The Wayne County Mat Cardinals opened the 2008 -2009 season on December 6 at home in the Cardinal Duals.Tne
Mat Cardinal finished 3-2 on the day. Wayne County defeated Danville 72 12,AndersonCounty 48-30 , and Ryle
B 54 -24. The Mat Cardinals lost to Ryle 58-12 and Whitley County 45-36.
The Mat Cardinals traveled to Knoxville
on December 13 for the Farragut Duals.Wayne County finished first in the dual meet tournament.The Mat Cardinals defeated Farragut
45 - 25,William Blount 54 -18, and Fulton High 72 - 0.
Wayne County traveled to Perry County Central on Saturday
December 20, for the Freedom Duals. The Mat Cardinals finished second in the dual tournament.Wayne advanced to the finals
with wins over Mccreary Central,Perry County Central,and the All Stars. They lost in the finals to Johnson Central 53 -22
The
Mat Cardinals hosted the Border Wars Dual tournament on Saturday December 27 at the Wayne County gym.Wayne County finished
5-0 on the day. Wayne County defeated Cumberland County Tn.,Tates Creek,Meade County,Meade County B,and Letcher County Central,
Wayne County hosted the 23 annual Cardinal Classic on Saturday January 3. The Mat Cardinas finished runnerup in the tournament
with a 39 -36 loss to Cookeville,TN.
Wayne County traveled to Lexington on Saturday January 10 ,for the Five
Star Classic at Lafayette.The Mat Cardinals finished fourth overall in the sixteen team tournament.The team had six placers
overall.They were 112 lb. Luke Troxell 1st place,125 lb. Zach Troxell 3rd place, 130 lb. Aaron Dodd 3rd place, 152
lb. Matthew Sullivan 6th place, 189 lb. Cody Mink 4th place, 215 lb. Tyler Pace ist place.
The
Mat Cardinals traveled to Woodford County on Saturday January 17. Wayne County defeated North Oldham and Ft. Knox. The
Mat Cardinahs lost to Woodford County 48 -24 in dual action
Wayne County traveled to Mt. Sterling on
Saturday January 31 for the Future Duals. Wayne County finished third overall in the dual tournament. In pool action Wayne
Couty finished secomd overall, with wins over Nelson County and Montgomery County.The Mat Cardinals lost to Sheldon Clark.
In the semifinals Wayne County lost to Johnson Central, then defeatd Anderson County for third place. luke Troxell was selected
most outstanding wrestler at 112 lb. for weights 103 through 140.
The Mat Cardinal traveled to Crossville,Tenessee
on Thursday February 5. Wayne County came away with wins over Cumberland County and Stone Memorial.The Mat Cardinals finish
theie dual season with 24 wins and 11 losses.
Wayne County traveled to Inez on Saturday February 14, for
the regional tournament.The Mat Cardinals placed 3rd overall as a team and qualified seven wrestlers for the state tournament.Luke
Troxell was 1st at 112 lb, 130 lb. Zach Troxell 1st, 140 lb. Aaron Dodd 2nd, 145 lb. Travis Pace 6th,171 lb. Jordon Jones
3rd,189 lb. Cody Mink 2nd.,215 lb. Tyler Pace 2nd., 285 lb. Brandon Bell 3rd.
The Mat Cardinals traveled to
Frankfort on February 18 for the three day state tournament at the Civic Center.Wayne County had three medal winners in the
tournament.Luke Troxell was the state runnerup at 112 lb., Cody Mink was 8th at 189 lb., and Tyler Pace was 5th at 215 lb.
The team placed 15th overall and 4th in the small school division.
