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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Mar 2012, p. 27

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râ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€", 7 ,, , j“ mtmam-mmuamz-n ‘Determined’ Iagas gets his gold Joins brothers, fatheras thefiiurth Iagas to win an OPSAA wrestling title Brio-MN wt . , V . ~ student They both competed in Wk” ‘ ‘ , ' -' ‘1 ‘ . Judo and soccer but eventually 7 ‘ A A ‘ ‘ dropped both to focus on . att Iagas couldn't quite ‘ ’ »- - . wrestling. . ahakeitoflatflntâ€"the aka 'h’snoteomethingyoucundo pressure of being the .5 . . . recreationally,’ Matt said. 'lt'san I onlylw‘tnthehmilywithoutan " ,« ‘ 3 ‘ ’ . all-orâ€"rnhihgkmdohport.’ ‘ OFSAApIdmcdaL , Pamiiyhaspiayedamalorfiac- Manhadbeenpinneddownby tormmtllelrmaswellwlth ‘ expectations two years In a row . their brother lake and dad Ivan , after his younger brother. Sam. ,_ M ‘~ 44 -. _f also part of the Manner: Wrestling shunned home a provincial title in x . ' . ' ’ dub. I his very first try at St. David F. ,. . . {it 'I‘bethreebrothersme recent \ CatholicSecondarySdiool. w“ - j \ 4:3, winners in their division at the That gave the lagases three A ‘ ~ 5 ‘ .‘1‘ ‘ ""1. . provincial club championships at OFSAA title-holders in the faintly . 7- 1.. 5; c , Brock University in St. Catharines â€"Sam.older brother lakeanddad " ’ o if 12‘ 7-}, .11) , with Ivan serving as a coach. All IvutMattwastheonlyonewith- l' . LC“): is; l ‘ FEE; threewillbeinactioninthenen out. despite improving his OFSM . ' . -’ ,. I ._ . . few weeks as well at the juvenile. placingthreeyearsinarow.from I? “Q? ‘ juniorandseniornationalcham- filth in 2009 to fourth in 2010 to . : " u. ' _‘ {g plonships. third in 20! l. I ’ , " 2 t: ‘ fi , h It hasn’t been easy getting to 'Ihere was pressure there but I .21. 1 r " 5 ' ' “ ii 1:53;: : this level either. Because of the niednottothinkaboutitfsaidthe , opendivisionawrestlingcanbea l8â€"year-old. who as a Grade 9 stu- "‘9 5'" M 5°” Ming '9'“ m h“ to "9ht °‘ Mitch Winchester. 5"“ J'9“ coed! M Wt M humbling experience for first- dentinzwamissedhisfirst she. at boasandaianceMutuIru flushed secutdoverafltntheteunstandingsatlastweek‘sOFSAAdtamthip in timers. with many leaving the OFSM due to a concussion. 'l Peterbotough mm sport alter wrestling bigger. older Malotofguyswhowereoulto andmoreexpetiemedothletes. keep it that way. to make sure I going.’ said Sam. who previously The Celtics finished with ")3 ly. we’re ecstatic (with the result)" But Sam and Matt have both didntget one. won mid in the 41- and 475-ldloâ€" points. just two points back of St. David's four-medal haul surpassed that point. Their need 'Btlt I was pretty determined to gum divisions Toronto's William Lyon Madeline highlighted a second-place finish for competition and selfâ€"improve- getone.‘ MamflLthepairhelpedlead Collegiatelyom'l‘helyonshadll fortheCWOSSAregionasKitchen- mtistoohardtoignore. Despite entertaining thoughts the St. David boys team to a sec- boysat the OFSAA meet compared er's Monica Burgess (Forest ° ”The expectations and the o! quitting at times. Matt's ond~place finish with teammates tothefourfromSt. David Heights). Tia MacDonald Whole mental aspect of it can be patience and hard work finally Mitch Winchester earning an "It would have been unprece- (Cameron Heights) and Alex tough -â€" overcoming the pain and paid ofllast week when he pinned antique bronze (fourth-place) dented for a team of four guys to Moher also finished first in their the tiredness and the times when Toronto District contender Alex medal in the boys 54-kilogram win gold.‘ said St. David coach respectivedivisions you don't want to so to practice." minim Glâ€"kilogl'amflnalfor divisionamlClmnceMutukuflght- ShaneVerbiski. ‘Ifwehadknown Forthelagasbrothemwmtiing Samson'lbuhavetoforceyotu- hisflrstOlSA/ttitle. ingninetimesintwodaysenmute wedbedutdosewewouldhave hubeenarnaiorpanoftheirlives selftopsometimes. 'I‘our ("w gold medallistsin toaiitth-placefinishintheGI-kilo haddtelagasespinmorepeople. forsevenyearsvrhen Matt wasin “But after you've done it fora the some family. that's pretty cool.’ class 'So we're pretty pleased. Actual- Grade 7 and Sam was a Grade 5 few years. it's not likely you'll quit" it also meant the school scored .5 - . ’ a???” .9 ' 5"" 1.9“" 9' 'fi 11?.»‘3‘; ..5“ i; ‘ a k " ‘5 _4 this it??? 4* - l theflrathrotherdoublegoldin 1M1 ”,gg.-,§§_«rg:,,jt? £3535 “if-1&3»; ‘M.‘;=';it§.%"-‘5:.3""? l W Region ()FSAA wrestling ' ' '_ ‘ > ”Asa é’gi’fij-‘é . ,: ‘1?" 5 » in, -’"l"_r;‘;?.,t:" ?_i1.;;,_;w“ v :4 i g ' .7 ,, “I “r 1‘ a g: ‘ r ‘ ' '35; ,‘ ’ I; w “it, history as Sam continued his ._ a} E9134, - 5;: Ni: t§‘gw"§§;"‘w&§ “*3 M11223: ~:?;';;__-%‘er s, Wei-3f: f." 1 WW run at OFSAA with a m . " ‘ 9. “”9“ fl. 175 'j 1K?" " 1" 5,,“ ,9; 51f} ; ' "”" 3" " 5" “We “'5‘“ :"s_:17*"§“"â€"Nt' 3 “ gold medal finish in the boys ’ "f" if?“ f""‘" "V L. ,4 ' . " , ' “‘1 "‘51 "“""_;’"""e"”’ 2:? 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