Wrestling Team

March 5, 2014

By Tamika Addison

The Patterson wrestling team has been pushing themselves harder than ever this
year and all their hard work is paying off. Christian Argueta (a first time wrestler)
recently took 6th place in the regional wrestling tournament. Amari Latimer earned an invitation to the state wrestling tournament on Mar 7th by taking 4th place regionals. The team practices for wrestling match by doing sprints for stimina, drill for skills, physical exercise to build physical strength, and constant
physical challenges to build tenacity and mental strength. The members of
2013-2014 Wrestling Team are: Dante Paul, Darwin Lopez, Sha’ Qual Ramsey,
Amari Latimer, Gerald Bobo, Adonis Williams, Christian Argueta, Kelvin
Hussey , Shrew Boyd, Ahmed Ali and Randy Little. They win by hard effort
and by one-one victories. They have played against Dunbar, Poly, and Overlea, among other schools. They also participated in the Overlea Invitational Tournament. They keep track of scores by individual points.
Then they get a team score. They win by having the most points. If an individual wins by a major decision, the team gets five points. If an individual
pins his opponent, the team gets six points.