The Wrestling team welcomed back several strong wrestlers this season and added some great new talent to the JV and Varsity rosters. This season was all about developing solid technique and exposing the team to a wider range of teams across the region to prepare for the post season competition. The JV team had some
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The wrestling team competed at the 6A South Regional tournament hosted at Clover Hill HS. There were 25 teams in attendance representing some of the toughest competition in the state and 4 of our very own wrestlers placed Top 8 in the Region! Let’s congratulate Tristan Walls (106) and Ronzo Lee (220) who placed 8th. Josh Garber
The Varsity Wrestling team had another successful run at this weekends Conference 3 tournament. James River competed against Cosby, Franklin County, Thomas Dale, Clover Hill and Manchester high schools and walked away with a 2nd place team finish. We also had 12 of our wrestlers qualify to compete at the 6A South Regional Tournament!!
As the regular season comes to a close. The rapids have had a great regular season. Many wrestlers were able to place in several tournaments and a lot of first year wrestlers experienced a great amount of success. Here is a look at our stats for the 2016-2017 season. JV JV Team- 2nd place finish
Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:00 AM Place 5 Points 134 Meet Recap We had an exciting day at this weekends JV and Varsity Tournament at Powhatan where we competed against 9 other teams at the Arrowhead Invitational. The JV team ended their season on a high note with a 2nd place win for the Team
Saturday, January 21, 2017 7:00 PM Place 6 Points 0 Meet Recap The James River Wrestling Team traveled to Virginia Beach. The King of the Beast tournament at Tallwood High School lived up to its name and posed some serious competition. Yet, once again, our Rapids wrestlers rose to the podium and showed the beach
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:00 PM Place 2 Points 0 Meet Recap The Rapids hosted Senior night against Manchester and Monacan High School. We honored 7 seniors: Managers Claire Wilt, Sarah Sandridge, and Olivia Luffara; Wrestlers, Clay Schilling, Chris Valladeres, Michael Hadfield, and Josh Garber. The Rapids beat Manchester 59-18. Max Mellor had an exciting
Saturday, January 14, 2017 9:00 AM Place 4 Points 138 Meet Recap The Rapids traveled to JR Tucker High School for the Tiger Invitational. The Rapids were able to bring some JV wrestlers to the tournament and they took their chance and made it count. Alex Vanderslice took 3rd place and and John Sanger took
Friday, January 6, 2017 5:00 PM Place 2 Points 0 Meet Recap The Rapids had to battle some tough competition this season and next they had to battle the weather. Due to the impending snow the Rapids volunteered to host the Conference 3 duals. Coach Riley would like to the thank the parents and staff
