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CENTENNIAL WRESTLERS MAKE THE NEWS
(Reprinted from Star News)

Wrestlers slam competition in Coppell

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:35 PM CST
Centennial wrestling coach Mike Eaton’s stocking has been stuffed for nearly a week now.
Christmas arrived early for Eaton and the Titans on Saturday when his teams nearly pulled off a rare trifecta. While he was in Coppell for the Santa Slam, Eaton received a picture message on his phone alerting him that the Frisco Bombers youth team he coaches had just taken the title at the Grappler Duals in Southlake. Minutes later, his varsity boys team gift-wrapped a championship trophy, which accompanied a runner-up finish from the Lady Titans at the Mrs. Claus Slam.

“It wasn’t a bad weekend,” Eaton said. “We’re starting to put it together.”

The boys held off hosting Coppell by 7.5 points for the victory, one that Eaton called the biggest tournament win in the program’s seven-year history. It was forged in the middle weights and brought home by heavyweight Trey Neal.

Neal, Cody Curtiss, Alex Scheer and Dalton Caudell all won their respective class, and Phillip Obenshain earned a consolation championship by placing third at 145.

“We kind of like our run of middleweights and Trey as a closer,” Eaton said. “We’ve got five or six guys that can kind of wrestle just about anybody.”

That was made clear in the finals when Neal, Curtis and Caudell all recorded falls to end things prematurely. Neal stopped Keller Central’s Jeff Jenkins at the 5:43 mark, while Curtis (125) and Caudell (135) both got the job done in less than five minutes. Scheer earned a 4-3 decision at 130 over Greg Sanders of San Antonio MacArthur.

The Titans should only get stronger as the season goes on. Senior Ryan Garner, the district runner-up at 135 last season, sat out the tournament with an injury suffered in practice, but will return in January. And unlike many other area teams, Centennial prefers to start its season after Thanksgiving in order to hit its stride at the right time. As of Saturday’s meet, the Titans had wrestled for only two weeks.

“A lot of these teams get hot early. We feel we’ll be wrestling our best in February. The last few years we’ve started moving that way. It’s paid off,” Eaton said. “Our kids are a lot fresher in February. They peak at the right time. Our goal is to be wrestling best at district, region and state. We’ll sacrifice some of those individual awards, as far as records and lots of wins, for the wins in February.”

Another factor come February could be conditioning. When other wrestlers are looking to cut weight before the string of postseason meets begin, Centennial should be in good shape. Curtiss, who placed fourth at the 2009 state meet at 112 pounds, is undefeated at 125 this season. It was a move he made out of necessity as he looks to continue his career in college. Caudell is up 10 pounds from 125 and Obenshain is up 15 pounds from 130.

“It’s a natural progression. Most of those middle weights want to wrestle in college so they need to get their weight up. Prove to college coaches that they can wrestle at those weights,” Eaton said. “We’re not cutting weight, which also helps us come February. Most of our kids haven’t gained bad weight I don’t think. They’ll be stronger and will be wrestling better in tournaments. Not going to have that diet factor weighing in on them.

“It definitely keeps them fresh and they’ll feel a lot stronger late in these tournaments, whereas the guy that’s been dieting and cutting weight, his stamina and strength isn’t going to be there. If it comes down to the third period, we like our odds. We’re going to have a little more in the tank than these guys that are cutting weight.”

As for the Lady Titans, they finished second to Lamar in the Mrs. Claus Slam even without reigning district champ Paloma Baptista. Jeantry Prather placed first at 215 with a pin in the first minute and Mayra Gonzalez took second at 185. Yasmine Zaman (119) and Lindsey Modawell both retrieved third by winning the consolation bracket.

“As soon as we put the full team together and get everybody in the right spot, I think we’ll be pretty tough,” Eaton said. “We’ve got some new names, but some kids that will be pretty tough. Come February I like our chances.”

Centennial, as well as the rest of the Frisco ISD teams, will be off until January. The Titans will compete in the state dual qualifier Jan. 2 in Allen before hosting the district dual tournament Jan. 8-9.

LATEST FROM COACH EATON
Titan parents and wrestlers,
 
I just wanted to say thanks so much for all of your help this past weekend in making the Titan Invitational such a well-run tournament!  This was the largest tourney we have ever put on in the 7 years of the program.  I believe we had nearly 600 wrestlers and over 1000 matches wrestled over the two-day span!  Unbelievable!  Believe me, in the middle of this event I was wondering what we were thinking also!!
 
