Farewell Fairfield

That's right, Fairfield got steamrolled today. It was a pin fest and a throw fest. Matches won by pin included Devin P., Austin J., Connor D.,
Jaedon F., Matt W., Matt T., Tanner H., Colby M. & Doug S. Lawson E also had a techfall and that only because he miscalculated how far ahead he was! I think that the coaches must have been going over throws last week because the other team got a lot of air time today. Although there were a lot of calls, most of them looked really good to me. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a "fan"atic. Well, it was a lot of fun to watch. Definitely the cheapest/best entertainment in town. As a reminder, there is no match on Thursday. Our next one is on March 3rd against Sunset at Sunset. See you there.

It has come to my attention that some (maybe many) of you had problems download/viewing the files that I put up from the N. Layton match. This time I have uploaded the files as wmv files as opposed to mpg files in hopes that these will play nicer with the embedded Window's Media Player that seems to be used on the badango file sharing site. I would really appreciate it if you could let me know how these work for you. If you have a Google account, you can reply directly to this post. If you don't have a Google account, you can create one easily. If you don't want to create an account, you can e-mail me by clicking on the link to the right at the bottom of the green rectangle where it says "View my complete profile". That will take you to a new page and on the left it says Contact with a link that says Email. If you click on the Email link, it will allow you to e-mail me directly with any comments that you may have. I want to make sure that it is working well for everyone. There is no sense putting them on the net if you can't see them :).

This year I will be tracking the team stats as well. Following is a link to the Excel file that I will be using. I will update it after every match as well.
Team Stats

OK. Enough blabber, here are the links to the files:
78 lbs
92 lbs
98 lbs
104 lbs
110 lbs
115 lbs
120 lbs
125 lbs
132 lbs
140 lbs
150 lbs
162 lbs
175 lbs
275 lbs

Chargers Are Back in the House

As I was getting ready to leave for the meet today, I revived a ritual that I began last year. First, find the camcorder, next the bag, then the power cord and extension cord. Don't forget the piece of paper to write everything down on. I thought to myself, "Here we go again. Another season of wrestling has begun." It was like putting on your favorite old winter coat. Brings back a lot of good memories and just feels good. Then the nerves started to kick in. What if he doesn't make weight? What if he loses? What if he gets hurt or hurts the other guy? What if.... You know the scenario. Well, just like last year the Chargers came out ready to fight and fight they did. The first four matches ended in pins. Chargers 24, Longhorns 0. Then we lost our first. That was followed by another four wins with 3 pins. Now it's Chargers 45, Longhorns 6. We lost our second after that run, but it was followed by another three wins, two pins and a tech fall. The last two matches were split, one for CJH and one for NLJH. However, if you ask me, Connor D. should have been given the match. I think the ref harbors a little animosity toward CJH. That's OK, it was a good match. Jaedon F. finished it off with a strong pin in the 2nd period. Final score Chargers 68, Longhorns 15. Well that good feeling is back and it looks like it will continue for another six weeks. Let's enjoy all of it. Way to go guys! Way to go coaches!

Now for the important part. Here are the links to the matches. In order to keep the size of the files manageable, I had to shrink the image. I have the full resolution files on my disk if anyone would like them. Just let me know and we can work something out.

78 lbs
85 lbs
92 lbs
98 lbs
104 lbs
110 lbs
115 lbs
120 lbs
125 lbs
132 lbs
140 lbs
150 lbs
162 lbs
175 lbs
275 lbs

Go Chargers!

Welcome back to another season of Charger Wrestling and Centerville Jr. High. As all of you are probably aware, duals begin this week with the Chargers facing off against North Layton. Many from last years team are back and I believe everyone has their eye on the dual with Kaysville and then the District tournament. For those who want to keep up to date on the scores and videos of the varsity matches (yes I will be filming again this year), come back and visit the site often during the season. I have included the calendar for this season below in case you lost yours or never got it :). I look forward to a lot of excitement again this year.

2/19/09 - North Layton (Home)
2/24/09 - Fairfield (Home)
3/3/09 - Sunset (Away)
3/5/09 - Mueller Park (Home)
3/10/09 - Farmington (Away)
3/12/09 - Millcreek (Home)
3/17/09 - Kaysville (Away) *Don't miss this one
3/19/08 - South Davis (Away)
3/24/09 - Bountiful (Home)
3/26/09 - West Point (Away)
3/31/09 - South End
4/2/09 - District (...Champions??)

Yes I am unabashedly a Charger fan. What can I say?

See you in the bleachers!