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285: Cameron Wade (St Peter Chanel/Twinsburg, Ohio.) - 9th seed - 30-8 overall
1st Rd: W, 9-2 dec. Clayton Jack, Oregon State
Junior Cameron Wade entered his second NCAA Championship as the No. 9 seed at heavyweight. Wade turned a first period takedown into a blowout win, turning Oregon State's Clayton Jack twice and rolling to a 9-2 win with over 4:00 in riding time. Wade moved into the second round where he met No. 8 seed Tony Nelson of Minnesota. Wade, who lost to Nelson two weeks ago in the Big Ten Championships 3-0, avenged that loss with a superb 4-1 win over the Gopher big man. Wade got a first period takedown and a second period reversal to notch the victory, Penn State's fourth over Minnesota this round. The ninth-seeded Wade was taken down in the first period by top-seeded Zach Rey of Lehigh in his quarterfinal match-up. During a scramble late in the period, Wade suffered an injury and, while he did continue into the second period, was not able to continue early in the middle stanza and defaulted into the consolation bracket. In the consos, Wade tried valiantly to come back from an injury in his quarterfinal match, taking Indiana's Ricky Alcala to sudden victory before losing. Alcala got a takedown midway through the extra period to get the 4-2 win and end Wade's tournament one win shy of All-America honors. Wade ends his tournament with a 2-2 record and posted a 30-8 record over the course of the season. March 19, 2011 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lions have won the 2011 NCAA Wrestling national championship in Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. It is the school's first title since 1953 and becoming the first east coast school to win the crown since that year. Sophomore Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) claimed the individual national crown at 184 as Penn State outdistanced Cornell and Iowa for the championship. Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson, the 2011 Big Ten Coach of the Year, earned his first collegiate national team title as a coach or wrestler as the Nittany Lions won the team race with 107.5 points. Cornell took second place with 93.5 and Iowa was third with 86.5. Junior Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.), now a three-time All-American, opened up Penn State's championship session in the title tilt at 149. Molinaro took on Cornell's Kyle Dake but found the footing rough against last year's national champion at 141. The Cornell grappler notched an early takedown in the first, three back points in the second and a reversal and riding time point to notch an 8-1 win. The loss means Molinaro ends the season as the 2011 National Runner-Up at 149 pounds. He is Penn State's 19th three-time All-American, having finished 8th at 141 in 2009, 6th at 149 last year and 2nd at 149 this year. Molinaro ends the campaign with a 32-3 record after going 4-1 at this year's tournament. Molinaro heads into his senior season with an 88-29 overall record. Red-shirt freshman David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio), a first time All-American for Penn State, took on Arizona State's Bubba Jenkins in the championship bout at 157. The duo wrestled evenly for the first period with Taylor taking two shots that Jenkins managed to counter and turn into stalemates. Taylor took down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. The Lion freshman then got in on a single leg that Jenkins countered once more, forcing a scramble that Jenkins used to catch Taylor in a cradle. Jenkins pinned Taylor at the 4:14 mark, ending Taylor's unbeaten season. The loss means Taylor is the 2011 National Runner-Up at 157. The freshman All-American went 4-1 at his first NCAA tournament and posted a superb 38-1 overall record, with 34 of his wins earning bonus points. Sophomore Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.), now a two-time All-American, battled Lehigh's Robert Hamlin in the national final at 184, coming away with a convincing 5-2 win. Wright and Hamlin battled each other evenly for the first period, with neither man scoring any point in the opening three minutes. Wright chose down to start the second period and escaped quickly to a 1-0 lead. From there the floodgates opened for the Penn State sophomore. He quickly took Hamlin down for a 3-0 lead and then, after a Hamlin escape, took the Mountain Hawk down one more time. Wright rode the 5-2 lead through the third period and claimed the 2011 NCAA National title at 184. Wright ends a stunning March with a 21-6 record after a perfect 5-0 run through nationals. Now a two-time All-American, Wright will head into his sophomore year with a 54-19 record. Penn State ends the 2011 National Championships with a superb 29-10 overall record. The Nittany Lions collected 16.5 bonus points from six pins, three majors and a tech fall. Penn State's five All-Americans up the all-time total at Penn State to 171 and is the most All-Americans