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NMHS Wrestling Team Brings Home The Bronze
The wrestling team ranks third at the an the Albany Invitational Wrestling Tournament held last weekend.
From Coach Tim Hess
The Newark Memorial HS Wrestling team placed 3rd out of 42 teams at the 39th Annual Albany Invitational Wrestling Tournament.
Leading the way for the Cougars were:
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- Jake Smith (134), who placed first and won the Most Valuable lightweight award with 3 pins and a tech fall in the finals.
- Victor Pereira (172) also took first, won the Most Valuable upper weight award and finished with 3 pins and a tech fall in the final against the State's 3rd ranked wrestler Dylan Morris from Redwood HS.
- Jacob Pratt (140) had three pins and finished 2nd.
- Anthony Rubio (154) went 4-1 and ended up in 2nd place. He defeated the top ranked 154 pounder in the NCS (Jack Fausone of Casa Grande) in the semi finals.
- Elmer Hamidy (287) took 3rd.
- And Trevor Hubby was 4th at 147 lbs.
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