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North High's
Brittney
Taylor ranked fourth in state
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Freshman
Female Wrestler
A
North High
School freshmann is breaking barriers wrestling in a male-dominated
sport. Once
you see her in action you'll forget she's not one of the boys.
Brittney
Taylor
has skills beyond her gender, skills her coach says any athlete would
love to
possess. “I always get mad because people say she's talented
for a girl,” says
North High coach Andrew Juranek. “Well, she's just talented
just for a
wrestler."
Brittney
took up the sport at the age of four. “I like the sport,
it's fun to me." Ten years later she wins matches, medals, and the
respect
of her teammates.
“She
never gives
up, she always loves to train, pushing me around. She be tryin' to, but
I don't
let her get the upper hand," says teammate Ron Coleman with a smile.
Across
the state
of Nebraska, 55 young women compete in high school wrestling. That's
about 1%
of those competing. What about the other 99% who are taught they're not
supposed to rough up a girl?
“Everyone
in the
state knows Brittney is one of the best wrestlers out there," says
Juranek. “I don't think she gets treateBrittney
Taylord any differently than
the boys, but
that's the way I see it."
Brittney
has
made her mark on the mat, ranked fourth in the state with a record of
10-3.
She's 103 pounds of ability and confidence.
“Everybody
who
don't know her is like, dang you got beat by a girl,” says
Coleman. “People who
do know her, dang she's tough. She's basically been beating me since I
was
little."
It's
hard for
Brittney to pin down exactly what attracts her to wrestling, but she
knows what
it takes to come out on top. "I got heart, I just try hard, I try my
hardest."
The
state
championships are about a month away. It's Brittney's goal to win a
state title
and ultimately, she wants to win Olympic gold. Women's wrestling was
added to
the Olympics in 2004.
As
for a career, her aspirations include becoming an athletic director
or trainer so she can inspire other athletes.
Friday, January 11, 2008
More Pictures
| Senior Marissa Foreman earns a takedown Tuesday against
Sierra Ridge. The Argonaut High School varsity wrestlers host the Jackson Lions
Club Wrestling Tournament Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. |
| Photo by: Jim Reece |
|
Argonaut High School's varsity wrestling team hosts the Jackson Lions Club
Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Jackson, with a team competition
format.
The Mustang varsity squad will have 12 of 14 wrestling weight
classes represented in the round-robin tournament, said coach Gary Landergen.
He said the lineup would be determined likely by Friday night, with
weight class challenges and wrestle-offs to be held this week. The team traveled
to Linden High School on Thursday for its second league match.
Marissa Foreman
Wrestling
starts a 9 a.m. Saturday at Argonaut's main gym and in the new multi-purpose
room, with two mats in each building. Argonaut will face three other MLL teams,
hosting seven other teams, including Amador High School, Bret Harte High School
and Summerville High School.
Four other teams that will attend are
Franklin High School of Stockton, Union Mine High School of El Dorado, John
Swett High School of the North Coast Section and Westin Ranch High School of
Stockton.
Landergen said the team format will have two pools, A and B,
with four teams in each. The teams in each pool wrestle each other of the other
teams, then the top team of Pool A wrestles the No. 2 team of Pool B and the top
team of Pool A wrestles the No. 2 team of Pool B. The winners then wrestle for
first and second place and the losers wrestle for third and fourth
place.
Similarly, the No. 3 and No. 4 teams from both pools pair off,
with the winners meeting to determine fifth and sixth place and the losers
facing to determine seventh and eight places.
Each team is guaranteed
five matches in the tournament.
Members of the Jackson Lions Club help to
run the tournament, including members and Argonaut football coaches Fred
Fletcher and Jim Guidi. Fletcher is the tournament director.Marissa Foreman
Danner,
Rullhausen place in 'Hard Luck' tourney at The Bash at
Lemoore
Argonaut High School varsity wrestlers notched 18 wins, eight
by fall in the Dec. 28 The Bash wrestling tournament at Lemoore High School,
finishing in 42nd place among a 60-team field.
Junior Robert Danner took
first place in the "Hard Luck" tournament, for wrestlers who lost their first
two matches in the double-elimination tourney.
Danner, wrestling in the
140-pound class, took two losses then won four straight matches, including three
decisions and a pin in 1:06.
Sophomore Henry Rullhausen, wrestling at
160, took third place in the hard luck tourney. He lost his first two matches,
then went 4-1, with three wins by decision, one win by fall.
Senior Will
Edmonson, wrestling in the 152-pound weight class, went 2-2, winning his first
two matches by fall then losing his final two matches by decisions. Daniel Welch
went 1-2 at the 145-pound weight, getting his win by pin.
Sophomore
Angelo Petriello went 3-2 at the tournament in the 171-pound class. He won his
first match by fall in 3:19, took a loss and then won two more matches by
decision, before taking a loss.
Freshman Dahlton Brown went 2-2 in the
tournament with two wins by fall and two losses by fall. He won his first match
in 5:47 and his third match at 3:36.
Sophomore Christopher Serna also
went 3-2 at the tournament in the 285-pound class, opening with a win by fall in
1:49. He lost his second match then won two straight, by a pin and by a decision
before his last loss.
Hannah Collins, Marissa Foreman place at Lady
Lancers Tourney
Four girls from the Argonaut High School co-ed
varsity wrestling team competed at the Dec. 29 Lady Lancer Wrestling Tournament
at East Union High, with three of the four placing in their weight
classes.
Junior Hannah Collins went 2-1 to finish in second place in the
189-pound class, notching two wins by decision. She opened with an 11-9 win and
then took a 9-2 win, before losing by fall in the championship
match.
Senior Marissa Foreman went 3-2 at the tournament to finish in
third place in the 119-pound division. She opened with a loss by fall to a
Vallejo High School wrestler, then took a 6-3 win over her second
opponent.
Foreman lost by fall in her third match to a Sutter High School
grappler. She finished with two wins by decision, 17-5 over an Antioch High
wrestler and 9-4 over a Hogan High School girl.
