On Wednesday, December 8th, the Lakeland Wrestling team opened its season with two Varsity matches hosted by Novi High School.

In the first Varsity match Lakeland defeated Novi 46-33.  Lakeland wrestlers won 8 of the 14 matches.

In the second Varsity match Lakeland lost to St. Mary's 42-39.  Lakeland wrestlers won 7 of the 14 matches.

These wrestlers each earned 2 wins:

Dawson Griffin, 125 lbs, 1 pin

Seth Zimmerman, 135 lbs, 1 pin, 1 decision

Brody Cutsinger, 140 lbs, 2 pins

Luke Jaworski, 145 lbs, 2 pins

Aaron Viera, 160 lbs, 1 pin, 1 major

Jordan Lancaster, 171 lbs, 2 pins

These wrestlers each won one match:

Mark Smith, 130 lbs, pin

Cody Wickings, 152 lbs, pin

James Clayton, 285 lbs, pin

Four JV wrestlers also notched victories:

Mustafa Alfreeji

Vincent Juhasz

Ezio Santia

Jacob Law

Lakeland will wrestle at the Hemlock Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 11.