Connect with us

Wrestling

Upper Moreland’s DeLaurentis finally reaches Hershey, eyes 100 victories

A freak injury in Dom DeLaurentis’ sophomore season wrecked his year but it did not ruin his career.

“I was wrestling at the Wetzel tournament and I basically snapped both my ankles sideways,’ DeLaurentis said.

This weekend, DeLaurentis will make his debut at the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships in Hershey and is seeks to become just the fourth wrestler in Upper Moreland team history to notch his 100th career victory.

“His sophomore year, at the Wetzel tournament the mats separated,’ Upper Moreland coach John DeFranco said. “He injured his ankle and his knee and he still has that same injury today.’

As DeLaurentis struggled through and injury-riddled sophomore campaign, he dedicated himself to the sport and came back strong, posting an impressive 68-11 record the past two seasons with a pair of runner-up finishes at the District 1-AAA Central Championships. With a fourth-place finish at 160 pounds at the Southeast Regional, this season was enough to get him into the state championships under the new expanded format — District 1 had five wrestlers qualify for states, two more than in 2014 — accomplishing a goal he set for himself two seasons prior.

“He’s really dedicated to the sport,’ DeFranco said. “In the summer, he wrestles Greco and he’s a Greco all-American, he wrestles freestyle. He works hard. He’s the hardest working kid in our room.’

DeLaurentis is not just showing up at the Giant Center as a wrestler who is happy to be there, in fact he’s angry. Last year, DeLaurentis made the trip to Hershey, but only as a spectator and that ate at him and fueled him toward his state run this year. The senior comes in motivated to win a medal.

“It sucked,’ DeLaurentis said of the feeling just sitting and watching the state tournament last year. “I saw kids in there that I’ve beaten before, a good amount of kids that I’ve beaten. I just sat there and it was just my fire for next year and here I am now.’

Perhaps DeLaurentis’ reaction to DeFranco after he qualified for the states sums up the business he will be embarking on this weekend and his expectations of being there.

“When we were at the regional tournament and he won his match and qualified for states he smiled,’ DeFranco said. “Some kids will jump on their coach or what not, he smiled, shook my hand and that was that.’

While DeLaurentis enters the state just two wins shy of 100, the senior and DeFranco prioritize the accomplishment differently. For DeFranco, who coached DeLaurentis in middle school and through high school, it would mean a great deal. In fact, he sometimes racks his mind about ways he could have gotten DeLaurentis to the milestone already.

But DeLaurentis pulls no punches when it comes to getting to 100, it is all about the hardware.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

More in Wrestling

situs slot gacor provider terbaik agen toto slot terpercaya 2023 agen toto togel terpercaya 2023 situs toto togel pasaran resmi terbaik bandar toto macau pasaran resmi toto togel bandar toto slot gacor 4d 2023 bo togel online pasaran terlengkap sepanjang masa bo toto slot terlengkap sepanjang masa situs toto togel 2023 bet 100 perak daftar toto slot dan toto togel 2023 bermain toto togel dengan bet hanya 100 perak daftar toto slot bonus new member terpercaya bermain toto slot pelayanan 24 jam nonstop situs toto togel terpercaya situs toto togel online terbaik winsortoto winsortoto winsortoto winsortoto winsortoto winsortoto unsurtoto unsurtoto unsurtoto winsortoto winsortoto winsortoto rasa4d rasa4d rasa4d gampangtoto gampangtoto gampangtoto winsortoto unsurtoto gampangtoto rasa4d bungtoto bandar toto togel terbesar hadiah 4d 10 juta daftar winsortoto situs toto terbaik winsortoto situs toto slot gacor dengan toto togel terbaik winsortoto situs toto terpercaya bet 100 perak winsortoto agen toto togel dan situs toto slot 4d winsortoto situs toto togel online deposit 10rb winsortoto situs toto togel online resmi hadiah 4d 10 juta winsortoto agen toto togel online terpercaya winsortoto agen toto slot dan situs toto togel resmi winsortoto situs toto togel 4d terpercaya winsortoto bandar toto togel dan toto slot winsortoto situs toto togel online resmi terbesar winsortoto situs toto togel dan agen toto slot terpercaya winsortoto situs toto terpercaya beragam bonus winsortoto situs toto terpercaya toto togel dan toto slot gacor winsortoto situs togel online dan slot online terpercaya winsortoto situs togel online hadiah terbesar winsortoto agen toto togel bonus harian terbesar winsortoto agen togel online terlengkap bet 100 perak winsortoto situs toto togel 4d dan toto slot 4d terbaik winsortoto situs toto togel dan toto slot terpercaya winsortoto bandar toto togel online terpercaya 2023 winsortoto agen toto togel 4d dan toto slot 4d winsortoto agen toto togel online banyak bonus terbesar winsortoto situs toto terpercaya bonus new member winsortoto situs togel online resmi terpercaya pasaran terlengkap winsortoto situs toto togel online 4d terpercaya situs toto togel deposit pulsa tanpa potongan winsortoto situs toto slot pasti slot gacor winsortoto situs toto slot dan toto togel hadiah terbaik winsortoto situs toto terpercaya permainan resmi dan terpercaya winsortoto situs toto resmi bonus new member 100rb tanpa potongan winsortoto toto slot gacor dan togel online resmi terpercaya winsortoto situs toto toge online terpercaya di Indonesia winsortoto toto togel online bonus new member terbesar winsortoto agen toto togel resmi hadiah 4d 10 juta terpercaya winsortoto toto togel online hadiah 4d 10 juta bet 100 winsortoto situs togel online terlengkap dan terpercaya winsortoto situs togel online resmi dan toto slot gacor winsortoto situs toto togel dan agen toto slot gacor winsortoto situs toto togel permainan toto togel dan toto slot winsortoto situs toto terpercaya bonus menarik winsortoto situs toto togel online terpercaya winsortoto bandar toto togel dan toto slot terpercaya winsortoto situs toto togel online terlengkap dan terpercaya winsortoto situs toto togel online winsortoto situs toto terpercaya togel online dan slot online resmi winsortoto situs toto dengan permainan togel 4d dan slot 4d winsortoto situs toto terpercaya permainan togel online terlengkap winsortoto situs toto togel terpercaya permainan resmi winsortoto situs toto togel resmi bet 100 perak tanpa potongan winsortoto agen toto togel dan situs toto resmi winsortoto toto togel dan toto slot terpercaya dan terbaik winsortoto unsurtoto gampangtoto bungtoto rasa4d titi4d ltdtoto bobatoto bobatoto situs toto togel slot situs bandar toto togel slot terpercaya titi4d titi4d login titi4d daftar titi4d slot titi4d togel situs titi4d titi4d login titi4d daftar titi4d titi4d togel titi4d slot situs titi4d agen titi4d bandar titi4d