STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

Good decision

Kyle Wheeler of Cabot (left) tries to pin Greenwood’s Trenton Cowan in a 152-pound match Friday at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. Wheeler pinned Cowan at 3:26 of the second period.
Kyle Wheeler of Cabot (left) tries to pin Greenwood’s Trenton Cowan in a 152-pound match Friday at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. Wheeler pinned Cowan at 3:26 of the second period.

— Maumelle and Coach Ed Viera, after listening to talk that said the Hornets were a prohibitive favorite to win the Class 1A-5A wrestling title, figured they needed to do something. So Viera ditched a portion of practice and had his team film a “Harlem Shake” video in the school’s practice room. It’s just 43 seconds of the team - including Viera himself - shimmying in a film placed on YouTube, but the coach thinks it worked. Maumelle pushed nine wrestlers into today’s championship semifinals and closed Friday with 163.5 points, easily outdistancing the competition. Full story, results on Page 7C.

Sports, Pages 19 on 02/23/2013

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