Caleb Olcott wins 100th match; B-R wins; Wellsville splits dual meet
By BRYAN SICK
Daily Reporter, Wellsville, NY
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

BELMONT -- Caleb Olcott reached a milestone nobody at Genesee Valley has accomplished before Wednesday when he defeated Bolivar-Richburg's Travis Dorvit on a technical fall, giving him 100 wins in his varsity career.

"It feels good," said Olcott. "I put a lot of time into wrestling and enjoy it. I thank God. It's a good feeling."

The win came midway through Bolivar-Richburg's 43-23 win but immediately after Olcott's hand was raised in victory, action was stopped for recognition from his home crowd.

"We were kind of hoping it would," said Genesee Valley coach Matt Hopkins about reaching 100 at home. "We weren't really sure where it was going to be, but this was his first opportunity to get the 100th win.

"He's won several tournaments this year and really hasn't lost a lot of matches," Hopkins continued. "He's only lost three this year so he's really done a great job and we're happy it happened at home. We knew if it didn't happen tonight, it would hopefully happen on Friday night. We've got two more home duels left so it really works out well for us."

In eight years of wrestling at Genesee Valley, Olcott is the first wrestler to record 100 wins, doing so in his senior year of a six-year run with the Jaguars.

"That's pretty big," said Bolivar-Richburg coach Rich Schubmehl. "It's still, with all the matches they get, a little easier than it used to be, but it's still a pretty big accomplishment. At our school we've only had, for BRCS, we've only had two guys do it. Tyler (Taylor) did it last year at state qualifiers and a kid that went to the state tournament a few years ago, Cody Bissel."

Taylor was equally impressed with Olcott's milestone, knowing first-hand what the accomplishment feels like.

"That was nice for Caleb," he said. "I know what it feels like to get the 100th win. I got mine in state qualifiers last year and it's nice and congratulations to Caleb for that. It's a pretty big thing. A hundred wins, that's a lot of work, really it is. It's tough to do. You've got to be on top of your game to get it and it takes a while."

For the Wolverines and Travis Dorvit in particular, there is no shame in losing to a class wrestler like Olcott.

"The thing that makes it so nice about him is he's such a good sportsman," said Schubmehl. "He a consummate sportsman, hard worker and he's the kind of kid that it's nice to share that with him. It was nice with what the crowd did and being able to be a part of that for him."

As for the actual match, it probably took a little bit longer than Olcott may have anticipated as he didn't receive the technical fall victory until 37 seconds into the third period after putting Dorvit on his back in each of the first two.

"He was fighting," said Olcott. "He was a good grappler and I did the best I could. I guess that's the way it ended up so it's alright."

Olcott's coach may have been even more pleased with the accomplishment than he was, knowing how hard and how long Olcott has worked for this.

"I could not be happier for such a great young man," said Hopkins. "He's got a great future ahead of him. It doesn't involve wrestling unfortunately but he's going to go places. He does a great job."