From Stands to States: Galloway's Patrick D'Arcy Finished 3rd at States
The Holy Spirit sophomore finished fourth in the region last season.
Patrick D’Arcy knew he wanted to do big things when he got to high school. He’d been wrestling his whole life, and had always been fairly successful. He won state championships as a youth wrestler, and wanted to experience the same success when he got to high school. As a freshman at Holy Spirit in 2012, the Galloway Township native came within one match of reaching the state tournament, finishing fourth in Region 8. “It was tough last year,” D’Arcy said on Thursday, March 14. “I was disappointed and I didn’t want it to happen again. It made me work harder.” The wrestler who called himself “undersized for 106 pounds” last year put on size in the form of muscle. He got stronger physically, and as his coach, Ralph Paolone says in this week’s…
