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as . WAlele) cinema}: - Wednesday. ApIIl 15100) O O O O 0 Waterloo brothers win double gold at the national wrestling championship BYBOBVRBANAC 'l ‘ W 5 r ~ ‘ ‘ I" ’1' I; .‘ . ' 13‘ 4Q. . Celtics in the 69kg weight class in March. Chronicle Staff -h . ’3 fit t " L ‘ ._ '7, I ’ ’ ." r j ES f}: Z; 3’ He added two more golds at the nationals - . ~ I; i, , j , . f :1 l .- i 1 _ 7 . winning the 69 kg freestyle division. and the e St. David (Leltics lagas brothers have 4‘ ' 51 , - . 1 ‘4‘" A g j. ‘ g 7‘ _’ ‘ 69 kg (lreco-Roman division last week. wrestling in their blood and proved it ' ‘ - " it er” ”if r?“ , L =’. .7 ' ‘ ' It‘s part of the steady improvement that by both winning gold at the Canadian i ‘ .1 .;' 3“ C; I ‘ -. ‘ “1 lake has seen over the last three years work club championships last week in Frederic- ‘ ; ““2 1px;“ " . ‘ ;§”n&f}~. ; ~ : . '1 .5 ing his way up from a bronze-medal per- ton. \ \‘ " g. at; ‘ 3 3 y ' a ‘,' {47‘1" 4 v} 3 formance in Grade 10 at ()FSSA. to silver last l‘heir dad lvan was on the Olympic track , - iffl, ” ‘K j X »' “ _' ”I g - ‘ .3 , year, before finally breaking through with before an injury cut short his wrestling career ‘ X“ | 4 . ’ . ... ‘3 llflfi’aus 12;; ,1 : fig: 1,; gold in his senior year. while attending Simon Fraser University. So ‘ 9:} ‘ . ‘- 1' "l? fig 34‘ § " ’ . ~ "I knew that ifl worked hard I could reach 4 you would only think it was natural his sons ' r . , ._ in ,‘ ‘ ‘fg. 1‘ a y ' ‘- '5 A f any level that i wanted." said lake. "It's just lake and Matt would take up the sport. - ,: ‘ ‘; 3,151; ' -' as if“? .27 .7 been about persistence really." Not necessarily. said younger brother “ -' j I, " ‘ f“ 43;“ ;_ At this year‘s OFSSA finals it meant beat- Matt who won the cadet boys 54 kg in the ' ' - . . ; g . if? "74‘ _ _' ing Spencer Burton who defeated lake in last freestyle dm‘sion. Actually they first got inter ‘ , - a. ' 33%;?" ' 'fi year's championship. it was a close match. ested in judo, a martial art known for its 1;; I f V . ‘ " but lagas scored the final point to clinch it. grappling moves before moving to the .ft ,< >’- _ . g 7. thanks toaclinch holdin the first round “wrestling mats p4? “i A 1. 3" j 33:}? "lt's pretty much muscle memory," said "We started with judo and wrestling was 1 ‘ ,«‘\ H N " J "if“ lake going through the details ofthe win. "It's kind of close," said the lS~year~old Grade 104,33" If. g “ ‘ ;‘ pretty different when you're in the zone student. I 5‘ m. | , 9 ~ «, actually. Before that. all they did was play wrestle ' ‘, " Q ‘ . _ , g "Everything else is blocked out except at home, said older brother lake, not taking %. . 3' -3 what's happening on your mat." the sport seriously until Jake started high / = _ ‘-‘ ~ i . ‘. ~-‘ *4 And the success comes with a lot of com- school. if .4 ' ”.fi J ,. ° ‘E '~‘ mitrnent to the sport. lake now seeks out any “It something we did as kids." he said. 1 7:. “F'T-i’: ‘ ' ‘ , .. a 't mat time he can find in addition to training But once their interest took off, their dad, ",7 J. ”:3 " J ‘ . ' » with the Matmen. a local doctor, supported them in the sport '.< ‘3' ' ' ’ l s, n. ”For some sports you might not have that and the family has become one of the driving “ ' ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ natural ability. but in wrestling you can build forces behind the local Matmen Wrestling Jake Jagas, left, and his brother Matt show off the gold medals they won at the national club those abilities.” he said. Club which is producing some of the area's wrestling championship held in Fredericton last week. That‘s taken him to the University of best high-school wrestlers. '°' WW") Guelph, and now has him mulling over inter- ”! started taking wrestling seriously as work at it and I started to get pretty good. further than the oldest lagas who is a triple est to wrestle with the Gryphons next year. - soon as I started.“ said lake, 17. 'After my "ljust kept at it.” gold medallist this year after winning the first couple oftoumaments I realized I could For proof. one doesn‘t have to look any OFSSA high school championship for the Continuedonpagezs A The MOVING - RENOVATING - NEW BABY - ALLERGIES 0‘ a latch. . . <6 Go 0 ['3 was. 0 a. in v V - . ' I an I U6 W" 51mm. T t I H It in mlci‘ amnion~ P H A R M A c Y Show my... mggmms E , . , _ El 42WN may a day In historic ora - "‘9 . - - - - - . For-while“!!! antiques, unique shops, fine dining, Wt: ltllltlllll ° “Ilium ‘ II‘ISHIII PM I. 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