SHENANDOAH, Va. - The Apprentice School wrestling team was on the road this past weekend competing at Shenandoah University. The invitational had seven teams competing in the tournament ranging from NCAA Division II to junior colleges. The Apprentices showed up with five starters out of their lineup for healing purposes from the week before and still managed to pull a solid fourth place finish (93 points) behind Johns Hopkins University (103 points), Shenandoah University (138 points) and Frostburg State University (143.5 points).

The A-School had some notable first time, first place finishes. At 157 pounds, sophomore David Norris finished first for his first collegiate championship run. In the first round, he pinned Xavier Locke of Shenandoah in 6:27. He then won an exciting match, full of throws on both sides, to win a 14-8 decision over Cannon Long, who was also from Shenandoah. For the gold, he won a perfectly executed match against a strong Mason Buckler of Frostburg State, 8-4. The Apprentice School coaches were excited to see his confidence grow from the beginning of the year and looks forward to seeing where this can take him.

The other champion for the Builders, sophomore Josh Seaton at 184 pounds, was firing on all cylinders. He won his first match by pin fall against Frostburg State's Ethan Sexton in the first period. He then won by decision against a very tough opponent, Elliot Lee of Johns Hopkins, 9-4. In the finals, he won a hard fought bought against Hunter Thompson of Shenandoah, 7-4. The coaching staff knew he had this type of performance in him and have seen the adjustments he has made each week. Seaton is on his way down to 174 pounds, where he is projected to be even more dominant and a key role in the lineup.

Other notable performances included a second place finish by Landon Kissell at 165, a third place finish for Caleb Olgers at 133, a third place finish for Caleb Hartung at 285, a fourth place finish for Landon Messick at 141, a fourth place finish for Grayston Starrett at 285, a fifth place finish for Dustin Uribes at 285 and a fifth place finish for Ethan Baker at 165.

The Builders will be working hard and healing up over the next two weeks. On December 1-2, the starting lineup from both men and women will be competing at the toughest tournament in the schedule, The New Standard Invitational, at York College in York, Pennsylvania. The remainder of the team will be traveling down the same weekend compete in a tri-meet with East Carolina University and Patrick Henry Community College.