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Monday Announcements
November 9, 2009 --
Weekend’s Results -- This past weekend we had 7 boys wrestling – at the Morrison Open, Micah Lugafet shook off a first-round loss to the eventual champion to come back and take 3rd place; Ryan Barclay ran his streak to four Division 3 tournament 1st-place finishes in a row going back to last season and Ryan also placed 3rd in his Division 4 100 lbs double-entry; Sean Obrien finished in 2nd place at Div 5-118 in a 5-man Round Robin. At Blanchard, Kaleb Harris placed 3rd in the Open Division, on the Novice Side Declan Obrien won his first tournament ever with 3 falls in Division 3-100, and JR Kalmeyer placed 3rd in the Open Division 4-80. Gunnar Smith also wrestled in the Open Division 4-73.
Real quick – here are the week’s events –
Practice Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 5:30-6:30 for Novice; 6:30-8:00 for entire team.
At Monday’s practice, Open wrestlers interested in going to Cliff Keen Kickoff Classic in Tulsa on 11/20-21 will need to register, as the deadline for me to send in entries is tomorrow.
Tuesday, we will register for the Marlow Open and Marlow Novice tournament which is this weekend (11/14). Don’t ask me why, but for some reason The Marlow Tournament will be held in Lawton this year. Alternate Tournaments are the Team Guthrie Open and the Perry Novice Round Robin. We will have coaches at Marlow; we will not necessarily have coaches at the alternate tournaments. I will talk more about this at practice.
Also, I have singlets in and will be handing AFTER PRACTICE to those out to those who ordered them. The other equipment will take a few weeks to get in.
See you tonight. Robbie
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April 8, 2009 --
END OF SEASON AWARDS PARTY – Sunday, April 19
The end of season wrestling party will be Sunday, April 19 from 5:30 – 7:30 at Oak Tree Country Club (Family Club). No charge for this. It will be a buffet-style dinner of Oak Tree’s “Tailgating Menu” of burgers, hot dogs, and salad. Please be sure to attend.
Go in the EAST entrance on Kelly (Family Club side) a half mile or so south of Waterloo Road.
I also have received the team and individual pictures and will bring them to the party.
PLEASE RSVP with an email this week and let me know how many of your family plans to attend!!!
POST-SEASON WRESTLING
Ten youth wrestlers have continued wrestling into the freestyle season. They join approximately 20 middle school and high school wrestlers for practices with Coach Koehler in the evenings. Additionally, since the Open State Tournament in Tulsa, we have had several boys win medals in post-season collegiate or freestyle tournaments.
Most notably, Colton Denney (3rd grader – Rose Union) traveled to Reno Nevada and competed in the Reno World Championships. This tournament, Tulsa Nationals, and Eastern Nationals in Charleston, WV are the three tournaments that make up the “Trinity Award” – awarded to wrestlers who place 1st at all three tournaments – one of the most prestigious awards in youth wrestling.
Unseeded Colton placed 4th at Reno Worlds – he lost 1-0 to the eventual tournament champion in the first round match last Friday night, before fighting his way back through the consolation side winning his next five matches – un-scored on – on Saturday: 10-0, 9-0, 7-0, 4-0, 10-0. The consolation finals were Sunday, where Colton lost; the wrestler who beat him then won a challenge match for 2nd. Furthermore, by his placing at USJOC (3rd), Tulsa Nationals (5th), and the Oklahoma State Tournament (5th) earlier in the season, Colton has earned Oklahoma Youth All-State honors, which I believe is the first time we have had a wrestler receive this distinction.
Colton also placed 1st at the Yukon Freestyle Tournament, and 2nd at Liberty Nationals in Kansas City.
Other wrestlers winning post-season medals are:
Logan Johnson – Kearney (Nebraska) Classic – Logan won the tournament championship in Division 4 (up an age class) in a bracket of approximately 20 kids. Logan also wrestled at the Wichita (KS) Classic, and won 3 matches, losing only to the tournament champion and 3rd place medalist. Logan wrestled in the Liberty Nationals in Kansas City as well.
Tanner Cole – Tanner won 1st at the Yukon Freestyle tournament, and also wrestled at Liberty Nationals in Kansas City.
Jake Denney – Placed 6th at Liberty Nationals in Kansas City.
Ryan Barclay – won 1st place at the Camdenton (Missouri) Open Tournament.
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February 27, 2009 --
DEER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL -- 5A WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONS -- congratulations to the high school team for winning the regional team championship!!! I am not sure, but I believe this is the first time since at least 1990 that DC has won the regional! Be sure to go to watch Cade Draper in his quest for his second State Championship and the other 7 DC wrestlers competing for state championships at the State Fairgrounds Arena today and tomorrow --
HIGH SCHOOL BANQUET -- The High school and Middle School Wrestling Banquet is March 4 at 6:30 at Oklahoma Christian University. The youth wrestlers and families are invited as well. If you would like to go, please RSVP to Kelli Haan at 313-5885 or Russell Boyd at 306-6295 and let us know how many to reserve for you. Or reply Kelli at haanfamilyokc@sbcglobal.net
We will have our own Youth Pizza Party in the next few weeks as well -- if any one is interested in helping organize it, please let Robbie know at rwbarclay@aol.com
FREESTYLE -- the sign-up for freestyle will be Friday March 6 from 5:00 - 7:00 at the DCHS Gym lobby. There will not be a practice that night. Cost is $80 which includes the USA Card. If you already have a USA Card, the fee will be adjusted accordingly. I believe Coach Koehler will have a brief demonstration about differences between freestyle and folkstyle wrestling.
Coach Koehler (the DCMS head coach) and Tim Draper (Santa Fe HS Head Coach and former DCMS coach) will be heading this up. Coach Koehler is one of the State Freestyle coaches who heads up the state team for national competition, so we are fortunate to have him heading up freestyle program.
The freestyle program is open to all wrestlers from youth through high school -- it will definitely help with their folkstyle/collegiate wrestling. And if your son is playing baseball, he is welcome to come to freestyle practices when he can.
If your ELEMENTARY aged wrestler is interested, please email Robbie at rwbarclay@aol.com so I can give Coach Koehler an approximate head count on who to expect at sign-up.
MONEY -- a few still owe me money for tournaments -- if you do, you can pay me via Paypal at my account rwbarclay@aol.com. I will contact you in the next week if you owe.
YOUTH TEAM'S SEASON AND OKWA STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS --
Season highlights --
-- 5 OKWA State Tournament placers -- Kaleb Harris (5th), Micah Lugafet (3rd), Colton Denney (5th) , Tanner Cole (3rd), and Chad Draper (6th).
-- 3 Central Regional champions (Lugafet, Ruminer, Prescott)
-- 20 total Central Regional placers and OKWA State Qualifiers
-- 2 YMCA State Champions (Westlee Powers and Colton Denney)
-- 7 total YMCA State placers
-- 252 total medals and counting ... we still have a few kids wrestling in Kansas and Missouri tournaments this weekend and next! Total medals is up form 215 medals last season.
-- 3 USJOC medallists, 1 Tulsa Nationals medalist, 9 USJNC medallists
-- 2 OKWA Novice State Placers
-- 6 Choctaw Novice State Champions
-- 11 total Choctaw Novice State placers
-- Youth All-State team member -- Colton Denney (awarded for placing at OKWA State, Tulsa Nationals, USJOC, and Youth Championship Series Points Placer)
-- OKWA Wrestler of the Week -- Tanner Cole for his winning the Cushing Open Tournament
-- OKWA Youth Championship Series Points Placers -- Ryan Barclay (1st), Micah Lugafet (2nd), Carson Savage (4th), Tanner Cole (2nd), Colton Denney (2nd), Brock Ruminer (5th), Andrew Prescott (3rd)
-- Our Division 1 and Division 3 teams both finished in 4th place at Central Regionals
OKWA STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS -- The youth team sent 23 wrestlers to regionals two weekends ago, and placed 20 who qualified for the state tournament. 18 of those who qualified made the trip to Tulsa, and 16 of them won at least one match and made it into the second day of competition. Full State Tournament results:
Jake Denney -- Div 1 46# -- DNP -- Jake placed 5th at regionals, but lost both his matches at state.
Brogan Rutz -- Div 1 46# -- DNP -- Brogan placed 6th at regionals, but lost both matches at state.
Kaleb Harris -- Div 1 49# -- 5th -- Kaleb qualified for state by placing 3rd at regionals. He won four matches at state by scores of 6-4, 9-4 fall, and 6-4, while dropping two close ones 6-2 and 6-0. In his medal round match, Kaleb avenged his regionals loss with a tough 6-4 win.
Jack Hill -- Div 1 52# -- tied 9th -- 1st-year wrestler Jack qualified for state with a 6th place regionals finish, then went on to win 3 matches at state (forfeit, 6-0, 11-0) while losing two close ones (5-2 and 7-3). Jack finished tied for 9th, only 2 wins shy of a medal.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- 3rd -- Micah is now a 2x Regional Champion, and placed 3rd at state. Micah led off hisstate tournament with a 0:34 pin before losing 6-0. He bounced back with 4 straight wins to claim 3rd.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- tied 13th -- second-year wrestler Westlee placed 5th at regionals and won 2 matches at the state tournament with pins. Westlee finished tied for 13th.
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64# -- 5th -- Colton was a regional runner-up, and got thru to the state semi-finals with a 10-0 win and a win by fall. Colton lost in the semis, and again in the consolation semis with a tough 4-2 OT loss, before bouncing back in the 5th/6th place match to win 8-2. Colton is also our first Youth All-State team member -- which he earned by placing at each of: OKWA State tournament, Tulsa Nationals, USJOC, and the Youth Championship Series points race.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58# -- 3rd -- Tanner finished in 3rd place at regionals and won his first 3 matches at state by 16-0, 7-0, and 4-1 counts to reach the semi-finals. He lost in the semi-finals but came back to win in the consolation semis with a pin. In the consolation finals, Tanner found himself down 2-0 at the end of the second period. The Collinsville opponent, whom Tanner had beaten 4-1 earlier in the day, chose down. With about 0:25 left in the match, the Collinsville kid got an escape. Down 3-0 and with about ):15 seconds left, Tanner countered a shot and put the opponent on his back for a 5-count, to secure an exciting 5-3 win. Tanner then challenged for 2nd but lost -- Tanner finished 3rd in the state, but the only two who finished higher than him were the same kids who finished higher than him at regionals.
