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Athletes of the Week Feb. 9

February 9, 2018
Dalton Deevey

Dalton won his second consecutive Middle School Wrestling Classic title Feb. 3 in the 155-pound class, beating Joe Mumford of Georgetown in the final 10-0. Mumford had upset top-seeded Andrew Rigby in the semifinals. Dalton’s title in seventh grade was at 130 pounds. “I’ve been wrestling since second grade,” Dalton said. “We moved to Cape from Metuchen, N.J., when I was in fourth grade. I’ll wrestle in one or two more tournaments this season, then concentrate on training.” Dalton is moving on to high school, but he said the ball is still in the air in terms of where he will land. He is a solid A/B student.

CJ Fritchman

CJ won the 100-pound title at the Middle School Wrestling Classic Feb. 3, beating Dawson Mitchell of Fifer in the finals 14-0. Fritchman completed the regular season 13-0 and was never in serious danger of losing a match. “I beat the guy from Laurel 9-4 in the semis; he was tough,” CJ said. “I’ve been pretty much involved with wrestling since fourth grade. I wrestled outside of Delaware, and I know what it’s like to lose. There are some really good wrestlers out there.” A straight-A student, CJ also plays football and lacrosse. He likes to surf and is a good swimmer. And he is still in seventh grade.

Malaki Lewis

A first-year wrestler for Mariner at 185 pounds, Malaki went into last weekend’s Middle School Wrestling Classic seeded second at 8-1 on the season. He was cruising in his semifinal bout against John August of Smyrna when he got caught and stuck, leading 5-2 with 15 seconds remaining. “I should have stayed away from him and just took a stalling point,” the inexperienced wrestler said. Malaki later lost to Kevin Leonard of Beacon and placed fourth with a 10-3 record on the season. He also plays football and is on the track team. “Great kid and very coachable. He showed great sportsmanship in all his matches,” said coach Gerry Windish. Malaki is the grandson of Cape 800-meter runner Vince Lewis, who ran 1:57 back in the early ’70s.

Cole Windish

Cole’s dad Gerry is his middle school coach, which explains why he stayed on the mat after his arm went “funny” in his fifth-place match against Quanteeve Hanzer of Seaford. “I hit my elbow on his knee,” Cole said. “It felt like electricity going through my arm.” Cole won three total matches his first two years of middle school, but this season, he was 6-3 entering the tournament at 145 pounds. Then, he finished the tournament 10-4, winning his fifth-place consolation match, funny bone and all. Windish was down five points when he locked up Hanzer and pinned him. “I also ran cross country and I play baseball,” Cole said. “My uncle Jeff is the [wrestling] head coach at Indian River.”

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