Furies Wrestlers at Indian Duals (11/26)
A banged up and short- handed FCDS varsity wrestling team traveled to Hickory to compete in the St. Stephens Indian Duals on Wednesday. The team came away with a 5th place finish after going 3-2 on the day. In the pool portion of the tournament the team finished 2-2, picking up wins over Watauga High School and Fred T. Foard High School and dropped two tough losses to Alexander Central and Glenn High Schools. The Furies were then matched up with RS Central from the other pool and came away with their third win of the day.
Leading the charge for the Furies were Johnny Watson and Kwame Seymour, both finishing 5-0 on the day. Following their lead were Cole Edwards, David Wall, Ryan Doyle, Garrison Pollock, and Brett Harris who all finished 4-1 on the day. Tim Crook picked up two varsity wins on the day to help the Furies out while John Woltz, James Pike, and Dylan Celender all picked up one win apiece.
With the Thanksgiving break here, the Furies will have only one day off before they return for a practice on Friday morning and then travel to Ragsdale High School to compete in the Tigerland Classic on Saturday.
Furies Wrestlers at Glenn Invitational
The FCDS varsity wrestlers finished 3rd as a team over the weekend at the Phillip Reed Glenn Invitational with 124.5 team points. Trinity High School took home the team title while NW Guilford finished ahead of the Furies in 2nd place.
Leading the way for the Furies were Stout Watson, Johnny Watson, and Garrison Pollock who all came away with individual tournament titles. Stout Watson defeated East Rowan’s Aaron Plyler in the finals by the close score of 6-5. Johnny Watson defeated NW Guilford’s Michael Harper in the finals at 152 by the score of 7-2. Garrison Pollock took home the title at 215 with another close win over Trinity’s Eric Huynh by the narrow margin of 6-5.
Cole Edwards continued his winning ways by making the finals before falling to West Davidson’s Zach Hudson 10-0 for his first loss of the 08-09 campaign. Kwame Seymour and Brett Harris finished in fourth place at 171 and 285 respectively, both going 2-2 on the day. David Wall also notched two wins on the day but was unable to place following his second loss.
Stout Watson was voted the lightweight Outstanding Wrestler following the tournament by the coaches of the 15 other teams in attendance.
The Furies next hit the mats at the St. Stephen’s Indian Duals on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving break and then hit the road again for the Tigerland Classic at Ragsdale High School on Saturday.
Furies Wrestling Takes Hargrave Military (11/18)
In their first home wrestling dual meet of the season the FCDS Furies varsity took on Hargrave Military Academy in the Tierney gym on Tuesday night. After an intense dual meet, the Furies came away with a close 45-36 victory, bringing their dual meet record to 5-1.
David Wall got things going with a hard fought 3rd period fall at 125. Ryan Doyle followed suit as he picked up a quick first period fall over his Hargrave opponent in just 1:51. Stout Watson kept things going the way of the Furies with another 3rd period fall to put FCDS up by a score of 18-0.
Stepping in at 140 was sophomore Jay Baughan, who pulled out a tough match, scoring a decision by a score of 7-2 to put the home team up 21-0. Following a fall at 145 for Hargrave over rookie Daniel Kim, Johnny Watson got things going again with a fall of his own at 152 in just 3:05.
After another pin by Hargrave at 160, Kwame Seymour turned things around again for the Furies with a 3rd period fall of his own to put the FCDS team up 33-12. Hargrave got another fall at 189 but FCDS 215lber Garrison Pollock quickly turned the tide again with a quick first period fall of his own in only 45 seconds.
After a hard fought match by Brett Harris which ended in a fall for Hargrave and a forfeit at 103 for FCDS, Cole Edwards continued his winning ways with a pin in one minute flat over his opponent. This sealed the match for the Furies and after another forfeit for FCDS at 119, the match ended with the Furies on top, 45-36.
The Furies next see action this Saturday as they travel to Glenn High School in Kernersville for the Glenn Invitational. This is an all day individual tournament consisting of some of the best local teams from across the Triad.
Season Opener results for FCDS Varsity Wrestling at the Dudley Duals (11/15-16)
On Saturday the FCDS varsity wrestling team opened their season with the very competitive Dudley Panther Duals and finished in 3rd place. This dual format tournament was composed of 16 teams from around the Triad and Charlotte area. There was a round- robin four pool preliminary round followed by matchups between the pool winners.
FCDS won their pool after defeating Middle Creek HS, Grimsley HS, and West Stokes HS. The Furies defeated Middle Creek by a score of 54-30. They then defeated Grimsley by a score of 42-39. In the final round of the pool match-ups the Furies defeated a very tough West Stokes team by a score of 39-33.
The Furies then moved on to the semi-finals where they faced a tough host team in Dudley. Here the varsity wrestlers took their only loss on the day as a team, dropping a hard fought dual by a score of 27-47.
This dropped the Furies into a match-up against 71st HS out of Fayetteville, who lost by a narrow 2-point margin in their semi final to Ragsdale HS. In a fight to the finish, the Furies came out on top by the slimmest of margins. With the score knotted at 39 apiece, the coaches had to pull out their rule books and dig for the tie match criteria to determine a winner. After the 6th criteria it was determined the FCDS was the winner by virtue of most first match points scored.
Leading the way for FCDS and their 3rd place finish was 112lber Cole Edwards and Johnny Watson at 145lbs who both finished the day at 5-0 individually. 140lber Spencer Breeden and 215 Garrison Pollock both finished the day at 3-0 and both Brett Harris at 285 and David Wall at 125 finished 4-1. 171lber Kwame Seymour finished the day with a record of 3-2.
Next up for the FCDS Varsity Wrestlers is a home dual meet against Hargrave Military Academy out of Chatham, Virginia on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Tierney Gymnasium. Then they travel to Glenn HS for the Glenn Invitational on Saturday.
FCDS Wrestlers Go International (10/9)
On October 9, three FCDS wrestlers and Coach Erik Wince traveled to Puerto Rico as part of Team North Carolina to compete in the Copa Sparta Wrestling Tournament. Held in Salinas, PR, this Pan American freestyle wrestling tournament draws athletes representing several nations. Spencer Breeden, Christian Funder, and Garrison Pollock along with Coach Wince competed against athletes from countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Honduras, and Canada among others. The FCDS wrestlers trained and stayed at the Olympic Training Center in Salinas.
Leading the Fury charge was senior Spencer Breeden, who won the 69kg weight class. Breeden defeated two wrestlers from Puerto Rican wrestling clubs. He pinned his first two opponents with first-period falls. In the finals, Breeden defeated Nick Hennings from Strong and Courageous Wrestling Club. Both junior Garrison Pollock and sophomore Christian Funder placed second. Pollock wrestled at 100kg and defeated his first opponent 6-0 and 3-0. He lost in the finals to a highly talented member of Team Puerto Rico by a score of 1-0 and 2-0. Funder wrestled at 66kg. In his first match, he defeated a wrestler from Team New York. In the second round, Funder defeated a talented wrestler from Team Cuba. Funder lost to fellow Team North Carolina member Dylan Kala 2-0 and 1-0. Also competing at 84 kg was head coach Erik Wince. In the first round, Wince upended Jaime Espinal, a Pan-Am Games bronze medalist who was ranked 30th in the world by a score of 4-0, 2-3, and 4-2. He defeated wrestlers from Team Puerto Rico and Team Cuba by scores of 6-0 and 6-0 and 6-0 and 1-0 respectively. In the finals, Wince was defeated by Sabor Tomav of Team New England, who was a former Iranian national champion 2-0 and 1-1.
Overall, Team North Carolina finished second in the FILA Schoolboy Division, second in the FILA Cadet Women’s Division, first in the FILA Junior Division, and first in the FILA Open Division. Team North Carolina also brought home the overall team championship trophy.