Logan Johnson -- Div 3 61# -- tied 7th -- Logan qualified as the regional 3rd placer. Logan won his first match 12-1 before being sent to the consolation side in his second match. Logan battled back with 3 wins in close matches before losing again, just one win away from a medal.
Tyler Cullison -- Div 3 64# -- tied 9th -- Tyler had a late season surge that earned him a 4th place medal at regionals, and started his state tournament run with a pin in his first match. After losing his second match, Tyler rebounded to win by another fall, and a really tough (and strange) 0-0 triple-OT criteria victory where each wrestler rode-out the other the entire match. Tyler finished his day two wins form a medal.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- tied 9th -- Ryan followed his regional runner-up appearance with a pin at state in his first match. He then lost in the quarterfinals by a 4-3 score to the eventual tournament runner-up, and lost in the consolation match to the 3rd-place finisher. Ryan finished 2 wins from a medal.
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3 90# -- tied 7th -- Brock won an exciting regional championship match 11-9 over his Noble nemesis. He came out in his first state match and won by tech fall 18-2 before being sent to the consolation bracket in his next match. Brock bounced back to win 5-0 before being put out of medal contention, a win away from a medal.
Jak McCall -- Div 3 100# -- tied 13th -- Jak finished as the regional runner-up, and entered his first-ever state tournament. He won his second match by a 10-6 score before being put out of the tournament on the second day.
Chad Dunlop -- Div 4 80# -- tied 13th -- Chad won 4th place at regionals and won a match at state before losing out.
Andrew Prescott -- Div 5 78# -- tied 13th -- Andrew was the regional champion, and also won a match at state.
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 5 102# -- tied 13th -- Jonathan qualified for state as the regional 5th placer -- and also won a match at state.
Chad Draper -- Div 5 118# -- 6th place -- Chad placed 3rd at regionals, and at state he won his first three matches to move through to the semi-finals, where he suffered a knee injury early in the 1st period. He continued in the match but lost 3-1, and then lost again in the consolation semis. Chad injury defaulted his medal round match to finish 6th.
Cameron Simonsen -- Div 5 134# -- Cameron placed 5th at regionals, but lost both matches at state.
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February 15, 2009 --
20 STATE QUALIFIERS -- Please check the list at the bottom of the email! We had a pretty good day yesterday in qualifying 20 wrestlers for the state tournament by placing at regionals yesterday. Three Champions (Lugafet, Ruminer, Prescott), three runners-up, four third-placers, two fourth-placers, four fifth-placers, and four sixth-placers. Three other boys did not qualify, but wrestled their matches tough. I believe Dylan Pope was a win away from qualifying in a big bracket -- his two losses were to his bracket's eventual champion and the third-placer. Good job by all.
HOTEL FOR STATE -- I have reserved 12 rooms at the Tulsa Airport Ramada. It is approximately 7 miles (not too far) from the state tournament site. We are on a waiting list for a closer hotel, as the ones closer were all booked when we made the reservations. The Ramada is $59+tax, has an indoor pool, some kind of a arcade room, complimentary full hot breakfast -- the drawback is that they have rooms with only either 1 king bed or 2 double beds (no queen size beds).
So far, I have heard from the following people who said they would like a room -- I need to know if any others would like one (or more), or if you are on this list and to cancel, please let me know as well ASAP so I can change the reservation!! Please let me know if you are planning on going to state whether you need a room or not -- just so I know who will be there (I hope all who qualified decide to wrestle!)
Barclay (2), Cole, Denney, Johnson, Lugafet, McCall, Powers, Ruminer, Rutz, Valentine
YOUR WRESTLER'S STATE BRACKET -- to see your son's state tournament bracket, you will have to fill it in yourself -- to do this, go to www.okseries.com -- look through the RESULTS in your son's division for each of the four regions. I have attached two documents to this email -- (1) an Excel spreadsheet that is the bracket form, and (2) the OKWA Regional Pairings.
Then -- look up your son's weight on the OKWA Regional Pairings that I attached and fill in the Excel Spreadsheet's cells with the names for the appropriate regions matching up regions A, B, C, and D with the list for your son's weight form the OKWA Regional Pairings list. You will do this in cells B67-72, F67-72, J67-72, and N67-72 -- the pairings will appear in the bracket automatically. The state tournament pairings are randomly drawn for each weight to come up with diversified brackets as respect to pairings.
DEER CREEK'S OKWA STATE QUALIFIER LIST -- Following are the placers at the Regional Tournament yesterday -- they are the qualifiers for State -- no time to give the full account for each kid, I will try to do so later:
Jake Denney - 5th - Div 1 46
Brogan Rutz - 6th - Div 1 46
Kaleb Harris - 3rd - Div 1 49
Jack Hill - 6th - Div 1 52
Micah Lugafet - 1st - Div 1 55
Westlee Powers - 5th - Div 2 58
Colton Denney - 2nd - Div 2 64
Jake Valentine - 6th - Div 2 75
Tanner Cole - 3rd - Div 3 58
Logan Johnson - 3rd - Div 3 61
Tyler Cullison - 4th - Div 3 64
Ryan Barclay - 2nd - Div 3 85
Brock Ruminer - 1st - Div 3 90
Jak McCall - 2nd - Div 3 100
JJ Valentine - 6th - Div 3 120
Chad Dunlop - 4th - Div 4 80
Andrew Prescott - 1st - Div 5 78
Jonathan Birdsell - 5th - Div 5 102
Chad Draper - 3rd - Div 5 118
Cameron Simonsen - 5th - Div 5 134
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February 8, 2009 --
Weekend Results --
We are now at 227 medals for the season (111 open, 116 novice), moving past last season's total (80 open, 135 novice, 215 total).
Great job, all of you!
OKWA Novice State Tournament in Lawton --
We sent 4 to Novice State as most of our 2nd year kids have begun wrestling in opens -- apparently this was a huge novice tournament -- Coach Kannard said it was tougher than USJNC with over 1000 entrants. A special THANK YOU to Coach Kannard for sticking it out through a long day for the novice kids!
Jack Hill -- Div 1 52# -- Jack finished in 4th place with a 5-2 record. He won his first and second matches big, then lost a close 6-4 decision. Jack bounced back with 3 wins in a row before losing in the consolation finals by a point.
Brogan Rutz -- Div 1 46# -- Brogan finished in 5th place -- not sure of the complete tally, but he wrestled a TON of matches to get back to 5th place.
Lucia Rutz -- Div 3 67# -- Lucia won 2 matches and according to Coach Kannard looked as good as he has seen Lucia wrestle. The light began to click on for Lucia, and he is going to give a shot at Regionals next week!
John D Kannard -- Div 3 70# -- John D won a two matches in going 2-2 for the day.
Crescent Open --
We brought home 17 medals from the Crescent Open -- 10 Champions, 3 runners-up, 2 Thirds and 2 Fourths.
Jake Denney -- Div 1 46# -- Runner-up -- Jake made it to the finals with two pins before losing in the finals -- 2-1 on the day.
Kaleb Harris -- Div 1 49# -- CHAMPION -- second year wrestler Kaleb won another open tournament with a 3-0 record and defeated a tough Edmond General in the finals in OT 8-6.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- CHAMPION -- Micah moved to 31-8 on the year with two falls and a 9-0 victory in the finals.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- CHAMPION -- second year wrestler Westlee won another open with a 3-0 record in his round-robin by scores of 4-3, 15-0 and a pin.
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64/67# -- CHAMPION x 2 -- Colton won the Champions' medals in both 64# and 67# in a combined round-robin bracket with a 4-0 record -- Colton was unscored upon in his Division 2 matches and won by scores of 15-0, fall, 8-0, and 12-0.
Jake Valentine -- Div 2 75# -- Runner-up -- Second year wrestler Jake made the finals with a pin in his first match before losing in the finals 7-2.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58# -- CHAMPION x 2 -- Tanner won his 58# bracket and the 61# bracket. He was also unscored upon and won by 2-0, fall, and 5-0 counts. He also defeated another one of the vaunted Generals in a 2-0 OT win.
Tyler Cullison -- Div 3 64# -- 4th place -- Tyler posted a 1-2 record, winning by fall in his second match.
Logan Johnson -- Div 3 64# -- Runner-up -- Logan won a 9-0 decision in the semis before losing in the finals to place 2nd.
Colton Denney -- Div 3 67# -- CHAMPION -- Wrestling up a weight and up an age division, Colton gutted through three matches with a blowout first match, followed by a 2-0 victory and a 6-4 finals win.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85 # -- 3rd Place -- Ryan won his first match with a comeback pin, followed by a 3-0 loss to a wrestler from Arkansas. He came back in the consolations to beat his nemesis from last year for the third time this season with a pin, and followed it up with a consolation finals victory by disqualification on penalty points.
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3 90# -- CHAMPION -- Brock tuned up for regionals with 2 pins in a round-robin to finish 1st.
Jak McCall -- Div 3 100# -- 4th place -- Jak wrestled hard in his round-robin bracket.
JJ Valentine -- Div 3 120# -- 3rd place -- JJ won a match by pin in his round-robin to place 3rd.
Logan Johnson -- Div 4 64# -- CHAMPION -- Logan beat two tough wrestlers in his Division 4 double-entry bracket -- 2-0 over a General and by fall against the tough Crescent kid to claim the champion's medal.
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3 67#, Div 4 67# -- Patrick wrestled tough in two brackets.
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Fenruary 2, 2009 --
This weekend's results -- 9 medals -- We are now at 208 medals (94 open, 114 novice) for the season, just 7 behind last season's total (80 open, 135 novice, 215 total).
Claremore Open -- Claremore was a Series event, and was a big tournament with over 600 kids registered. The two we sent wrestled well:
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- Micah made it to the finals with a 0:16 pin, a 6-0 win, and another first-period pin. In the finals, it was 2-2 going to the third period. Micah chose down, but was caught on his back when he tried to hit a head-stencil and lost 5-2 against a tough kid. Micah finished the tournament 3-1 and runner-up.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- Ryan made it to the semi-finals with a 0:20 pin and a 6-2 win in the quarters. In the semis, he lost 6-4 in OT to the eventual tournament champion. He then lost a tough 4-0 decision in the consolation semis to finish in a tie for 5th place.
YMCA Open State at Tonkawa -- we had two YMCA State Champions -- I was at Claremore and wasn't at this tournament, so I will just post the results, but from what I heard we made a good showing.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- YMCA STATE CHAMPION -- Westlee won his first Open tournament, and has moved past the novice ranks for good.
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64# -- YMCA STATE CHAMPION -- Colton toyed with the opposition in his Div 2 bracket.
