![]() ![]() “I’ve been staying close to my high school coaches. “I’ve been staying focused in many different ways,” Funk said. He placed fourth in the section tournament at 107 pounds but didn’t place at WPIALs. Kase Chopp from Butler was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the event.įunk is coming off a season where he went 31-10 and pinned nine opponents. “I can see where I’m stand now.”įunk was part of Team Buddha, which won the meet, 46-26. A takedown in overtime allowed Funk to grab a win. He needed a key reversal in the third period to force overtime. In the second period, Funk got caught on his back and fell behind. There were 20 folkstyle matches contested running in weight from 115 to 180 pounds.įunk needed to rally to beat Dennison, who finished last season 30-11 and pinned 14 opponents. “We went back and forth and ended up settling on a number in the middle.”įunk’s match with Dennison ended up being one of four contests that needed overtime to settle things. “We didn’t want to kill ourselves during the offseason with a weight cut,” Funk said. The pair texted and agreed at a weight of 117 pounds. Funk was paired up with South Fayette’s Brock Dennison. Since the event wasn’t a standard event, participants were allowed to work out a catch weight to wrestle at. I talked to the other guys on my team that wanted to do it.” “The dude was looking for more competition and more matches. “I was the first one to hear about it,” Funk said. Once Funk confirmed the event was happening, he was able to convince a few of his Fox Chapel teammates to join him. “We had texted and he said to come down to W&J and wrestle and perform in front of college coaches.” “We had been communicating because he does rankings during the season,” Funk said. The event was organized by Wrestling Buddha, a Twitter account dedicated to promoting WPIAL wrestlers. What the Fox Chapel junior found this offseason was a unique dual meet competition to be involved with.įunk, along with teammates Alex Kaufman and Michael Worsen, competed in the Dark Horse Classic, a dual-style match at Washington & Jefferson College. Landon Funk isn’t opposed to any way to keep himself connected with wrestling. ![]()
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