Freshman Samantha
Shattuck went 2-2 in the 130-pound division to also finish in third place.
Shattuck opened with a win, 9-6 over a Hogan girl, then lost by decision to a
Vallejo girl. She won her third match by fall in 1:42 over an Antioch girl and
lost her last match by fall.
Four JV Mustangs place at Dan Arena
tourney
Sophomore grappler Steven Bennett led Argonaut High School
junior varsity's showing at the Dan Arena JV Tourney Dec. 29, when five
wrestlers competed and four placed.
Bennett went 4-0 to take the
championship in the 152-pound weight class, with all four wins by pin over
wrestlers from Center (25 seconds), El Dorado (52 seconds), Golden Sierra (2:24)
and Jesuit (3:53) high schools.
Sophomore Brett Falco went 3-1 to take
second place in the 160-pound division, with all three wins by pin. He pinned a
center opponent in 52 seconds, lost his second match 5-12 to a Golden Sierra
grappler and then won his last two, pinning an El Dorado opponent in 1:31 and a
Bella Vista High School opponent in 3:42.
Freshman Bill Danner went 2-2
in the 189-pound class, taking two losses by fall, but winning his second match
by fall in 20 seconds over a Center wrestler and his final match by fall over a
Franklin High School opponent in 1:28.
by
n8tivetx
on Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:39 pm
High Voltage Tournament
Jan. 12, 2008
Note: I did
not get all of the results so if you can help fill in the holes, feel free to do
so!!
Overall: Tournament medals were nice, tournament run okay, but I
heard many parents complaining about the entrance fee of $7.00 per person which
was pretty high for such as small tournament.
Team
Placement:
1st Arlington
Martin
2nd Frisco Liberty
3rd Keller Central
95lbs
1st
Kelsery Gunia-Liberty
2nd Stepahnie Cooper-Arl. Bowie
102lbs
1st
Britney Fernandez-Arl. Bowie
2nd Chelsea Chafetz-Arl. Martin
3rd Alexys
Nunez-Frico Liberty
4th Alex Nunez-Frisco Liberty
110lbs
1st
Miranda Mendez-Keller Central
2nd Lauren Lindley-Grapevine
3rd Heather
Danielson-Arl. Martin
4th Natalie Coronado-Midlothian
Marissa Foreman
119lbs
1st
Angel Miller-Keller Central
2nd Alexis Kanteris-Frisco Liberty
3rd Rachel
Mahlow-Arl. MartinMarissa Foreman
4th Kayci Weatherspoon-Arl. Bowie
128lbs
1st
Allie Nunez-Frisco Liberty
2nd Stacy Martin-Frisco Liberty
3rd Kaitylyn
Cennomo-Keller Central
4th Erin McCloud-Frisco Liberty
138lbs
1st
Emily Harvey-Keller Central
2nd-4th Not sure if it was Jocelyn
Draper-Wakland, Jessica Lemmer-Midlothian, Kaysha King-Arl.
Martin
148lbs
1st Karra Stratton-Wakeland
2nd Beka Mahlow-Arl.
Martin
3rd Jill Gloria-Arl. Bowie
4th Midlothian Girl but not sure which
one because there were two in tournament----eMarissa Foreman ither Patty Coronado or Sarah
Stewart
165lbs
1st & 2nd Not sure....either Tesa Vaughn-Arl Bowie
or Cheryce Moss-Arl Seguin
3rd Melissa Pacetti-Frisco Liberty
4th Alex
Calderon-Arl. Martin
185lbs
1st Jessica Scott by default but wrestled
up at 215 and ended up in finals vs. her sister, so she gave a forfeit to her
sister and took the placement at 1st for team points for
185lbs
215lbs
1st Kerra Scott-Arl Martin
2nd Morgan
Harrison-Bonner-Frisco Liberty
3rd Erica Gafken-Midlothian
Marissa Foreman
lakecityreporter.com/articles/2008/01/10/
Fort White High wrestler Robert Hartley set
a
school record with a 7-second
pin in the heavyweight class and
the Indians captured
nine other opponents to take
a 66-24 team
victory over
visiting Kissimmee Christian Academy on Thursday
in
Fort White.
Chance Hays (112), Katlynn Cormier (125), Richard
Brown (130), John Gellert (135), Chris Waites (140), Chad Stinnett (152), Tyler
Howard (171), Jerry Stringfellow (189), Dylan Manship (215) and Hartley all
captured pin fall wins for Fort White.
Cormier usually wrestles in the
125 weight class, but moved up to wrestle a female wrestler from
Kissimmee.
“We looked pretty good,Marissa Foreman
and I saw a lot of good
things,” Fort White coach Jason Howard said. “There were
a few things we
need to
work on, but every wrestled well.”
The Indians improved
to
6-3-1 overall and next wrestle at Suwannee High on Friday and
Saturday.
Columbia wrestling
Columbia High’s wrestling team pulled
out a 34-33 win over host Palatka High on Wednesday to improve to 4-2 on the
season.
Michael Roberts Jr.
(125-pound weight class) and Nick Lee
(145) scored pinfalls for the Tigers.
Jeff Kennedy (135) won an 11-5
decision, Josh Hook (140) won 16-4, and Ronnie Frost (152) won
18-13.
Brent Halks (160) and Lance Drawdy (171) won by forfeit and there
was a
double forfeit at 103 pounds.
Chad Vercher (189) was pinned
and Ashley Crumitie (112) lost an 11-6 decision. The Tigers forfeited
at
119, 130, 215 and 285.
The Tigers will compete in the Billy
Saylor Invitational at Suwannee High at 5 p.m., today, and 9:30 a.m.,
Marissa Foreman
January 12, 2008
EDMONTON - This weekend in the University of Alberta
Pavilion (Butterdome), Vang Ioannides and his Golden Bears and Panda wrestlers
will welcome to the mat some of the very best the CIS has to offer for the
annual Golden Bear Varsity Invitational (Friday) and Golden Bear Open
(Saturday).
