January 26-27th, 2018 was the wrestling tournament: Grove City. This was the tournament that Jeff Brichford won his 100th match. This was a huge achievement for Jeff’s high school wrestling career. Grove city was a tough tournament for a lot of the wrestlers, but our players came out on top. Other varsity captain, Douglas Bailey, placed 2nd. Brody Arrundale placed 6th. Jeff placed 3rd. Madison overall placed 13th out of 36. Jeff is a 2nd year captain for the team and the other team captain is Douglas Bailey, a 1st year captain.
Jeff has been working hard since his freshman year of wrestling. He had helped from former captain, Corbin Post. During practices everyday Jeff was paired up with him to run drills. This helped Jeff get to where he is today. Not only did Jeff have a great partner to help him, there was also a class during school that was made for a lot of wrestlers and football players. This a new class and only has only been available for the last couple semesters. The wrestling team also has morning practices that helped Jeff and all the other wrestlers improve themselves.
Jeff has worked hard throughout his entire wrestling career. Two years ago he placed 6th in districts and the year after, Jeff placed 5th. This year Jeff is hoping on placing even better than the last two years and to make it to states. He also wants to see other wrestlers from Madison to make it to states. As the post season approaches, Jeff is bettering himself as much as he can. Jeff has advice for the underclassmen with a post-season coming up and just for future seasons: “Don’t get discouraged with a tough lost, just keep working hard and bettering yourself as a wrestler”.
With the season coming to a close soon, the team has a night to honor their seniors, Jeff Brichford and Clay Smith. This event will take place February 15th, 2018. JV starts at 6 pm and varsity starts at 7 pm. Coach Tomaso was glad to be able to coach Jeff and watch him grow as a wrestler. Tomaso said, “to win 100 matches is a great accomplishment, especially to achieve it in about three years”. With the post season coming up make sure you attend as many matches as possible to support the Madison Wrestling team!
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