The Salmon Arm Secondary Wrestling Team went to the War On The Floor Wrestling Tournament in December at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
Eighty schools and about 450 wrestlers from around B.C. attended the two-day event. The first day of wrestling included novice wrestlers, young men and women who have not medaled in a major tournament with four or more entries in their weight class. The local results from the novice tournament included:
• Men - Chad Baker, 66 kg, 4th; Jacob Fagrie, 63 kg, 5th; Dean Koller, 70 kg, 5th; Kellen McEachein-Corely, 54 kg, 6th; Colin Robinson, 38 kg, 5th; Ian St. Clair-Moniz, 74 kg, 5th.
• Women - Krystine Hamre, 60 kg, 2nd; Mikayla McKay, 70 kg, 3rd; Madison Porteous, 64 kg, 1st.
The second day of wrestling was for the elite wrestlers, individuals who have placed in the top three positions at a major tournament during their high school wrestling careers as well as outstanding wrestlers from the War On The Floor.
Salmon Arm had five wrestlers entered in this part of the meet: Chad Baker; St Clair-Moniz; McKay who placed 5th; Porteous who placed 5th and Shay-lyn Steiger who came third in the 46 kg category, wrestling two weight classes higher than last year. Twenty-three wrestlers from the Salmon Arm team attended the tournament.
“All of our wrestlers competed to the best of their ability and treated the meet as a chance to improve their skills and compete with the best wrestlers in the province,” said co-coach Richard Sweet. “They are good kids who continue to work hard and improve with each practice.”
