Spartanmom,

The tournament bulletin did list several open (think 6) spots for Aquinas. This however, was an error in the bulletin. The slots were filled at the tourney, just not with the wrestlers Aquinas would normally fill them with. Not sure if all 6 were filled, but I can count 4 slots listed as open that were filled.

As for the reason why some of the varsity was not there, I heard several unofficial rumors. I don’t want to speculate.

Missing 6 varsity wrestlers and taking 7th out of 25 teams is not bad. Aquinas has a solid dept chart. Entire squad looked good, wrestling with solid fundamentals.

Hands off to Lansing that entered the tournament with one weight open (sick), one weight open (Hvy), and three state qualifiers /medalist not in the lineup taking first. All should be back in January.

Blue Valley looked very impressive through all weight classes. (Appears the Madl twins have taken the mantel from the Baker twins now at CMSU).


Mike Flynn