2012 Medina Wrestling Spirtwear

Letter From Alumni Ryan Hornack

Everybody has the thoughts of what if this happened or what if that happened, it is possibly the most mind numbing thing to have going on in your brain. The first reason that it is horrible to think about what if this happened is because in reality you are still living in the past and cant think of a way to move forward because you regret things that now wont change. Second of all thinking in this mentality causes you to suffer in the “now” and hinders you to meet new people because you still want to be with that certain person. Also day dreaming about how close you were to getting your goal or dream but actually not accomplishing it is just as bad because you are dwelling on the negatives and wishing you would have done stuff differently to succeed. We all know this as experience and we can learn from it, which is what we should do about it. But yet we desperately want what we cant have and regardless if we had it or lost it or was so close to getting it nothing is going to change the end result in the present day and therefore you have to strive past that mentality and go for bigger and better things. The hardest part about this situation is moving on, because we were so accomplished in high school or in college that we tend to get scared and simply not take risks. We simply do not take risks because we are scared of failure, but the hell with it. We all have failed once or twice and many of us several times. What makes the human mentality so cool is that failure drives us to make it better and get what we want, or somewhere down the road, capture our goal or dream.  Don’t feel as if you are unmotivated because that is not the case youre just scared to take the chance to challenge yourself again to accomplish another goal god has place in front of you,  and don’t want to retake the steps to do the hard work and sacrifice it takes.. it is all worth it in the end if you just take that first risky step.

 

 

2012-2013 Schedule

Stinger Wrestling Club order form

Stinger Wrestling Club

Off-Season Workout Schedule

Lifting

Ø  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Open Mats

Ø  Tuesdays & Thursdays 6-8 (Samsons)

Ø  Sundays 6:00-7:30 (Stinger Wrestling Club)

Tournaments-

Ø   May 20^th – Ohio Duals ( New Albany HS) $25

Ø  June 2^nd- BW Duals (Baldwin-Wallace College) $25

Ø  June 20-23- Kent State Dual Camp $140

Ø  July 14^th- BW Duals (Baldwin-Wallace College) $25

Ø  August 4^th-BW Duals (Baldwin-Wallace College) $25

Gilmore's Take:Districts

     I am very proud of all 5 wrestlers that competed this weekend at the district tournament.  Each wrestler was put into a situation where they could have quit, but they found the courage to fight through and advance to the next round.  It started off with JJ facing a number 1 seed in the opening round and defeating him.  Zach Getto was injured early in the week and could barely walk.  Despite all of his pain he fought through the tournament with a 2-2 record.  Mike Kopacz opened his district tournament with a loss and battled back to win 2 consecutive matches.  Ryan Hornack found his way to the semi-finals before a couple questionable calls sent him to the consi-semi's.  Ryan was quick to regroup and won his go to match.  Matt Hammer also made his way to the semi-finals were he lost a very tough 4 overtime match.  Things did not get easier for him in his to go match.  Matt found himself losing his consi-semi match by 3 with less than a minute left.  Matt fought to earn an escape, a takedown and back points all within the last 30 seconds to win his match and qualify for the state tournament.        
     Not everyone's goals were met this weekend, but everyone can hold their heads up high and say they left everything on the mat.  In both wins and losses each one of our wrestlers walked off the mat knowing they battled.  In life as well as wrestling it is not always the end result that is important.  The journey often defines us and makes us who we are.  The journey that these young men went through was a tough one, but it is also one that they will remember and hopefully look back on as a meaningful one.

Gilmore's Take: Sectional Tournament

We have talked for many weeks about peaking at the right time, and about reaching goals.  I think that we did a good job of this at the Sectional Tournament.  I feel that for the most part, win or lose, that our guys fought hard the whole tournament.  Not everyone reached their goal, but that wasn't because of lack of effort.  Reflecting back on the season, and looking at the growth that we made this year is pretty remarkable.  I also feel that the Sectional Tournament was also a motivator to many of our underclassmen, that did not reach their goal of moving on.  I could see it in their eyes and in their actions that they were not satisfied.  This unsatisfying feeling will motivate them to work this off-season, so that they have the opportunity to reach their goals next year.   As for our 5 guys that qualified, I feel that they wrestled a great tournament, and have put themselves in a great spot to advance to the State Tournament.  Our goal has been to get better every week.  We will work on that again this week, and see how many wrestlers we can qualify for the State Tournament.