Hurons go 3-2 at first meet of the season

by Angie Asam, Staff Writer

The Rogers City wrestling team traveled to the six-team Roscommon invitational Saturday and went 3-2 in the dual meet format of the tournament. The Hurons defeated Grayling, Manton and Houghton Lake before falling to Essexville-Garber, by one point, and Roscommon.

?We started off very aggressive against Grayling but for whatever reason we seemed to wear down as the day went on. I though we wrestled well and showed good sportsmanship all day. I am proud of them, they wrestled hard all day,? said coach Pat Lamb.

Devin Pommerenke (285) was the lone undefeated Huron on the day going 5-0 winning all of his matches by pin. Pommerenke was selected as the upper weight Most Valuable Wrestler as voted by the coaches for his efforts.

Five Hurons were 4-1 on the day, including freshman Joey Sobeck (103) recording four pins before he found himself on the losing end of a 2-1 match against Roscommon. Sophomore Keegan Urban (130) wrestled tough all day with his only loss being a 3-2 decision.

Junior Cameron Wilk (125) started his season with a vengeance going 4-1 on the day. Fellow junior Ben Tulgestke was also 4-1 at 152 pounds.

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e did better than I thought we would and showed some flashes of brilliance. There are some things we need to work on, especially conditioning and mental conditioning to stay up for the entire day. We are slim in numbers and can?t afford injury or illness but we will work hard and continue to improve,? said coach Lamb.

Travis Fleis (112) and Travis Lafferty (119) were each 3-2 on the day while Luke Ryan (140) was 2-3. Blaise Ryan (145) and Jacob Reisner (160) were each 1-4 on the day. Also wrestling for the Hurons were Mike Pacella (215) and Jim Tomas (189) but neither was able to notch a win on Saturday.

The young Hurons hosted Petoskey and St. Ignace Wednesday evening and will travel to the St. Ignace Invitational on Saturday.