The Friday night varsity show-down will showcase the best
wrestlers not only from the U of A, but also from top four schools in the SFU
Clan, Lakehead Thunderwolves and the Saskatchewan Huskies. Also competing in the
Invitational are Calgary, who boast the best women's team currently in the
Nation and the always tough Regina Cougars.
For Ioannides and the U of A
wrestlers, not only is nice to grapple with some of the best in the country, but
it's also nice to just compete at home. The teams are returning from a gruelling
week long training camp stay in San Diego over the New Years break that saw the
athletes training, both technically and physically, like they have never trained
before. Each sunrise in San Diego was met with a strenuous run, followed by a
technical session. After an afternoon break, they would hit the mat to practise
what they had learned?basically doing nothing but living, breathing and thinking
wrestling for 12 hours a day.
So the chance to come and put their new
found skills and physical conditioning to the test, is a test that Ioannides,
for one, relishes.
"It is nice to compete at home," said Ioannides. "From
my standpoint, we have had pretty good success over the years in this
tournament, as my teams usually over-perform at least with respect to my
expectations of them. This is simply another opportunity for us to work on the
things that will matter at Canada West, but there is something about competing
in front of your friends and family which tends to make people give their
greatest effort, I wish we could do it all of the time!"
Both the Golden
Bears and Pandas are comprised of young athletes, which makes this weekend a
grab of results according to the head coach.
"I expect them all to gain
some very valuable mat time, having two tournaments. For some, the goal is just
to try and score their first technical points, while others should be looking to
capitalize on their experience and take it to the next
level."
Vang's Team by Team breakdown:
Lakehead - very
strong men's team?currently top four behind SFU, Brock, and Sask. Watch for
former CIS Champion Huy Nguyen and CIS medallists Chris Cammarata, Clayton
Sereres, and Dave Rector.
Calgary - Women are by far and away #1?watch
for all of them, including CIS Champ Gen Haley.
Saskatchewan - Men's team
could go all the way this year, and features CIS Champions Riley Walker, Keith
Folkerson, and Jeff Adamson. A very strong team.
SFU - Women only, who
are ranked right behind Calgary and features CIS Champ aMarissa Foreman nd World Jr Bronze
medallist Stacie Anaka.
Regina - strong in both genders?very tough
teams.
Source:
Matt Gutsch
University of Alberta
Athletics
Sports Information Coordinator
1/12/08
EDMONTON - The Lakehead Thunderwolves wrestling teams
made some noise at the University of Alberta Varsity Meet Friday in Edmonton,
Alberta with the Wolves capturing three gold medals, four silver medals, and a
bronze.
Taking gold were Huy Nguyen, Chadd Lee, and freshman Colten
Woznew; taking silver were Mitch Fryia, Corey Lee, Josh Schug, and freshman
Laurel Knowles; while Corey Stefanizzi took bronze. Nicole Plummer placed
fourth.
Men:
Gold Medals
57kg Huy Nugyen
76kg
Chadd Lee
90kg Colten Woznow
Silver Medals
68kg Mitch Fryia
82kg
Corey Lee
130kg Josh SchugMarissa Foreman
Bronze Medal
65kg Corey Stefanizzi
Women:
Silver Medal
59kg Laurel Knowles
Fourth
82kg Nicole PlummerMarissa Foreman
The Wolves hit the mats again
Saturday in Edmonton for the University of Alberta Open Meet.
Source:
Mike Aylward
Lakehead University
For two days I have been watching/reporting the 'Tournament of
Champions' at the Western Park here in Vernal. 35 teams sent 600+ wrestlers to
compete to see who is the best of the Wyoming/Colorado/Utah tri-state area.
Being in radio on the "cool" station in town, we get asked to be the arena
announcers. Now, as cool as that sounds, this event was a two ENTIRE day event.
See the picture below? See the #848? That means that that match was #848, as in
1, 2, 3, ....666, ...and 848 (848 wasn't even the last one, its when I finally
left). That is a long time to watch wrestling and that doesn't even count all of
the JV duals happening simultaneously.
In the picture to the left you will
see that all of the attention is focused on this championship match. During the
elimination rounds that lasted from Friday at 3 until Saturday at 4:30, there
were 8 mats all with unstoppable action. A new computer system helped to get the matches in and out at
record pace, so those poor refs were working non-stop for 8-10 hours a day. The
computer program and all of the brackets made me think of Kent Hansen who is a
master programmer and bracketman. Imagine 15 different weight classes with 32
wrestlers each and double elimination (except 1st and 2nd place, one loss and
the best you could do is 3rd). It was a mess, but the computer system that some
wrestler nerd came up with was almost perfect.
The picture below is of my
radio station boss and me. He was the real arena announcer, I would call in and
do updates on the radio station itself. I was there for support and back-up
announcing when his voice went hoarse. In the picture below you can see that it
was a fairly big arena with a lot of people in attendance. We had the 600+
wrestlers like I said earlier, but they also had parents, coaches and
cheerleaders. A big draw.
The school that I was there to cheer for was Uintah High School, I am
wearing their official wrestling jacket. But 'the Basin' had 5
teams represented: Uintah, Union, Duchesne, Altamont, and Rangley CO.
As far as team efforts, Uintah took second but none of their wrestlers
took a personal championship. That had to have been the most
disappointing part of the tournament they hosted. None of the other
'Basin' schools took a personal championship either. Delta UT won it
all.
Uintah also
had something unique, but not unheard of. A female wrestler from Uintah High
school took 7th place out of the 32 wrestler braket in the 103 lbs. weight
class. It had to have taken a lot of courage to be the lone woman among
boys.
There, that is my life as of today.
By TIMES-REPUBLICAN STAFF
CEDAR FALLS — Newly anointed No. 1 Penn State has earned the top seed for this
weekend’s NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals hosted by the University of Northern
Iowa. The Nittany Lions have an umblemished 5-0 duals record heading into this
morning’s 9 a.m. opening round.