There is no way this would have been such a great event without all of your help and the great work of our wrestlers!  From those of you who worked a gate, helped in hospitality, worked concesssions, sold spirit wear, sold raffle tickets, helped run the tournament brackets, and probably a hundred more things that I forget to mention---THANKS!!! 
 
This was not easy but your time and efforts help our club to provide substancial scholarships to our graduating seniors, extra wish list items for our team, and a wonderful banquet, just to name a few things.  What you do makes a huge difference.  I can't tell you how much the coaches and parents from the other schools really enjoy our hospitality and well-run tournaments!   This is in large part due to all of your efforts! Our coaching staff and our wrestlers are very grateful for your dedication.
 
 
Now, on to some final weeks scheduling information!  
 
Our men and women will compete against Allen(men) and Martin(women) on Thursday at home.  We hope to begin with our JV matches at 6 pm and the varsity women, then varsity women shortly after(7 pm).
 
The events scheduled for Saturday for our men's team have been cancelled/moved to Friday only (Two of the other three teams coming cancelled last week).
 
Our men's and women's teams will compete at home on Friday night--I am finalizing the teams, but it looks like Skyline will be bringing their men's and women's teams, South Grand Prairie will be their women's team, and one other men's team will be coming.  Again we hope to begin wrestling JV matches by 6 pm.
 
Next week we have one addition to the schedule--Thursday February 4th we will be at Liberty H.S. for the JV district tournament.  The idea of a JV tournament has been an idea of mine for several years, and our district coaches also have agreed and we are finally going to do this!  I do not have all details yet, but the initial plan is to begin wrestling sometime around 5 or 6 pm.  I will let you know as soon as I find out more information.
 
Finally, next weekend, February 6th, is our men's and women's varsity tournament at Newman Smith H.S. in Carrollton.  I will send out a more precise itinerary later this week.  It would be great for us to all show up and be loud to support or men and women!!  Wrestling should begin around 9 am and go until about 6 pm.
 
Thanks so much again for all that you do for our program, please let me know if you have any questions!
 
Mike Eaton


 

THANK YOU WRESTLING PARENTS
Wrestling Parents,

Thanks to all of you who helped during the District Duals this weekend.  It was a huge wrestling weekend in Frisco with our tournament at Centennial and the national youth tournament at the Fieldhouse.  Many of us were helping with both events and could not be at both places at once.  A special thank you to those who were not even scheduled to work Concessions but, jumped in when needed.  I appreciate it very much.

Concessions is covered for our January 21st dual.   Our biggest tournament follows on Friday, January 22nd and Saturday, January 23rd.  I will need 3-4 people per shift on each day.  If you have not volunteered yet, please contact me as soon as possible about the schedule.  Hopefully, everyone will help so the task does not fall on the same people every time.

NOTE TO GIRLS' PARENTS
The Girls' team will have a quad dual on Friday, January 28, 2010.  I need girls' parents to work Concessions that night.  

Rebecca Scheer
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NEW PHOTOS POSTED ON SHUTTERFLY
A big thank you to DIane Garner! Diane is our official parent photographer and is doing a great job of capturing the action on the mat! She is quick on the shutter and tries to catch the action of all our men and women. Please visit our Shutter Fly link to see the lastest matches.

 
Mathew Lewis is a professional photographer who just happens to be a Centennial Titan Wrestling parent! Mathew was very kind last year and donated much of the photography used in our year-end video. We appreciate this generous contribution!

You'll see Mathew matside, snapping away. Visit his website, WWW.FRICSO-TEXAS.COM , order a special picture or two, and Mathew will donate a portion of the sale back to the Centennial Titan Booster Club!

SPECIAL THANKS
The Titan Booster Club would like to extend a special thank you to Kevin Webb for suppling us with fantastic pictures for the website. Kevin is available to take photos of your wrestler. His website is www.metroplexsportspics.com . Thanks again Kevin!

COACH EATON ADDRESSES PARENTS & ATHLETES
Coach Eaton's presentation on Athlete Expectations for the season. Lots of important informatiion for you and your wrestler! Click here to view video.


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