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A natural place for drama: Cathedral City holds wrestling meet on school’s theater stage

TDR Editor’s Notes;   While this is a bit west of our coverage area the creative idea deserves coverage and recognition. 

To pin or not to pin, that was the question Tuesday night at Cathedral City High School.  The performing arts stage, usually reserved for plays and band concerts, was transformed into a wrestling match as Lions wrestling coach Jody Davis continued his string of creative stunts to boost recognition for the wrestling program.   William Shakespeare never saw moves like these. And the reviews are in. It was a hit!

“I thought it went really well,” Davis said. “I was nervous about it, but the administration and the theater director were very supportive. It was a full crowd for a wrestling meet. I’m happy.”

This marks the second consecutive year Davis has kicked off the season with a bit of a stunt to drum up interest in the wrestling squad. Last year, the Lions set up mats outdoors on the football field and wrestled under the lights.  

his time it was a doubleheader in the theater as the boys went first. Rancho Mirage outdueled the Lions for a 45-30 win. The girls’ match, pitting two of the deepest and best teams in the desert, was the spotlight match. The host Lions took that one 54-18. 

But the setting made for, appropriately enough, increased drama. Anyone that follows high school sports knows that wrestling makes for some of the loudest cheering moments from the crowd. Now put those loud moments of near-pins, or dramatic reversals in the perfect acoustic setting of a theater and the excitement is heightened.  Rest of the story at https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2018/11/14/natural-place-drama-cathedral-city-holds-wrestling-meet-schools-theater-stage/1979613002/?mc_cid=fe2d41468f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

November 24, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized