New Clarenceville head coach, Aaron Davis, has been stressing the importance of strong fundamentals from the first day of practice.  Apparently, it will take more than 2 weeks for his new approach to sink in.  “It never fails,” exclaims Davis, “even when kids drill, practice, and wrestle foolproof all week in practice, you throw a ref in front of them and a crowd and all the bad habits come screaming out at once.”

  The Redford Union Panthers had something to do with knocking the Trojans off their game plan too.  The strength of the Panther team lies in the upper weights, and starting off at 171 pounds was ideal for them.  Redford Union won 9 of the first 11 matches before voiding the final 3. 

  Most impressive was the 7-4 decision at heavyweight by Christian Colon over Anthony Giordano, who is ranked 6^th in Division 3 by MichiganGrappler.com.

  Sophomore Mike Weiss looked good for Clarenceville and freshman Steve Spens came through with a big pin over the very talented and experienced RU freshman, Stephen Knox.  “Mikey Weiss did a great job of adjusting to a bigger weight class and looked to hold his own pretty well, Freshman Stephen Spens was the surprise of the night, brought good smart solid basics out to the mat and had his hand raised twice,” stated Davis.  The final score of the first dual was RU 51, Clarenceville 30.

  Coach Davis pulled his team aside and had “a little talk” following the Redford Union dual.  It apparently worked because the Trojans stormed back and defeated the Livonia Franklin “B” team 58-24.  Clarenceville only lost 2 of the matches that were wrestled – the other points were lost because of voids. 

Redford Union 51  
Livonia Clarenceville 30

171:  Colin Rankin (RU) pinned Chris Edwards, 1:30

189:  Carl Keeny (RU) pinned Ryan Groves, 1:28

215:  Daven Gardiner (RU) won by void

285:  Christian Colon (RU) dec. Anthony Giordano, 7-4

103:  Tristin Styles (RU) won by void

112:  Kyle Donahue (RU) pinned Ian Bunker, 4:30

119:  Mike Weiss (CL) pinned Skylar Mulvihill, 1:32

125:  David Knox (RU) pinned Shane Martin, 3:14

130:  Adam Chernavage (RU) pinned Alex Arnaut, 2:54

135:  Steve Spens (CL) pinned Steve Knox, 1:12

140:  Josh Hall (RU) pinned Jacob Boettcher, 3:35

145:  Coy Sillanpaa (CL) won by void

152:  Aaron Bibik (CL) won by void

160:  Brendan Groves (CL) won by void

Clarenceville 58   
Livonia Franklin B 24

189:  Ryan Simmons (LF) won by void

215:  Ryan Groves (CL) pinned Steve Cook, 0:52

285:  Anthony Giordano (CL) pinned Brandon Sieloff, 1:53

103:  Jack Newa (LF) won by void

112:  Ian Bunker (CL) pinned Austin Steele, 3:07

119:  Mike Weiss (CL) pinned Kenneth Steele, 1:48

125:  Shane Martin (CL) pinned Brian Nisun, 3:49

130:  Juliard Nelson (LF) pinned Alex Arnaut, 1:57

135:  Stephen Spens (CL) maj. dec. Tommy Detherage, 8-0

140:  Bret Thrushman (LF) pinned Jacob Boettcher, 2:44

145:  Coy Sillanpaa (CL) pinned Billy Hunter, 4:27

152:  Aaron Bibik (CL) pinned Alex Cook, 1:03

160:  Brendan Groves (CL) won by void

171:  Chris Edwards (CL) won by void