Second-ranked Iowa and fourth-ranked Iowa
State have the second and third seeds for the two-day event that turns the floor
of the UNI-Dome into an all-divisions wrestling haven. The annual tournament
features 16 teams from Division I, 12 Division II teams, 15 in D-III and NAIA,
eight NJCAA squads, seven NWCA teams and five women’s teams.
The host
Panthers (1-2-1), ranked 24th in the nation after a 21-16 dual win over then-No.
10 Tennessee-Chattanooga, take on sixth-seeded No. 7 Michigan
(10-1).
Penn State squares off with No. 16 UT-Chattanooga (5-2) in its
opening round bout. It’s the Nittany Lions’ first competition since taking over
the top spot in the National Wrestling Coaches Association
rankings.
Three-time defending champion Minnesota (6-1) has the fifth
seed and meets unrated West Virginia (3-1) in the first round.
Iowa (7-1)
is coming off its first loss of the season, a 19-14 home setback against
Oklahoma State that knocked the Hawkeyes from the top spot in the rankings. Head
coach Tom Brands’ team takes on No. 19 Cornell University (0-2) in its 11 a.m.
opening-round match. The winner will face either No. 8 Missouri — runner-up to
Minnesota last year — or No. 15 Indiana.
Iowa placed fifth at last year’s
National Duals, but the Hawkeyes have not won the tournament title since 1996.
Cornell beat Iowa in the two schools’ only meeting in 1965, but the Big Red will
be outmatched by a Hawkeye lineup with nine ranked wrestlers.
Of
Cornell’s five ranked wrestlers, true freshman Mack Lewnes — rated third at 165
with a 24-1 record — presents the most intriguing challenge. He will square off
with Iowa’s second-ranked senior Mark Perry (15-2), who is coming off a rated
loss to No. 5 Jake Dieffenbach from Oklahoma State. In all there is the
potential for five ranked battles between Iowa and the Big Red.
East
Marshall graduate and redshirt freshman Brooks Kopsa (4-2) is listed on Iowa’s
weekly wrestling press release as a potential alternate at 157 pounds for
19th-ranked sophomore Ryan Morningstar (10-4).
Fourth-ranked Iowa State
(7-1) faces No. 12 Hofstra (4-4) at 11 a.m. The Cyclones’ youthful lineup
defeated Northern Iowa in its last dual action back on Dec. 16. Iowa State
placed third in last year’s event. The Cyclones’ first and only National Duals
title came in 2000.
The Cyclones enter the duals with seven ranked
wrestlers, led by top-ranked 184-pounder Jake Varner. The 12-0 sophomore will
not line up against one of Hofstra’s five rated wrestlers. The Pride are led by
fifth-ranked senior 141-pounder Charles Griffin (15-3), who will meet ISU’s No.
18 Nick Gallick (14-6) in one of three rated clashes.
Iowa State could
potentially meet Northern Iowa for the second time this season, should the
Panthers manage their way around No. 7 Michigan. The winner between Iowa State
and Hofstra will face either UNI or the Wolverines at 3 p.m.
today.
Northern Iowa’s two ranked wrestlers will both run into a
higher-ranked counterpart from Michigan in the Panthers’ opener. Eighth-ranked
Moza Fay (13-4), recently named the Western Wrestling Conference’s Wrestler of
the Week, faces one of Michigan’s two top-rated wrestlers. Senior Eric
Tannenbaum, who placed fourth in last year’s national tournament, is 16-0 for
the Wolverines.
The Panthers’ Andrew Anderson, an 11-6 junior rated 20th,
takes on 15th-ranked freshman Anthony Biondo (19-4) at 197
pounds.
Sunday’s championship semifinals and finals will be web cast free
online at LiveSportsVideo.com. Iowa Public Television will air a two-hour
tape-delayed broadcast of the semifinals at 1 p.m. with live coverage of the
finals at 3 p.m.
By DAN McCOOL • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • January 12,
2008
University of Northern Iowa officials think they are at a crucial stage in
their effort to become a long-term host for the National Duals.
Starting
at 9 a.m. today, the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls hosts one of college wrestling
premiere events, which brings together 86 men's and women's teams from all
levels.
This is the third of a four-year stay in the UNI-Dome ? the
longest tenure since Nebraska played host from 1993 through 1997. The 2010 site
has not been determined.
"It's a key year for us in regards to ticket
sales and getting fans here," said Justin Sell, a Northern Iowa associate
athletic director. "We've hovered right around the 14,000- 15,000 mark for the
weekend the last two years. I want to see that number get up to 25 or 30
(thousand). ... Until we sell out Saturday and Sunday, we haven't finished. We
haven't done what we need to do.
"We want it to be in town for the next
15 or 20 years."
The tournament, which includes Iowa, Iowa State and the
host Panthers and concludes Sunday, is run by the Pennsylvania-based National
Wrestling Coaches Association.
"There is an awful lot that's really,
really great about having it at Northern Iowa, but I'm not the sole
decision-maker," NWCA executive director Mike Moyer said. "This event has been a
lot of different places, and quite frankly we have not seen the success anywhere
like we've seen at Northern Iowa other than (two years) at Iowa."
The
largest attendance for the National Duals was 21,981 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in
Iowa City in 1998, followed by 20,768 in Iowa City in 1999.
The UNI-Dome
is the only facility to house every meet under one roof, and Moyer sees plenty
of good in finding a long-term or permanent home.
"A critic could say
never having the home crowd advantage is a downside of having it in one central
place, but the upside far outweighs the downside," he said. "The upside is every
year you can build on the success of the previous year, more corporate dollars,
more community involvement.
"It is within easy driving distance of where
our primary wrestling spectator base is. I saw a statistic where something like
60 percent of the spectators drive to the NCAA championships. Using that line of
thinking, it makes sense to have an event like this within easy driving
distance."
The tournament is expected to give the Waterloo-Cedar Falls
area a $2 million- to
OCU women return: The Oklahoma City women's team returns to the mat,
joining the Stars' men's team at the National Duals today after a long layoff.
Coach Archie
Randall has been impressed with the women's team since the first leg of
the season ended.
