Silver Creek Throwdown Champion Benny Lemus!

Over the break Silver Creek High School hosts an invitational tournament where they invite the top four ranked wrestlers in the Central Coast Section and have them wrestle off for some key head to head matches midway through the season. If those wrestlers are not available they go down the rankings until the spots are filled. We had four wrestlers invited but only Benny Lemus and Sean Dalton could attend. Benny was a last minute replacement for Sean Dickson. Before the tournament was a great clinic put on by 1984 Olympic Champion Mark Schultz. Sean Dalton had a tough first match and was knocked out of the tournament. Benny was unranked in CCS and had not wrestled before this season due to a knee injury that occurred in football this fall. Much to his opponents surprise, Benny beat them soundly. In the championship match against the number 3 from Milpitas Benny threw his opponent so hard that he dislocated the kids elbow. Congrats to Benny Lemus the 2009 Throwdown Champion!