Jak McCall Div 3-100#, Logan Johnson Div 3-64#, and Tanner Cole Div 3-58# all placed 3rd in the tournament.
Jake Denney Div 1-46 and Patrick Cochlin Div 3-67# also wrestled well for us but had a tough draw.
Southern Novice Championships at Lawton Mac --
Jack Hill -- Div 1-55# -- Jack won his second tournament in a row -- both in Lawton!
John D Kannard -- Div 3-70# -- John D won his Division 3 bracket and placed 2nd in his Division 4-70# bracket.
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January 25, 2009 --
WEEKEND RESULTS -- We had some big wins this weekend at the Cushing Open. As a team, we brought back 19 medals, with 3 CHAMPIONS, 5 Runners-up, and 5 Thirds and 6 Fourths. Leading the way were Tanner Cole and Colton Denney -- in the finals matches for their respective weights each of them defeated wrestlers whom they had never beaten before, and Kaleb Harris won the tournament in his first Open tournament ever. Our boys defeated two defending state champions. Our Division 3 kids finished with the second most team points, behind only Cowboy Wrestling Club.
We had one wrestler enter the Lawton Novice tournament -- Jack Hill -- and he won the tournament.
We are now at 199 medals (88 open, 111 novice) for the season, just 16 behind last season's total (80 open, 135 novice).
Lawton Novice --
Division 1 --
Jack Hill -- 52# -- CHAMPION -- Jack wrestled at Lawton's Novice Tournament, and won the tournament in front of his parents' hometown folks.
Cushing Open --
Division 1 --
Jake Denney -- 46# -- Runner-up -- 3-1 -- Jake won thru to the finals with 3 wins, but lost 7-0 to finish in second. (It seemed that Little Jake was really more interested in how his big bro's finals match was going rather than his own as he spent a good portion of his match watching Colton wrestle simultaneously on another mat.)
Kaleb Harris -- 49# -- CHAMPION -- 3-0 -- Kaleb won the tournament with scores of 4-1, 15-3, and a hard-fought 4-0 finals victory.
Micah Lugafet -- 55# -- 3rd Place -- 4-1 -- Micah opened the tournament with a 7-5 OT win then won by a pin in his second match, before losing 6-4 in the semis on a judgement call. He closed out the day with 13-0 and 6-4 wins.
Division 2 --
Westlee Powers -- 58# -- T-5th -- 2-2 -- Westlee lost his first match, but rebounded to win 6-0 and then won big in his third match, before being put out of the tournament with a 1-0 loss when he locked hands.
Colton Denney -- 64# -- CHAMPION -- 3-0 -- Colton Opened the tournament with 4-0 and 6-0 wins to reach the finals. In the finals match, Colton faced his chief adversary. They had met three times previously this season, with Colton losing all three by close, low scoring decisions. This time, Colton fought out a 4-2 win to best his nemesis and win the tournament championship.
Jake Valentine -- 75# -- 4th place -- 2-2 -- Jake wrestled well in his first open tournament to finish the day in 4th place.
Division 3 --
Tanner Cole -- 58# -- CHAMPION -- 4-0 -- OKWA Series Wrestler of the Week! Tanner opened his run to the finals with a pair of pins in his first two matches, then won 4-0 in the semi-finals against a tough wrestler. In the finals, Tanner faced the wrestler he has been stalking all season, having lost three previous decisions, but gaining ground each time. This time, with all of Deer Creek at matside and behind him, Tanner turned the tables in defeating one of our state's most accomplished youth wrestlers by an exciting 7-1 count. For his run through the tournament, Tanner was chosen as the state's OKWA Series Wrestler of the week! A great victory for a great kid.
Logan Johnson -- 64# -- 4th Place -- 2-2 -- Logan won by fall in the first round, and wrestled well despite losing two close matches to close out his Division 3 bracket.
Tyler "Skeeter" Cullison -- 64# -- 3rd Place -- 3-2 -- Skeeter looked to be back in form with a good showing. Although his first round 13-2 victory was followed by a 3-2 setback to the eventual tournament champion, Skeeter fought back through the consolations with a pin and a 14-2 consolation finals win. He lost his challenge match ending the day in 3rd.
Colton Denney -- 67# -- 3rd place -- 4-1 -- Colton double-entered, and his only set-back was in the semi finals to our own Dylan Pope by a 9-5 count. Colton won his Division 3 matches by 3-0, 14-2, 4-2, and 4-2.
Dylan Pope -- 67# -- Runner-up -- 3-1 -- In his first Open tournament this year, Dylan opened with a 14-0 win, followed by a 7-5 victory and a 9-5 win over Colton Denney in the semis. In the finals he went toe-to-toe with a tough kid, only losing 9-3.
Ryan Barclay -- 85# -- Runner-up -- 4-1 -- Ryan scratched out a tough 4-0 first round win, but lost to the eventual tournament champion in the semis by a 5-3 OT count. He bounced back in the consolation side, however, with two first period pins -- the second coming in the consolation finals against the wrestler who defeated him in last year's state finals. Ryan then challenged for 2nd and gutted out a 13-5 win to finish 2nd.
Brock Ruminer -- 90# -- 4th place -- 2-2 -- Brock won a match by fall in going through the tournament and placing 4th.
Patrick Cochlin -- 67#, Preston Seibel -- 80#, and Jak McCall -- 100# all wrestled tough as well.
Division 4 --
Logan Johnson -- 64# -- 2-1 Runner-up -- double-entered and wrestling up an age class, Logan won by 10-0 in the first round. Then in the semis, Logan faced one of the toughest Div 3 kids in his weight who was also wrestling up a division whom Logan had never before beaten. Down 4-3 with just seconds to go, Logan sealed a 5-4 victory with a takedown awarded at the buzzer.
Preston Stockton -- 110# -- 3rd Place
Alex Cullison -- 120# -- 3rd place
Division 5 --
Andrew Prescott -- 78# -- 4th place -- Andrew had to injury default his last two matches.
Kooper Ruminer -- 134# -- 4th place
Ryan Holifield -- 86# -- 2nd, 94# -- 4th place
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WEEKEND RESULTS
January 18, 2009 --
18 total medals -- 10 Tournament Champions, 2 Runner-ups, 2 Thirds, 3 Fourths, and a Fifth. 179 Total medals for the season.
Tulsa Nationals --
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64# -- 4-2, 5th place -- Colton reached the semi-finals with a 6-2 win over the #4 seed from Wichita, followed by a 2-0 win in the second round, then a 6-0 victory over the #5 seed. Saturday morning, Colton lost 12-1 to the #1 seed from Beaverton, Oregon. Colton went to the consolation semi-finals where he then lost in double OT 3-2, before bouncing back to win 2-0 in the 5th/6th place match. Mike said that the tournament was amazing, and that there were some incredibly talented kids. We will have to put that tournament on our schedule for next season.
Danny Sade Open (Crescent) -- We had 5 wrestlers with 6 entries bring back 6 trophies -- 4 Champions
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- 3-0, 1st place -- in his first two matches, Micah spent a total of 0:18 on the mat in winning both with pins (0:10 and 0:08 if you're scoring at home), then won a tough match 6-2 in the finals to win 1st place.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58/61# -- 2-0, 58# 1st, 61# 1st -- Tanner was the only entry for 58# and was bumped to the 61# bracket. After receiving a bye, Tanner won in the semis 16-0, then beat Quinn from Enid 4-0 with two takedowns in the 1st and 2nd periods. Tanner had over 3:00 riding time in the match.
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3 67# -- 0-2, Patrick lost both matches but fought hard.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- 2-0, 1st place -- Ryan received a bye, then wrestled two good matches, winning in the semis 13-2 followed by a 10-2 finals victory over Colton Kinnamon.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 4 84# -- 1-2, 3rd place -- Ryan grinded out a tough 7-6 win in his double-entry matches.
Jak McCall -- Div 3 100/110# -- 2-2, 4th place -- Jak continued to improve in winning matches by 8-5 and fall to take 4th place in a combined bracket.
Choctaw Novice State -- 6 CHAMPIONS, 2 Runner-ups, 1 3rd, 2 4th.
Kaleb Harris -- Div 1 49# -- CHAMPION -- Kaleb went 3-0 for the tournament.
Dylan Pope -- Div 1 67# -- CHAMPION -- 4-0 and continuing to dominate.
John D. Kannard -- Div 3 70# -- CHAMPION -- 3-0 -- closest match was a 5-3 first-round match where he was behind 3-2 entering the 3rd period and got an escape and takedown to win.
Sean O'Brien -- Div 4 96# -- CHAMPION -- 3-0.
Trent Hau -- Div 4 HWT -- CHAMPION -- 3-0.
Jess Hau -- Div 4 120# -- CHAMPION -- 2-0.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- Runner-up -- 3-1 -- Westlee lost a close match in the finals on a last second take-down with 0.9 on the clock.
Preston Stockton -- Div 4 110# -- Runner-up -- 2-1.
Brogan Rutz -- Div 1 46# -- 3rd Place -- 4-1 in a big bracket.
JJ Valentine -- Div 3-120# -- 4th Place, 1-2.
John D Kannard -- Div 4 70# -- 4th place in his double-entry bracket.
Preston Seibel -- Div 3-80# -- finished 2-2 and tied for 5th a win away from a medal.
Anthony Rodesney Div 2-55#, Hunter Males Div 2-58#, Jake Valentine Div 2-75# all won a match and went 1-2.
Parker Brown Div 4-96#, Josh Harris Div 3-61#, Jack Hill Div 1-52#, Peyton Seibel Div 2-75#, Declan O'Brien Div 3-85#, and Noah Titony Div 1-66# all also wrestled.
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Mustang Open & Guthrie Novice Results
January 11, 2009 --
9 medals for the weekend, 161 for the year.
Open -- we had 19 entries in the Mustang Open tournament and seven medallists -- 3 runners-up, and 4 fourth-place finishers. Next year, we intend to bring home several of those 4-foot tall Champion trophies Mustang is known for awarding.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- Micah made it to the finals with 3 pins, but lost his finals match to claim 2nd place, 3-1 for the day.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58# -- Tanner reached the semi-finals, where he lost 4-0 to his chief rival from Edmond Generals. Each week, Tanner keeps closing the gap on him; it's just a matter of time before he closes the deal. Tanner ended up fourth in the tournament with a 2-2 record.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- Ryan wrestled well this weekend in reaching the semi-finals with a pin in his first match and by avenging a re-match of his state finals match with a comeback 5-3 OT win. After losing a tough semi-finals match 7-4, he bounced back with a pin to reach the consolation finals, where he couldn't manage a last second takedown and lost 7-5. Ryan was 3-2 on the day.
