Calaveras Enterprise Sports Editor Guy Dossi spoke with Calaveras High School head wrestling coach Vince Bicocca Monday Feb. 26 before practice. The two spoke of the recent Masters Tournament, the continued success of the program and the upcoming California State Tournament.
GD: As we look around the wrestling room, there are only a few bodies in here. Compare that to a few weeks ago when it was packed. Now with only two Calaveras wrestlers moving on to compete at the State Tournament, is it weird to see the room so empty?
VB: It’s different, but I wouldn't say that it’s weird. When you funnel down to the end of the season, that’s what happens. There has been years where we don’t have anyone this week and that’s a bad feeling. But this is
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You must be pretty thrilled that they have advanced this far?
VB: Any time you get to the state, especially getting through our section, you have a shot at placing. That’s how I feel with Elliot and Victor.
GD: Victor and Elliot are both going to state, but there was a chance that the senior duo of Seth Puisis and John Kelley could join them. But both Puisis and Kelley lost in the final seconds of their matches. That must have been tough to see them get so close and miss by just a few seconds.
VB: John and Seth both had a tremendous season. They both placed at the masters. They missed the top six, which is the qualifiers for the state, by seconds. John gave up an escape with four seconds left. So he was four seconds away from winning that match. Seth was 10 seconds away. He gave up a takedown in the last 10 seconds. We came so close to sending four kids to the state, which would have been a new record for us. But Seth and John have surpassed my wildest expectations.
GD: Your program had another successful season. Two Mother Lode League championships and two section titles is just about as good as it gets. Have you been able to sit back and reflect on the quality
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