Fighting For a Victory

           The Norton High wrestling team has always been a strong team. Coach Coleman has never doubted the ability for his team of wrestlers to come out on top because he trains them to be champions. Over the weekend they proved their strength and determination by slaughtering at the Foxboro championship game. Not just one or two, but all of the team members made points to add to their score in order to win. Not to mention some took championship titles.

            The Lancers started off great winning meets against Norwell (54-24), Nauset (70-9), and Taunton (57-9). Triple winners for the Lancers were sophomores Aidan Kahn and Deven Schuko, juniors Elliott Johnson, Adam Marcon and Alek Donovan as well as senior captains JT Taylor, Myles McAlpine and Mike Travers. Although Norton took a lost against North Attleboro, they won against Plymouth and Newton. It showed that the Lancers are a strong fighting team because these were D-1 and D-2 programs, even though they are only a D-3 school. They have many strengths not just physically but emotionally. They strive to be winners because wrestling is what they love to do and they are always trying to beat records and older students that competed before them that were once on their team. Along with have kids that have been competing in wrestling events since they were freshman, they also have gained some new freshman this year who have proved their love for the sport also with minor wins. Some actually won titles coming in 3^rd or 6^th place. During the Marshfield Holiday tournament Norton placed 8^th out of 37 competing towns. They proved their defiance placing 8^th against many D-1 and D-2 schools. Their strength as a whole team are probably the older members of the team that have been competing since the beginning of their high school careers.

             Although the Lancers took some losses, they still became the champions. Some of the players had to take a loss because they were injured. This somewhat impacted the outcome of some of the meets they competed in. During the Marshfield Holiday Tournament, there were supposed to be three starters but one was forced to drop out due to injury. This could have been one of their major weaknesses because other than that they usually came out on top. Some of the freshman, and other sophomores didn’t place sometimes in meets though so this could’ve been another contributing factor.  Most of the upper class men on the team have been experienced for a few years and know exactly what to do to accomplish their goals. Another thing that could have been a weakness for the Lancers was that they are D-3 team competing against teams that are higher in rank than them.

            During the entire season the Lancers put up a great fight. They took some losses but it didn’t take them long to recover from them. They came out on top with eight wrestlers qualified for All-States! This victory was well worked for all season. Going through many obstacles to accomplish where they wanted to be. As a whole they all did very well and many took home medals for their hard work. I think next year they will also do very well because coach Coleman continues to find players who would do anything to win their meets because they love the sport. I think if they continue to practice and keep the same determination they will keep coming out with victories for seasons to come and so on.