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3-90# -- Brock always gives great effort, but Saturday he wrestled about as well technically as I have ever seen him wrestle in his first two matches to reach the semifinals -- first match was by pin. Brock's second match was against the USJOC 6th-place winner and the kid who pinned Brock at Carl Albert and at USJOC last week. This time, however, Brock absolutely dismantled the kid, winning 12-2 and relying on skills, rather than only his strength, to do it. Brock lost his finals match to finish in 2nd place, and 2-1 for the day.
Jak McCall -- Div 3-100# -- Jak continues to improve in winning a match before being losing 7-0 to finish 1-2 on the day.
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64# -- Colton reached the finals with 3 victories, where he faced his nemesis from Choctaw. Down 2-1 with seconds to go and needing an escape to tie or reversal to win, Colton turned in to his opponent and fell just short of breaking free, losing 2-1. Had he hit the move a couple seconds earlier, he would have one of the big trophies. But Colton keeps chipping away at this familiar opponent, getting closer every time.
Colton Denney -- Div 3 64# -- Colton also won a match and finished 1-2 in his double-entry division.
Jak Denney -- Div 1 46# -- Jak won a match before losing to two of the best kids around to finish 1-2 for the day.
Kooper Ruminer -- Div 5-134# -- first-year middle school wrestler Kooper had a strong run in the tournament, finishing 3-2 on the day in taking home the 4th place medal.
Andrew Prescott -- Div 5-78# -- Andrew finished in 4th place.
Tyler Follis -- Div 5 HWT -- second-year wrestler Tyler Follis reached the finals with two wins. His finals match was a grinding, back and forth match, where Tyler had to have an escape to tie and send into overtime. Down 4-3, Tyler got free, sending the match to the 1-minute sudden victory period. In the OT period, Tyler managed to get behind his opponent while both were on their feet, and with hands locked around the waist needed to take the opponent back to the mat to secure the takedown and the win. But Tyler tripped the opponent the wrong direction and gave up a tough two points and lost the match. He will not make the same mistake again. Tyler finished 3-1 for the day with his runner-up finish.
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 5 102# -- Jonathan won a match and finished 1-2 for the day.
Jake Bradbury -- Div 5-110# -- Jake also won a match and finished 1-2 for the day.
Chad Dunlop -- Div 4 80# -- Chad reached the semifinals with two victories before losing his final two to go 2-2.
Logan Johnson -- Div 4 64# -- Logan double-entered and won a match before losing his last two, finishing 1-2 on the day in Division 4.
Tyler Cullison, Patrick Cochlin, and Logan Johnson all finished 0-2 for the day in Division 3, and Alex Cullison wrestled in Division 4.
Novice -- due to the last-minute scheduling of the Guthrie novice tournament, we had only two kids wrestle in the novice ranks this weekend, and both won medals -- a 2nd and a 3rd.
Landon Willis - Division 4 92# -- Landon lost his first match, but went on to win his 2nd and 3rd matches both with pins. He ended up 3rd for the tournament and came home with a trophy, and he was pretty excited.
Jack Hill -- Div 1 52# -- Jack Hill traveled to Dallas for a tournament this weekend and placed second. He lost his first match, but then bounced back in the consolation side to win two straight, and was allowed to challenge for second place and won the match.
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DCYW Wrestling results; practice
December 29, 2008 --
Practice schedule -- We will practice tonight (Monday) at 6:00-8:00, Wednesday 5:00-7:00 and Thursday at 5:00-6:00. We will then drive over to the Fairgrounds for USJOC weigh-in which is from 5:00-8:00. No practice Tuesday.
USA Cards -- IF YOU ARE ENTERED IN THE OPEN BRACKET FOR USJOC, BE SURE TO GET YOUR USA CARD IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO!!!
Results -- Following are the results from the last 3 weekends -- with the Christmas holiday, I haven't had much time lately to update statistics -- 37 medals the last 3 weeks (plus MWC results -- if anyone has the results from Midwest City, please let me know and I will update the stats). 130 medals for the season thus far.
Carl Albert Open -- four 2nds, 3 4ths
Jake Denney - Div 1-46 -- 4th place with a 2-2 record for the day -- Jake wrestled well and had 2 pins.
Micah Lugafet - Div 1-55, 2-55 -- Micah double-entered for the first time, and won two matches in his division 2 bracket -- 4th place in Division 1 0-2, and he was a match away form placing in Division 2, going 2-2.
Colton Denney - Div 2-64 -- was 2-1 for the day placing 2nd.
Carson Savage - Div 2-70 -- 4th place
Tanner Cole - Div 3-58 -- 2nd place 1-1 -- lost in the finals 7-4 in a good match against a very good kid.
Tyler Cullison - Div 3-64 -- 1-2, DNP.
Ryan Barclay - Div 3-85 -- 1-1 -- 2nd place
Tanner Brown - Div 3-85 -- 0-2.
Brock Ruminer - Div 3-90 -- 2-1 -- finished 2nd place -- really wrestled well his first two matches with 2 quick pins.
Moore Lion Novice -- two CHAMPIONS, five 2nds, four 3rds, one 4th.
Noah Titony - Div 1-HWT -- 4th place -- 1-2
Anthony Rodesney - Div 2-55, 3-55 -- finished 3rd place in Division 3
Hunter Males - Div 2-58 -- wrestled well -- was 2-2 and got to the quarterfinals.
Westlee Powers - Div 2-58, 3-58 -- 2nd place 3-1 in Div 2, 3rd place 3-1 in Div 3.
Jake Valentine - Div 2-75 -- 0-1 -- 3rd place
John D Kannard - Div 3-70, 4-70 -- was 1-1 in Div 3 placing 2nd, and 2-0 in Division 4 placing 1st.
Matt Jennings - Div 3-80 -- wrestled really hard in making the finals with a 2-1 record finishing 2nd.
Declan O'Brien - Div 3-85 -- 0-2 DNP.
JJ Valentine - Div 3-120 -- 1-1 2nd place in a round-robin
Parker Brown - Div 4-96 -- 0-2 -- 3rd place
Sean O'Brien - Div 4-96 -- wrestled well, winning with 2 pins in placing 1st.
Cameron Hanan - Div 4-110 -- 1-1 in a 3-man round-robin placing 2nd.
El Reno Open -- TWO CHAMPIONS, three 2nd Place, one 3rd Place, four 4th Place -- 10 total medals.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1-55# -- 3-0 -- CHAMPION
Colton Denney -- Div 2-64# -- wrestled what should have been the finals match in the first round, losing 4-1 -- came back to win 3 matches by 18-3, 8-0, and 6-0 counts to claim 3rd place.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3-58# -- 2-1 -- 2nd place -- Tanner won two 11-0 matches to reach the finals against Paxton Rosen, and wrestled tough, losing 11-3 in the finals.
Tyler Cullison -- Div 3-64# -- 1-2 -- 4th place
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3-85# -- 1-2 -- DNP
Jak McCall -- Div 3-100# -- 2-2 -- 4th -- Jak has stepped up his game the last few weeks.
Brennan Smith -- Div 4-73# -- 1-2 4th place.
Cameron Simonsen -- Div 5-134 -- 0-2 DNP
Andrew Prescott -- Div 5-78# -- 2-0 CHAMPION -- won first 2 matches both by pin of a best 2-of-3 matchup
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 5-102# -- 2-1 -- 2nd place -- won by fall then a tough triple OT semifinal where Jonathan rode out the opponent for the win -- lost 4-3 in the finals.
Chad Draper -- Div 5-118# -- 2-1 -- 2nd place.
Colton Newberry -- Div 4-64# -- 0-2 DNP
Logan Johnson -- Div 3-61# -- 0-2 DNP
Del City Novice -- FIVE Champions, one 2nd Place.
Dylan Pope -- Div 3- CHAMPION
Dylan Pope -- Div 4- CHAMPION
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 CHAMPION
Westlee Powers -- Div 3 -- CHAMPION
Cameron Hanan -- Div 5 -- 2nd Place
Hunter Males -- 0-2
Anthony Rodesney -- 3-2 DNP
Zane Hobbs -- 1-2 DNP
Noah Titony -- 0-2 DNP
Declan O'Brien -- NS
Choctaw Open -- one 2nd Place, one 4th place. Not our best outing.
Colton Denney -- Div 2-64# -- 3-1 2nd Place -- Colton Double-entered and had 8 matches between the two
Colton Denney -- Div 3-64# -- 2-2 DNP
Tanner Cole -- Div 3-58# -- 1-2 DNP
Logon Johnson -- Div 3-61# -- 3-2 4th
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3-64# -- 1-2 DNP
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3-85# -- 1-2 DNP
Jak McCall -- Div 3-100# -- 1-2 DNP
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3-100# -- 0-2 DNP
Brennan Smith -- Div 4-73# -- 1-2 DNP
Cameron Simonsen -- Div 5-134# -- 1-2 DNP
Kooper Ruminer -- Div 5-134# -- 0-2 DNP
Midwest City Novice -- I do not have the MWC Novice tournament results yet.
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Weekend Tournament Results
December 8, 2008 --
-- 9 medals for the weekend -- 68 for the year
The Open boys competed in the tough Edmond Open tournament Saturday --
Jackson Hill -- Div 1 52# -- first year novice wrestler Jack entered his first open tournament and wrestled well, winning his first match with a pin before losing two tough matches 7-2 and 6-4.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- Micah went 3-1 and placed 3rd.
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64# -- Colton was 2-2 for the tournament and placed 4th.
Carson Savage -- Div 2 75# -- won 2 and lost 2 on the day.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58# -- Tanner won his first match and was up 8-4 going into the 3rd period in the semifinals, but lost 9-8 in a tough match, then lost in consolations.
Logan Johnson -- Div 3 61# -- 1-2 record for the day.
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3 64# -- Patrick was 2-2.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- finished 2-2.
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3 100# -- won one match, lost 2.
Brennan Smith -- Div 4 73# -- went 1-2.
Jak McCall Div 3 100# and Tyler Cullison Div 3 64# also gave good efforts in their matches.
