, Stow, Fitch Jv wrestle on mat 1

              Medina Varsity vs. Stow Varsity mat 2

-         6:30 Stow varsity vs. Fitch Varsity

-         8:00 Medina varsity vs. Fitch Varsity

What to bring:

          Singlet, warm-up, bag, head gear, mouth piece

          Shower supplies, change of clothes

          Food for after weigh-ins

          Make sure you are shaved and all finger nails are cut

Gilmore's Take: Sparta Kilted Klassic

What a difference a week makes. After a hard week of practice the Medina Wrestling Bees walked into Sparta High School today with a different mindset. The Bees came ready to compete and expected to win, and win is what we did. We scored 275 points and had 10 wrestlers earn top 4 honors We had 3 champions in Ryan Hornack, Matt Hammer, and Mike Kopacz. Zach Getto, Zach Priebe, and Trevonte Morman all earned runner-up honors. JJ Koenig and Jame Duke place 3rd, while Cody Heronimous and Austin Peak placed 4th.
The team really pulled together this week at practice, and it continued through todays tournament. It was great to see everyone cheering each other on and supporting the whole team through all the wins and losses. It was very nice to see that the team really listened and corrected mistakes that were made last week. Our intensity levels, physicalness, and conditioning were vastly improved. This tournament was a great turnaround. We need to continue getting better every week. as our competition gets better throughout the season, we need to make sure we are prepared to compete. Great weekend and be ready to do work starting Monday.

Highland Sparta Tournament Itinerary

When: Saturday 12/10

Where: Highland Sparta High School

              6506 St. Rt. 229  Sparta, OH 43350

Who: All varsity and Jv

Schedule:

          -6:00am meet at the wrestling room

          - 6:15am bus leaves

          - 8:00am weigh-ins

          - 10:00am- wrestling begins

          - 6:00pm estimated conclusion of tournament

          -8:00pm estimated arrival back home

What to Bring:

          -All Wrestling Gear- singlets, bag, warm-up, head gear, shoes, mouth

           piece

-         shower supplies

-         Change of clothes after the match

-         Food for after weigh-ins and during the day

-         Make sure you shave

-         Cut your finger nails

Gilmore's Take

     The Wrestling Bees took it on the chin tonight against NOC rival North Royalton, and Battle of 18 rival Highland.  This was a very humbling tri-match tonight after seeing so much success in the last several years.  With so many new faces in the line-up, there were many of our wrestlers not really knowing what to expect.  After tonights matches many wrestlers now understand what we have been trying to teach during our 1st weeks of practice.  Looking on the bright side, it is not until someone realizes their mistakes that they can improve on them.  I know that there are many hungry wrestlers on the team that want to succeed.  Sometimes a loss is not always a bad thing.  Even though it hurts at the time, if you can learn from a loss and improve from it, then it was worth it.  Our goal is to improve every week and to peak at the end of the season.  No one likes to lose, especially me, but now we know where to focus and we will become a better team beacause of it.
      We had two wrestler's go 2-0 on the day, in Ryan Hornack and Matt Hammer.  Also winning for the Bees today were JJ Koeing, Josh Quesenberry, Trevante Morman, Mike Kopacz, and James Duke.  
       It is time to do work.   "The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win"