The Williams Lake Wrestling Club went five for five over the weekend at the Kelly Road Invitational wrestling tournament in Prince George.
A high school wrestling tournament for grapplers in grades 8-12 the event, said WLWC president Sonia Conrod, is an excellent way for the local club to size up its competition come zone championships on Feb. 11.
“The wrestlers did exceptionally well,” Conrod said. “We got to meet our competition for zones and with all of us medalling we’ve got a pretty good chance we’ll be taking a bunch of wrestlers to provincials.”
At the tournament grapplers compete based on weight, not by grade. Conrod said it makes for some interesting match ups, especially in some cases where Grade 8 wrestlers wind up going up against older, more experienced competitors.
“It’s tough for sure but they did great,” she said.
Each of the five wrestlers the WLWC sent to the tournament brought home a medal.
Winning gold was Conlan Sprickerhoff, who came out on top in the 57 kilogram weight class. Sprickerhoff’s teammate, Sheldon Samra, took silver in the division.
In the 54-kilogram boys division Grade 8 Braden Conrod won bronze, despite going up against older competitors.
In the 54 kilogram girls division Kara Pare won a silver medal. She also held the distinction of being the only girl to make the trip for the WLWC.
And in the 90 kilogram boys division, Kerry Normand took home the bronze medal.
Coming up this weekend the WLWC heads to Kamloops for one of its largest tournaments of the year, the Western Canada Age Class Tournament.
Following that, on Jan. 28, the club is set to host its annual Smackdown playday at Columneetza secondary, an elementary event for grapplers across the province.