Novice Results at Noble are --
Kaleb Harris -- Div 1 49# -- went 4-0 -- 1st
Noah Titony -- Div 1 HWT -- finished 1-2
Colton Casteel -- Div 2 55# -- won 2 and lost 2
Anthony Rodesney -- Div 2 55# -- finished 1-2
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- won 4 lost 1 -- lost in a close match to the eventual champion in 1st round, came back to win 4 in a row to place 3rd
Jake Valentine -- Div 2 75# -- placed 3rd and with 3-1 record
Kole Kelly -- Div 2 83# -- placed 2nd with 3-1 record
Josh Harris -- Div 3 61# -- placed 2nd after winning 3 and losing 1
Declan O'Brien -- Div 3 85# -- wrestled hard but lost 2 matches
JJ Valentine -- Div 3 120# -- tournament champion with 2 pins
John D Kannard -- Div 3 70# -- won 2, lost 2
John D Kannard -- Div 4 70# -- tournament champion, going 3-0
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Weekend Tournament Results
November 24, 2008 --
We took 28 boys to tournaments this weekend, and finished with 12 Champions, 7 seconds, 5 thirds, and a fourth -- 25 medals on the day. Total medal count for the year is now 72 (we had 215 all of last season).
Results from the Kingfisher Open Tournament -- We took seven wrestlers to Kingfisher with two double-entered -- it was a round-robin format, and our 7 boys posted a cumulative record of 24-4 with all 9 of our entries earning medals: 6 Champions, 2 Seconds, 1 Third.
Micah Lugafet -- Division 1 55# -- Micah pushed his season record to 8-0 with a 1st place finish by winning 2 matches
Colton Denney -- Division 2 58# -- Colton is now 7-1 with a 1st place finsh at Kingfisher -- Colton pinned all 4 of his opponents in the 1st period.
Ryan Barclay -- Division 3 85#, Div 4 84# -- Ryan won 7 of 8 matches while double entered pushing his season record to 11-3 -- he placed 1st in the Division 4-84# bracket, and 2nd in the Division 3-85# bracket.
Logan Johnson -- Division 3-64#, Division 4-67# -- Logan was also double-entered, winning 1st place in his Division 3 bracket and 3rd in his division 4 bracket. One of Logan's losses in Division 4 came to a wrestler that Logan came back later in the day to defeat in the Division 3 bracket.
Tanner Cole -- Division 3-58# -- Tanner finished 3-0 winning 1st place -- Tanner beat a Yukon wrestler 4-0 whom he lost to last week. Tanner is now 8-2 on the year.
Brennan Smith -- Division 4 73# -- Brennan swept 3 matches in his first tournament of the season to win 1st place.
Tyler Cullison -- Division 3 64# -- Tyler moved his season record to 7-2 with a 2nd place finish.
Ponca City Open --
Carson Savage -- Division 2 75# -- Carson entered the Ponca City Open tournament and went 2-2 finishing 4th.
Novice Results -- 20 wrestlers and 15 medals -- 6 Champions, 5 2nds, 4 3rds.
The following competed in the El Reno Novice Tournament --
Jackson Hill -- Div 1 52# -- 2nd place -- went 3-1 on the day and lost in the finals to Kaleb Harris,
Kaleb Harris -- Div 1 52# -- 3-0 record and won the 1st place medal.
Ty Hammack -- Div 2 60# -- wrestled 3 matches going 1-2 for the day.
Robbie Chapa -- Div 1 60# -- had two no-shows and won 3 other matches to win the tournament championship. Robbie is 11-1 for the year.
Brogan Rutz -- Div 1 46# -- Brogan went 2-1 on the day to finish 2nd; he was down by 4 points in the final period and reversed the opponent, then nearly put him on his back.
Carson Cooper -- Div 1 66# -- Carson won 1st place and remains unbeaten at 7-0 for the year -- no one has gotten close to challenging him this year.
Jake Valentine -- Div 2 75# -- Lost his first match to a headlock, but won last 4 (2 no-shows) to come in 2nd. Jake is 9-2 for the season.
Anthony Rodesney -- Div 2 52/55# -- in his first tournament of the season, Anthony won 3rd by going 4-1 on the day.
Nate White -- Div 3 85# -- won his first match ever going 1-2.
Declan O'Brien -- Div 3 85# -- Declan went 3-1 -- 2 opponents quit and walked off the mat in the middle of their match with Declan; Declan out-toughed his opponents in claiming 3rd place.
JJ Valentine -- Div 3 120/131 -- JJ went 2-1 in claming 1st at 120 and 2nd at 131.
John D Kannard - Div 3 70# -- another headlock victim in the match he lost, John D went 2-1 and finished 2nd.
Lucia Rutz -- Div 3 70# -- won his first match ever in going 1-2 and finishing 3rd.
Matt Jennings -- Div 3 80# -- Matt went 1-2 for the day.
Preston Seibel -- Div 3 80# -- also went 1-2 in the same bracket at Matt Jennings.
Josh Harris -- Div 3 61/64# -- went 2-3 and finished 4th, but he beat the kid who came in 2nd for that wrestler's only loss.
Matthew Stone -- Div 1 55# -- won 3 and lost 1 in his first ever tournament to claim 3rd place.
Turner Hammack -- Div 3 76# , and Kel Hunter -- Div 2 83/90# -- also wrestled tough -- and their time will come with persistence!
Blanchard Novice --
Dylan Pope -- Division 3-70# -- Dylan entered the Blanchard Novice tournament and brought back the 1st place medal, remaining unbeaten for the year.
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Perry Novice and McLoud Open Results
November 18, 2008 --
27 medals won by Deer Creek wrestlers on the day at McLoud and Perry -- 44 medals total for the season thus far --
McLoud Open -- We sent 6 Open wrestlers to McLoud with Logan Johnson double-entered, and we returned to The Creek with 9 medals -- 6 firsts, 1 second, and 2 thirds, and a 19-3 overall team tournament record.
Micah Lugafet -- Micah entered the tournament as a Div 1 55# wrestler, but was paired with each of the tournament's only 55#, 60# and 66# entries in a 4-man round-robin to wrestle for the 55, 60 and 66 medals. Micah swept all three matches, winning by pin at 55# and 60#, and 6-4 against the 66# wrestler with a reversal with less than 2 seconds remaining in regulation. Good thing there wasn't a Heavyweight wrestler at Division 1 or Micah would've stomped him, too! Thus, Micah brought home 3 first-place medals.
Carson Savage -- Division 2 75# -- Carson won both his matches on a sore knee in a 3-man round-robin, winning 15-8 and by fall, to place 1st in his bracket.
Tanner Cole -- Division 3 58# -- Tanner went 3-1 on the day winning with 2 pins. His only loss came in the semifinals by a hard-fought 6-3 score, and he brought back the 3rd place medal.
Tyler Cullison -- Division 3 61# -- Tyler swept three matches, winning 7-2 in his first match, then by falls in the semis and finals to earn the Champion's medal.
Ryan Barclay -- Division 3 85# -- Not wrestling his first match after 3:00, Ryan won his first match by fall, then was caught in a headlock (dad-gum headlocks!) after leading 4-0 in the semifinals. He bounced back and pinned both his consolation opponents within 30 minutes of the semifinal loss to earn 3rd place.
Logan Johnson -- Division 3 64, Division 4 67 -- I do not usually pick an "Outstanding Wrestler" from our team for the weekend -- but if I did, I would choose Logan for today (although, admittedly Lugafet, Cullison and Savage would be close 2nd). Logan had a lot of success last season, but never won a tournament championship. He was double-entered at McLoud Saturday, and won his first tournament championship by winning in the DIVISION 4 bracket -- wrestling kids 2-3 years older than him. In Logan's Division 4 finals match, Logan got put on his back with a 5 point move in the 1st period, thus down 5-0 to begin the 2nd period. Clawing his way back in the 2nd to tie the score at 5-5, Logan chose the down position to start the 3rd period. He got an escape late in the 3rd period to earn the victory. Coming back from a 5-0 deficit to win in the older division finals was BIG TIME. Then, Logan won each of his first two Division 3 matches by fall and 7-0 before losing in the Division 3 finals. Wrestling his best, most aggressive tournament, Logan finished his day with a 5-1 record, and 1st and 2nd place medals.
Perry Novice/Intermediate Round-Robins -- we had 18 weigh in at Perry and won 18 medals, with 6 Champions, 6 runners-up, and 6 Thirds.
"B" Brackets:
Zane Hobbs -- Div 1 52# -- in his first tournament ever, Zane went 4-0 for the day and capping this run with a 11-1 finals win to place 1st.
Ty Hammack -- Div 1 60# -- went 2-2 on the day to finish 3rd -- first ever tournament.
Carson Cooper -- Div 1 66# -- possibly our most dominant wrestler on the day, Carson finished 4-0 with 4 1st period pins.
Hunter Males -- Div 2 58# -- the "Danish Destroyer" posted a record of 3-2 to place 3rd in his first tournament.
Nate White -- Div 3 85# -- having only practiced for one week, Nate wrestled hard for all 3 matches and never quit -- first tournament.
Colton Casteel -- Div 2 55# -- won 1st place in his bracket with a 2-0 record in his first tournament.
Peyton Seibel -- Div 2 75# -- won a match in his first-ever tournament.
Matthew Jennings -- Div 3 80# -- finished in 2nd with a 2-2 record in his first tournament.
Turner Hammack -- Div 3 76# -- placed 2nd, 3rd, and 3rd in 3 brackets in his first tournament.
Preston Seibel -- Div 3 80# -- was 2-2 for the day in winning one bracket and placing 3rd in another -- first ever tournament.
Declan O'Brien -- Div 3 85# -- wrestled tough in three matches and never gave up in his first tournament.
Robbie Chapa -- Div 1 66# -- posted a 3-1 record in placing 2nd.
"A" Brackets:
Kole Kelly -- Div 2 83# -- finished 3rd.
Jake Valentine -- Div 2 75# -- won 4 of 5 tough matches to claim 2nd place.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- won all 5 matches -- got a takedown with 15 seconds left to force OT where he won the tournament championship.
Jake McCall -- Div 3 100# -- wrestled 7 matches in two brackets, finishing 2nd in one, and posting a 3-4 record.
Dylan Pope -- Div 3 67# -- another dominant performance winning all 3 matches by fall with the head-inside cradle.
John D Kannard -- Div 3 70# -- turned in a 3-1 record to place 2nd -- was down 4-2 and was on his way to turning the last opponent when time ran out.
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DC Youth Wrestling -- Marlow Results
November 9, 2008 --
We took 20 wrestlers to the Marlow Open/Novice tournament this weekend, and brought home 5 Champions, 4 Runner-ups, 4 Third placers, and 2 Fourth placers -- 15 total medals.
