The Vestavia Wrestling Club hosted their first tournament at Liberty Park Middle School this past Saturday, January 9,2010. It was a very cold, blustery day, but the wrestlers showed up beginning at 6am for weigh ins. There were about 400 wrestlers in all. 36 different teams from around the state came. Vestavia Club had 86 wrestlers participate.

Here are some of the stars from the day:
George Dazzio was one of 10 guys all day that got 5 pins. Josh Smith scored 23 team points , Franklin Carder, George Dazzio, & Matt King scored 22, and Quin Estes and Rob Barrentine scored 20. Keifer Bangham scored 19 points in one match!

Most match points went to Riley Pike with 43, close behind him was Reese Pettiti with 41.

Placing in the tournament for Vestavia Club were:
4th place:
James Creamer, Intermediate 75
Ryan Hernandez, Intermediate 87
James Edwards, Novice 120
Asher Hamilton, Middle School
Walker Wright, MS
Nick Dutton, MS

3rd Place
Charlie Hamilton, Bantam 50
Reese Pettiti, Bantam 50
Franklin Carder, Intermediate 55
Thomas vonEschenbach, Intermediate 70
Pete Dazzio, Intermediate 75
Nicholas Markus, Inter. 103
David Dauphin, Novice, 60
Scott Myers, MS
Walker Hamilton, MS

2nd place
Grant McLean, Intermediate 80
Jack Kyle, Intermediate 103
Riley Pike, MS
Hayden Hill, MS

1st Place
Franklin Carder, Bantam 44
Joshua Smith, Intermediate 70
Rob Barrentine, Intermediate 87
Matthew Paugh, Novice 70
Riley Pike, Novice 75
Matt King, Novice 80
Quin Estes, MS
George Dazzio, MS
Glenn Green, MS

Congrats to all of the medal winners!

Our next tournament is in Trussville this Saturday.

Vestavia will host another tournament at VHHS on January 30th! Come out and support our team!