It's official. Corwin Learned's home scale is not so good.
For the second time this season, the Half Moon Bay High School junior had to
wrestle at a higher weight, competing in the 125-division at Saturday's
Bianchini Tournament, finishing third.
"When I weigh myself at home, I am under my weight (of 119 pounds)," Learned said. "But when I get to a tournament, I weigh just a bit over."
It happened at the Coast Classic last month, where he had to wrestle at 125 pounds, finishing fourth.
"If I continue to eat right and work out, I won't have that problem again," Learned said. "I should be able to make 119 for the rest of the season."
Despite being moved up, thanks to his No. 5 ranking at 119 pounds, Learned was the top seed at 125 pounds.
"I didn't think I was going to get seeded at all," Learned said. "I thought they would place me somewhere on the bracket and go from there."
After winning his first-round match by pin and second-round match by technical fall, Learned went up against Ngo Hoang of Milpitas in the semifinals.
Though getting the first take down, Learned trailed in the match by the end of the first round.
Learned pulled to within a point midway through the final round. But Hoang was able to hold on at the end, winning 6-5.
"He was bigger than me and he was stronger than me," Learned said.
Despite the loss, he was assured of placing somewhere in the top six. Learned bounced back to defeat Alex Williams of Piedmont Hills, 7-3.
"I kept moving throughout the match," Learned said. "I was better than him, skill-wise."
Learned earned his third-place medal with a third-round pin of Marcel Schwager of Los Gatos.
"Third place is fine with me," Learned said.
Robert Edwards finished second at 160 pounds in the Second Man Tournament, Friday.
Meanwhile, two girls placed at the Queen of the Mat Tournament, held in Pittsburg.
Rebecka Joshua was third at 122 pounds and Cody Davis took fifth at 118 pounds. Morgan Jones went 0-2.
A week earlier, the Half Moon Bay girls finished sixth at the 2007 Lady Lancer Girls Wrestling Tournament, held in Manteca.
Joshua won in the 122-pound pool.
Cody Davis won in the 118-pound pool. She won all three of her matches by pin.
Morgan Davis took second at 108 pounds.
Joseph Lowman led the Cunha Intermediate School wrestling team, winning at the El Dorado Hills Wrestling Invitational, Saturday.
Lowman went 4-0, claiming the 116-pound division.
Piet Shafer went 1-2 at 108 pounds. Dominic Andreini won a match at 76 pounds.
Three area residents, representing the West Coast Crew Team, came away with victories. Mario Kastl won at 70 pounds, with Neil Seaton finishing in the top eight at 122 pounds and Nate Seaton winning a match.
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"When I weigh myself at home, I am under my weight (of 119 pounds)," Learned said. "But when I get to a tournament, I weigh just a bit over."
It happened at the Coast Classic last month, where he had to wrestle at 125 pounds, finishing fourth.
"If I continue to eat right and work out, I won't have that problem again," Learned said. "I should be able to make 119 for the rest of the season."
Despite being moved up, thanks to his No. 5 ranking at 119 pounds, Learned was the top seed at 125 pounds.
"I didn't think I was going to get seeded at all," Learned said. "I thought they would place me somewhere on the bracket and go from there."
After winning his first-round match by pin and second-round match by technical fall, Learned went up against Ngo Hoang of Milpitas in the semifinals.
Though getting the first take down, Learned trailed in the match by the end of the first round.
Learned pulled to within a point midway through the final round. But Hoang was able to hold on at the end, winning 6-5.
"He was bigger than me and he was stronger than me," Learned said.
Despite the loss, he was assured of placing somewhere in the top six. Learned bounced back to defeat Alex Williams of Piedmont Hills, 7-3.
"I kept moving throughout the match," Learned said. "I was better than him, skill-wise."
Learned earned his third-place medal with a third-round pin of Marcel Schwager of Los Gatos.
"Third place is fine with me," Learned said.
Robert Edwards finished second at 160 pounds in the Second Man Tournament, Friday.
Meanwhile, two girls placed at the Queen of the Mat Tournament, held in Pittsburg.
Rebecka Joshua was third at 122 pounds and Cody Davis took fifth at 118 pounds. Morgan Jones went 0-2.
A week earlier, the Half Moon Bay girls finished sixth at the 2007 Lady Lancer Girls Wrestling Tournament, held in Manteca.
Joshua won in the 122-pound pool.
Cody Davis won in the 118-pound pool. She won all three of her matches by pin.
Morgan Davis took second at 108 pounds.
Joseph Lowman led the Cunha Intermediate School wrestling team, winning at the El Dorado Hills Wrestling Invitational, Saturday.
Lowman went 4-0, claiming the 116-pound division.
Piet Shafer went 1-2 at 108 pounds. Dominic Andreini won a match at 76 pounds.
Three area residents, representing the West Coast Crew Team, came away with victories. Mario Kastl won at 70 pounds, with Neil Seaton finishing in the top eight at 122 pounds and Nate Seaton winning a match.
Women's Wrestling Weekly Notebook
Summary:
Pacific returns to competition after six weeks off, and travel to Iowa to face a pair of tough customers at the NCWA/Cliff Keen National Duals
THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC WOMEN'S WRESTLING
Sat. Jan. 12: at
NCWA/Cliff Keen National Duals vs. Cumberlands (Ky.) (5:00 p.m. CST); vs.
Northern Michigan (7:00 p.m. CST).
