Enid High Coach Trent Holland got an unwanted birthday present last week – a visit by the top 15 nationally ranked Stillwater Wrestling team to face the Enid Plainsmen in their final home dual meet of the year.
With a team absolutely loaded with future Division 1 talent, including Oklahoma State signee Cael Hughes, the Plainsmen were looking for small victories, that may not show up on the final score, but are important to Coach Holland for development purposes.
“Listen, the final score was obviously not great, but I saw lots of really good things. Several of our guys took it to them, and were shooting on guys. A couple of weeks ago, we weren’t even doing that. I really liked to see it. We told them to not hold back, be aggressive and go attack and there were several guys that went out there and did just that. They didn’t finish it, but they were in on shots, which is what we are looking for,” said Coach Holland.
While a final score of 76-0 is never fun, when looking at the star-studded Pioneer lineup, it starts to make a lot more sense. If you’d like to see Stillwater again, Enid is hosting this year’s dual state championship at the Stride Bank Center this weekend, February 11-12. Stillwater will be joined by the best teams from 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A in what is an excellent test for some of the best wrestlers in the state. The quarterfinals will be held on Friday and the semi-finals and finals will be held on Saturday.
The next action for the Enid Wresting team will be in Stillwater at regionals on February 18th and 19th where the Plainsmen wrestlers will try to qualify for the state tournament.
