The Breakdown Vol. 1-4

THE BREAKDOWN

VOL. 1 #4

9/30/13

INTERVIEW WITH NEW YOUTH HEAD COACH
MARSHALL POMEROY

Interview by Justin Krueger

JK: Tell me about your wrestling career and your coaching as a whole:

Marshall: “I started wrestling at Doss High School. I wrestled four years at Doss, then two years at the University of the Cumberlands. I started coaching at Western High School from 2000-2002 as an assistant, and I started helping out at Moore in the fall of 2005, becoming a paid assistant last season.”

JK: You were an assistant under Mike Thomas, who is the high school wrestling coach. What did you learn from being under him while creating one of the hottest sports programs in the state of Kentucky with Moore wrestling?

Marshall: “Mike is probably the best coach that I’ve worked with. I’ve gotten older as a coach, and we’ve grown together as coaches. You learn to deal with high school kids and younger kids for that matter. You learn a new system with each coach, and you learn a better way to run practice. We’ve come up with the best practices for our kids.”

JK: What makes Moore unique is it has a middle and high school program. A lot of the high school state tournament placers were actually middle school wrestlers (Zack Michael, Jason Hall, Sam Willbanks, etc.) How important is it to develop your wrestlers in the middle school program as they try to continue the momentum that Moore High School has had?

Marshall: “Just like with any other sport, the younger you start wrestling, the better you’ll eventually be. Having a middle school team connected to our high school program, we lay the foundation. We teach them the basic skills at the middle school level so they can carry it into the high school level and become a more advanced wrestler. In a lot of cases, they don’t start until high school. But we’re fortunate enough to have kids starting at the middle school level so they become much better wrestlers.”

JK: What is the difference between coaching high school and middle school wrestlers?

Marshall: “I know their attention level and maturity is probably going to be different, so I got to adjust to that. The skill level is going to be the same, but the attention level and maturity will be different.”

JK: The high school team is positioned to be among the best in the state heading into this season. They are ranked top five, with multiple state placers (Hall, Poynter, Smith, etc.) returning. What’s your projection on how the high school team will do this season?

Marshall: “We’ve got some kids coming up no one has heard of. Ruben Rojas, Mike Lester didn’t get much mat time last year but they’re still good wrestlers. I think this year, we can realistically place top seven, maybe eighth in the state tournament. If we can avoid injuries and wrestle the way we know we’re capable of, we can finish top eight in the state, maybe even top four.” “I’m not worried about how good the other teams are, I’m just worried about what we can do.”

JK: What excites you the most about becoming the head coach of the middle school program?

Marshall: “I’ve never been a head coach of anything at all. I felt like I was a good pick because I know Coach Thomas, I know the system, and I know the other coaches. I guess I wanted a challenge, and this is something new.”

JK: Are some of the other assistants going to work with you this season?

Marshall: “Coach Klotz is going to help when he can on both sides.”

JK: What prediction can you give us about your middle school team heading into this season?

“We got some returning talent. I think we’ll do well in the state tournament this year because of that.”

YOUTH WRESTLING
STARTS TODAY!! 9/30/13

We are very excited to begin the 2013-2014 Youth Wrestling season today! Practice will be in the wrestling room starting at 5:30pm. K-5th grade will practice until 7pm and 6th-8th grade will practice until 7:30pm. CLICK HERE for complete details. At this link wrestlers can register online as well as pay fees. See you at practice!!!

2013-2014 SCHEDULES RELEASED!!

Schedules for both the Youth program and the High School program season are out. Be sure to check them below!!

- YOUTH SCHEDULE
- HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE

This season the high school will beef up their schedule with a trip to Ohio to compete in the GMVWA Holiday tournament. They will see some of the top teams in the country and will surely be tested.

On the Youth level we will hold our first ever Horsepower Youth tournament on Sunday Dec. 22nd.

Check the entire schedules at the links above and clear your calendar!!

JUSTIN KRUEGER JOINS NEWSLETTER
TEAM AS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Justin Krueger was a graduate of Moore with honors and top ten in the class of 2010. As a senior, Justin was on the wrestling team as an exclusive 'cameraman,' and wrote for the school newspaper The Mustang Express. That year, he was also declared the 'Best Sports Writer' in Kentucky in the Western Kentucky Mark of Excellence Journalism contest, which evaluates all high school newspapers in the state.

As of now Justin is currently a senior communication major at the University of Louisville. He plans to pursue a career in sports journalism after he graduates in May 2014. Justin currently operates a sports blog (http://sportsrants.com/kruegerosophy), watches football and MMA religiously, and occasionally enjoys winning on Xbox Live.

You can follow Justin on twitter @kruegermania.

We are very excited to have Justin back as part of the MTS Wrestling crew!

MISS THE PREVIOUS BREAKDOWN?

READ BREAKDOWN 1.1 HERE
READ BREAKDOWN 1.2 HERE
READ BREAKDOWN 1.3 HERE

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Upcoming Events

- Monday Sept. 30th First Official Youth/Middle practice 5:30-7:30pm
- Saturday Oct. 12th Highview Festival @ ValuMarket Time TBA
- Tuesday Oct. 15th First Official High School Practice 2:30-5pm
- Friday Oct. 18th First High School Outdoor Practice @ MTS on Tennis Court 6:45pm-8:15pm