for Penn State in one year since the team had five in 1998. The record is eight set in 1987. While Penn State is the first east coast team to win the championship since the Nittany Lions won it in 1953, the only other team east of the Mississippi river to win a national title since that year was Michigan State, which won the crown in 1967. Freshman All-American Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.), the third place finisher at 174, won the tournament's Gorriaran Award, given to the wrestler who has the most pins in the least amount of time. Ruth had two pins in 1:06, including one in :24. Fans wishing to purchase 2011 Penn State Wrestling NCAA Championship gear can do so now by visiting the online store at www.GoPSUsports.com/store . Season tickets for the 2011-12 season are disappearing fast as well. Fans may make deposits on new season tickets by following the information available online at is www.GoPSUsports.com/tickets/m-wrestl-tickets.html . A welcome celebration for the Nittany Lions will take place upon the team's arrival back in State College tomorrow in front of Rec Hall. Details will be available later tonight as it will be added to the TOP of this release, tweeted at www.twitter.com/pennstatepat and on Penn State Wrestling's facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2010-11 Penn State Wrestling season has been presented by The Family Clothesline. |
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Welcome to St. Peter Chanel High School
Joey Kiefer 152, Kennedy Smith 215, Cody Walters 160 Tyler Porter 171 Jeremy Walden 135, Aaron Assad 103 Danny Orrill 145
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Chanel's wrestling coach has sights on state titleVincent Dorsey
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Back in 1978, friends
Ed Govang Sr. and Graham Coghill agreed to serve as co-head coaches of the St. Peter Chanel wrestling program.
2010-11 St. Peter Chanel wrestling team / Photo courtesy Don Schafer
The plan was to coach together for 10 years, which they did. In that time, the pair turned a program that had never produced a state qualifier into a four-time team state champion. After Chanel won a state title in 1988, Govang stuck to the 10-year plan and retired, but Coghill wasn't ready to give up coaching just yet. "There is always another kid that I want to see go through," Coghill said of his longevity. "That's kind of kept me with it a lot of years." Now in his 33rd year at Chanel, Coghill has coached 156 state qualifiers, 107 state placers and 25 state champions. However, to him, winning is not as important as the relationships he develops with his wrestlers. Coghill also cherishes the accomplishments of each Chanel wrestler, whether he is a state champion or someone just trying to break the lineup. "You've gotta look at every kid as an individual," Coghill. "Everyone's different." Coach spends lifetime sharing sport's life lessons
Coghill firmly holds to the idea that wrestling can instill important life lessons.
"It's a lot like life," Coghill said of the sport. "I don't care how good you are, you get knocked down. It's a great training experience for dedication and learning how to pick yourself up." Coghill serves as an example for his wrestlers when it comes to being dedicated. For the first 11 years of his tenure at Chanel, he worked three jobs. W hen he wasn't working the third shift as a laborer at Towmotor Corporation or coaching at Chanel, he was teaching takedown maneuvers at the Longwood YMCA. "I've taken time away from my family and everything else to be a coach," Coghill said. When juggling the three jobs got too difficult, Coghill stopped coaching at the Y. But Coghill's respite from youth wrestling didn't last long. Knowing that a youth program is the lifeblood of any high school athletic program, he established the Firebird Youth Program in 1986. "I knew I needed a feeder program to have kids come in or I wasn't going to be successful," the 1997 Ohio Division III Coach of the Year said. "It was a matter of deciding to quit coaching - which I didn't want to do at the time - or start another program." Because of the youth program, Coghill has been coaching the majority of his current wrestlers since they first donned a singlet. "Most of my kids, I've worked with since they were 5, 6 [or] 7 years old," he said. "They're like sons to me." That longevity has helped Coghill create meaningful relationships with each wrestler. "If you have to get in their face or something like that, they know what to expect," he said. Coghill leaves imprint on wrestlers, room As if imprinting life lessons on his wrestlers were not enough, Coghill has left his mark on the wrestling room at Chanel. The veteran coach joined other program supporters in constructing the team's current room, doing most of the welding work. "We mixed mud, carried blocks, so it was quite an accomplishment," Coghill said, reflecting back. Completed in 2007, the room was built with donated funds