Sun. Jan. 13: at NCWA/Cliff Keen National
Duals, Finals Match (3:00 p.m. CST)
THE LAYOFF IS FINALLY
OVER: After not seeing any competitive action since Dec. 1, the Pacific
women's wrestling team is ready to put their competitive fires back to the
test. The Boxers travel east to the NCWA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar
Falls, Iowa, this weekend and will face a pair of tough customers in Cumberlands
(Ky.) and Northern Michigan.
BAY AREA DUALS CANCELLED:
The weekend storm that hammered most of the west coast forced Pacific
to cancel their planned trip to the Bay Area to face Menlo and San Jose State on
Sunday. The Boxers, who were to travel by bus with the Pacific men's wrestling
team, were unsure that they were going to be able to cross the Siskiyou Pass on
Interstate 5, which was intermittently closed over the weekend due to heavy
snow.
SCOUTING CUMBERLANDS: The winners of the 2007
National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships, Cumberlands is the
top-ranked women's wrestling team in the country according to the most recent
TheMat.com U.S. Women's College Wrestling Poll. The Patriots have wrestled just
one dual this season, beating newcomer Oklahoma City 24-19. Cumberlands has six
wrestlers ranked within the top-2 nationally, according to TheMat.com. Melissa
Gerard is ranked first at 44 kg. (97 lbs.) and defending 59 kg. (130 lbs.)
national champion Othella Lucas is ranked first at 59 kg. Cumberlands leads the
all-time dual series 4-1. The two teams wrestled a series of three dual matches
last season on 2/17/07 in Williamsburg, Ky. Cumberlands won the first two
duals, 25-6 and 24-7, before Pacific came back to win the third and final dual
by a 17-10 margin.
SCOUTING NORTHERN MICHIGAN: The
Northern Michigan program is ran under the auspices of the U.S. Olympic
Education Center and is one of the nation's top Olympic development programs.
Northern Michigan enters the Cliff Keen Tournament with a 0-2 record in duals.
Hosting Oklahoma City on Dec. 7, the program lost twice to the Stars by finals
of 16-13 and 16-14. Northern Michigan is ranked No. 4 in the latest TheMat.com
U.S. Women's College Wrestling Poll. Three Northern Michigan wrestlers are
ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes. Alyssa Lampe is ranked No. 1
at 48 kg. (105.5 lbs.), Sadie Kaneda is No. 1 at 51 kg. (112.25 lbs.) and Amy
Borgnini is No. 1 at 55 kg. (121 lbs.). This will be the first ever meeting
between Pacific and the Northern Michigan program in a dual meet
setting.
CLIFF KEEN TOURNAMENT FORMAT: The six teams in
the women's bracket will participate in a pool format. Pacific is in Pool A,
which includes Cumberlands and Northern Michigan. Pool B includes Oklahoma
City, Menlo and Missouri Valley. The teams with the best record in each Pool
will compete in the final on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Cumberlands is the No. 1 seed,
while Pacific is the No. 6 seed. All matches will be
freestyle.
IN THE POLLS: Pacific opens the season ranked
sixth in the first U.S Women's College Wrestling Poll of the season, released by
TheMat.com on Dec. 17. Pacific received 28 of a possible 50 points for their
lowest ranking in the history of the program. Defending national champion
Cumberlands (Ky.) received all five first place votes to rank No. 1. Newcomer
Oklahoma City University is second with 45 points, followed by Missouri Valley
(39 pts.), Northern Michigan's Olympic program (32 pts.), Menlo (31 pts.) and
Pacific. The Boxers were ranked third in the last U.S. Women's College Poll,
which was released in February 2006.
NATIONALLY RANKED
INDIVIDUALS: Pacific will enter January with a total of six wrestlers
ranked individually in TheMat.com's U.S. Women's College Wrestling Individual
Rankings. Samantha Stych (Fr., Oxnard, Calif.) leads the group, ranking fourth
at 63 kg. (138.75 lbs.). Stych enters the week with a 3-9 record in freestyle
matches and 0-1 in collegiate style matches. Valerie Prise (Sr., Diamond Bar,
Calif.) is ranked No. 5 at 48 kg. (105.5 lbs.) with a 6-6 freestyle record.
Jade Anderson (Fr., Simi Valley, Calif.) is also ranked fifth at 72 kg. (158.5
lbs.). Megan Richardson (Jr., Santa Paula, Calif.) is ranked sixth at 82 kg.
(108.25 lbs.). Jazzy Green (Fr., Santa Monica, Calif.) is seventh at 55 kg.
(121 lbs.) and Andrea Hale (Jr., Chicago, Ill.) is ranked eighth at 67 kg.
(147.5 lbs.).
A COMBINED FREESTYLE/FOLKSTYLE SCHEDULE:
Unlike past seasons for the Pacific women's wrestling program, the Boxers will
wrestle a schedule that will combine both freestyle and folkstyle (also known as
collegiate style). Pacific has elected to join the National Collegiate
Wrestling Association's (NCWA) women's wrestling division, which was created in
July. Pacific will wrestle folkstyle against NCWA opponents, but will wrestle
freestyle against a number of other college teams.
PROJECTED LINEUP
44 kg.: Candace Sakamoto (0-0/0-0)
48
kg.: Valerie Prise (3-7/0-2)
51 kg.: No Competitors
55 kg.: Jazzy Green
(5-8/0-0)
59 kg.: Summer Steenberg (2-7/0-1)
63 kg.: Samantha Stych
(3-9/0-1)
67 kg.: Jade Anderson (3-7/0-2)
72 kg.: No Competitors
80
kg.: Ashley Truchan (0-0/0-0)
First number in record is record in
freestyle matches. Second record is record in collegiate style
matches.
Posted by Blake Timm (timmbr@pacificu.edu) on Jan 10, 2008 at 9:17 AM