Novice
Jake Denney -- Div 1 46# -- won a match, and lost in the consolation round in likely the most exciting match of the tournament in triple overtime -- Jake was on top entering the final overtime and would have to ride out his opponent for the final :30 seconds to earn the win -- unfortunately the opponent got an escape with :01 remaining to earn the win.
Robbie Chapa -- Div 1 60# -- Robbie won his first tournament ever in winning 3 matches with a 12-8 hard-fought Finals win.
Westlee Powers -- Div 2 58# -- finished the tournament with one win.
Jake Valentine -- Div 2 75# -- Jake dominated his bracket, winning all three of his matches with pins in less than 0:45 seconds each.
JJ Valentine -- Div 3 131#/HWT -- JJ won his 131# bracket with a pin, and then wrestled a HWT wrestler for the combined 131/HWT medal but lost, ending the day with a 1st place medal and a 2nd place medal.
Open
Colton Denney -- Div 2 64/67# -- Colton won 3 matches to make a run to the finals, and placed 2nd in the tournament.
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 55# -- probably our most dominant wrestler on his feet this weekend, defending Central Regional Champion Micah began his first full season as an Open wrestler with a 1st place medal.
Ryan Barclay -- Div 3 85# -- placed 2nd.
Tyler Cullison Div 3 61# -- placed 3rd by winning a hard-fought consolation finals match 3-2.
Tanner Cole -- Div 3 58# -- won 8-6 in the consolation finals to take 3rd place.
Chad Dunlop -- Div 4 80# -- won two matches to make the tournament finals, and was ahead 2-1 going into the 3rd period but got caught with the inside headlock roll, and placed 2nd.
Sean O'Brien -- Div 4 92/96# -- a 1st-year novice wrestler competing in the Open division in his first tournament ever, Sean wrestled hard all three matches in placing 4th.
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 5 102# -- took home a 4th place medal in going 2-2 on the day.
Andrew Prescott -- Div 5 78/86# -- claimed the 78# 1st place medal and the combined 78/86# 3rd place medal.
Alex Cullison -- Div 4 120# -- a first-year novice competing in the Open division, Alex won 3rd place in his first ever tournament, overcoming a shoulder injury from his first match to do it.
Dylan Brown Div 5 126# -- claimed 2nd place
Grayson Huffman -- Div 4 94#, Clay Jarzombek -- Div 4 120#, Logan Johnson -- Div 3 64#, Dylan Kettler Div 5 110# all gave good effort in their matches as well.
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DC Youth Wrestling -- OKWA State Tournament Results
February 18, 2008 --
"Once you've watched your son wrestle, everything else is easy." -- Anonymous
END OF SEASON PIZZA PARTY --
All kids who came out for the wrestling team and their families will be invited to the season-end awards and pizza party -- we are working on the details for a time and place, but will let you know the details in a separate email.
OKWA STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS --
Congratulations to the following six DC Youth Wrestling Team members who ended the season by placing at OKWA State this weekend (complete results follow) -- we had multiple other wrestlers finish just a match or two away from placing:
Carson Savage -- Div I 66# -- 3rd
Ryan Barclay -- Div II 75# -- 2nd
Amani Richardson -- Div IV 88# -- 3rd
Hop Hoang -- Div IV 160# -- 3rd
Nolan Boyd -- Div V 134# -- 4th
Clint Edgeman -- Div V 165# -- 6th
Also -- the DC High School team placed 3rd at Regionals this weekend, sending five wrestlers to the state tournament at the Fairgrounds next weekend. Earlier this season the HS team qualified for Dual State which was last weekend.
Our Youth Team's complete OKWA Tournament Results follow -- state brackets consist of the top 6 wrestlers from each of the 4 regionals -- a total of 24 wrestlers per bracket. Each Regional Champion and Runner-up receive an automatic first-round bye at state.
Micah Lugafet -- Div I 46# -- a second-year novice, Micah came into the tournament as the #1 seed form the Central Regional. After his first-round bye, Micah won his second-round match, placing him in the quarterfinals. Micah lost his next two matches to tie for 9th and end a great season, especially considering he is a second-year novice. Micah will be at the top of his age division next year when he enters a full season on the Open circuit -- we can expect big things from Micah next season.
Savion Richardson -- Div I 46# -- Savion came in as the #5 seed from our regional, and won 3 matches all by fall before losing an overtime match 6-4 to end the season a match out of the medal round in a tie for 7th place. Savion and his family will be moving out of state following the school year, and we will miss him greatly. Those Iowa farm boys better watch out, 'cause little Savie is going to bring it!
Carson Savage -- Div I -- 66# -- 3rd PLACE -- second-year novice Carson was the Central Regional's #2 seed, and made a run to the finals by winning three matches by scores of 6-1, 7-3, and 8-2. He lost 6-2 in the finals -- Carson was down 4-2 with just seconds to go late in the match and tried a desperation takedown move that was countered by his opponent at the buzzer for the final 2 points. Carson then lost the challenge match to finish in 3rd place.
Tanner Cole -- Div II 55# -- second-year novice Tanner came in as the #2 Regional qualifier, earning a 1st round bye. Ahead in his second round match 11-5 entering the third period, Tanner was caught in a cradle twice in the 3rd period to lose 12-11. He bounced back to win his next two matches by fall and 4-0, before losing 4-1 to end the season, just two wins from a medal, tied for 9th place.
Logan Johnson -- Div II 55# -- second-year novice Logan was the regional #4 seed, and won his 1st round match 2-1 before putting up a strong fight to the eventual tournament champion in the second round. Logan came back to win a match by fall on the consolation side before finishing with a 5-0 loss to tie for 13th.
Colton Denney -- Div II 58# -- Entering the state tournament as the Central Regional #2 seed, second-year novice Colton finished just one win short of the medal round at State. After suffering a second-round loss where he was ahead 2-0 and controlling the match but was caught in a cradle and pinned, Colton came back with three consecutive wins by scores of 4-0, 2-0, and 6-4 in OT. Colton lost his last match of the tournament in double OT, 6-4 to end a great late season run, tying for 7th place. Colton will enter the Open circuit at the top of his age division next season.
Tyler Cullison -- Div II 58# -- as the Central #3 seed and also a second-year novice, Tyler won his opening round match. Following a loss in the second round, Tyler came back with two consecutive wins, before being put out of the tournament by a 5-4 loss, just 2 wins shy of a medal and tied for 9th place.
Ian Brown -- Div II 61# -- the Central Regional 3rd seed, Ian won his opening match before losing in the 2nd round. Following a consolation round forfeit, Ian finished his run with a loss on the tournament's second day, tied for 13th.
Ryan Barclay -- Div II 75# -- 2nd PLACE -- as the Central Regional's #1 seed, Ryan received a first round bye. He won in the second round by a pin, then avenged an early season loss with a 5-2 victory in the quarterfinals over a tough #3 seed. In the semifinals, Ryan came through with a late 3rd period takedown to grind-out a 6-2 win against the NE Regional Champion who had lost just twice during the season, setting up a finals match against a Cowboy Wrestling Club wrestler with whom he had split two matches during the season. After falling behind 4-1 during the first period, Ryan rallied to close to within 5-4 on an escape with 30 seconds left in the match. Time ran out with Ryan in on a double-leg attempt, to end a strong season-ending run, and a runner-up finish at State.
JJ Valentine -- Div II HWT -- a first-year novice wrestler, JJ also had an incredibly impressive run in the State tournament. Entering as the Central regional #3 seed, he won his first round match with a pin. In the second match against a #2 seed, JJ was down 10-0 entering the 3rd period, twice fighting off his back. To start the 3rd period, JJ decided he had had enough and went on the offensive, persistently attacking, keeping his opponent on his heels, eventually taking him down and to his back, earning a pin -- a BIG-TIME comeback, as JJ never quit fighting. JJ then lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual State Champion, once fighting off his back despite giving up 70-80 pounds. He then won again by pin in the consolation side, before losing his next match, finishing just one match shy of the medal round, in a tie for 7th place. A great state tournament run for anyone, even more so for a 1st-year novice wrestler.
Brennan Smith -- Div III 64# -- Our "Iron-man" on the team by wrestling 64 open matches this season in tournaments every weekend but one -- yet making up for that lone Saturday off by once wrestling two tournaments on a Friday and Saturday in the same weekend -- Brennan wrestled two tough matches at state, losing 6-4 in his second match. The only 5th grader in our room, Brennan provided outstanding leadership to the younger wrestlers throughout the season with his energy, enthusiasm, and great attitude and work ethic. We can expect great things from Brennan in the coming years as he moves into middle school.
Amani Richardson -- Div IV 88# -- 3rd PLACE -- as the Central Regional Champion, Amani earned a first round bye -- he then won two matches to reach the semifinals to wrestle another #1 seed -- Amani lost that match 4-2, but came back to win in the consolation semifinals then in the consolation finals 9-5 to claim 3rd place at State. Unfortunately for Deer Creek Wrestling, Amani will also be moving to Iowa with Savion and their family following the school year. Other than Ryan, I have been around Amani probably more than any wrestler on the team during the last three years, as last year it was just Amani and Ryan competing at most of the open tournaments. The thing I will remember most about Amani is how when you see him immediately after a match, if you didn't already know the score you can never tell whether he won or lost -- he always comes off the mat the same way, never getting too high or too low. I will miss Amani's quiet, unflappable confidence and his politeness. The most consistent sixth grader in terms of attending the youth practices and tournaments, Amani is another leader on the team, in such a quiet, confident manner. Oh yeah -- hey Amani -- don't forget to pack your wrestling shoes for the move to Iowa! (LOL) And to parents Steve and Steph -- thank you for your constant support, encouragement, and friendship and thank you for the gift of allowing us to coach your two great sons these last few years; I will miss you both as well.
Jake Meyer -- Div IV 88# -- Jake entered the tournament as the #3 seed from our regional, and won his first two matches before losing to a #1 seed in the quarterfinals. Jake came back to win 6-2 in the consolation side, before ending the season with a loss to finish tied for 7th, one win away from a medal.
Hop Hoang -- Div IV 160# -- 3rd PLACE -- Hop is a first year wrestler on the middle school team who has been working out with us the last two weeks in preparation of regionals and State. Hop finished 3rd at regionals last week, losing to the regional champion in 3OT. This week, Hop stormed to the State semifinals with three pins against other regionals' #6, #2, and #1 seeds to earn a shot at avenging the regional loss. Again, Hop pushed the opponent to the limit but couldn't overcome the opponent's defensive stalling tactics and again lost in 2OT. Hop came back to win his two consolation matches to claim 3rd place.
