ABINGTON WRESTLING PREVIEW
Coach: John Gillespie 5th Year Head Coach
Assistant coaches: Chris O’Donnell, Mike McCaughey, Bill Anderson, Bill Brennan, William Miller, Rich Delgado, Matt Mandel, Mark Mandel
Last year’s record: 6-16 (0-7 league). 3 District Qualifiers
Notable losses: Zach Levy, Hugh Doherty, Andrew Louridas, Jake Ritter, Justin Osei
Key returners: District Qualifier Austin Hain 11th 126, District Qualifier Alex Winshel 12th 132, District Qualifier Keshon Guiellmo 11th 195
Others to watch: Cole Sexton 11th 120, Zach Hain 12th 138, Casey Hesdon 10th 138, Shane Rose 10th 145, Austin Inverso 12th 152.
Strengths/Question Marks: Team has a solid core of experienced varsity wrestlers from 120 to 152, and the three returning district qualifiers (Austin Hain, Alex Winshel, and Keshon Guiellmo) will look to build on their performances from last year to progress further into the post season.
Outlook: “A good number of wrestlers worked hard all offseason and the coaching staff is looking forward to seeing this hard work pay off. The coaches think we have a couple kids new to the varsity lineup that could be key contributors based on their offseason efforts and what they have shown in the room so far. Hopefully, we can be competitive within the league, increase our number of District qualifiers and shoot for a couple Regional qualifiers and perhaps a State qualifier.”
Matches to watch: The Ghost Town Duals held at Abington Senior High on December 13 will be a key date where a lot of first and second year Varsity wrestlers will get a chance to show how much they improved in the offseason and the true character of this team will start to define itself.
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