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  Speaker 1: Sandwich wrestlers celebrate Senior Night in style with big win
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  over Plano. Written by Chris Walker, this article is being
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  read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Jack Forth became a wrestler after he arrived at Sandwich
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  as a freshman. On Thursday, he was among the seniors
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  Sandwich celebrated during its final duel meet of the season,
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  a fifty five nineteen Senior Night victory over Plano. Honestly,
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  when I came in as a freshman, I really thought
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  I'd be here forever, Fourth said, And as the years
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  went by, I didn't notice until senior year. But wow,
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  it's my last year doing all this stuff. I know
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  most people get sad about Senior Night, but I was
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  more excited than anything. I thought. It was once in
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  a lifetime experience to get to do that all four years,
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  I finally get to do it. I'm lucky enough to
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  be on varsity after only doing it for four years.
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  Fourth was somewhat driven to wrestling by the pandemic, but
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  even more so from another wrestler. I just love the sport,
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  he said. My grade was the one that came in
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  from COVID, so it was the all no touchy thing,
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  and it was middle school and I wasn't interested or anything.
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  And then my freshman year there was his one senior.
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  He convinced me to come in on the first day
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  and ever since then, I've loved it and did it
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  ever since. I think his name was Garrett. He just
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  went by Garrett. Fourth pinned Plano's Isias Martinez to win
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  at one hundred and fifty seven. I did pretty good.
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  I pinned the kid. Lucky me, Fourth said. I wrestled
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  the kid before and it was a pretty okay match.
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  But I decided I was able to do the same
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  move I did before and decided I should try it
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  and it worked. The added challenge for Fourth is literally
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  bigger opponents. Jack has been bumping up to one hundred
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  and fifty seven all year at one hundred and fifty,
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  Sandwich coach Dereck Jones said, and he's competing and getting
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  better wrestling bigger kids. So he's figurediguring it out a bit,
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  turning it on at the right time. He proved to
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  be a quick learner too. He came in as a
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  freshman as a tiny, skinny, one thirteen pounder and picked
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  up a few things and at a successful freshman year.
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  Jones said he didn't make it super far or anything,
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  but it sparked his interests and showed he could do
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  some good things, and I'm glad he stuck around Plano
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  forfeited four matches to sophomore Dom Urbanski one hundred twenty six,
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  senior Kai Kern one ninety, junior Luis Murrillo two hundred
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  and fifteen, and senior Caden Clevenger two eighty five. Kern
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  said he reflected on how far he's come as a
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  wrestler and as a person, and that he simply wanted
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  to wrestle. It's unfortunate I didn't get a match, but
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  it is what it is. He said. My dad ran
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  his own wrestling club, so I started at the age
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  of three and didn't really like it, but kept doing
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  it and kept doing it and still didn't like it,
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  and he told me I could quit as soon as
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  I got to high school. But I didn't quit because
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  I realized it's a great sport. I've wrestled for a while.
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  Clevenger also wanted that final home match. I wish I
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  would have had a match. It sucked to watch everyone
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  have their senior night and not have mine. But it
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  is what it is, Clevenger said, normally I've wrestled. This
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  was just my second forfeit all year in one medical
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  forfeit and a bye and stuff, but not really any
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  dual forfeits. It just sucks because it was senior night,
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  and it's unfortunate because Clevenger's doesn't have many matches left.
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  I just try my best. It's my last year because
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  I don't plan on doing any college wrestling because I
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  don't want to go to college. It's not really my thing,
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  he said. I want to be in the trades for sure,
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  hopefully electrical. But if I start to lose interest, I
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  think I'll find something else. But would like to get
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  into construction. I've always worked with my hands and I
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  can't sit still, so I got it doing something active.
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  Kern and Clevenger don't have to wrestle to make an impact.
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  Caden and Kai are very meaningful kids to the program.
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  They're good wrestlers, but just good kids, good leaders. Jones said.
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  They try to keep the other kids doing things the
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  right way, showing them things the right way. Sandwich freshman
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  Isaac Brunneller pinned Tristan Elmato won thirty five to win.
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  At one thirty eight. Leo Harbitek one twenty, junior Cooper
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  Quarter one fifty, and sophomore Joshua Kotalik one seventy five
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  picked up tech fall victory. It was good to get
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  all our seniors in the lineup tonight, Jones said. Leo
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  at one hundred and twenty was able to wrestle. He
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  has been at the junior varsity level all season, so
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  it was nice for him to come in and get
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  a win. Senior Jacob Cassie one hundred and forty four
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  scored a twelve to two major over Plano's Liam Sick.
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  Jake Cassie has dealt with some injury bugs and random
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  things throughout his years in the high school program, and
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  so far this year has been able to stay on
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  the map for the whole season, which has been great.
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  Jones said he has a little knee thing but wrestled
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  through it. Shining for the Reapers. Shane Downs to down
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  Logan Torrents in three point thirty at one thirty two.
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  Everyone went out there and gave their best, which is
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  all we can ask for. Down said, We've got a
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  whole new team it's been great being able to lead
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  the team and get to see all these new wrestlers,
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  to see the improvement. Sam Musa pinned Aiden Sinatos at
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  five fifty four for Plano's second win by pin. Wyatt
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  Crown scored a thirteen zero major over Hunter White Cotton
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  at one oh six, and Isaac Navarez earned a nine
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  to two win over Brody Stone at one forty five
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  for the Reaper's other two victories. We're feeling good, Planyo
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  coach Dwayne Love said, the guys are starting to work
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  and wrestle all the way to our potential now and
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  wrestling for six minutes, and I'm excited about that. They're
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  doing a good job, and we're young, and I got
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  two seniors in the lineup that do a great job
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  for me