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OTTAWA — Wrestlers Miranda Dick of Simon Fraser
University and Tyler Marghetis of Concordia University were named
Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the week
Wednesday.
Dick, a fifth-year kinesiology student from Kamloops, B.C.,
was named CIS outstanding female wrestler of the year after she
captured individual gold in the 55-kilogram weight class and led the
Clan women to a fourth team title in five years at the CIS championship
in Calgary.
Marghetis, a fifth-year mathematics student from Ottawa,
returning to the CIS championship after a one-year absence, was crowned
at 76 kg for the fourth time. The 25-year-old won his three bouts in
Calgary, including the gold-medal final over defending champion Sheldon
Francis of McMaster.
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First published: Thursday,
March 6, 2008
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CLIFTON PARK -- Only one high school wrestler from Section II
has a chance to be a repeat winner at the New York state championships
Saturday and Sunday at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.
Shenendehowa's Hunter Meys doesn't want to let the opportunity
get away from him. Meys is one of 47 Section II wrestlers who will make
the trip west on the Thruway in search for state glory. The 15 Section
II champs from Division I (large schools) and Division II (small
schools) automatically qualified for the state tournament.
Schuylerville sophomore Sarah Anderson is one of several
Division II wrestlers going back to the states. Last year, she and
Duanesburg's Amy Whitbeck (who did not qualify this year) became the
first girls in state history to win a match in the championship
bracket. She hopes to become the first girl wrestler to place at the
state meet.
Anderson, who will compete at 103 pounds, is 36-1 this year.
"Hopefully I can be in the top six," she said. "Winning? That
would be just awesome. You get nervous out there, but you try not to
let it get to you. Everyone is the same when they go out on the mat."
Oklahoma
College
notebook: Ridgefield’s Simmons overcomes adversity to find
mat success
Thursday, March 06, 2008
By Somer Breeze Columbian Staff Writer
Oklahoma City University’s Melissa Simmons, right, is ranked
No. 2 in the nation at 72 kilograms (158 pounds). |
Melissa Simmons has had
more than her share of adversity during her 14-year wrestling career.
The Ridgefield High School graduate has endured a torn anterior
cruciate ligament, a car accident which has left her partially blind in
one eye, and a re-torn ACL.
But the college sophomore has yet to let any event or circumstance get
in the way of her collegiate wrestling career at Oklahoma City
University.
And while it is her dream to wrestle in the Olympic games, her second
ACL surgery will prevent it from coming true this year.
“I was hoping for 2008, but now it’s
2012,” Simmons said.
She may not be training for the Olympics right now, but Simmons is
preparing herself for the Women’s College Wrestling
Championships on March 14 in Oklahoma City.
Simmons began the season ranked No. 1 in the nation at 72 kilograms
(158 pounds), but midway through the year she dropped to No. 2, where
she remains.
This is OCU’s first year fielding a women’s
wrestling team, and the Stars are ranked No. 1 in the nation.
“I love it,” Simmons said.
“It’s probably the best team I’ve been
on.”
Because of her car accident in October of 2006, Simmons helped her dad
and Ridgefield wrestling coach, Kim Simmons, coach the Spudders last
year.
Melissa initially tore her ACL in 2005, and was in the accident a year
later. She moved to Oklahoma City last August after taking two years
off from wrestling, and she picked her career back up. When
she’s on the mat she wears a mask on her face to protect her
left eye from damage that could make her go completely blind.
“It’s difficult,” she said.
“It’s hard getting used to wearing a
mask.”
As if the mask were not enough, Simmons also has to wear a knee brace.
Last August, she had to decide whether to have her ACL surgery in
September, or tough it out until the season ended. While the knee brace
has been yet another challenge for Simmons, she was not going to let it
sideline her.
“I don’t think I’m as strong to wrestle
at the ability I should be,” Simmons said.
But she’s doing more than fine for her top-ranked team.
Simmons leads the Stars in team points scored with 42, and has a record
of 9-5, with six of her wins by pin.
Already seven-time national champion, Simmons would like another title
— particularly because she goes back to the hospital the
Monday after the championships for her surgery.
“It would be awesome,” Simmons said. “I
haven’t won in a couple of years. I need to start
winning.”
Utah
Not
a typical wrestler
3/6/08
She was oh-so-close to becoming only the second female in the
country to claim a state title. Still, Uintah's Candace Workman made
history as she won her first three matches to advance to the 103-pound
3A final. She couldn't quite get over the hump as she lost to Delta's
Chasen Tolbert in the championship match, but it was still an
incredible ride to a runner-up finish.
"I knew I could do it," said Workman, "and I hope
that by my getting here it can inspire all the other girls out there
that want to wrestle to know that they can do it if they put the work
in and try their best."
Workman was not just a female trying to wrestle.
She proved that she is a wrestler trying to win.
