ES girls win four titles at Lathrop tourney

ES girls win four titles at Lathrop tourney

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LATHROP – Analese Happy gave herself an extra reason to feel grateful shortly before Thanksgiving.Wrestling Nov. 25 in the Lathrop Girls Turkey Break Tournament, the Excelsior Springs junior won the 115-pound division title. Happy capped her championship run by pinning Pleasant Hill’s Layla Palmer in 1 minute, 44 seconds.Palmer used a bridge move to try to prevent getting pinned. When an opponent counters with a bridge move, Happy can attack in a few ways, she said.“One way I can break her down is, I can get heavier on my chest,” Happy said. “Or I can settle back to be able to pin her. And if that doesn’t work, I will try to roll her back over and I will try and break her down again, until she has no more control on her bridge and, hopefully, get the pin.”Happy employed “the heavy method,” she said. “I felt like that was going to work because it gave her less control and she was already on her back,”...

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