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Wrestlers Qualify 11 at Regional Championships and win 10 medals
KES Wrestling team took 11 wrestlers to the Regional Championships on February 28th and qualified all 11 for the Provincial Championships. We brought home 10 medals, including 3 gold from team captains - Ross Traves and Ky Walsh, as well as junior Nathan Danquah.
KES Wrestlers win 10 medals at Regional Championships
The senior girls’ team, small in number, were led by a gold medal performance by Ky Walsh as they placed second overall in the senior girls’ division. Ky won her last two matches in a pin and 10 point grand superiority to win the gold. Alex Ondo and Christina Andreas each won silver. Alex lost her final match by pin in a standing throw that could have went either way. Ross Traves led the senior boys’ team to a fourth place finish and had a great technical first match, where he had the entire gym in awe. He eventually went on to win gold and will defend his provincial championship next weekend. Jack O’Flaherty was the great surprise for the senior boys, winning the bronze in a large 69 kg class.
The junior boys’ team was led, once again by Nathan Danquah in the 85 kg class, helping post a fourth place finish for his team. He started the day slowly and won a key match - up in a late round come back and went on to win the final and his second regional championship. Brisnel Etou Bosseba won a bronze in his second tournament of the year and showed great potential, winning two match ups and losing a couple extremely close matches, simply through lack of experience. He will be one to watch next weekend as he continues to improve rapidly.
Other medal winners were Tristan Parker, who was 0.1 kg over his weight class and had to wrestle up in the next weight class, Alex Otto and Tim Lui. Of the 11 wrestlers who competed, we brought home 10 medals. Some of our wrestlers did not wrestle to their potential, but we look forward to everyone being at their best next weekend for the Provincial Championships at Sir John “A”, where all 11 have qualified.
King’s-Edgehill School is located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