"Candace is a technically sound wrestler," said
Uintah coach Greg Stensgard. "She might not be as strong as some of her
competitors, but she makes up for it in her savvy and knowledge of how
to win those close matches."
Backing up her coach's words, Workman won each of
her quarterfinal and semifinal matches by one point and gained the
respect of her fellow competitors.<p>
"She was a very good wrestler," said semifinal
opponent Dallas Gale of Cedar. "I really forgot that she was a female.
It didn't matter at all because she knew what she was doing."
Only a junior, Workman finished the year with a
36-10 record, a Region 10 individual title, a second-place at state,
and the knowledge that next year she will try to make history once
again.
Maryland
The junior, who as a
freshman became the first girl to place at states, has earned a rematch
against Paint Branch's defending champ Danny Lethbridge
Published: 02/23/2008
by Lem Satterfield
GIRL POWER: Magruder's
112- pound Helen Maroulis (above, right), shown with former Arundel
High state runner-up wrestler Nicole Woody, became the first female to
qualify for the Montgomery County Wrestling Tournament with Saturday
night's come-from-behind, 14-8 victory over Damascus' Chance Sellman.
Maroulis improved to 31-2, earning a rematch with defending champ Danny
Lethbridge of Paint Branch.
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As a freshman two years ago, Magruder's Helen Maroulis made history by
becoming Maryland's first female state placewinner in high school
wrestling when she placed sixth at 112 pounds at the Class 4A-3A state
tournament.
On Saturday night at Montgomery Blair High, the junior 112-pounder
added another milestone to her resume, when she earned a
berth into Monday's championship bout of her weight class opposite
defending champion Danny Lethbridge of Paint Branch.
Down, 4-0, early against Chance Sellman of Damascus -- who was a county
and regional champion last year at 103 pounds -- Maroulis scored 14 of
the next 18 points on the way to a come-from-behind, 14-8 victory.
Maroulis' decision over Sellman improved her record to 31-2,
earning a rematch with Lethbridge, whom she
defeated, 5-2, earlier this year in the finals of
the North Hagerstown Tournament.
"I got ankle-picked into a cradle in the first period, but I ended up
getting a throw on him and I was able to rack up some points after
that," said Maroulis, a junior who finished a disappointing sixth at
last year's county tournament.
Although Maroulis rebounded from her "bad county tournament" of a year
ago for a state qualifying finish in last year's regionals -- her
second straight berth into the state tournament -- she said she was
motivated by that memory.
Maroulis won her first match of the day by a fall in 5:24 over
Churchill's Saam Tashayyod, but said that she was "feeling sick after
my second match," a 13-3 major decision over Walt Whitman's Andrew
Follman.
"I went and relaxed for about an hour, and while I did, I sort of
thought about what all of this means to me," Maroulis said. "I thought
about how badly I felt after finishing sixth last year, and that was my
motivation."
Lethbridge, who had beaten Maroulis three times previously, won his
semifinal, 7-3, over Sherwood's Alex Hakspiel, who was last year's
112-pound runner-up to Lethbridge.
"It felt great, because I heard a lot of cheers and I felt like I had a
lot of support," said Maroulis, whose weight class is considered the
tournament's toughest, as well as the state's. "But this is going to be
another tough match."
In 2004, the year before Maroulis placed sixth at states, Woody and
Western's Jade Hendricks became Maryland's first female state
qualifiers, going 0-2, respectively, in the Class 4A-3A and Class 2A-1A
state tournaments.
Last year, Woody became the first female to make the state finals when
she finished as a Class 4A-3A state runner-up to River Hill's Scott
Mantua at 103 pounds.
Montgomery County Wrestling Tournament (To be completed on
Monday, 6:30, at Montgomery Blair High)
1 Damascus 143
2 Magruder 127
3 Springbroook 111.5
4 Walt Whitman 104
5 Sherwood 92.5
6 Northwest 90.5
7 Quince Orchard 88
8 Paint Branch 85
9 Montgomery 66
10 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 55
11 Poolesville 44
12 Winston Churchill and
Gaithersburg 40
14 Blake 39.5
15 Watkins Mill 39
16 Clarksburg 30
17 Kennedy 26
18 Walter Johnson 22
19 Wootton 18
20 Wheaton 17
21 Richard Montgomery 15
22 Seneca Valley 12
23 Rockville 8
24 Albert Einstein 4
25 Northwood 0
maryland
SHANNON SHINES IN ONLY
SECOND-YEAR ON THE MAT
"Why?" asked Ashley
Shannon's mother, Cathy, when initially informed of her daughter's
plans to wrestle as an Arundel High junior.
Published: 02/13/2008
by Lem Satterfield
"When I'm old," said
Arundel's 103-pound Ashley Shannon (top), " I want to be able to sit
down with my grandchildren and talk about my wrestling carreer."
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When Ashley Shannon came home and informed her mother that she had
signed up for the wrestling team as an
Arundel
High junior last season, Cathy Shannon asked, "why?"