"We had a scrimmage this week, and the improvement has been unbelievable,” Randall
said. "The technique level is up, the confidence is up, and they're aggressive
as all get out. And what's amazing is they're mostly freshmen and sophomores.
The OCU women face Menlo and Missouri Valley in their first two duals. The OCU
men face Dana
College in their first- round dual today.
By Matt
Patterson
2-million economic boost this weekend, Sell
said.
"A lot of times when you bring a new event in town, it takes a year
or two to get people in," he said. "To me, that's been one of the problems with
the Duals. They've moved it around a couple of years into it. It's hard to get
that fan base to stay."
Iowa coach Tom Brands said Northern Iowa has done
a good job running the event.
"I don't know what the future is, but
(Northern Iowa) does a good job, and the facility is first-rate," Brands
said.
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OCU women return: The Oklahoma City women's team returns to the mat,
joining the Stars' men's team at the National Duals today after a long layoff.
Coach Archie
Randall has been impressed with the women's team since the first leg of
the season ended.
"We had a scrimmage this week, and the improvement has been unbelievable,” Randall
said. "The technique level is up, the confidence is up, and they're aggressive
as all get out. And what's amazing is they're mostly freshmen and sophomores.
The OCU women face Menlo and Missouri Valley in their first two duals. The OCU
men face Dana
College in their first- round dual today.
By Matt
Patterson
1/12/08
Olympic Fever is sweeping China, as its capital city will host the
Games this summer from August 8th to 24th. The Games in Beijing will play host
to the 28 summer sports currently on the Olympic program. Approximately 10,500
athletes are expected to participate in the Games. I'll be putting stuff up on
the site over the next few months. First I want to post a review of some of the
past Summer Olympic Games.
As
you can see from the stats below, the Olympics have come a long way since the
first modern games in 1896 when only 14 nations participated and only 241
athletes, none of whom were women.
ATHENS 2004
Participation
Nations: 201
Athletes: 10,625 (4,329 women, 6,296 men)
Events: 301
Results
Nation: Medals Total (Gold, Silver,
Bronze)
1.
U.S.A.: 102 (36, 39, 27)
2.
China: 63 (32, 17, 14)
3.
Russia: 92 (27, 27, 38)
4.
Australia: 49 (17, 16, 16)
5.
Japan: 37 (16, 9, 12)
6.
Germany: 49 (13, 16, 20)
7.
France: 33 (11, 9, 13)
8.
Italy: 32 (10, 11, 11)
9.
Korea: 30 (9, 12, 9)
10. U.K.: 30 (9, 9, 12)
Greece, itself, finished 15th.
India with the world's second largest population acquired only 1 medal. Canada
finished 21st winning a total of 12 medals (3 gold, 6 silver, and 3
bronze).
Canada's first gold medal ever was in the
Paris 1900 games, when George Orton won the 3000 metre steeplechase. Canada's
best placement was in the 1904 St. Louis games when it came in 4th. Canada's
highest medal count was in the 1984 Los Angeles games when it won 44 medals and
finished in 6th place.
Canada's Placement and Medals in more
recent Summer Olympic Games:
Munich 1972, Canada placed 27th, winning
5 Medals (0 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Montreal 1976: 27th, 11 Medals (0 G, 5 S, 6
B)
Los
Angeles
1984: 6th, 44 Medals (10, 18, 16)
Seoul 1988: 19th, 10 Medals (3, 2,
5)
Barcelona 1992: 11th, 18 Medals (7, 4,
7)
Atlanta 1996: 21st, 22 Medals (3, 11,
8)
Sydney 2000: 24th, 14 Medals (3, 3, 8)
Athens 2004: 21st, 12 Medals (3, 6,
3)
The medals Canada won in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
were:
1.
Kyle Shewfelt—GOLD—Artistic Gymnastics, floor exercise,
men
2.
Adam Van Koeverden—GOLD—Kayak Flatwater, 500m, men
3.
Lori Ann Muenzer—GOLD—Cycling Track, Sprint, women
4.
Alexandre Despatie—SILVER—Diving, 3m Springboard, men
5.
Marie-Helene Premont—SILVER—Mountain Bike, Cross-Country,
women
6.
Karen Cockburn—SILVER—Trampoline, women
7.
Tonya Verbeek—SILVER—Wrestling Freestyle, 48-55kg,
women
8.
Team Canada—SILVER—Rowing, four without coxswain, men
9.
Team Canada—SILVER—Sailing, star - keelboat, men
10. Adam Van Koeverden—BRONZE—Kayak Flatwater, 1000m,
men
11. Caroline Brunet—BRONZE—Kayak Flatwater, 500m,
women
12. Team Canada—BRONZE—Synchronized Diving, 10m platform,
women
1/12/08
The Caprock girls built a 39-point lead after day one of their two-day, 26-team
Lady Horns Classic wrestling tournament Friday at the Caprock Activity Center.
Caprock led the opening day with 139 points, followed by Hereford with 100
and Palo Duro with 86.
Caprock advanced nine wrestlers into today's portion of the tournament.
Leading the Lady Longhorns with four pins each were Lisa Martinez in the
110-pound division and Candy Martinez in the 95-pound division.
"The Lady Horns Classic is probably one of the toughest tournaments we've had
in a long time," veteran Caprock coach Scott Tankersley said. "The competition
was awesome."
The tournament continues at 10 a.m. today, with the finals set to start
between 2-4 p.m.
Lady Longhorns Classic
Top 10 Teams After First Day: 1. Caprock, 139; 2. Hereford, 100; 3. Palo
Duro, 86; 4. El Paso Chapin, 76; 5. El Paso Andress, 74; 6. Waller, 72; 7.
Tascosa, 70; 8. River Road, 58; 9. Kansas, 56; 10. Vernon, 48.
- Globe-News Staff
By Terrence Hunley 1/13/08
terrence.hunley@amarillo.com
Caprock dominated its own wrestling tournament, bringing home five of 10
first-place medals in the Lady Horns Classic on Saturday night at the Caprock
Old Gym.
