The Marshall County Wrestling Club (MCWC), founded by Nashville native Chris Posey, opened last year in Chapel Hill and found instant success, amassing 97 total team wins, 41 total team pins and 38 total team medals in 2011.

Three club members (Seth McCoy, Dominick Thompson, and Wes McCoy) won medals at the Tennessee State Tournament and two others (Dominick Thompson and Willy Salsman) garnered medals in the Spring AAU National Championship Tournament.

Ages 5-18

Athletes from ages 5 to 18 are invited to join the developmental wrestling program at their training facility at Horton Haven Christian Camp in Chapel Hill.

The program focuses on the basic skills needed to compete in the sport.

In their first event of 2012 at Tullahoma, the MCWC squad garnered three second-place finishes.

The team was led by sixth grader Harley Sisk, fifth grader John Morton, and sixth grader Creek Anderson.

Each of the grapplers went 2-1 in their matches.

Fast turnaround

"After focusing on football this fall and with only one practice before this tournament, Harley came back this year wrestling extremely strong by opening up the day with a big win for the guys," said Posey.

Morton followed Sisk with anther win and Posey said, "Following Harley's win, John was able to step off the mat with another win for the team by a pin."

Anderson finished up the trifecta for Marshall County with another win at the Wildcat event.

In round two, the MCWC boys had a few setbacks, but rebounded later as Sisk, Morton and Anderson all came up with pins on the mat.

Building a program

"The Marshall County Wrestling Club is building an extremely competitive club in Middle Tennessee," said Posey.

"And throughout the season we will be continuing to build the team with the 17 new wrestlers starting this year and the 16 returning grapplers from last year."

The MCWC is looking for new wrestlers and for more information, please visit www.marshallcountywrestlingclub. com or join them on Facebook.