Caravel Academy's Ryan Wolfe wins 2011 Beast of the East title with a 3-2 win

Dec 28, 2011 by FloWrestling Staff

By David A. Willauer-Staff Writer-Bob Carpenter Center-Newark, DE-Caravel Academy's Ryan Wolfe (Career Record of 138-41 and for the 2011-12 15-0) pulled off one of the biggest surprises of his career at the 2011 Beast of the East final were he defeated David Reck of Colonel Forge by a 3-2 score and claimed his title. The first wrestler in Caravel wrestling history to do so. Ryan first got into wrestling in the 8th grade at Caravel then worked hard in the wrestling room by going to open mats, camps and tournaments, after a sophomore year where he placed in the top 6 in his weight class to his junior year where he lost by a 5-2 score to Issiah Meade from Caesar Rodney in last years state final at St. Marks High School is currently in his senior year with Caravel under head coach Mike Welsh and his brother assistant coach Brian Welsh, after winning the 2011 Beast, Ryan has one more goal left is to win the 2012 state wrestling title which will be held at Cape Henlopen High School in the middle of February in Lewes, DE.

"This the best thing in my life and my achievement that I've worked for all day." "When I first wrestled in the Beast, I took it step by step and don't pay any attention to the seedings, that's how I get the job done." "Throughout the tournament, when I get nervous, I run around with my teammates so I can get my heart rate up in these long meets people tell me I can't go 100 percent but my job is going hard for 6 hard minutes
which calms me down and to stick with my game plan, my goal was winning my matches and that is what I have worked hard for."