Wrestling Blogs - Todd Austin

The ever present wintery mix has been battering the new england region for the better part of this week. For us that means more practice and less outside competition. Our meet with white mountain was canceled due to the poor travel conditions. The Con Val Invite that we were in for tomorrow has been canceled already because of the Ice Storm. Con Val has no electricity at this point so they decided to cancel the tournament. So next week we get back at it and hopefully have a tri meet on wednesday with Souhegan and milford. Then Saturday we head… more »

Here in New Hampshire we start the season before Thanksgiving. So last week we did our weight cert. This week we come back from Turkey Day and the kids are all getting on the scale and laughing, sighing, and shaking their heads. As we all did these wrestlers ate, ate and then ate some more. That is what Thanksgiving is all about. I happen to love this Holiday, because the main idea of the day is to eat as much as possible, then take a nap and eat again. Any way the kids came back a little heavy. The problem… more »

Another wrestling season is upon us. The first week is always strange for us, because a lot of our wrestlers play football. That is strange because football ended the day before wrestling started. Therefore the football players are not with us untill next week. The football team picked up its 4th straight championship this year. Any way we got underway this week and did our weight certifications. No suprises yet, but still need to cert. the football guys. For those of you that don't know our wrestling team here at Plymouth won the D2 championship last year. Hopefully with some… more »

Wrestling season starts one week from today. The football team won in the semifinals, so they are on to the state championship. Coach Cleary and I are ready to start another year of wrestling, once we get everybody certified and down to weight we should have a decent line up. One returning dII champion and a few place winners. We lost some good seniors from last years team, two that went to the New England tournament, and one that placed at the meet of champions, but we feel good about the younger kids that are stepping in to take there… more »

I have just started using this site. It seems pretty cool, and I want to writre a weekly Blog so my friends and former wrestlers can follow our season. I coach football at Plymouth too, so I will start when the wrestling season gets underway. Our football team is looking to win their 4th state championship in a row. Should be a good way to end the fall season and jump into wrestling, a lot of our wrestlers play football too. Take care Austin more »