{"id":9638,"date":"2023-11-16T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:19:40","slug":"oberlin-steadily-growing-homestead-mat-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/oberlin-steadily-growing-homestead-mat-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Oberlin steadily growing Homestead mat program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rome was not built in a day and you don&#8217;t have to tell that to Homestead head coach Andy Oberlin twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oberlin&#8217;s quest to build Homestead into a local wrestling power has slowly been gaining steam since he took over the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Coach-Oberlin_01.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Homestead coach Andy Oberlin participated in the Media Day for High School Wrestling Weekly and talked about the Spartans&#8217; upcoming season. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This winter, he boasts a roster of 50 high school wrestlers. With 100 kids expected to be on the mat for the school&#8217;s two middle school teams, there is certainly momentum building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Coach-Oberlin_02.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Part 2 of Coach Oberlin&#8217;s interview from HSWW Media Day. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his first year as head coach, Oberlin finished a respectable 17-10, but the past two years have seen him tally 33 wins against just seven losses. Each of the last two seasons for the Spartans have included hoisting a sectional trophy. The program had only won one sectional in the decade prior to Oberlin&#8217;s arrival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Coach-Oberlin_03.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Part 3 of Coach Oberlin&#8217;s talk with Rex and Dane. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will get an early test against Carroll before heading to the Westfield Duals to see how they match up with other top teams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome was not built in a day and you don&#8217;t have to tell that to Homestead head coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,12],"class_list":["post-9638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports","tag-wrestling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Homestead-team.jpg?fit=1414%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}