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Entries for December, 2008

Minnechaug………..

Central is strong this year. Very strong. The team is also young. This is bad news for the rest of Western Mass. Minnechaug found out how deep Central was tonight when they faced off against them at The Central gym. It seemed to start out well for Minnechaug when the Falcon's Brian Lawler pinned Central's [...]

Minnechaug Tonight

Tonight the Golden Eagles square off against the Minnechaug Falcons in what could prove to be an interesting matchup. Minnechaug upset Longmeadow last week in a wild match in Longmeadow's gym. Minnechaug graduated a boat load of seniors last year, but still has some very good wrestlers. It will be interesting to see what weight [...]

Early Bird Champs

The Central Golden Eagles were definately the 800 pound gorilla in the gym Saturday as they defended their Early Bird Championship in convincing style. The Golden Eagles sent 8 wrestlers to the finals en route to a lopsided point victory to capture the team title. Central outscored their closest competition by 70 points and walked [...]

Cathedral

Central started their league season tonight with a win over Cathedral. The score was 58 – 12. I don't think anyone really expected Cathedral to win this match, and with the score being so lopsided you would think that it was a satisfying win. The problem is, I don't feel like this was a great [...]

CENTRAL DEFEATS MAU

It was the first time that Mt Anthony made the trip to Springfield Central's Gym. The last two years the Golden Eagles have been traveling to Bennington, VT to get their butts handed back to them at the Mt. Anthony gym. There was a winning streak on the line for Central who hadn't been defeated [...]

TONIGHT!!!!!!

It has finally arrived. The opening night wrestling match. Tonight the Golden Eagles will be hosting the Mt. Anthony Patriots wrestling squad and it should be a great night of wrestling. This is the first match of the season for the Central team and could very well be the toughest match of the season. This [...]

First Week

The first week of practice has come and gone. The guys have persevered through the drilling and conditioning with surprisingly few dropouts and the week ended with well over 50 wrestlers . The coaches are starting to get a feel for where the guys are technically and physically and beginning to discuss potential starting lineups. [...]

IT STARTS!

Coaches yelling, guys sweating, freshman looking ready to vomit, IT's WRESTLING TIME!!!!!!!!! 52 guys showed up for the first day of practice and by the end of it, some of the new guys looked like they were wondering why they ever came out. The first thing I saw as I entered the practice area were [...]