JTV Sports Quick Focus: Fielder Builds Toward Possible State Wrestling Champion
By Jeff Steers JTV Sports (February 21, 2022 3:54 PM) Hanover-Horton High School wrestler David Fielder kind of chuckles when someone tells him he doesn’t look like a wrestler. That is until the referee blows the whistle. Fielder won three matches against ranked opponents to claim an individual regional wrestling title at 119 pounds this past weekend at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 tournament. The sophomore says he uses speed and years of wrestling to be successful. “I have been wrestling since age four and use the experience to my advantage,” Fielder said. “I am not built like a wrestler.” Fielder is tall for a 119 pound wrestler and ambles onto the mat without a lot of emotion or firepower. He defeated a ranked wrestler from Manchester and two ranked Hudson wrestlers to win the regional title on Saturday at Lutheran Westland. Fielder has experienced a successful season with a 41-6 record, first place at the Cascades Conference meet, a third-place finish at individual districts, and a win at the team regional – the only one for the Comets. He lost last year in the individual regional third round – during the blood round where wrestlers either…