Congrats Award Winners!

Academic Award (given to wrestlers with a 3.5 or higher GPA during the season)
Dominic Rens, Nate Hop, Jared Zimmerman, Nate Miedema, Paul Carbone, Victor Truong, Joey Steffes, Matthew Igo, Fred Holwerda, and Justin Zimmerman.

Mr. Intensity
Justin Zimmerman

Mr. Practice
Caleb Schutter


Eagle Spirit
Fred Holwerda

Most Improved Wrestler
Carl Lodenstein and Marcos Diaz

Coaches Award
Joey Steffes and Nate Miedema

Most Valuable Wrestler
Justin Zimmerman


Thank you to Fred Holwerda, Caleb Schutter, and Justin Zimmerman for your work as captains. Congratulations to Paul Carbone, Jake Dean, Drew Jackson, and Jared Zimmerman for being named next years captains!

Congratulations Justin Zimmerman

For the past 4 years, one wrestler at Hudsonville has truly stood out from the rest. Justin Zimmerman has brought a new level of success to our program. Please join me in congratulating Justin for the following accomplishments!!

Conference: 1st place (Twice), and 3rd place
Districts: 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place
Regionals: 1st place (Twice) and 3rd place
State: 2nd place (Twice), state qualifier once
Team Points 08-09: 231

Season Records:
Takedowns: 182
Tech Falls: tied with Paul Carbone at 12
Consecutive Wins: 48
Best Dual Record: 25-0
Best Record Percent: tied with Bruce Kunzi at 98%

Career Records:
Most Wins: 165
Takedowns: 438
3 Point Nearfall: 157
Tech Falls: 23

Congratulations Justin on a job well done!!! Thank you for raising the level of expectations at Hudsonville
-Coach Rottier

Individual State Finals

The Individual State finals have come to a close. Justin Zimmerman wrestled a very complete weekend, finishing second in the state. Jared Zimmerman finished in fourth place, and shows a lot of promise for the next two years. Drew Jackson started the tournament by upsetting a first seed and finished in sixth place. Paul Carbone wrestled great, but came up short having a hard route through the tournament. The Eagles are excited to have three state qualifiers returning for next season!

State Finals Have Begun!!

Round one was completed tonight, with the Eagles going 3-1. Winning their opening round matches were: Jared Zimmerman (12-4), Justin Zimmerman (fall 5:34), and Drew Jackson (8-6 OT). Paul Carbone came up short in his match.

4 to the Finals!!

Four wrestlers have qualified for the individual state finals to be held at the Palace on March 12-14! They are Justin Zimmerman, who finished 1st in the regional winning in ultimate overtime. Jared Zimmerman who avenged a first round lost finishing third, Paul Carbone, who finished 4th and Drew Jackson who lost in overtime to finish 4th. Congratulations guys and good luck in a week and a half!!!