Pride in Putnam Valley recognizes Cody Sharp for the accomplishment of winning his 100th career match in wrestling - a milstone in his career.

Cody Sharp was selectively classified for varsity wrestling as a 7th grader because of his unique physical abilities. He also had to have the requisite emotional maturity to handle the challenge of competing at the varsity level and it was clear to me that he was more than ready and able to handle the rigors and commitment associated the kind of intense daily training we do in the sport of wrestling. He met the challenge well!

He was instantly competitive and typically lost only tough well-fought battles against athletes that spend the entire year wrestling and training for wrestling. This is a huge testament to Cody's natural abilities because he had other athletic interests such as football and lacrosse. It is not easy and certainly rare to find someone with that kind of natural ability to even compete with the best wrestlers that "do it all year!"
Over the years he garnered the highest levels of respect from other section I coaches and competitors, where the typical word on him was something like "Sharp from PV is really strong and tough on the mat!"

Cody concluded his 6 year PV wrestling career with a 3rd place finish in the 145 pound weight class (one of the toughest overall weight classes this year in Division II Section One wrestling) and earned both All section and All league honors. He also made his way into the record books and now sits a close second only to Alex Pastena on the all time wins list with 114 career wins. An incredible milestone and achievement for any high school wrestler!!

Legendary wrestling coach Dan Gable once said "once you wrestler everything else in life is easy!" Cody will be missed, no doubt about that, but he's ready to "move on" and I'm confident that he'll apply all that he's learned via wrestling to all the he encounters beyond PV High.

Will Carano