Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!!!

Trivia Answers

1) Coach Smith graduated from college with an engineering degree.
2) It was a trick question. The last County we won was indeed a couple weeks ago in 2010!!

Trivia Answers

1) Shaun Newtons cousin is no other then Wyatt Thomas. We have been honored ironically with Shaun's presence this week and it's odd since we have been talking about him as of late. Shaun has not been home in five years for Christmas due to his demanding work schedule. It's nice to have him back.

2) Coach Bob's brother Chuck was as none of you guessed it a professional wrestler.

Better late then never and I apologize, but as you all know, the time of the season is keeping us all very busy.  I just wanted to give my review of this past weekend. All in all I am, along with the rest of the coaching staff  very impressed with the way the team responded at the County meet. To be honest the team as whole (varsity, B- team, and J.V,) all wrestled beyond my expectations. Not only did we do better then we have in the past three years but our B team stepped up and beat up on some guys. Just a few matches that stand out in my mind is Jacob Beaver losing 12-2 with 7 seconds left and pinning his kids. As well as  Vinny Stefanko's impressive win in the first match against the number 3 seeded kid from Birch Run. I can go on and on with matches but we were all there and we all saw the great matches. With all that said, it was a great weekend to see where we stand and the growth that we have made this season thus far. This weekend was a great indication to see how much more we are capable of. We have a lot of room for improvement and it's nice to see we are on the right track. We are finally starting to buy into the system and with time I hope that we will be ready to respond when the right time comes.
With that all said, coach Bob and I have been talking and he might be upset with me letting the cat out of the bag so early but I'm just too excited. Coach Bob has had a great idea and a Vision that will take the County meet to a new level. He has the idea and the rest of the Coaching staff agrees with him that next year we want to step up the ante. With cooperation of the athletic department and the school we hope that next year we can invite 32 of the top elite teams from Michigan and Ohio to come and participate in the new Michigan Elite 32 wrestling tournament. We invite the best to come weigh in shoulder to shoulder on Friday mid afternoon next year. We then will wrestle two rounds of championships and a round of consolations. After that we will come back on Sat. and finish up the tournament. We want this tournament to be a tournament that people beg to come to. Again it is not final but hopefully next week we can get the go ahead. Look forward to it and hope you all have a merry Christmas.

Trevor.

I just want to say how amazing and proud I am to be apart of such a great team and great people. Our family that we adopted this year came to the school and picked up their gifts today. The single mother of three was so overwhelmed with gratitude today and was in tear because the way you all stepped up and helped out this Christmas season. We really do have great parents and kids and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Trevor

Just to let all you Friday night volunteers know. We can start setting up around 5:30 on friday night. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Coach Perry

I just want to put a reminder out there of the adopt a family that we do every year. This is something that we have been doing for a long time now and it is a great fundraiser.  This is something that I did in College every year and we took the presents to the kids and families. It is something that is near to me and it is a great feeling. I was a college student not to long ago with very limited money but still found a way to give back. Please think of the less fortunate at this time and if you have any questions at all please email me at Hoosier174@gmail.com. I will answer any questions you have. Thanks again and Happy Holidays.

Coach Perry

Snow Day tomorrow. We will still havce practice at three o'clock.

Trivia Question # 1

This is just a personal preference

Trivia Question # 2

Coach Smith has tricked most of you with this one. Shaun Newton was our first wrestler to attend U of M. Shaun went to U of M and walked on as a freshman and stuck with it for four years and rallied a great wrestling career. He also graduated with an Aeronautical Engineering degree and currently live out in Washington with is wife and two kids and works for Boeing. Shaun is another one of Davison's success stories that many have not heard about.

I just wanted to say what a nice job we did this weekend. I was really concerned going into it after our down performance on Wednesday, but our kids really did a great job. The team looked like the same team that wrestled against Oxford and the same team that wrestled down in Ohio. I was just really happy to see the way we performed this weekend.  I was also really happy with all the the support and help we got from parents this weekend. The Chase Challenge really ran smooth because of your help. The spread down stairs was amazing too. A lot of parents stepped up and it showed and we thank you for that. Coach Smith would like to send a special thanks to Mr. Schlack and Mrs. Lapeer for their contribution to the outstanding J.V. tournament. It was hard to do last minute but a job well done.

Coach Perry

Trivia Number 1

The move that really separated Davison was the Cement Job. It was not the move itself but the weigh Coach Hall taught us to finish it.

Trivia Number 2

As most of you guessed it, Coach Smith does in fact work for Dort Federal.

Alright parents,

Last week was a great season opening week for us. As we all know we wrestled Oxford on wens. and pulled a win over them. Thurs we wrestled Rochester and beat them after they have gained victories over us over the past two years. Then we followed that with a loss over Lake Fenton. I know this was an upsetting loss but we learned a lot from it and we got a lot better because of it. We continued on to Saturday, where we sent 14 guys down to Walsh High School in Ohio. The Cards wrestled four great duals and gained victories in all.  Ohio was a great experience for the guys because for one its nice to get the team away and staying together (like in a hotel). It's where they create a stronger bond and develop that attitude where they actually want to fight not only for themselves but for their team as well. Also with these four duals we wrestled very hard and again with guts. There was not one easy dual. We had hard matches through out the entire day.  Ill never forget Hankens showing us how to get of your back.
    We also took the remaining guys to the Grand Blanc Invite where we had a great showing. Patrick Rooker coming up with the Gold and Jacob Madrigal showing us what hes got as well, with picking up the Silver.  All of our guys wrestled tough over the weekend and it was most certainly a weekend of growth. It make me personally so excited that I have been fortunate enough to come back to Davison and witness these kids grow. It is really fun watching these kids wrestle and even more fun watching them grow as wrestlers.
     With that said, we are going to have another tough and busy week in front of us. Wens we wrestle DCC and Saturday we have the Chase Challenges in our house. I look forward to seeing you all and GO CARDS!!!

Man was last night exciting!!! Again I know we have missed a beat but from when I left here 6 years ago until now. It feels as if we haven't. With that said we have a lot of room to grow here. There are a lot of point out there they we did not pick up. Which that is fine because we do not want to peak at the first dual. It is going to be a long season. The reason we schedule Oxford so early is so that we could wrestle a great team and see where we stand. Well we know where we stand and we know how we can help our guys. Yesterday was exciting, not just for our varsity guys but our B team and J.V. team. Everyone went out and wrestled with guts. We keep saying if you can put together a full six or seven minutes, then you can make things happen. Now with that said we really hope Ryan Thick is doing alright and I'm waiting to hear back on how he is doing. No one wants to see that and our thoughts go out to him and his family. But now we need to move on and get ready for Rochester and Lake Fenton. See you all tonight and thanks for the support.