Nolan Boyd -- Div V 134# -- 4th PLACE -- Nolan followed up his 3rd place finish at JH state with a 4th place finish at OKWA State.
Clint Edgeman -- Div V 165# -- 6th PLACE -- Clint reached the semifinals before eventually finishing in 6th place.
I was not able to keep up with most of the older kids' specific matches -- but the following wrestlers also won several matches --
Andrew Prescott -- Div 4 70#, Chad Dunlop -- Div 4 76#, Tim Hicks -- Div 5 94#, and Chad Draper -- Div 5 102# -- each won at least one match at State.
Raymond Prescott -- Div 5 110# -- won two matches.
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23 going to OKWA State -- Regional Results for DC Youth Wrestlers
February 11, 2008 --
Team Accomplishments --
The boys have now won 208 total medals for the season (they won 40 medals two seasons ago, and 85 last year).
Of the 26 DC boys we took to regionals (Divisions 1 through 5), 15 had two years experience or less and have wrestled solely primarily novice tournaments the last two seasons up until this weekend. Of the 26 we took to regionals, 23 placed and are going to the State tournament. And we put 9 in the finals, with 5 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.
The Division 2 boys (7 and 8 year olds) won the 2nd-place team trophy with just 8 wrestlers entered, finishing after only the Edmond Generals who took 13 wrestlers. Westmoore was 3rd place. And we did this with 5 second-year novice wrestlers and one first year novice wrestler to go with our 2 open wrestlers. Six of our boys in Division 2 who were unseeded placed in their bracket, with the two seeded wrestlers finishing higher than their seed.
Also, our Division 1 boys (4, 5, 6 year-olds) finished tied for 5th, just 5 points out of a team trophy -- and we only entered three wrestlers in Division 1. Our Division 4 boys finished tied for 5th as a team, and Division 5 finished 4th.
In total points across all Divisions 1 through 5, we finished 6th, and we qualified the 5th most wrestlers to the state tournament of the more than 24 or so Central Regional teams.
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Total |
| Team |
Pts |
Edmond Generals |
446 |
| Mustang |
237 |
| Ironman |
204 |
| Tuttle |
195 |
| West Moore Hurricanes |
162 |
| Deer Creek |
158 |
| Moore Lions |
133 |
| Noble |
110 |
| Putnam City |
93 |
| El Reno |
82 |
| Division Bell |
10 |
| Carl Albert |
53 |
| Del City |
48 |
| OKC Knights |
44 |
| Norman North |
39 |
| Lil Bombers |
38 |
| Jets |
32 |
| Oklahoma Stars |
26 |
| Newcastle |
24 |
| Jr. Patriots |
15 |
| Team Ware |
12 |
| Harrah |
4 |
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State |
| Team |
Qualifiers |
| Edmond Generals |
58 |
| Ironman |
32 |
| Mustang |
30 |
| Tuttle |
29 |
| Deer Creek |
23 |
| Putnam City |
23 |
| West Moore Hurricanes |
23 |
| Noble |
22 |
| Moore Lions |
20 |
| Del City |
11 |
| El Reno |
11 |
| Division Bell |
10 |
| Carl Albert |
9 |
| OKC Knights |
8 |
| Norman North |
7 |
| Lil Bombers |
6 |
| Jets |
5 |
| Newcastle |
4 |
| Oklahoma Stars |
4 |
| Jr. Patriots |
3 |
| Harrah |
2 |
| Team Ware |
1 |
Individual highlights --
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1-46# -- a second-year novice, Micah was wrestling in his first open tournament EVER, was a 4th-seed and won the Regional Championship dominating every wrestler from his feet. Multiple times during his tournament run, Micah "took him down and let him up." Ryan Barclay -- Div 2-75# -- coming in as the third-seed, Ryan avenged two previous losses to his finals opponent with a third period tilt for a 4-2 win. Amani Richardson -- Div 3-88# -- as the #1-seed, Amani became a 2x Regional Champion with a pair of 9-point victories. Nolan Boyd -- Div 5-134# -- followed his 3rd place at JH State and #1 regional seed with an OKWA Regional Championship. Clint Edgeman -- Div 5-165# -- also finished first.
Complete Results --
DIVISION 1 --
Micah Lugafet -- 46# -- 4th-seed, 2nd-yr novice wrestler -- REGIONAL CHAMPION -- dominated with his double-leg takedown in four matches.
Savion Richardson -- 46# -- 2nd-seed, 3rd yr open wrestler -- placed 5th -- Savion managed to place 5th despite being ill earlier in the week.
Carson Savage -- 66# -- 2nd seed, 2nd-yr novice wrestler -- placed 2nd
DIVISION 2 --
Bradley Worsham -- 49# -- Unseeded, 2nd-yr novice -- wrestled tough in his first ever open tournament
Tanner Cole -- 55# -- 3rd seed, 2nd-yr novice -- 2nd place -- won by fall in the semifinals against the #2 seed to make the finals.
Logan Johnson -- 55 -- Unseeded, 2nd yr novice -- placed 4th -- with a 4-0 win in consolation semis
Colton Denney -- 58# -- Unseeded, 2nd yr novice -- placed 2nd -- Colton won by fall in 1st round, 2-0 in OT in semis to make the finals.
Tyler Cullison -- 58# -- Unseeded, 2nd yr novice -- placed 3rd -- overcame a late 4-2 deficit in the 3rd period of the consolation finals with 2 back points, then won in OT
Ian Brown -- 61# -- Unseeded, 3rd yr open -- 3rd place -- overcame a loss to the eventual tournament champion in semifinals with two 10-second pins in consolations to place 3rd. Ian has made great strides in the last month improving every time his shoes hit the mat.
Ryan Barclay -- 75# -- 3rd seed, 4th yr open -- REGIONAL CHAMPION -- upset #2 seed 8-2 in semis and avenged two earlier season losses to the #1 seed 4-2 in the final.
JJ Valentine -- HWT -- Unseeded, 1st year novice -- 3rd place -- JJ wrestled two strong matches to claim 3rd.
DIVISION 3 --
Brennan Smith -- 64# -- Unseeded, 3rd yr open -- 5th place -- won three matches to claim 5th place
Brock Ruminer -- 85# -- Unseeded, 2nd yr novice -- 5th place -- also won 3 matches to claim 5th
Jak McCall -- 85# -- Unseeded, 4th yr open -- Jak wrestled tough, with his 2nd loss coming to teammate Brock Ruminer
DIVISION 4 --
Andrew Prescott -- 70# -- Unseeded 2nd-yr novice -- 3rd place
Chad Dunlop -- 76# -- Unseeded 2nd-yr novice -- 3rd place
Amani Richardson -- 88# -- 1st-seed, 4th yr open -- REGIONAL CHAMPION -- is now a 2x Regional Champion
Jake Meyer -- 88# -- 3rd-seed -- 3rd place
Jonathan Birdsell -- 92# -- Unseeded 2nd yr novice -- wrestled two tough matches
Dylan Brown -- 100# -- Unseeded -- 5th place
Hop Hoang -- 160# -- Unseeded, 1st year novice -- 3rd place -- lost a 4OT semifinal match to eventual champion
DIVISION 5 --
Tim Hicks -- 94# -- Unseeded -- 4th place
Chad Draper -- 102# -- 3rd seed -- 4th place
Raymond Prescott -- 110# -- Unseeded -- 2nd place
Nolan Boyd -- 134# -- 1st Seed -- REGIONAL CHAMPION in a 17-man bracket.
Clint Edgeman -- 165# -- 1st seed -- REGIONAL CHAMPION
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Weekend DC Youth Wrestling results
February 4, 2008 --
Another great weekend -- 13 total medals from 16 tournament entries, with Tanner Cole winning the Open tournament, and Micah Lugafet becoming an OKWA Novice State Champion!!!
Crescent Open -- sent 5 of 10 to the finals, winning 8 medals
Tanner Cole -- 2-55# -- CHAMPION -- Tanner won 2-0 in OT in the semifinals, then 12-0 in the finals.
Logan Johnson -- 2-55# -- 4th -- lost in the semis 0-2 in OT (to a different wrestler than Tanner wrestled), then lost 0-1 in the Cons Finals. So close to winning both matches. First Open medal ever.
Tyler Cullison -- 2-58# -- 3rd -- consolation finals match went to 3rd OT period -- Tyler was behind 3-5 at the start of the 3rd OT period, the other wrestler chose top, and with 10 seconds left, Tyler got a reversal and put his opponent on his back to win 7-5.
Colton Denney -- 2-58# -- 2nd -- wrestled well, winning by fall in semis
Josh Damerval -- 2-61# -- wrestled tough in his first open tournament
Ryan Barclay -- 2-75# -- 2nd -- won by tech-fall and pin in semis, before losing in finals
Ryan Barclay -- 3-76# -- 2nd -- double-entered -- won by major and fall before losing in finals
Brennan Smith -- 3-64# -- 4th
Brock Ruminer -- 3-85# -- 2nd -- won 2 matches with 10-second pins
Tanner, Logan's and Tyler's OT matches all happened back-to-back-to-back -- unbelievably exciting!
OKWA State Novice Tournament in Catoosa -- 5 medalists and ONE CHAMPION!
Micah Lugafet -- 1-46# -- CHAMPION -- Micah won 5 matches in a 42-man bracket to become a STATE CHAMPION!!!!! INCREDIBLE JOB MICAH!
Westlee Powers -- 2-55# -- 3rd -- in a bracket of 22, Westlee lost his first match, then fought through the wrestle-backs to avenge that loss in the consolation finals by beating the same kid 14-3!
Kole Kelly -- lost first match, won a match in wrestle-backs, then had to wrestle our Jake Valentine in the consolation side
Jake Valentine -- 1-HWT -- 3rd -- lost first match, came back through to get 3rd in a 16-man bracket
Bradley Worsham -- 2-49# -- 6th
JJ Valentine -- 2-HWT -- 3rd -- JJ's first match was against an unbeaten wrestler -- JJ was up 12-3, and had the kid on his back in a headlock, but was called for an illegal hold on a bad call -- then got caught and pinned by the kid in the 3rd period. JJ then came back to win 4 others by pin to get 3rd.