"I was at home, and she came in and told me that she wanted to do it,
and I said, 'you're crazy,' and, 'you're nuts,'" said Cathy Shannon,
whose daughter had engaged in double-dutch, soccer, volleyball,
swimming and track --all before attending middle school.
"She loves to draw, loves to read, she's a family person.
She's multi-talented. She writes very well. But she's the type of
person who sometimes gets involved in so many things, and then it
doesn't last," said Cathy Shannon, whose daughter wrestled on the
Wildcats' junior varsity last season.
"I supported her from the beginning, but I didn't think it would last,"
Cathy Shannon said. "But now, she's still doing it, and I see her
passion -- and I'm still supporting her."
Now a senior, Ashley Shannon, 18, has compiled a record of 12-15 with
eight pins as a first-year varsity starter who has split time between
wrestling at 103- and 112 pounds.
More impressively, however, is Shannon's 9-3 record with seven pins
while competing at 103-pounds -- the weight at which she'll wrestle in
the Feb. 22-23 Anne Arundel County Tournament.
Included in Shannon's record is a fall over
Old
Mill's Colin Dupreay, the No. 3 seed in the county
tournament, where Shannon is seeded sixth.
"I was thinking about
trying to go to the Olympics," said Arundel's 103-pound Ashley Shannon
(above), a second-year wrestler. "I really believe that I can make it
there. I just want to take this as far as I can."
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Among Shannon's best efforts was in last month's Arundel Duals
Invitational, during which Shannon went 6-2 with five pins and a
forfeit.
Shannon has been pinned twice, and tech-falled once.
Asked how she thinks she expects to do at counties, the understated
Shannon said, "I'm hoping to do pretty well."
"I'm not a cocky person. I try to stay grounded," said Shannon, a
student with a 3.5 grade point average who "got involved in wrestling
just to be active in something extra-curricular for high school."
The petite Shannon has a younger brother, Micah, a 5-foot-11,
230-pounder who wears a size 13 shoe.
"Most of the time, my friends are like, 'your sister wrestles? Are you
serious?' But that's because she's so small that it's hard to
believe," said Micah Shannon, a 15-year-old sophomore.
"When she first started doing it, she would complain about how hard the
practices were, and about how she was tired all of the time from all of
the workouts, the pushups, the running -- things I'm not sure that I
could do," said Micah Shannon.
"When she first started," said Micah Shannon, "she was nowhere near as
buff as she is now. I'm proud of her. She's done a lot of great things
with it."
Shannon said she has gained inspiration from former Arundel High
wrestler Nicole Woody, who, as a freshman, with Jade Hendricks from
Baltimore County's Western Tech, became the first two girls to qualify
for the state tournaments.
Woody did so in Class 4A-3A, and Hendricks, in Class 2A-1A.
The following year in 2006, Magruder freshman Helen Maroulis, now a
highly-touted 112-pound junior for the Colonels, became the first girl
to place at states when she finished sixth in the Class 4A-3A at 112
pounds.
The same year as Maroulis' milestone, Woody became the first girl to
pin a boy at states.
Last season, Woody became the first female state finalist when she was
a runner-up to River Hill's Scott Mantua one week after Woody had won
the Class 4A-3A East Regional crown during a tournament in which Mantua
finished third.
Shannon, this past summer, won the collegiate division of the United
States Girls Wrestling Association National Championships at 112
pounds.
And now, Shannon is looking to take the sport beyond high school.
"I was thinking about trying to go to the Olympics. I really believe
that I can make it there. I just want to take this as far as I can,"
said Shannon, who would like to pursue a college degree in psychology.
"When I'm old, I want to be able to sit down with my grandchildren and
talk about my wrestling carreer. Like if I have a broken
finger, or any other type of injury, I want to be able to tell my grand
kids about how I suffered that injury in wrestling," said Shannon,
whose coach is Billy Royer.
"I don't want it to be an injury to come from, like, falling off of a
bike," Shannon said. "I want it to be a bruise that I'm actually proud
of. I want it to be a bruise from wrestling."
Ashley Shannon's record, at a glance:
USGWA
National Championships
Livonia Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan
March 31-April 1, 2007
Collegiate Division Folkstyle
112 lbs.
1st - Ashley Shannon (Odenton, MD, HS JR) dec. Jessica Ortiz
(Solano College) 8-4.
3rd - Angel Deaton (Colorado Springs, CO, HS SR) dec. Alice Hoover
(Vallejo, CA, HS FROSH) 4-3.
5th - Amber Wing (Springfield Technical CC).
Prelims:
Shannon pinned Deaton 3:21.
Shannon dec. Wing 5-0.
