It hasn’t been easy for North Callaway girls wrestling as of late, but Monday turned out to be a good day.
North Callaway took three girls to the fifth annual Brick City Classic in Mexico and …
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It hasn’t been easy for North Callaway girls wrestling as of late, but Monday turned out to be a good day.
North Callaway took three girls to the fifth annual Brick City Classic in Mexico and all three finished in the top three to medal. Brooke Giboney finished first at 105 pounds, Lotus Gwaltney was third at 130B and Elka Endres was third at 140.
Head coach Ronnie Kimbley said North Callaway had already wrestled Saturday at the Odessa tournament so he is proud of how they performed with the quick turnaround.
“It’s more mental than physical,” Kimbley said about the difficulty in preparing for a tournament soon after another. “It’s dragging. Our whole month is like that. We have a lot of competitions in the month of January.”
Giboney had two matches in a smaller bracket but won via major decision and pinfall against district opponents from Chillicothe and Holt.
“In the first one, she was moving really well,” Kimbley said. “In the second match, she came from behind to get a first-period pin.”
Kimbley admitted to the team dealing with sickness recently, including with Endres. He said she is recovering from sickness but is still dealing with back injuries. Endres lost two matches but won via major decision and then pinfall over a Waynesville opponent she had lost to earlier in the day.
“For her to gut the tournament out was nice to see,” Kimbley said. “She’s not going to back down from anybody.”
Gwaltney won her first three matches before losing via a 5-3 decision to Holt’s Kekely Zoss but finished the day with a pinfall over district foe Emma Jones, of California.
“Our double leg ended up in their takedown, and that cost us there,” Kimbley said. “With Lotus, we’re still learning a lot. She wrestled really great all day long. She believes in her shot, and it’s something to believe in. She’s got a nasty double leg.”
Kimbley hopes to “fine-tune” after throwing “everything at them” because “the small things” will make a big difference in February.
