Team Bucs bring back top honors from Nationals
By Erica Rush, KCBY NewsCOOS BAY, Ore. -Young wrestlers from around the South Coast come back from Nationals with multiple honors, as Team Bucs takes its largest team to date. MultimediaConditioning ten month out of the year, these 9 to 14 year old wrestlers may look young but according to Coach Travis Wittlake, they're tougher than they look. 11 team members just recently returned from the USA National Wrestling Championship Tournament in Iowa, where there competed with nearly 3,000 other kids from across the country. And according to the Bucs placers, Richard Rayburn of Coos Bay, A.J. Lira of Reedsport and Travis Wittlake Jr. of Myrtle Point, the competition wasn't easy. "It was a lot, lot tougher. Yeah, it's way harder over there." According to Coach Wittlake, "All of our kids did really well. I was proud of them, everybody wrestled tough and nobody really got beat up or dominated so I know we're right there with the best kids in the country." Overall, the team placed 34 out of 662 teams, a great accomplishment and a big improvement from last year says Wittlake. But there's no time to rest, Team Bucs is now preparing for the Western Regional in Idaho, followed by the Freestyle Greco in Utah shortly after. Team Bucs would like to add that trips like these would be possible without the communities support and they're currently accepting donations to attend these next two tournaments. Address for Donations: Most Popular |
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February 9, 2012
- Coos Bay / North Bend, Oregon