As an Arundel Senior
112 - Barrowman(Gb)
p Ashley Shannon(Ar) 5:11 (0-1)
112- Jordan Appell (Sp) d. Ashley
Shannon 9-2 (0-2)
112- M. Fleming (Ne) d Ashley Shannon
6-1 (0-3)
112- B. Watkins(Br) d Ashley Shannon
6-2 (0-4)
112- E. Levine(An) md
Ashley Shannon 10-0 (0-5)
112- Ashley Shannon(Ar) d
D. Jones (CH) 10-3 (1-5)
112-Ashley Shannon(Ar) d T.
Meek (ME) 7-2 (2-5)
112-K. Franz(Loy) p Ashley
Shannon 1:58 (2-6)
103-B. Ward(SR) d Ashley
Shannon 9-2 (2-7)
112-B. Gain(Hfd Tech) tf
Ashley Shannon 5:51 (2-8)
112- M. Bodt(John Carrol)
mj Ashley Shannon 10-2 (2-9)
103- Ashley Shannon(Ar) p
Herndon (NC) :37 (3-9, one pin)
103- Ashley Shannon (Ar)
wbff (SO) (4-9, one pin)
103- Ashley Shannon (Ar) p
C. Dupreay (OM) 5:43 (5-9, two pins)
Arundel Holiday Tournament Results
112- Quentin Leadbeeter (Northern) d.
Ashley Shannon 4-1 1:28 (5-10, two pins)
112- Joe Nelson (Curley) d. Ashley
Shannon 7-1 (5-11, two pins)
Arundel Invitational Duals
(Shannon went 6-2, with five pins at this event)
105- Pat Prada (DeMatha) md. Ashley
Shannon 11-3 (5-12, two pins)
105- Ashley Shannon p. Matt Weller
(Potomac Falls) 3:37 (6-12, three pins)
105- Ashley Shannon p. Andrew Lwin
(Wooton) 1:28 (7-12, four pins)
105- Ashley Shannon p. Jake Miller
(AACS) 0:48 (8-12, five pins)
105- Ashley Shannon wbf. (TABB)
(9-12, five pins)
105- Ashley Shannon p. Ben Asabi
(Clarksburg) 1:55 (10-12, six pins)
105- Kasey Cotting (BCC) d. Ashley
Shannon (AR) 4-3 (10-13, six pins)
105- Ashley Shannon p. Nico Trevizio
(HOW) 1:33 (11-13, seven pins)
DelMarVa Classic
112 Richard Moise (JM
Bennet) d. Ashley Shannon (AR) 8-3 (11-14, seven pins)
112 Ashley Shannon (AR) p.
Andy Wooten (Wicomico) 2:42 (12-14, eight pins)
112 Josh Vincent (DelMar)
d. Ashley Shannon 6-1 (12-15, eight pins)
Maryland
Oakland Mills junior
Dalyce Wilson wants to start an exhibition squad in Howard County
comprised entirely of female high school wrestlers.
Published: 02/23/2008
by Lem Satterfield
Oakland Mills' junior
Dalyce Wilson (above) said she had a difficult time convincing her
parent to allow her to wrestle. "My Mom was worried that I would break
my nose or get my faced messed up," Wilson said.
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Dalyce Wilson had considered trying out for the Oakland Mills wrestling
team for a while, but when she finally did, it was only after having
had to convince her mother and father that it was okay for their
darling daughter to wrestle against boys.
"My Mom was worried that I would break my nose or get my faced messed
up. My dad didn't want me rolling around on the mats with other guys,"
said Wilson, an attractive 16-year-old junior who has been competitive
swimmer and participated in lacrosse, soccer, cross country and both
indoor and outdoor track.
"I had to really convince my parents to let me wrestle," said Wilson.
"I believe that it should be something that anyone and everyone should
be able to do."
Wilson was finally allowed to wrestle, and now has completed her first
year as a 130-pound member of the Scorpions' junior varsity.
But her goal is to make it easier for high school girls to compete in
the sport, whether or not it's against boys.
Toward that effort, Wilson has begun to distribute flyers with her
contact information, hoping to convince other girls to join her as
members of an amateur team in Howard County.
"I wanted to see if I could make it easier by starting an exhibition
team in Howard County schools," Wilson said. "Obviously, girls could
still wrestle guys, but if that doesn't work for them, then they can
just join the girls' exhibition squad. Either way, it shouldn't be such
a hassle for girls to wrestle."
Wilson said the participants would likely begin wrestling among
themselves at a central location, with long-range goals of eventually
having teams at each of the schools.
"My idea is that the girls' teams would wrestle as exhibitions after
the junior varsity," Wilson said. "But they wouldn't count as points
toward the team score."
Wilson's success on the mat this season has brought mixed results, but
she nevertheless enjoys the competition.
"I've wanted to wrestle ever since I was a freshman, and during my
sophomore year, I went to a lot of the matches, made a lot of friends
among the wrestlers," said Wilson.
"I decided that instead of just kind of being on the sidelines and
watching, that I would try out this year. I won one match against Wilde
Lake," Wilson said. "I don't really get pinned, and I've beaten one
guy, which is the only match that I've won."