and labor and is now named in honor of Coghill. Firebirds enter state tourney seeking fifth team title Chanel began this season as one of the favorites to take home the team state championship in Division III. The Firebirds have proven worthy of the preseason buzz by completing a near-flawless season. The only blip on the team's resume is its runner-up finish to Division I Cincinnati Moeller at this year's Catholic Invitational Tournament . After placing first at last weekend's Garfield Heights District Tournament and qualifying seven wrestlers to this week's state meet, Chanel enters competition Thursday with aspirations of collecting its fifth team championship. The Firebirds had similar hopes last season, but they were crippled before competition began when Cody Walters was ruled ineligible by tournament doctors due to a skin infection. "It knocked the team down," Coghill said of the ruling. "We just weren't able to recover from it." The Firebirds finished third at last year's state tournament . This year's team is ranked first in the final Division III Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Poll of this season, and is led by Walters and fellow senior . It should come as no surprise that Coghill's teams often take on a family dynamic, and the patriarch of the Firebirds wrestling program said this year's team is even closer than those he's had in recent memory. Like any proud father, Coghill hopes to have the opportunity to watch his "wrestling sons" be crowned state champions Saturday night. |
2011 Northeast District Division III Wrestling Tournament Champions
103: Aaron Assad 3rd
119: Graham Coglan
125: Mike DeCesare
130: Al Angersola
135: Jeremy Walden 1st
140: Dan Collier 6th
145: Dan Orrill 1st
152: Joe Kiefer 3rd
160: Cody Walters 1st
171: Tyler Porter 3rd
189: Jon Schafer 5th
215: Kennedy Smith 1st
285: Dan Barrett
Team Score
1. St. Peter Chanel 190.00
2. CVCA 160.00
3. Waynedale 82.00
4. Northwestern 78.00
5. Garfield 76.00
6. Jackson-Milton 75.50
7. Beachwood 66.50
8. Keystone 60.00
9. Triway 59.50
10. Manchester 56.50
The 2011 Beachwood Sectional Champions St. Peter Chanel Firebirds.
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Chanel set a Beachwood sectional record by scoring 299.5 points. The next closest team was over 100 points behind Chanel. After everything was over, Chanel had 8 Champions, 2 second place and 3 third place finishers. Our second place finishers lost very close matches losing 3-2 and 4-3.
103: Aaron Assad 1st
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Vicki Coghill and Head Coach Graham Coghill
Final results Beachwood Sectionals
1. St. Peter Chanel 299.50
2. Pymatuning Valley 181.50
3. Beachwood 130.50
4. Cardinal 118.00
5. Grand Valley 114.50
6. VASJ 112.00
7. Kirtland 91.00
8. Berkshire 88.00
9. Hawken 82.00
10. Newbury 65.50
11. Chagrin Falls 58.00
12. Wickliffe 51.00
13. Fairport Harding 21.50
14. Ledgemont 18.50
15. Richmond Hts. 0.00
Northeast District Division III Sectional Wrestling Tournament
@ Beachwood High School
Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19, 2011
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Session I – Friday, February 18
3:15 PM – gymnasium facility opens for wrestlers and coaches, scales available for weight check
4:00 PM – weigh-in and skin/medical check
*15 minutes after completion of weigh-in: coaches meeting to be held in the hospitality room
(seeding, brackets, et al)
5:00 PM – doors open for general admission
6:00 PM – wrestling begins on 3 mats (champ 1st, joint champ qtr/consol 1st)
*weigh-outs to begin after completion of wrestling for evening in a given weight class, scales close 30 minutes after the last match
**wrestling should end between 8:30 and 9:00 PM
Session II – Saturday, February 19
8:30 AM – second day weigh-ins commence for those not able to weigh-out on Friday
9:30 AM – doors open for general admission
10:30 AM – wrestling begins on 3 mats (consolation 2nd, joint champ semi/consol qtr, consol semi, 5th place matches)
*the joint champ semi/consol qtr round will begin no earlier than 11:00 AM; championship semis to
be wrestled on 2 mats with consolation qtr on 1 mat, consolation qtr round to be completed on all 3
mats after champ semis if necessary; 5th place matches will be conducted on an “as ready” basis
on two mats after the consol semis
**wrestling should end between 3:00 and 3:30 PM
Session III – Saturday, February 19
5:00 PM – doors open for general admission
5:30 PM – wrestlers competing for 1st and 3rd place should be back on site
5:50 PM – lineup for parade of champions and introduction
6:00 PM – parade of champions, introduction, national anthem; wrestling for 1st and 3rd place on 2 mats
*all awards will be given at the conclusion of wrestling (285 pound weight class), top 6 placers to be recognized on the podium
St. Peter Chanel defeats Walsh Jesuit in clash of wrestling powerhouses
St. Peter Chanel's Tyler Porter, top, defeats Walsh Jesuit's Nick Rumple at 171 pounds on Friday in Bedford.