Caprock ran off with the team title with 301 points. Hereford finished second
with 213 points, followed by Palo Duro with 153 points.
"This is a great tournament with girls from all over," Caprock assistant
coach T.J. Johnson said of the 26 teams entered from four states. "The girls
really get the chance to wrestle a lot of matches."
Caprock's five individual champions were Candy Martinez (97 pounds), Lisa
Martinez (112), Daffney Barbosa (140), Mercades Gonzalez (185) and Brittany
Barbosa (215).
The only other Amarillo-area champion was Hereford's Kirsten Iruegas at 150
pounds.
The highlight of the finals was at 112 pounds between Martinez and
All-American Taylor Frederiksen of Lakin, Kan.
Martinez, the reigning 102-pound state champion, survived the intense
overtime match with an 8-6 victory.
Martinez scored first with a single leg takedown in the first period. But
Frederiksen came back quickly with an escape.
"I've never been great at top," Martinez said. "I knew I just had to toughen
up and wrestle."
Frederiksen had a 5-4 lead heading into the third period. Martinez, though,
scored a takedown for a 6-5 lead with 25 seconds left in the third period.
"I just stepped up and took her down," Martinez said. "I knew it would be
tough to hold her down."
Frederiksen tied it with an escape with three seconds left to force overtime.
The crowd cheered wildly as the two stepped to the center of the mat to begin
the one-minute overtime period.
With 25 seconds left, Martinez shot up quickly and picked up Frederiksen,
slamming her to the mat on her side. Neither wrestler gained full control until
Martinez stepped over Frederiksen's legs with five seconds left for the takedown
to win the match.
"We were both sucking air going into overtime," Frederiksen said. "She got
the better of me when we were both tired."
The 150-pound final featured Tascosa sophomore Breena Maul against Hereford's
Iruegas. The two have wrestled seven times in the past two years, with Iruegas
winning each time.
Saturday was no different as Iruegas scored quickly for a 4-0 lead and pinned
Maul late in the second period.
"We always seem to meet at the top of the bracket," Iruegas said. "Each time
she gets tougher to wrestle."
Lady Horns Classic
Team results
1. Caprock, 301. 2. Hereford, 213. 3. Palo Duro, 153. 4. El Paso Chapin, 142.
5. Waller, 141. 6. Tascosa, 126.
Top-three finishers
97: 1. Candy Martinez, Caprock. 2. Sabrina Plascencio, Palo Duro. 3. Nelle
Sheralz, Caprock.
104: 1. Alba Mendoza, El Paso Franklin. 2. Blue Montoya, El Paso Chapin. 3.
Hilory Cordova, Caprock.
112: 1. Lisa Martinez, Caprock. 2. Taylor Frederiksen, Lakin, Kan. 3. Delilah
Perez, El PAso Ysleta.
121: 1. L. Gutierrez, El Paso Del Valle. 2. R. Ward, Lakin, Kan. 3. Not
awarded.
130: 1. Joby Miller, Woodward, Okla. 2. Hann, El Paso Irvin. 3. L. Villegas,
Hereford.
140: 1. Daffney Barbosa, Caprock. 2. W. Disotlle, Waller. 3. C. Saucedo,
Hereford.
150: 1. Kirsten Iruegas, Hereford. 2. Brenna Maul, Tascosa. 3. Brittany
Lomeli, Palo Duro.
167: 1. T. Quinones, El Paso Del Valle. 2. S. Moya, Hereford. 3. C. Bates,
Waller.
187: 1. Mercedas Gonzalez, Caprock. 2. Fellers, Waller. 3. No third place
awarded.
217: 1. Brittany Barbosa, Caprock. 2. Kenner, Vernon. 3. K. Bybee, River
Road.
1/13/08
Caprock head coach Scott Tankersley left the Lady Horns Classic on Saturday
afternoon in an ambulance with reported chest and neck pains.
Caprock assistant coach T.J. Johnson said Tankersley was feeling better and
called tournament officials later to check the tournament status. Johnson said
Tankersley was scheduled to spend Saturday night at Baptist St. Anthony's
Hospital.
-Terrence Hunley
We
are praying for you coach Tank....Get well soon !!! You put on a great
tournament. I would recomend it to anyone who wants top competition.
(Jerry and Joey)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
By PAUL
VALENCIA, Columbian Staff Writer
It figured Eric Starks would be heavily favored to win another
title at the Clark County Wrestling Championships. After all, the senior from
Battle Ground is ranked No. 10 in the nation by USA Wrestling.
But even with that kind of publicity, even though he expects to
win bigger tournaments this winter, taking the county championship means a great
deal to him.
Starks used his power and speed — picking up five takedowns in
one round alone — and cruised to an 18-7 victory over Mountain View’s Jake
Conner in the 171-pound final Saturday night at Heritage High School. It is
Starks’ third consecutive county title.
"There is a history of good wrestlers in Clark County," Starks
said. "To win it three times, I feel like I’m one of those wrestlers now."
Heritage won its sixth team title in the past seven years,
winning easily with 228 points. Washougal edged Mountain View for second place
by a half point, 149.5 to 149.
Heritage led the way with three individual championships.
Washougal and Ridgefield, Class 2A schools, had two champions, as did Mountain
View and Columbia River.
While there are 14 individual county champions, most local
observers would give Starks the nod as the top of the class. His opponent
Saturday — Conner — finished second in the state at 171 pounds last year.
Starks’ 11-point victory over such an accomplished wrestler is quite a
statement.
Starks’ goal is to win it all at the Tacoma Dome in February,
but this event means something, too.
"You just take this little event and treat it like a big one,"
he said. "You prepare the same. You just go out and wrestle."
Donavon Cunningham of Heritage wMarissa Foreman as one of three wrestlers to
win a second Clark County title. He rallied for a 3-2 win over Nick Biron of
Washougal in the 215-pound bracket.
Cunningham said his strategy was to keep it close, then take
care of business in the third round. He trailed 1-0 after two rounds.
