Gryphons' Alfaro reaches century marks in victories
January 3, 2009 Rocky Mount High School
By Nick Phillips
iHigh.com correspondent
Four Years. One hundred wins.
For many high school athletes that compete on the mat, 100 matches is sometimes hard to reach. One hundred victories in a high school career are not attained by the average wrestler. One hundred victories, more often than not, are not accumulated by very, very good wrestlers.
One hundred wins.
That averages out to 25 varsity wins a year for four years.
Senior Francisco Alfaro has been a steady winner at Rocky Mount. According to teammate Chandler Phillips, coach Jermaine Jones told the team that Francisco's victory against Nash Central in the Conference Dual Meet on Dec. 13 was his 100th. With another month and a half of wrestling to go this season, it's anyone's guess as to what the final number will be when 'Cisco is finally done at Rocky Mount High.
NCMAT.com lists the state's 100 -areer win wrestlers, but nowhere on the list is there a Rocky Mount Gryphon. That list is updated only when someone sends in a name, so it does not mean that another Gryphon has not hit 100 before. Unfortunately, this is not football, so a comprehensive record book we do not have. (Charles Alston!)
One thing is for sure - at the end of this year, the NCMAT.com's 100 career win list will include one Gryphon: Francisco Alfaro. |
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