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Cushing Results; Catoosa Novice State
January 27, 2008 --
YMCA NOVICE STATE -- CUSHING RESULTS
We took 14 to the YMCA State Tournament in Cushing -- for 6 of them it was their first open tournament. Seven of our wrestlers reached the finals, with 3 CHAMPIONS and 10 total medals. Results are:
Savion Richardson -- 1-46# -- 3rd -- wrestled well with 2 pins and a tech fall
Carson Savage -- 1-66# -- 2nd -- 2 pins and won by tech fall in cons finals, then won challenge match for 2nd
Tanner Cole -- 2-55# -- 2nd -- pinned his way thru three preliminary matches before losing in finals; in semis Tanner pinned a wrestler who placed 3rd at USJOC -- the kid didn't know what hit him
Logan Johnson -- 2-55# -- won 2 matches; both losses were to the same kid by a total of 3 points
Tyler Cullison -- 2-58# -- CHAMPION -- Tyler absolutely dominated with three pins in three matches in his first open tournament to win 1st place
Ian Brown -- 2-61# -- 3rd -- wrestled 4 strong matches; the best he has wrestled to date
Ryan Barclay -- 2-75# -- 3rd -- lost in finals 6-4 then lost challenge match
Patrick Cochlin -- 3-58# -- wrestled hard in two tough matches
Brennan Smith -- 3-64# -- won a match; second loss of the day was 2-0 in OT
Jak McCall -- 3-90# -- gave a strong effort and won a match
Amani Richardson -- 4-88# -- CHAMPION -- gave up 1 point all day in winning his bracket
Jonathan Birdsell -- 4-92# -- 3rd -- lost in finals, then lost in challenge match
Dylan Brown -- 4-100# -- 4th
Nolan Boyd -- 5-134# -- CHAMPION
CATOOSA NOVICE STATE -- NEXT WEEKEND -- DEADLINE TO LET ME KNOW 5:00 SUNDAY
As of now, I have the following as going to Catoosa -- Josh Harris, Kaleb Harris, Kole Kelly, Micah Lugafet, Westlee Powers, Jake Valentine, JJ Valentine, Bradley Worsham.
DEADLINE FOR CATOOSA IS TONIGHT (SUNDAY) AT 5:00. Cost is $15. This will be a split-session tournament with Div 1&2 in the morning, and 3,4,& 5 in the afternoon.
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Choctaw Novice State Team Champions!!!; Pictures; Remaining Tournaments
January 21, 2008 --
WE ARE NOVICE DIVISION 1 AND DIVISION 2 CHOCTAW NOVICE STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!
The Novice wrestlers won the team trophies at Choctaw this past weekend for BOTH Division 1 and Division 2. (Hurricane won Div 3, Blackwell Div 4 and Ironman Div 5). This is a big time accomplishment, as the Choctaw tournament is still recognized as one of the two state novice tournaments. I am still trying to contact Choctaw to see where to pick up the team trophies. Great job!!!
PICTURES BEFORE PRACTICE TUESDAY AT 6:00
Pictures tomorrow at practice -- please be there -- we will take individual pictures first, followed by the team picture. We would like to get this over as quickly as possible so we can continue with practice. Wrestlers need to wear their DC singlet, if you have one, or the "Fear the Deer" shirt if they do not have a singlet. Coaches (and this team defines its coaches as those who have been on the mat in a wrestler's corner at least once this year) need to wear your Fear the Deer shirt. Please keep all kid's shorts, etc. black or royal blue for the picture.
BRING YOUR MEDALS AND AWARDS WON THIS SEASON -- we may try to find a way to get them in the team picture.
PLANS FOR THE LAST 4 WEEKS OF THE SEASON
There hasn't been too much interest in going to all the way Catoosa February 2. If you want to go to Catoosa, we can still get you registered, but neither Chad, Nathan nor I will likely be going.
Instead, the plan is for the 2nd-year novice wrestlers who want to aim for OKWA Open Regionals this year to finish up the season going to the last few open tournaments.
This weekend is YMCA Open State in Cushing -- it is a state tournament, but not the big OKWA state tournament at the end of the year. We will register for Cushing tomorrow at practice -- $15.
Next weekend (2/2) is either Crescent or Little Axe (not sure which we will go to, probably Crescent), followed by Open Regionals at Westmoore on 2/9, and Open State for Regional placers at the Fairgrounds on 2/15-2/16.
I may be able to get the Open kids seeded at Open Regionals, depending on their bracket, as well as some of the Division 1, 2nd-year novice kids -- I will need a list of the kids your son has wrestled, your son's W/L records, and tournament results. Contact me if you have any questions about this process.
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Weekend Results -- Choctaw Novice
January 19, 2008 --
At Choctaw today the Novice boys turned in another impressive performance, sending 12 of 21 wrestlers to the finals and collecting 16 medals!!! Eight boys finished 1st. The Open boys took the weekend off.
Season Medal Count now stands at 161.
Highlights -- Tanner Brown won his first Championship, with a pin in the finals -- down 7-0 in the 3rd period, Tanner came back with the fall. Colton Denney and Tyler Cullison both reached the finals in Division 2-58# with Colton winning the Championship. Carson Savage, Westlee Powers, Tanner Cole, Brock Ruminer, and Chad Dunlop all won 1st place. JJ Valentine tied for 1st in a 3-man Round-robin.
Results:
Micah Lugafet -- 1-46# -- 4th
Westlee Powers -- 1-52# -- 1st
Carson Savage -- 1-66# -- 1st
Kole Kelly -- 1-HWT -- 3rd
Jake Valentine -- 1-HWT -- 2nd
Bradley Worsham -- 2-49# -- 2nd
Tanner Cole -- 2-55# -- 1st
Logan Johnson -- 2-55# -- 3rd
Tyler Cullison -- 2-58 -- 2nd
Colton Denney -- 2-58 -- 1st
Carson Savage -- 2-67 -- 4th
Tanner Brown -- 2-75# -- 1st
JJ Valentine -- 2-HWT -- T-1st
Brock Ruminer -- 3-85# -- 1st
Chad Dunlop -- 4-76# -- 1st
Connor Farnham -- 4-105# -- 2nd
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Week's Tourn Registration Deadline;Dual Match w/Guthrie; Photos; Tourney Results
January 14, 2008 --
GEARY (OPEN) AND CHOCTAW (NOVICE) REGISTRATION DEADLINE --
Please let me know either Monday at practice or Tuesday at the Dual if you want to register for either tournament. We will not practice Tuesday. Geary is $12, Choctaw is $15. Our scales will be open to check weight on Tuesday if need be.
DUAL MATCH WITH GUTHRIE --
Those who are wrestling (list is below), please be at our HS gym no later than 4:40pm to warm-up. Go to the wrestling room. WE MUST BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 5:00 to have time to wrestle all 12 matches, as we need to be thru by 6:00.
We will not practice Tuesday.
All other youth wrestlers -- we will introduce you immediately following the last youth match (and before the JH dual begins). Please wear your wrestling sweats or t-shirt, and if you have won medals, you may bring them to wear when we march you out.
Then, for those who wish to stay, the youth wrestlers will be in included in the homecoming ceremonies that will be between the JH and HS dual matches. We will walk out onto the gym floor and sit on the floor while the ceremony is carried out.
Those wrestling the youth dual match are (DC wrestler first followed by his Guthrie opponent):
Savion Richardson vs Zane Wanzer
Bradley Worsham vs Caleb Nelson
Tanner Cole vs Kyle Lanoy
Colton Denney vs Troy Branson
Tyler Cullison vs Shorty Stewart
Ian Brown vs Austin Altman
Tanner Brown vs Drew Pappadapoulis
Ryan Barclay vs Branden Hendren
Brennan Smith vs Cy Trindle
Andrew Prescott vs Alex Nelson
Amani Richardson vs Braden Crawford
Dylan Brown vs Cory Douglass
PHOTOS --
We will have team and individual photos on Tuesday, January 22 at 6:00 prior to practice.
WEEKEND RESULTS --
Well, I think everyone is finally through wrestling at Guthrie -- what a day. Hopefully they will just limit that tournament to Novice wrestlers next year.
We took 27 boys and brought back 18 medals and trophies. Season medal count = 145. Results are:
OPEN --
Savion Richardson -- 1-46 -- 2-2 for the day, losing in consolation semis 14-12
Ian Brown -- 2-61/64 -- breakthrough day for Ian -- won his first Open Match ever, placed in an Open Tourn for the first time, and claimed a tourney championship all in the same day -- 1st 61# bracket, 2nd in 64# bracket
Ryan Barclay -- 2-75/83 -- 1st in both 75# and 83#
Brennan Smith -- 3-64/67 -- 1st in 64# bracket, 2nd place in combined 64/67# 4-man Round Robin bracket
Amani Richardson -- 4-84 -- 1st in a 5-man round robin bracket
NOVICE --
Micah Lugafet -- 1-46 -- 3rd place
Gavin Manning -- 1-49 -- won several matches in a big bracket
Anthony Rodesney -- 2-52 -- won a match in big bracket
Westlee Powers -- 2-55 -- 4th place
Carson Savage -- 1-66 -- 2nd place
Kole Kelly -- 1-HWT -- 4th place
Jake Valentine -- 1-HWT -- 3rd place
Tanner Cole -- 2-55 -- 3rd
Logan Johnson -- 2-55 -- 4th
Colton Denney -- 2-58 -- 3rd
Tyler Cullison -- 2-58 -- 2nd
John D Kannard -- 2-61 -- 3rd -- won his first medal ever -- lost in first match of the day 4-0, then pinned the same wrestler in the consolation finals to claim 3rd
JJ Valentine -- 2-HWT -- 3rd
Brock Ruminer -- 3-85 -- 1st
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Guthrie Open and Novice Tournaments; Dual with Guthrie; USJOC/USJNC Results
January 7, 2008 --
Guthrie Open/Novice Tournament Saturday, January 12 -- register Tuesday at practice
Weigh-in will end 7:30, wrestling begins 9:00. $12 entry fee. Flyer and map on our website -- www.deercreekwrestling.com
Dual with Guthrie -- Tuesday, January 15, 5:00
The dual with the Guthrie youth team is set for 5:00 Tuesday January 15 before the JH match -- the HS homecoming ceremonies will be that night as well.
Unfortunately, not everyone who replies as interested is going to be able to wrestle that night -- it all depends on the best match-ups we can get with the Guthrie team as far as kids with similar age/weight/experience levels. Both Guthrie and we are interested in providing the most even matches that we can arrange.
However, we WILL be announcing ALL our youth wrestlers after the youth matches -- we will wear our medals from this season and be introduced to walk out on the mat in front of the crowd. We will wear our Deer Creek sweats or team t-shirts, etc. Please keep it all blue and black.
Right now I only have the following listed as those interested in competing -- Ryan Barclay, Tanner Brown, Patrick Cochlin, Tanner Cole, