Friday, February 11, 2005

What the heck.......... I am a proud parent...........


Wrestling: JC staging its own struggle for 119 supremacyBY MIKE MANGANPress & Sun-Bulletin
Though the Section 4 Class B, C, and D wrestling championships will be contested on Saturday at Waverly, Greene, and Harpursville, respectively, some of the biggest matches this week won't be taking place at any of those sites.

They'll be taking place in the Johnson City High School wrestling room.

That is where Leigh Tobias and Ryan McCormick are currently involved in a week-long wrestle-off to see who will represent JC in the 119-pound weight class at next week's Section 4 Division I Tournament at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.
Wrestle-offs for starting spots in a weight class aren't uncommon, but in this particular case it's rather noteworthy with McCormick -- a Section 4 Division I champion at 112 pounds last year -- and Tobias both considered among Section 4's top wrestlers.
The winner of the Tobias/ McCormick wrestle-off figures to be the strong favorite to win the Section 4 Division I 119-pound title next weekend. The loser will have to move up to 125, where four-time state champion Troy Nickerson of Chenango Forks looms, or to 130, where two-time state champion J.P. O'Connor of Oxford will likely reside.
JC coach Pete Capone said that the Wildcats' 119 representative would probably be decided by Monday and that the two are "dead even" right now.
"It's been very intense," Capone said. "Some might feel it's unfair, but it's a problem I don't mind having.
"From a coach's standpoint, you have two very good guys with a chance to win, and these are guys that are going to be coming back next year."

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