Oakland Mills junior Dalyce
Wilson, a 130-pounder on the Scorpions' junior varsity, has begun
distributing flyers in an attempt to convince girls to compete in an an
all-female exhibition program.
Maryland
Oakland Mills junior promotes girls exhibition
An Oakland Mills junior wrestler has an interesting take on
girls participation in wrestling. Dalyce Wilson, a junior at Oakland
Mills, is trying to drum up interest in girls exhibition wrestling.
There are already girls on many county wrestling teams and Arundel's
Nicole Woody placed second in last year's state tournament.
But Dalyce's idea for girls exhibition wrestling would allow
female wrestlers to wrestle against other females, if they choose.
"It's just an option for those who aren't comfortable
wrestling with guys," she said to sports reporter Andrew Conrad.
Dalyce, who had trouble convincing her parents to let her
wrestle, is proposing five weight classes (112, 125, 135, 145, 160),
and the matches would be contested after the junior varsity boys
matches. The obvious obstacles are getting the referees to officiate
more matches and the ever-present budget limitations.
But Dalyce thinks there is plenty of interest and she hopes to
have girls exhibition wrestling in the county by next season. She has
already received tons of positive feedback and her coach, Brad Howell,
is fully on board and helping to spread the word as well. He calls
girls teams "the future of the sport."
It's important to remember that under Dalyce's proposal, the
girls teams would only be an option for those who aren't experienced or
comfortable enough to wrestle guys. For those who are, she says, go for
it. "I personally wouldn't wrestle on the exhibition team. I want to
contribute points," she said.
Those interested may e-mail ebaysong21@yahoo.com.
Floyd Press Staff
The
Floyd Press: Sports >
12:31 PM
The referee signals Shannon McDaniel as winner in a 135 pound
match.
....Also participating in the regionals were Jacob Haus (119),
Patrick Grady (125), Shannon McDaniel (135), and Shawn Board (189).
McDaniel made history as the first girl to win a first round Region C
match. McDaniel, the Three Rivers District runner up, beat Jacob Weaver
of Northwood 4-0 on Friday.
McDaniel took a 2-0 lead in the first quarter and held advantage for
most of the second quarter, although she didn’t add any
points. McDaniel added two more points on a take down at 1:41 in the
third quarter.
“I wanted to build as many points as I could,” she
said. “You don’t want to lose by making a mistake
at the end.”
Hawaii
Advertiser
Staff 3/2/08
Videos
All 25
videos of the boys and girls state high school wrestling champions can
be viewed on our high school site, hawaiipreps.com.
Technical
difficulties early this morning prevented all videos from being played.
The
videos, filmed and edited by Leila Wai, Stanley Lee and Michael Tsai,
feature matches in its entirety with interviews with the winners of
each weight class.
There
are 11 girls weight classes and 14 boys classes.
Kahuku
won the girls title and Punahou won the boys.
India
06 March, 2008 10:03:00
morungexpress
Kohima, March 6 (MExN): The following wrestlers have been
selected to represent Angami Sports Association (ASA) for the
forthcoming Nagaland Wrestling Meet 2008 which is scheduled to be held
on March 13- 14. The selected wrestlers in Naga style wrestling
include: Kedilelhou Belho, Rokosielie Khawakhrie, Mhiesitsolie Kuotsu,
Khrievozolie Kiwe, Kezhalelie Keretsu, Visakhrol Vitsu, Megolhoubei
Peseyie, Thekruzoto Gwirie, Neingusalie Chakrunuo, Mezhulhoukho Krose,
Seyiekhele Chale, Seyielhoukho Secu, Kewhizekuo Dzuvichu, Khrieto Nisa,
Neilhoukholie Kire, Visevo Zashumo, Zasituo Tsukru, Keleselhou Chusi,
Er. Visalhoulie Krose and Teisovisie Kuotsu.
Free Style Wrestling: Senior (Men) 55 kg: Puotsulie Vakha and
Kuovizokho Khawakhrie, 60 kg- Mhisilie Rhitso and Zhavi Zhutso, 66 kg-
Rokosielie Khawakhrie and Zakielato Kuotsu, 74 kg- Khrieto Nisa and
Teisovisie Kuotsu, 84 kg- Kuolievi Santsu and Neikho-o Terhukhano, 120
kg- Visakrol Vitsu and Viketouzo.
Senior (Women): 48 kg- Solengonu Weo and Mhasiriano Chale, 51 kg-
Petekovino Meyase and Keneinguno Kuotsu, 55 kg- Neiphrezonuo Keyientsu
and Neikerheno Kuotsu, 59 kg- Ketousieu Zhale and Medievono Zhunyu.
Junior (Men): 50 kg- Kepekhoto Miasalhou and Khrieketouzo, 55 kg-
Tepuneito Tase and Mhalekho Yano, 60 kg- Beizo Phira and Thepfulhoulie
Niphi, 66 kg- Seketoukho Secu and Neisakuolie Nipu, 74 kg- Vizobilie
Punyu and Neikhotsolie Mor.
