D-NH wrestling splits at Hudson, Johnson wins No. 150

   HUDSON – Trent Johnson would rather the Dike-New Hartford wrestling team take their lumps now than later.
   Johnson set a career milestone with his 150th victory at a Hudson triangular with SH-BCLUW last Thursday, but he focused more on the junior varsity wrestlers that were asked to step up to fill a short-handed Wolverines roster to stay competitive against the Storm and the Pirates.
   D-NH split the duals, with a 50-30 win over SH-BCLUW and a 44-33 loss to Hudson.
   “Had a lot of guys missing, lot of JV guys in, and they sure fought,” Johnson said. “Most of them didn’t even know they were going to wrestle until today, … they wrestled hard and that’s all you can ask. Not mad, not disappointed, just proud of them.”
   For SH-BCLUW, it was another pair of tough duals providing a measuring stick for the Storm after what had been a strong start in dual competition.
   The Storm came up a bit short against Hudson, 46-36, in addition to the 50-30 dual with D-NH.
   “In general, we’re starting to get more aggressive,” SH-BCLUW co-head coach Stacy Simpson said. “Our young kids, we’re hitting good starts but not going out and finishing them off. … But our more mature kids, we’re getting to be more aggressive on our feet, have more advanced moves.”
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