Eagle Wrestler Daylen Greene Breaks Takedown Record During Dual Versus Warrensburg
Mat Milestone… Eagle senior wrestler Daylen Greene takes the mat during Holden’s home dual meet against Warrensburg on Wednesday, Nov. 29. During his win in the 126-pound match, Greene broke the Holden school record for takedowns. With four takedowns, he moved his career total to 263 to move past the previous record of 262 held by Andrew Martin. Photo By Steve Edwards
The Holden boys wrestling team hosted Warrensburg for a dual meet with the Tigers taking a 53-19 win on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
Eagle senior wrestler Daylen Greene marked the meet by breaking the Holden school record for career takedowns while wrestling to a win by pin on the night.
The previous record was held by Holden wrestler Andrew Martin who recorded 262 takedowns during his four-year Eagle wrestling career.
Greene entered the 126-pound match against Warrensburg wrestler Dayton Dunn sitting three takedowns shy of Martin’s school record. Greene recorded four takedowns during his match before pinning his opponent to set a new school record with a majority of Greene’s senior campaign remaining.
“I’m very proud of Daylen taking the record,” said Holden boys wrestling coach Matt Hertzog. “His is a tremendous student athlete and a fearless competitor.”
In the 175-pound bout, Holden wrestler Conner Carver recorded a win by pin over Warrensburg opponent Brett Iiams.
Eagle wrestler Trent Stout won the 165-pound match in a major decision over Trace Marr with a final score of 8-0.
Aiden Christian won the 285-pound match for Holden by defeating Tatum Davis in a decision by the score of 11-5.
The dual against Warrensburg represented the Holden boys wrestling team’s fourth dual of the season with the Eagles sitting at a record of 1-3 in early match-ups against opposing teams.
“Early duals are always a time to kind of see where everyone on the team is at in terms of their body condition and technique,” said coach Hertzog. “Obviously, we are pushing them hard in practice, but everyone progresses at their own pace and we want to be in tune with that so that we can adjust our future practice situations.
“We saw some good things and had some good conversations with our young guys. You are going to have some sloppiness and silly mistakes this early and with how young we are, but that’s ok. They make for good learning experiences, if the boys allow them to be. We have got to get more falls if we are going to have a prayer in our upcoming duals.”