The team manger will by L. Kenneth Punyu while Rukhietuolie Liezietsu
will act as team coach. Physical instructor will be Nolvi Sophie and
Western Angami Sports Association as host. This was stated in a release
issued by L. Kenneth Punyu, general secretary, Angami Sports
Association.
Morocco
Morocco
to send 8 wrestlers to African Championships
Rabat - 06/03/2008
Rabat, Morocco - Morocco will be represented by eight wrestlers (men
and women) at the African Wrestling Championships, to be held this
weekend in Tunis, according to a statement from the Royal Moroccan
Wrestling Federation.
It said the Moroccan team would compete in six men's events and two
women's events at the championships.
The winners in the various categories will directly qualify for the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Joining host Morocco at the championship are Tunisia, Niger, Cote
d'Ivoire, Libya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar,
Senegal, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Bissau and Algeria.
Oklahoma
By
Staff Reports
3/6/2008 2:59
PM
Broken
Arrow's Drew Partain and Sapulpa's Kyle Blevins both won their third
state wrestling championships this season. And both wrestlers were
honored Thursday.
Partain and Blevins have been selected to the All-State wrestling team.
The All-State wrestling matches will be at 8 p.m. July 28 at Norman
High School. The All-State teams are selected by coaches.
Partain was selected at 125 pounds, and Blevins was selected at 171
pounds.
COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAM
Large East
112: Garrett Miller, Owasso
119: Stephen Kendrick, Skiatook
125: Drew Partain, Broken Arrow
130: Dusty Topping, Shawnee
135: Ky Corley, Stillwater
140: Matt Bryan, Broken Arrow
145: Brock Mason, Catoosa
152: Justin Suskey, Catoosa
160: Ryan Freeman, Sand Springs
171: Kyle Blevins, Sapulpa
189: Mike Keating, Ponca City
215: Reno Redleaf, Ponca City
Hvy: Stacy McGee, Muskogee
Coach: Shawn Gee, Coweta
Large West
112: David McNeil, Carl Albert
119: Willie Gunter, Midwest City
125: Landon Comes, Carl Albert
130: Tyson Bernardi, Choctaw
135:
Joe Springfield, Norman
140: Auston Slater, Mustang
145: Mike Brady, Del City
152: Mark Meyer, Midwest City
160: Daniel Ogle, Chickasha
171: Danny Forcucci, Altus
189: Chad Wright, Norman North
215: Zack James, Del City
Hvy: Derrick Jackson, Del City
Coach: Chad Randle, Chickasha
Small East
112: Hunter Wilson, Perkins-Tryon
119: Kyle Torkleson, Cascia Hall
125: Jared Wynn, Blackwell
130: Donnie Curtis, Locust Grove
135: Brannon Frank, Cushing
140: Grant Duffin, Sallisaw
145: Tucker Rutherford, Jay
152: Dustin Kincaid, Blackwell
160: Dalton Johns, Tonkawa
171: Derrick Adkins, Oologah
189: Sean Murphy, Cascia Hall
215: Frank Ambriz, Jay
Hvy: R.J. Bartley, Grove
Coach: John H. Ward III, Grove
Small West
112: Adam Then, Tuttle
119: Joey Miller, Woodward
125: Jimmy Stout, Little Axe
130: Dakota Washington, Watonga
135: Mike Thomas, Clinton
140: Jacob Peck, Marlow
145: Hugo Gomez, Weatherford
152: Dustin Lasell, Pauls Valley
160: Drew Weske, Marlow
171: Zach Sell, Kingfisher
189: Elliott Hellwege, Kingfisher
215: Raymond Lane, Star Spencer
Hvy: Cameron Gladd, Clinton
Coach: Ed Evey, Kingfisher
NOTE: All-State matches will be 8 p.m. July 28 at Norman High School.
Canada
Dinos wrestlers host CIS finals
Women's side settles for
close second
place below SFU while men finish fifth
Will
Goehner
Gauntlet Sports
March
06, 2008
The University of Calgary
hosted the CIS wrestling championship Feb. 28 to Mar. 1. Many Dino
athletes competed at the meet, and, although there were a few upsets,
the Dinos had an impressive showing.
The men did not have enough wrestlers to compete in each weight class
and, as a result, finished fifth with 35 points, while the Brock
University Badgers clinched first with 54 points. The men's individual
standings were notable, with Ryan Lannan (57 kg) placing second, Adrian
Macri (61 kg) sixth, Wes Barnert (72 kg) fourth, Josh Wagler (76 kg)
seventh, Alex Burk (82 kg) fourth, Rhys Clark (90 kg) seventh and Mark
Dewit (130 kg) first.