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St. Peter Chanel's Mike DeCesare, right, is on his way to a victory against Walsh Jesuit's Jordan Whitley at 125 pounds.
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Gabriela Melchiorre watches her brother, Walsh wrestler Anthony Melchiorre, compete against St. Peter Chanel's Jonathon Schafer in the 189-pound match. Schafer won, 7-6.
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BEDFORD, Ohio — Sectional wrestling begins in a week, so really, only one question matters this week. Are you ready? "If we're not, it's too late," St. Peter Chanel coach Graham Coghill said with a trace of a smile after his Firebirds beat Walsh Jesuit, 36-27, on Friday. The dual meet at Chanel was a final tuneup for both state contenders. No. 1-ranked Chanel (14-0) is the team to beat in Division III. No team is expected to challenge St. Paris Graham in Division II, but No. 3 Walsh has enough firepower to claim the runner-up trophy. "We want to take state and win it," Chanel senior Tyler Porter said. "I like how close we are with each other." Both teams are banged up and the meet itself was a bit of a letdown because some of the better wrestlers didn't compete or were nursing injuries. Chanel won six of the nine matches that were wrestled. "We're close to where we should be. We've got to get a couple guys healthy this week," Walsh interim coach Fred Daugherty said. An anticipated showdown at 103 pounds didn't occur because Walsh Jesuit stellar freshman Anthony Tutolo has a "health issue" that Daugherty said should be resolved this week. So, Chanel's Aaron Assad, who placed third at state last year, went without a match. Chanel-140 pounder Dan Collier, a three-time state qualifier, is still bothered by a shoulder injury that has hampered him all year. He defaulted in the third period while losing, 2-1, to Roman Bell. Walsh's Nick Rumple is coming off an injury, and he hasn't dropped down to 160 pounds, so he wrestled at 171 and lost to Porter, 7-1. That left Chanel's Cody Walters, an Ohio University recruit, without a match at 160. Walsh's Cory Stainbrook (112) and Johnni DiJulius (130), an Ohio State recruit, also won by forfeit. The highlight match was Chanel 189-pounder Jonathon Schafer's 7-6 win against Anthony Melchiorre. Schafer trailed most of the match and got the winning takedown with 23 seconds left as both wrestlers dived out of bounds. Walsh's John Novak put up a good fight against Chanel standout Danny Orrill, who won at 145 pounds, 2-1, on an escape in overtime. Chanel's Mike DeCesare (125), Joe Kiefer (152) and Dan Barrett (heavyweight) also won decisions. Walsh's Michael Kostandaras (119) and Nate Skonieczny (135) won major decisions. Perhaps with an eye on the weeks to come, both teams looked flat at times. "We didn't wrestle well tonight. I think the guys are looking forward to the sectionals," Coghill said. |
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103: Aaron Assad 1st
119: Graham Coghlin 3rd 125: Mike DeCeaser 2nd 130 Alex Angersola 4th 135: Jeremy Walden 2nd 140: Dan Collier 4th 145: Dan Orrill 2nd 152 Joey Kiefer 2nd 160: Cody Walters 1st 171: Tyler Porter 1st 189: Jon Schafer 1st 215: Kenny Smith 1st 285: Dan Barrett 3rd |
2011 Catholic Invitational Tournament Chanel finishes in 2nd place
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103: Aaron Assad 3rd 119: Graham Coghlin 125: Mike DeCesare 4th
135: Jeremy Walden 2nd
140: Dan Collier 4th 145: Dan Orrill 2nd 152: Joe Kiefer 3rd 160: Cody Walters 1st 171: Tyler Porter 1st 189: Jon Schafer 1st 215: Kennedy Smith 1st 285: Dan Barrett
Final
135: Collan DaFonseca(Padua) dec. Jeremy Walden(Chanel) 5-1
145: Matt Fee(Lake Catholic) dec. Dan Orrill(Chanel) 4-3
160: Cody Walters(Chanel) dec. Tony Martin(Tol. C.C) 3-2
171: Tyler Porter(Chanel) dec. Jarrod Zang(Hartley) 5-2
189: Jon Schafer(Chanel) dec. Kevin Hyland(Elder) 7-6
215: Kennedy Smith(Chanel) dec. Chalmer Frueauf(Moeller) 6-3
Third Place
103: Aaron Assad(Chanel) dec. Tommy Zeigler(St. Ignatius) 4-2