"When I was down, I said now it’s time to turn it on and push
him and see how far he can go," Cunningham said.
by
JR
on Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:56 am
Oklahoma City University 43
Menlo 4 at the National Duals in Cedar Falls.
OCU was led by Lene'
"Lightning" Wood and by Carrie Clark whose wins keyed the 34-4 win over
Menlo.
After an escape point early in the final round, he got the
takedown with a minute left for the winning points.
Ivan Moreno, who won the 140-pound class at Skyview last year,
took the 135-pound championship this year representing Columbia River. He beat
Kyle Walker of Heritage, 12-8.
"It feels good either way," he said referring to each school.
"This year it felt better because it’s my senior year."
Scott Lindquist of Columbia River took his second county title
by beating the same wrestler he faced in last year’s final — Ethan Cobb of
Mountain View. Lindquist won at 140 pounds, 7-2.
"There’s definitely lots of pressure coming into this
tournament, being the guy to beat," said Lindquist, a junior. "I’m hoping to
come back next year strong."
Dominic Sepe of Ridgefield beat defending county champion Cody
Wood of Heritage at 119 pounds, 6-3.
"It feels great just to compete with him," Sepe said. "He’s
such a great guy, a great wrestler. It feels good to actually win against such a
tough guy."
Skyview freshman Levi Buchan opened up the finals with a
convincing 10-1 victory over Camas’ Melissa Watkins in the 103-pound final.
"I was kind of expecting to do good, but I didn’t really know I
was going to take first," Buchan said. "I wrestled hard, and it all paid
off."
Watkins’ second-place finish was the highest for a female
wrestler in the event’s history.
Washougal’s Trenton Shelby had the biggest turnaround of the
night, winning after falling behind by eight points in the 285-pound bracket
against Steven Forgette of Heritage. Shelby surprised Forgette with a move in
the second round and earned the pin for the title.
"I didn’t want to lose in front of my family," Shelby said. "I
just dug down deep and found something to get the win."
Zach Holland won Evergreen’s lone title, beating Jimmy Miller
of Camas 7-4 in the 112-pound final.
"This means I’m the best in Clark County," Holland said. "This
feels great."
Daniel McElhaney of Washougal outlasted La Center’s Chris
Mayolo 11-8 to win at 125 pounds. There were three lead changes in the match,
and it was tied at 7-all going into the final round.
Steven Loos of Heritage had no trouble against Kolton King of
Union, taking the 130-pound title 17-7. Karston Bruner of Heritage gave the
Timberwolves their third title, winning the final match of the night 8-4 over
Camas’ Scott Le at 145 pounds.
Ridgefield’s Logan Ostreim was too much for Mountain View’s Tom
Roller at 152, winning 9-5.
Mountain View’s two winners were Cailen Thomason, a 9-2 victory
over Joe Wagner of Hockinson at 160 pounds, and David Gay, an 8-5 win over
Skyview’s Eric Ramsey at 189 pounds.
by
JR
on Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:56 am
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Menlo 4 at the National Duals in Cedar Falls.
OCU was led by Lene'
"Lightning" Wood and by Carrie Clark whose wins keyed the 34-4 win over
Menlo.
DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIPS
Klein's Boyd and Park, Cy Ridge's Haley spur teams to
wrestling wins
By TERRY CARTER 1/13/08
Copyright 2008
Houston Chronicle
Cy Ridge's Gwendolyn Haley (right) pulls Katy'sMarissa Foreman Caroline
Kuhn to the mat during their 102-pound bout on Saturday at Klein Oak. Haley's
pin helped the Lady Rams eke out a 30-28 victory over Katy.
Terry
Carter: For the Chronicle
|
The Klein boys edged Katy Taylor 38-34 to earn the Houston Area Dual Meet
Championships on Saturday at Klein Oak after nine hours of team competition.
The second-seeded Bearkats needed their best effort and a bit of good fortune
to edge top seed Taylor (18-2), which had handed Klein (17-1) its only dual
defeat in November.
In the girls' dual championship, Cy Ridge sophomore Gwendolyn Haley scored a
must-have pin in the final bout to secure the Rams' spot in next week's State
Dual Tournament. The pin rallied the Rams (10-0) for a 30-28 win over Katy in
the title bout. The State Dual Tournament will be held at the Merrell Center in
Katy on Saturday where 16 boys' teams and eight girls' teams will compete.
"I told her before the match she needed a pin. She said OK and did it. The
girls really stepped up, Coach Ray said. "My hat is off to all of our girls.
They work and practice so hard. In a dual tournament, your strength is in
numbers."
Klein boys dual champs
The Klein boys won four dual matches on Saturday,
downing College Park 75-12, Katy (15-10) 67-6 and Westside (18-7) 47-23 before
the area's top two squads collided a second time. After a first-round bye,
Taylor defeated Cy-Fair (10-9) 55-21 and district rival Cinco Ranch (12-6) 47-34
to advance to the finals in the 15-team dual tournament.
The Houston area sends four teams to the state tournament this year and may
earn a fifth bid if other qualifying teams cannot make the trip to Katy this
weekend. Cinco Ranch and Westside claimed the third and four berths. Cy-Fair and
host Klein Oak qualify for any possible fifth state bid. Bids are determined by
the state wrestling coaches association.
After Taylor's Rory Dobbs won solidly at 171 pounds in the title dual match,
Klein rebounded with back-to-back pins by Clark Boyd at 180 pounds and Jordan
Park at 189 pounds. Combined with Klein heavyweight George Barbosa's victory,
the Bearkats built a lead just large enough to hold off the Mustangs.
At 125 and 130 pounds, Taylor's Kyle Brown and Sergio Camargo each won
solidly, but the Taylor coaches knew Klein was out of reach before the final
match began.Marissa Foreman
Bearkat coach John Banas, who won the state Coach of the Year award in 2007
while at Cy-Fair, said he hopes to improve his squad before next week's state
duals with the addition of two wrestlers now out for health reasons.
"The kids focused and they went hard today. I'll tell you what, if we lose
that 160 match, we would have lost the dual, but Joe Yetter won by a point,"
Banas said. "It's great to coach against (Taylor coach) Todd (Hart). Todd is a
master strategist — he always pulls points of the fire. I have all the respect
in the world for his team."
Cy Ridge girls win duals
On Wednesday, Cy Ridge coach Tim Ray said he
was aghast that his girls' team had not received one of the two Houston bids to
the state duals. Worse yet, he was concerned because no dual competition was
scheduled for the girls' teams to select state qualifiers.
He and other coaches began making phone calls to remedy the situation.
After discussion among the area's four top teams (Katy, Waller, Cy Ridge and
Klein Collins) a round-robin competition was held Saturday at Klein Oak. The
Rams edged Klein Collins in first-round action 30-28 and then nipped Katy by the
same score for the one open bid.
Props and a gesture for Waller
Katy coach Vinnie Lowe, whose team earned
the one automatic bid to the girls' state duals as part of the host district,
passed that bid to district rival Waller.
The Lady Bulldogs were wrestling in Amarillo Saturday and could not compete
in the qualifying tournament at Klein Oak.
"It was the right thing to do. I believe Waller is a quality dual team, they
can fill all 10 weights and they were out of town," Lowe said. "We knew going
into the match with Cy Ridge, we had no room for error. We lost at 102 and 128,
but (Christina Cochran's) major (victory) at 119 (pounds) was crucial for them.
Their 119 (Ashby Michaca) deserves praises for not getting pinned by Christina
or by Klein Collins' Susan Germany."
In the title bout, Katy (3-2) won four of the firsMarissa Foreman t five contested bouts,
with Cy Ridge taking several victories when Katy did not have a wrestler at a
certain weight. The Rams trailed 28-24 as physical 102-pound Haley stepped on
the mat to face her Katy challenger. The Cy Ridge sophomore, who is hearing
impaired, secured that pin before a tremendous celebration.
"I was yelling during her pin, even though she can't hear me. I was so
excited for her," Cy Ridge senior Jessica Nguyen said.
Summary:
Loss (38-6)
Pacific's young lineup is little match to two of the nation's most powerful
teams as the Boxers fall to Cumberlands and Northern Michigan at the Cliff Keen
National Duals
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Pacific's young lineup found themselves at a loss against
two of the nation's most powerful women's wrestling teams Saturday as the Boxers
dropped both of their matches at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals at the
University of Northern Iowa Dome.
The Boxers won just one match against
the nation's No. 1 ranked team, dropping a 38-6 decision to Cumberlands (Ky.).
Pacific gained only points against No. 4 ranked Northern Michigan by forfeits as
the Olympic education program beat the Boxers 21-13.
Candace Sakamoto
(So., Kaneohe, Hawaii) won the only contested match for the Boxers, taking the
first tilt against Cumberlands. Sakamoto proved an easy winner over Priscilla
Brownfield in the 44-kilogram bout, winning 3-1, 4-2.
Samantha Stych
(Fr., Oxnard, Calif.) forced the day's only three-round match, tying Megan
Agajanian in the second round at 63 kilograms before falling in the final round
in a 4-1, 1-1, 6-0 defeat. Ashley TrMarissa Foreman uchan (Sr., Hilo, Hawaii) wrestled a close
match with Teri Mikoff in her first match of the season at 82 kilograms, falling
1-0, 2-0.
Northern Michigan allowed Pacific just two points scored in the
five contested matches of their bout. Jazzy Green (Fr., Santa Monica, Calif.)
scored in the second round against Amy Borgnini, the nation's top-ranked
wrestler at 55 kilograms. Green dropped the match 6-0, 8-1. Summer Scott (Jr.,
Castro Valley, Calif.) also scored against Whitney Condor before losing the
59-kilogram bout 6-0, 8-1.
With the losses, Pacific dropped to 0-3 in
dual meets and will not advance to the women's final on Sunday. Pacific will
return to dual meet action next weekend, participating Friday in the Lady Oak
Duals in Atherton, Calif.
CUMBERLANDS (KY.) 38, PACIFIC
6
44 kg.: Candace Sakamoto (PAC) dec. Priscilla Brownfield (UC),
3-1, 4-2
48 kg.: Jackie Stiles (UC) dec. Valerie Prise (PAC), 8-0, 3-1
51
kg.: Shannon Reeves (UC) win by forfeit
55 kg.: Sandy Do (UC) win by fall
over Jazzy Green (PAC), 6-0, 1:06
59 kg.: Breisja Macera (UC) win by fall
over Summer Scott (PAC), 1:04
63 kg,: Megan Agajanian (UC) dec. Samantha
Stych (PAC), 4-1, 1-1, 6-0
67 kg.: Lauren Knight (UC) dec. Jade Anderson
(PAC), 6-0, 8-4
72 kg.: Christen Paysse (UC) win by forfeit
82 kg.: Teri
Mikoff (UC) dec. Ashley Truchan (PAC), 1-0, 2-0
90 kg.: Theresa Fennell (UC)
win by forfeit
NORTHERN MICHIGAN (USOEC) 21, PACIFIC
13
44 kg.: Candace Sakamoto (PAC) win by forfeit
48 kg.: Alyssa
Lampe (NMU) dec. Valerie Prise (PAC), 2-0, 5-0
51 kg.: Sadie Kaneda (MNU) win
by forfeit
55 kg.: Amy Borgnini (NMU) dec. Jazzy Green (PAC), 6-0, 8-1
59
kg.: Whitney Condor (NMU) dec. Summer Scott (PAC), 6-0, 8-1
63 kg.: Amber
Miracle (NMU) dec. Samantha Stych (PAC), 4-0, 4-0
67 kg.: Jade Anderson (PAC)
win by forfeit
72 kg.: Lindsey Brooks (NMU) win by forfeit
80 kg.: Ashley
Truchan (PAC) win by forfeit
Posted by Blake Timm (timmbr@pacificu.edu) on Jan 12, 2008 at
10:42 PM
Edited by Blake Timm (timmbr@pacificu.edu) on Jan 12, 2008 at
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