Poway’s Ava Fodera is happy to see the girls wrestling team getting the spotlight this year

Poway’s girls had just beaten Mission Hills in a dual meet, winning every match. Coach John Meyers wasn’t impressed. “The girls won all 11 matches,” said Meyers of the performance. “I was disappointed. In wrestling, you get bonus points when you pin your opponent. That can be 10 points per wrestler in a championship meet, which is a lot of points. “It worried me that they didn’t seem to understand or have the ability to make that happen. So, the next day, Stephen Neal and I spoke to the girls’ team, and at practice we worked on ways to turn moves into pins. “We stressed that when you’re in a championship, you may only have one chance to score a pin, so you have to recognize that...