125: Chase Leedy(Tol. C.C) dec. Mike DeCesare(Chanel) 10-5
140: Sam Viengmany(Tol. C.C) dec. Dan Collier(Chanel) 3-1
152: Joe Kiefer(Chanel) dec. Michael Blum(Moeller) 3-1
Semifinal
103: Bobby Smith(Ready) dec. Aaron Assad(Chanel) 2-1otu 135: Jeremy Walden(Chanel) pin Evan Hansel(Newark Catholic) 5:26 145: Dan Orrill(Chanel) dec. D.J. Beauch(Tol. C.C) 5-3 152: Tyler Hardtke(Elder) dec. Joe Kiefer(Chanel) 2-1 160: Cody Walters(Chanel) dec. Cory Campbell(Elyria Catholic) 3-2 171: Tyler Porter(Chanel) pin Mike Sustar(Padua) 1:26 189: Jon Schafer(Chanel) dec. Phil Wellington(VASJ) 10-6
215: Kennedy Smith(Chanel) dec. Ray Stone(SVSM) 6-4
Quarterfinal
103: Aaron Assad(Chanel) dec. Tommy Zeigler(St. Ignatius) 9-5
125: Joey Ward(Moeller) pin Mike DeCesare(Chanel) 1:05
135: Jeremy Walden(Chanel) dec. Nick Lees(St. Ignatius) 9-7
145: Dan Orrill(Chanel) maj. dec. Hannibal Tate(Ready) 17-7
152: Joe Kiefer(Chanel) pin Drake Jones(Hartley) 1:05
160: Cody Walters(Chanel) maj. dec. Hyle Squire(Lake Catholic) 13-5
171: Tyler Porter(Chanel) pin Aaron Melsop(DeSales) 3:16
189: Jon Schafer(Chanel) tech. fall Logan Heiing(Del. St. John's) 16-0
215: Kennedy Smith(Chanel) maj. dec. Brandon Cooper(Ready) 15-5
285: Nick Nusekabel(Elder) pin Dan Barrett(Chanel) 2:30
Second Round
103: Aaron Assad(Chanel) pin Jared Hicks(Elder) 3:34 119: Austin Hilty(St. Joseph C.C.) maj. dec. Graham Coghlan(Chanel) 11-1 135: Jeremy Walden(Chanel) tech. fall Chris Souzzi(St. Charles) 19-3 140: Sam Viengmany(Tol. C.C.) maj. dec. Dan Collier(Chanel) 11-3 145: Dan Orrill(Chanel) pin Ryan Gallagher(VASJ) 3:55 152: Joe Keifer(Chanel) pin Nick Mathes(Fenwick) 1:32 160: Cody Walters(Chanel) maj. dec. Austin Cover(St. Francis) 13-2 171: Tyler Porter(Chanel) pin Greg Walden(LaSalle) 2:30 189: Jon Schafer(Chanel) tech. fall Napoleon Bell(Hartley) 16-0 215: Kennedy Smith(Chanel) pin Frank Sanabria(Elyria Catholic) 0:55 285: Dan Barrett(Chanel) dec. Jordan Dickerson(Hartley) 7-3
First Round 135: Jeremy Walden(Chanel) pin Chris Schenk(St. Francis) 4:10 152: Joe Kiefer(Chanel) pin Jeff Flack(VASJ) 1:30 160: Cody Walters(Chanel) tech. fall Jake Cormican(Newark Catholic) 15-0 189: Jon Schafer(Chanel) pin Jake Widman(St. Joseph C.C.) 1:07 215: Kennedy Smith(Chanel) pin Jacob Klauer(Lake Catholic) 3:31 |
Consolation Semifinal
Consolation Quarterfinal
Third Consolation
Second Consolation
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St. Edward, Chanel take crowns at state dual meet wrestling,
Despite the seedings and state rankings, St. Peter Chanel coach Graham Coghill says his wrestling team is not the favorite at the Division III state dual meet tournament Sunday at Metamora Evergreen . Coghill deflects that honor and places the target on No. 2 seed West Jefferson , last year's runner-up. "I expect West Jefferson to be the team to beat," Coghill said. "They're the team. They have a solid team. We hopefully will be at full strength." Chanel is the No. 1 seed and ranked No. 1 in the state coaches poll. The Firebirds are coming off an impressive team triumph at the Brecksville Holiday Tournament, where they beat shorthanded Wadsworth . Coghill said state qualifiers Cody Tschantz and Danny Collier are expected back in the lineup. Tschantz had been out with a concussion and Collier didn't wrestle for an undisclosed reason. They are among eight returning state qualifiers, including 2009 or 2010 place-winners Michael Kovach, Aaron Assad, Dan Orrill, Jeremy Walden and Cody Walters, who is an Ohio University recruit. Chanel opens against New Lexington Dixie . Chanel's likely semifinal opponent is star-studded Monroeville , which features an unprecedented trio of three-time state champions in Hunter Stieber, Cam Tessari and Chris Phillips. In a dual-meet setting, Chanel has more depth than Monroeville. Their anticipated showdown at the state tournament in March will be a little more complicated. "We think we're happy with where we're at right now," Coghill said. St. Edward’s Markus Schneidel (top) locks up Cincinnati Elder’s Sam Meyer in their 125-pound match at the Division