Gilmore's Take: Bison Kick-Off Classic

     The Wrestling Bees opened up their season this past weekend at Beachwood High School.  Going into this event I was not sure what to expect, as I reflect now I am very pleased with the effort and results that we accomplished this weekend.  A lot of the technique and wrestling philosophy that we have been teaching was put into action.  With that being said, we are not anywhere near where we need, or want to be.  We did make mistakes and we will continue working on correcting those mistakes to become better wrestlers.
      This was a great tournament to get our feet wet and experience some of the situations that have been discussed in practice.  Now each wrestler can relate to these situations that we have been practicing.  They will have a better understanding on how to improve it in the room.  Our goal this year is to be a relentless wrestler.  When we did this we were very successful.  When we relaxed we were put into situations that we did not want to be in.  James Duke did a great job of this during his Revere match.  James wrestled the Revere heavyweight twice this weekend.  The 1st time they wrestled James kept constant pressure on this head, and made him so tired that he started making mistakes.  James was then able to capitalize on those mistakes and won in overtime.  They then wrestled again for 5th place.  This time the Revere wrestler tried to change his style of wrestling because he did not want to go through another match like the 1st one.  This time the Revere wrestler was more aggressive, but not under control and James was able to secure a pin.
     Over all I am very pleased with our performance this weekend, we wrestled well, we supported each other through every match, and we became better wrestlers as the day went on.