Canisius Mason Hoose is CHSAA State Champion at 215 with first round pin pic.twitter.com/ZGx7LQS4rL
— Pete Schneider (@MonsignorMartin) February 12, 2017
For a while, Canisius senior Mason Hoose couldn't catch a break.
He missed his entire junior wrestling season after having surgery on both of his shoulders and came into this year without preseason practices because of a concussion he suffered in the final game of the fall football season.
Hoose was rusty at first, admittedly losing a few winnable matches, but just a few months later, his fortunes have certainly turned and he's returned to his dominant ways. He made quick work of Nicholas Cohen of St. Joseph's by the Sea with a first period pin in the finals of the state Catholic High Schools Athletic Association Wrestling Tournament on Sunday at St. Francis to win the 220-pound title.