The Chesnee Eagles earned a split with Berea and Blue Ridge in a tri-match on Wednesday evening at Blue Ridge High School.
Brandon Dasen got a win in both matches to earn his 100th career win, an achievement that was hard earned and well deserved according to Chesnee Head Wrestling Coach Jon Rentz, "Brandon is the epitome of hard work and the belief that if you work hard you can achieve anything,” said Coach Rentz. “Brandon has not always been the most talented in some matches but he outworks his opponent. There is a saying that hard work beats talent when talent won’t work and that is Brandon, he will outwork you." The achievement is a big accomplishment for Brandon and the Chesnee wrestling program. "It places Brandon in an elite part of our program because only a few have ever reached this milestone,” said Coach Rentz. “One-hundred wins is hard to accomplish in four years and Brandon has worked very hard for this.” Dasen, who is committed to Coker College to wrestle next year, is very proud of his accomplishments but he has bigger goals in mind that he wants to accomplish. "it is nice putting it into perspective, but it is not my main goal this season,” said Dasen. “My goals this season are to set the school wins record and win a state championship." In the Eagles first match of the night they were able to capture a 42-27 win over Berea. The Eagles raced out to a 30-6 lead that the Bulldogs were unable to overcome and it was a start that Coach Rentz was very pleased to see out of his team. "It was good as our lighter weights were pretty dominant and we knew they were going to have some heavier guys that could compete with us a little bit,” said Coach Rentz. “We are a young team so it was good to take that win.” The Eagles got pins from Dasen, Ford Thomas, Trevor Blankenship, Bryson Wallace, Jacob Aparis and Corey Seay. Taylor Tracy also got a win via forfeit. In the second match of the night the Eagles fell 39-33 to Blue Ridge but Coach Rentz was still pleased with his team's effort against a tough Tigers squad, "We always go back and forth and it always seems to come down to the heavyweights for some reason,” said Coach Rentz. “Blue Ridge wrestled really good tonight and I'm proud of our guys they fought hard." Comments are closed.
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