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Due to the holiday, practice will be held on Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday November 24th from 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm. Practice will resume Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday the week of November 30th. Practice schedule for Christmas break will be announced.
Pottermites will be participating in the Oak Glen Varsity Duals on Sunday, December 6th. This is for varsity line up only. Wrestlers and parents will be notified if you will be wrestling.
Pottermites will be participating in the 17th Annual South Side Tournament on Saturday, December 19th and the South Side Youth Novice Tournament on Sunday, December 20th.
Congratulations to those pottermite wrestlers who wrestled at the Carrollton Tournament on Saturday, November 14th.
Howard Williams - Champion
Logan Bennett - Champion
Eric Williams - 2nd Place
Contact Information
Head Coach - Frank Williams (home) 330-385-5245
Assistant Coaches: Robert Ankrom (home) 330-870-4008
Pat George
Mike Bucheit
Booster Club Officers: Jen Loy ~ President
B.J. Kunselman ~ Vice President
Staci Stout ~ Treasurer
Amber Wright~ Secretary
WHAT IS A WRESTLER?????
BETWEEN the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of man, we find a conditioned creature called a wrestler. Wrestlers come in assorted weights, heights, and uniform colors, but each wrestler has the same creed: to wrestle every second of every minute of every period of every bout to the best of his ability. .
WRESTLERS are found underneath, on top of, countering, escaping, twisting, riding, and pinning their opponents. Teammates rib them, referees penalize them. students cheer them, kid brothers idolize them, coaches criticize them, and mothers worry about them. A wrestlers is perserverance in practice, strategy in sport, hope in a headgear, speed in sneakers, pride in performance, and the best of young manhood in uniform. .
WHEN your team is behind, a wrestler is incompetent, careless, indecisive, and uncoordinated. Just when your team spirit threatens to turn the tide of battle, he flubs a counter, gets taken down, misses a switch, or rolls to his back..
A WRESTLER is a composite-he diets like an Olympic athlete, trains like a world champion, sleeps like a Chicago Bear, but , more often than not, wrestlers like a novice at Everglades High. To an opponent publicity man, he has the speed of a gazelle, the strength of an ox, the cunning of a fox, the agility of an acrobat, the quickness of a cat, the skill of an artist, and the ability of the Lehigh wrestlers-combined. .
TO HIS own coach he has, for press purposes, the stability of gelatin, the swiftness of a snail, the mentality of a mule-is held together by ace bandages, adhesive tape, sponge rubber, analgesic, and has about as much chance of wrestling in the crucial match as would his own grandfather. .
TO AN ALUMNUS a wrestler is someone who will never wrestle as great, pin as much, score as many points, counter as hard, fight as fiercely or generate nearly the same amount of spirit as did those particular grappers of his own yesteryear. .
A WRESTLER likes match films, trips away from home, pinning opponents, short practice sessions, hot showers, whirlpool baths. post-match gourmet delights, and the quiet satisfaction which comes from being part of a hard-fought team victory. He is not much for wind sprints, calisthenics, scouting reports, drilling, sitting on the bench, skin-ripping tape, or after match compliments..
NO ONE ELSE looks forward so much to beginning the season. Nobody gets so much pleasure out of takedowns, escape, reversee, and pins. Nobody else can cram into one mind a reservoir of moves designed to result in success each time they are tired. No one else dreams and sacrifices more to attain the coveted title-"State Champion"..
A WRESTLER is a wonderful creature-you can criricize him, but you can't discourage him. You can defeat his team, but you can't make him quit. Might as well admit it-be you alumnus, coach or fan-he is your personal representative on the mat, your symbol of fair and hard play. He may not be an All-American, but he is an example of the American way. He is judged, not for his race, not for his religion, not for his social standing or not for his finances, but by the democratic yardstick of how well he performs and sacrifices individuals glory for the overall success of his team.
HE IS A HARD-WORKING untiring, determined kid doing the very best he can for his school. And when you come out of a gym, groaning and feeling upset that your team has lost, he can make you feel mighty ashamed with just two sincerely spoken words-"We tried!"
IF YOU THINK......YOU CAN!
If you think your beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you'd like to win,but think you can't,
It's almost for sure you won't.
If you think you're losing, you're lost.
For out in the world we find----
Success begins with a person's will,
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You got to think high to rise.
You got to stay with it,
In order to win the prize.
Life's battles dont always go
To the one better plan,
For more often than not, you will win,
If only you think you can!
Matt Salsberry
IN MEMORIUM
Matt Salsberry was one of the best wrestlers to ever step foot on the mat at East Liverpool High School. Matt was killed in an automobile accident on Saturday, June 12, 1999. Matt was returning from an orientation program at Ohio Northern University when their car was hit broad-side by another vehicle.He had graduated from East Liverpool High School on the previous Sunday.Matt was an outstanding wrestler at East Liverpool and also a tremendous football player. Here are some of Matts accomplishments:
124 Career Wins 4th in State 215lbs
3X OVAC Placer, 2X OVAC Champion
4X Sectional Champion 215, 189, 189, 215
2X State Qualifier, 3X District Placer
4X River Valley League Champion
4X Austintown Champion
4X Medina Placer 1st ever upper weight tourney history
1X North Canton Hoover Champion,2X N.C. Hoover Placer
1X Midwest Classic Placer, 1X JC Gorman Champion
3 Sport Athlete: Football, Wrestling, Track
Senior Class Vice President
NHS Accepted at Ohio Northern University
3.5 GPA
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