I state dual meet championship Sunday at Wadsworth High School. - (Tim Harrison | Special to The Plain Dealer)WADSWORTH, Ohio -- St. Edward has won so many state wrestling championships, one has to wonder what it does with all that hardware. A year following a rare season in which the Eagles won neither the state dual meet tournament nor the state championships in March, it's clear they are back on a title track. St. Edward won its 12th Division I state dual meet championship Sunday with relative ease. The Eagles defeated Massillon Perry, 34-16, in the championship of the eight-team, three-round tournament at Wadsworth High School. They also beat Mayfield (54-18) and Cincinnati Elder (50-10). In Division III, Chanel won the state title with a 39-27 finals triumph against West Jefferson at Metamora Evergreen High School. Division II : No. 7 seed Crestwood upset No. 2 Oak Harbor in the first round, 35-34, while No. 4 Walsh opened with a 38-30 win over Wauseon. Both local teams lost in the semifinals, Crestwood to Olentangy, 33-29, and Walsh to St. Paris Graham, 45-25. Division III: Pins in the final two matches by Dan Orrill (145) and Joe Kiefer (160) broke a 27-27 tie and clinched the championship for No. 1-seeded Chanel. Jonathan Schafer (189) also had a pin as Chanel jumped to an 18-0 lead. The Firebirds beat New Lebanon Dixie, 38-21, in the first round and Nelsonville York, 48-24, in the semifinals. |
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Dec. 30, 2010 Cameron Wade wins 2010 Southern Shuffle GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team continued its outstanding early season run, claiming the Co-Championships of the 2010 Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, N.C. Penn State, ranked No. 4, tied No. 1 Cornell for the team crown. The Nittany Lions sent four wrestlers to the finals in front of a rowdy crowd at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and crowned three champions. Red-shirt freshmen David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio) and Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) won titles at 157 and 174 while junior Cameron Wade (Twinsburg, Ohio) forged the tie with a title winning decision in the tournament's final bout at heavyweight. Ruth's sizzling title-run at 174 earned him the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Two-time All-American Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.) almost made it four for four in the finals for Penn State with a one-point loss to the nation's top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 149. The Nittany Lions sent 15 wrestlers into action at the two-day event and eight placed.
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Junior heavyweight
Cameron Wade wins Penn State Open 2010
Dec. 5, 2010
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U NIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 5 Penn State sent 29 wrestlers into action at the 2010 Nittany Lion Open, had 16 quarterfinalists and ended the day with four champions. Three freshmen and a junior claimed titles for head coach Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions. Penn State sent eight wrestlers into the finals with half of them winning their bouts. Freshman Frank Martellotti (Pittsburgh, Pa.), ranked No. 18 at 125, went 5-0 to win at 125 with two pins, a tech fall and a major. Classmate Andrew Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.), ranked No. 12, put on a show at 141, going 6-0 to claim the title with five pins. The fifth pin was a :39 fall over No. 20 Zack Kemerer of Penn in the finals. Red-shirt freshman David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio), ranked No. 5 nationally, continued his superb run with a 6-0 day at 157. Taylor claimed the title with a 9-3 dismantling of Virginia Tech's Jesse Dong (who reached the NCAA round of 12 last year). Taylor had a fall, a tech and three majors. Junior Cameron Wade (Twinsburg, Ohio), ranked No. 7 at heavyweight, went 5-0 with three tech falls, a pin and a major.
