Despite several strong individual boats, the Wetumpka wrestling team couldn’t string together enough wins to pull out a victory at the AHSAA Class 6A Sectionals on Saturday. The Indians ultimately fell to Saraland, 42-28.
“We didn't wrestle badly, and in all the matches that we did lose, we ended up getting pinned, so, I mean, that's the difference in giving up three or giving up six points in a dual,” Coach Josh Highland said. “We gave up too many pins, and we just couldn't recover from it, as the guys that wrestled the best tried to put us back in the match, but it's just like I said, giving up that many pins, it was hard to come back.”
Several wrestlers for Wetumpka earned wins against Saraland. Barret Adams earned a 11-0 tech fall while Cameron Boling took down his opponent, 8-2. TJ Watson and Swayze Martin both got big wins as well.
“They're starting to understand how to handle big matches and that there are certain ways to wrestle in those matches,” Highland said.
