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South Houston didn't bring many fans but they brought the loud ones. It was great to hear noise coming from both sides of the field. Congrats to SoHo for making it to the playoffs. We used to live there and my oldest son went there for his freshman year before we moved to Beaumont. There's a nice feeling of community at that school.

Thanks Coop, West Brook's season starts Tuesday. They attend a Tri meet in Friendswood. I'll have details and results Tuesday evening.

[Hidden Content] Russel Pate is a writer for the Chronicle. Here he gives his predictions for the upcoming season. He picks West Brook as the dark horse of the Houston area and predicts Gerald Moulton will return to state.

Michael Zoch didn't make it through Friday eliminations, after losing to Teague, who took 1st place. Michael weighs 240 lbs. and wrestles the 285 lb class, giving up 45 lbs. to most of his opponents. Gerald Moulton took a fifth place. In his second match he took a hard hit to the face and battled a bloody nose all weekend, wrestling with his nose stuffed and taped. Jacob Rice took 4th in his weight class. Last year he didn't even make regionals. West Brook ended up in 22nd place in team points. Congratulations to the boys and Coach Hemmings. West Brook's wrestling program has earned state wide respect.

West Brook took 9 wrestlers to the region 3 tournament. 62 schools were represented. Gerald Moulton at 189 lbs. took 1st place. Jacob Rice at 171 lbs. placed 3rd. Michael Zoch at 285 lbs. placed 4th. All three advance to the state finals in Austin. West Brook as a team ended up in 9th place. Congratulations to all.

West Brook will have 9 wrestlers in the Regional Tournament Feb 9th and 10th in Katy. 112 lb. Andy Flores 125 lb. Sammy Rice 130 lb. Jason Dark 135 lb. Matt Manuel 140 lb. Joseph Dark 152 lb. Garret Schaefer 171 lb. Jacob Rice 189 lb. Gerald Moulton 285 lb. Michael Zoch [Hidden Content]

Beaumont Drillers Wrestling Club is back. Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30 in the Westbrook High School wrestling room. Ages 5 and up. Still accepting registration. Price includes TXUSA wrestling membership and eligibility for tournaments. Any questions call Kim at 351-5435 or email at [email protected]

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Westbrook took 1st place at The Woodshed Classic Brazoswood Duals Tournament Saturday. Westbrooks Gerald Moulton won the award for most outstanding wrestler with 3 pins and 2 decisions. Every team in the district was there so the team got a good look at who they're going up against at the district finals in 2 weeks. It looks like Westbrook will have half the team or more going to regionals Feb 9th and 10th.

Enterprise is predicting Rison

As expected, Westbrook's wrestlers did well at the Seven Lakes meet. Westbrook took 1st place in team points out of 9 schools attending. Next Saturday they go to Brazoswood for a duals meet. The attending schools will all be in Westbrook's district so this will be a preview of the Individual district tournament on the 3rd. That will be the end of the regular season with top 2 wrestlers from each weight class going on to regionals.

Westbrook travels to Seven Lakes High School in Katy for a duals match this Saturday. Due to another tournament the same weekend the best schools in Houston won't be there. Westbrook should do well there. I'll keep you posted.

Westbrooks 171 VS Clear Creek, 23 sec. match [Hidden Content]=

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