Senior Adam Lynch (Mifflinburg, Pa.) was solid at 141, going 4-1 with a win over an unrostered wrestler as well to take third place. His only loss came to Alton in the semifinals. Sophomore James English (York, Pa.) also took third at 149, going 5-1. His only loss was a 3-1 decision to No. 10 and eventual champ Mason of Rutgers in the semifinals. Red-shirt freshman James Vollrath (Richboro, Pa.) took fourth at 157. He lost to fifth-ranked Taylor in the semis and then dropped an 8-5 decision to No. 18 Kyle John of Maryland in the third place bout. He went 3-2 on the day to take fourth place. Freshman Nate Morgan (McCook, Neb.), wrestling unattached at 125, went 4-2 to take seventh place while classmate Sam Sherlock (West Mifflin, Pa.), unattached at 133, went 4-3 to take eighth. Sophomore Nick Fischer (Unionville, Pa.) went 2-3 plus a win over a unrostered wrestler at 165 and placed eighth while classmate Justin Ortega (Oxford, Pa.) went 3-2 (plus an unrostered win) at 197 to take sixth place. True freshman Nick Ruggear (Oxford, Pa.) was also 4-2 at 197 and finished seventh. Red-shirt freshman Jake Kemerer (Greensburg, Pa.), ranked No. 12 nationally at 165, went 3-2 and did not place at 165 while sophomore Bryan Pearsall (Lititz, Pa.) went 4-2 and did not place at 133. Unattached wrestlers who grabbed victories but did not place included Cameron Kelley (Pittsford, N.Y.), 1-2 at 125; Rob Vollrath (Richboro, Pa.), 0-2 at 133 but beat a non-rostered entrant; Seth Beitz (Juniata, Pa.), 1-2 at 141; John Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.), 1-2 at 285 and Kyle Moran (Oxford, Pa), who went 3-2 at 141. Other attached wrestlers competing included Andrew Church (Erie, Pa.) at 174 while other unattached grapplers competing included David Church (Erie, Pa.) at 149, Thomas Gorman (East Patchogue, N.Y.) at 157, Brandon Phillips (Timonium, Md.) at 174) and Justin Haug (Galeton, Pa.) at 165. Other champions at the event included Mitchell Port of Edinboro at 133 and Zac Thomusseit of Pittsburgh at 197. |
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The Nittany Lions, now 5-0 this year, return to action at home on Dec. 12 when Lock Haven comes to town for a 2 p.m. dual. Fans wishing to purchase single dual meet tickets for the 2010-11 Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling season can place their orders by calling 814-865-5555 or visit the Bryce Jordan Center ticket office. The box office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ticket pricing is $8 for adults and $5 for youth, and there will be a limit of eight tickets per order. Group sales are also available. The 2010-11 Penn State wrestling season is presented by the Family Clothesline. All Penn State events will once again air live on Forever Broadcasting's WRSC (1390 AM) and WSQV (92.1 FM). All radio broadcasts are streamed live at GoPSUsports.com as part of the All-Access package. The 2010-11 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.
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Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Poll for 12/8/10.
Weekly Poll
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Division I 1. Lakewood St. Edward (6) 60 2. Massillon Perry 54 3. Wadsworth 48 4. Cincinnati Moeller 37 5. Cincinnati Elder 35 6. Brecksville-Broadview Heights 21 7. Elyria 16 8. Mayfield Village Mayfield 13 9. Hilliard Davidson 12 10. Oregon Clay 11 |
Division II 1. St. Paris Graham (2) 20 2. Lewis Center Olentangy 17 3. Oak Harbor 15 4. Wauseon 15 5. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 12 6. Lexington 6 6. Uhrichsville Claymont 6 6. Toledo Central Catholic 6 9. Minerva 5 10. Wapakoneta 4 |
Division III 1. Bedford St. Peter Chanel (2) 20 2. Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 17 2. Monroeville 17 4. Milan Edison 7 4. West Jefferson 7 4. North Jackson Jackson-Milton 7 4. Nelsonville-Y ork 7 8. New Lebanon Dixie 6 9. Apple Creek Waynedale 5 10. LaGrange Keystone 5 |