The Reeths-Puffer wrestling team had a tough Wednesday night, dropping two dual matches.
The Rockets lost to Zeeland East 42-31 in an O-K Green conference match and fell to host Coopersville 42-35.
Four R-P wrestlers posted 2-0 records.
Caden Huddleston (157) pinned Zeeland East’s Alexander DeWitt in 37 seconds and won in a 16-1 technical fall over Coopersville’s Ian Nolan.
Reeths-Puffer's Caden Huddleston, who was 2-0 on Wednesday.
Sage Secrest (165) had a pin in 28 seconds over Zeeland East’s Sean Song and won a 7-2 decision over Coopersville’s Trevor VanOffelen.
Jake Rozycki (120) and Kaden Malotke (139) both won a match by pin and another by forfeit.
Ian Cook (126), Matt McConnell (215), Nathan Stafford (285), Trevor Sabec (144) and Braden Wagner (15) had single victories for Reeths-Puffer.
R-P's Sage Secrest, who was 2-0 on Wednesday.
“We came out kind of flat in our opening dual and East capitalized on that,” said R-P Coach Jared Fleming. “They were ready and we weren’t. All the credit to them for coming out strong and taking it to us. I thought we came out firing against Coopersville and really wrestled well, and I’m proud of the resiliency in our guys on that end.
“In these tight duals it comes down to the littlest details, the small things add up and make the sport so inclusive to the whole team. Every wrestler in a dual plays a part in a win or a loss, from your best guy to the newbie, everyone contributes. It’s a beautiful thing, but awfully sour when you are on the losing end.”
The Rockets will return to the mats on Saturday with dual matches at Montague High School.