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This past week the
Independence wrestling team completed their 2008-2009 season.
Although things didn’t end the way the team and coaches had hoped,
they still had their most successful season in the school’s
history. Prior to this year Indy wrestling had three state placers
(4th, 5th, and 6th in 2008) and a
16th place team finish at the Individual state
tournament. This season they finished 5th as a team and
again had three medal winners but the place winners greatly improved
from last year! Two of our athletes placed 2nd , senior
Chris Sinsheimer went 4-1 during the tournament and wrestled
amazingly and sophomore Brennen Cox finished with the same record
and also placed 2nd ! Those are our two highest
placements at the tournament and we also had a 3rd place
finisher, Seth Seneca. Seth lost a heart breaker in the
Quarterfinals but fought back all the way to capture the bronze
medal. All three student athletes did an outstanding job this past
week and deserve everything they have achieved. We had 11 wrestlers
in the tournament and many had extremely tough match ups along the
way. Chase Beazley was a match away from getting his second state
medal but ran into the #1 ranked wrestler before being eliminated.
"Along the way Chase wrestled very well and represented this school
in a tremendous fashion throughout his entire IHS career" according
to Coach Grindstaff. Stephen King was also a match away from
placing in this tournament and had a great senior year! Thomas
Berry and Taylor Dixon wrestled hard but only got in one match,
losing in the first round which ultimately eliminated them from the
tournament. All of the kids are extremely tired from this season
but I am sure they will make a speedy recovery as they report back
to school today. "I congratulate them on a wonderful season and
wish them the best as they move onto bigger and better things,"
Coach Grindstaff. "Thanks again to everyone for all their support
this season and we will look forward to another great 2009-2010
season!"
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