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Published Thursday April 10th, 2008
Appeared on page B8

Moncton wrestlers head to nationals

SASKATOON -- Two members of Moncton's Mountain Top Wrestling Club are headed to the Canadian cadet/juvenile wrestling championships here this week.

Zach Lewis (juvenile men 58 kilograms) and Jamie MacFarlane (juvenile men 63 kg) will compete in the freestyle championships tomorrow and Saturday and in the Greco-Roman event on Sunday.

MacFarlane will also participate in the national team cadet trials during the weekend.

Four wrestlers from the Bathurst area -- Katrina Cormier (cadet women 52 kg), Philippe Ouellet (cadet men 63 kg), Jean-Francois Godin (juvenile men 50 kg) and Emile Guitard (juvenile women 49 kg) -- will also compete at the national championships.


Canada
No lack of confidence for nationals-bound wrestler

Written by Citizen staff   
Wednesday, 09 April 2008

Six high school wrestlers from Prince George and four from Mackenzie left Wednesday for Saskatoon, where the cadet/juvenile national tournament weigh-ins will take place today.
Competing in the juvenile (Grade 11 and 12) category are: Rachel Hall, DP Todd, 52kg women; Koren Pitkethly, Mackenzie, 56kg women; Madeleine Francis, Mackenzie, 65kg women; Kevin Gillespie, College Heights secondary, 69kg men; Tyler Sylte, Kelly Road, 69kg men; and Darian Klausmeier, KRSS, 69kg men.
The local wrestlers in the cadet (Grades 9 and 10) competitions are: Wes Black, Prince George secondary, 115kg men; Dil Ghag, Mackenzie, 76kg men; and Aaron Pitkethly, Mackenzie, 76kg.
They qualified for the nationals by placing in the top six this past season at either the B.C. secondary sports championships, SFU War on the Floor, or the Western Canadian age class tournaments.


California

Jessica Rose, aka lonelygirl15, wants to wrestle boys

02:49 PM PT, Apr 10 2008

Jessica Rose is back again, not as lonelygirl15 or Julia in "Blood Cell," but as  15(!!)-year-old Tina, the sister of Lee, the varsity wrestling captain at Victory High School around whom "Perfect Sport" revolves. 

The movie, from Building Block pictures, is debuting April 13 at the 41st Annual WorldFest in Houston. 

Its creators describe it as being "packed with emotion, grit, and above all, honesty. It's the classic coming-of-age story presented in a way that you've never seen."

In the following scene, Tina tries to persuade Lee to let her join the team. She being a girl, and this being a sports movie, he is understandably skeptical.

Here you go: VIDEO



Russia

Vote Tuvan Female Wrestler to Siberian of the Year!

Voting for the best Siberian people starts today, April 8 on www.sib21vek.ru and will last till April 8. There are 30 nominees out of which you are to select every day 7, no more and no less. Many of the petenders are actually Siberians only by birth or have no relation to Siberia at all. But they contribute to the glory of Siberia, organisers believe. Among the nominees is a legendary Tuvan wrestler Lorisa Oorzhak, 22, many times Russia, Europe and world champion.

Opening the page at www.sib21vek.ru which is in Russian you will see all 30 nominees, mark the ones you selected (there will appear a phrase that you have marked 2 and 5 are left, then 3 and 4 are left, etc) print in cyrillic letters you see and then press ПРОГОЛОСОВАТЬ, which means VOTE and your voice will be counted. From a single computer one can vote during a day only once not to make the jury punish your nominee.

Vote a Tuvan to the Siberian of the Year! And make your friends do the same!

Last year Lorisa Oorzhak and Anna Polovneva, along with Russia's national team coach Victor Raikov got in a car accident on Saturday morning going from Krasnoyarsk to Nazarovo. The car driven by Raikov hit the edge of the pavement and crashed against a bus stop. Raikov suffered thorax fracture and a knee injury. Polovneva received a shock and an acute spinal cord pain. Oorzhak had a kidney and jejunum breaches and shoulder dislocation. Her kidney was eliminated. After a rehabilitation period Losia got back to hard training. She is the main Olympic hope of Tuva.