Dewit, the gold medalist heavyweight, wrestled an unexpectedly smart
match in a weight class usually associated with brute force rather than
tactics. Coach Mitch Ostberg commented fondly on Dewit's win.
"Surprisingly enough, he played, for heavyweight men, a very
intelligent, tactical game," Ostberg said. "He knew when that first
round didn't go his way, he'd have to bring it back and the way he did
that was to keep [the score] zero-zero and go to the leg clinch. I was
really pleased with Mark's intelligence out on the mat."
Dewit was equally pleased with his performance and credited past
experience and hard practice as the key to his success.
"I was sticking to the game plan I had," he said. "I've wrestled this
guy a lot of times before and he's got the best of me most times. I've
been working my butt off, practicing twice a day."
The women's team narrowly lost out to the SFU Clan after battling
neck-and-neck the entire meet. The Dinos finished the meet with a team
total of 55 points, missing the first-place standing by only two
points. The favoured lady wrestlesaurs team had impressive individual
rankings nonetheless.
The standngs finished with Tessa Gallinger (48 kg) at seventh, Gen
Haley (51 kg) first, Andrea Ross (55 kg) fourth, Jazzie Barker (59 kg)
second, Justine Bouchard (63 kg) first, Stephanie Buchan (67 kg) third,
Vanessa Wilson (72 kg) second and Megan Goldsmith (82 kg) third.
Ostberg, although disappointed with the narrow loss, was pleased with
the girls, noting Bouchard's match as one of the more impressive of the
meet.
"Bouchard absolutely dominated the competition," he said. "She was head
and shoulders above all the competitors she competed against. She
really showed what CIS athletes can do as wrestlers. She is a
world-level competitor and she's still in her third year. That's the
power of CIS wrestling development."
Also standing out as a force on the Dinos wrestling team was Haley, the
women's only other first-place victor. Haley commented on her victory
after a hard fought match.
"My opponent is a tough competitor," she said. "It takes everything out
of me every time I wrestle her. Sometimes you can win a match but not
be completely happy with how you wrestle, but I was pretty happy with
how it turned out. I studied my opponents a lot, I have wrestled many
of them three or four times this year and have the matches on tape, so
I can review them and see how they have adjusted to me and how I have
adjusted to them."
With her second CIS gold medal in as many years, Haley, and all of the
Dinos wrestlers, are crossing their fingers and training hard for more
victories for next year and beyond.
New York
First-round
state matchups
Let’s take a look at the state matchup for our local
Division I and II wrestlers at the New York State Wrestling
Championships. Remember, the state meet is Saturday and Sunday at the
Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.
By the way, I plan to be blogging all day both days, giving
regular updates on how our Glens Falls area wrestlers are faring. So
keep an eye right here on my blog for complete results and analysis as
the state meet unfolds.
Here is the schedule for this
weekend’s state meet: The weigh-ins are set
for 8 a.m. on Saturday, followed at 10 a.m. by the Parade of Champions
and opening ceremonies. The first round in Division I and II get under
way at 10:30 a.m. The quarterfinals are set for 2:30 p.m., followed by
two rounds of wrestlebacks at 4:30 and 6:30.
On Sunday, the Division I and II semifinals are scheduled for
10 a.m., along with a consolation round. The consolation semifinals are
set for 12:30 p.m., followed by the consolation finals in both
divisions at 2 p.m. The championship finals will be contested on two
mats Sunday at 6 p.m.
Here are the first-round matchups for Glens Falls-area
wrestlers:
Division I
103 pounds — Sarah
Anderson (Schuylerville) vs. Ken Eaton (Adirondack-III).
Anderson (36-1) is a two-time Section II champ for good reason
— she works harder than just about anyone else. Eaton was
actually third in Section III, but is very tough. If Anderson can catch
him overlooking her, either Tonawanda’s Kyle McGregor
(Section VI) or Babylon’s Colin Coffey (Section XI) await.
Section V champ Quinton Murphy of Holley is also in their half-bracket.
The opposite bracket is highlighted by Section III champ D.J. Pfluger
of Sandy Creek and Section III runner-up Kyle Crisafulli of Phoenix
— Crisafulli won the state Division II championship at 96
pounds last year. Pfluger and Crisafulli could meet again in the
semifinals (Pfluger won 7-5 in OT in the Section III finals).
canada
Paul Galinski -- Peak Reporter
03/06/2008
Former Powell River
resident Kyla Bremner preparing to represent Australia
Wrestler Kyla Bremner pinned her hopes on becoming an Olympian after
volunteering at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Her dream will
become a reality in August when she represents Australia at the Beijing
2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Kyla was born in Australia, but moved to Canada when she was one year
old. After another year in Quebec, the family moved to Powell River,
where her parents, Dennis and Kay Bremner, still reside. Kyla is a
graduate of Max Cameron Secondary School.
She then enrolled at Simon Fraser
University (SFU).
"She began wrestling 14 years ago at SFU," Dennis said. "She's small,
and sports like volleyball and basketball, for a five-foot, two-inch
person who weighs just over 100 pounds, is not very feasible.
"She discovered wrestling while attending university. She's always
liked sports and been athletic. She was a good gymnast, not bad in
track and field. In wrestling, she competes against people her size. It
evens the playing field." Kyla was Western Canadian champion in her
wrestling weight class while at SFU.
Because she was born in Australia, she has become a dual citizen, which
has been fortuitous for her athletic and educational pursuits. She
discovered that being an Australian citizen, if she established
residency down under, she qualified for substantial government subsidy.
The Australians provide their students about $9,000 a year in living
expenses, Dennis said.
"She transferred to university there because she discovered that she
wouldn't have to accumulate student loans or student debt," he said.
"Also, the Australian Institute of Sport was putting a lot of money
into wrestling." So, after two years at SFU, she went into her third
year of university in Canberra, Australia.
Kyla, 31, has been living in Australia the past 12 years, so she was
able to be in close proximity the Sydney Olympics in 2000. "Since the
Olympic games in Sydney, where she volunteered and witnessed the whole
Olympic experience, I think she decided she would like to have the
experience, so she's worked really hard the last couple of years to
qualify for the Beijing Olympics this year," said Dennis said.
She wrestled through most of her years in university. The Australian
subsidy has helped pay her way to becoming a medical doctor.
"She did very well academically, receiving honours degrees in English,
biochemistry and now she's a doctor," Dennis said. "She's just finished
medical school. She continued to wrestle all the while and has been
Australian champion in her weight class for a number of years."
While in medical school, Kyla let wrestling drop, but the last year,
she's been interning, so she's been working and has been able to train
intensively.
She's competed extensively in international meets. At the world level,
the most recent result was 17th out of 38 people in the world
championship in her weight class, in Azerbaijan.
"I don't think she considers herself one of the medalists in Beijing,
but she's going to give it her best shot," Dennis said. "She's going to
train in Germany. There aren't that many women wrestlers in Australia,
so to have competition in her weight class, she has to go overseas.
He, Kay, their youngest son and Kay's sister are heading to Beijing to
cheer on Kyla in August.
"We are really proud of Kyla," Dennis said. "She was really determined
and she showed that determination, hard work and dedication really pay
off."
A video of one of Kyla's bouts at the last world championship can be
found on You Tube by following this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAXP82aEAgk&feature=related.
Canada
Marghetis
earns fourth gold medal
2/6/08
Among the women, newcomer Nikita Chicoine won the silver medal
in the 67-kilo weight class, falling only to Stacie Anaka of Simon
Fraser University who was once a World Junior bronze medalist. Chicoine
earned CIS female rookie of the year.
“We had lots of really good performances from
first-year wrestlers, including Nikita, but we could have done
better,” said Concordia assistant coach Robert Moore.
“I think our rookies showed what Concordia will
bring to the table in the next few years. It won’t be easy to
replace a guy like Tyler, but I believe we have what it takes to be a
strong team in the future.”
Marghetis coasted through the preliminaries before meeting
longtime rival Sheldon Francis of McMaster University in the final.
They have a long history, both as teammates and opponents,
dating back nearly a decade when they trained for the Team Ontario
juniors as part of different weight classes. A few years ago, the
weight classes changed, pitting them against each other in several
competitions.
In the third and final round, with the score tied at one and
Francis holding the tiebreaker, Marghetis needed to get a point to
avoid getting defeated. With time running out, he had to make a move.
That move came with merely 10 seconds left on the clock, when he
managed to throw Francis out of bounds, securing the point and winning
the championship.
“I expected to face him [Francis] in the finals when
I got here, but I also expected it to be a really good match, because
Sheldon is no pushover,” said Marghetis.
“With 18 seconds left down a point, I did feel a
little bit of pressure. But at the same time, I felt very excited,
because I knew I was capable of coming back to win, and I really like
it when it goes down to the wire. It’s my last year, and I
really wanted to go out a champion, and it’s especially
worthwhile given it’s against Francis, who is someone I have
so much history with.”
“This was one of the best matches of the
weekend,” Moore said. “You’ve got to give
a lot of credit to Tyler. He’s a gentleman and he leads by
example.”
With the victory, Marghetis adds to a long list of accolades
that include three academic All-Canadians and two Concordia male
academic athlete of the year awards in 2003-04 and 2005-06. Away from
the CIS, he is Canada’s first alternate for the 2008 Summer
Olympic Games in Beijing in the 74-kilo weight class.
At 24, Marghetis has completed his five-year eligibility.
However, he will still be able to represent Concordia internationally
until he’s 28, provided he remains a full-time student.
“I like school,” he said. “I do
well. I’m currently doing a master’s in math and
would like to do a PhD. Ultimately, I would like to work in academia as
a professor or a researcher, and hopefully I can help out the wrestling
team as long as possible.”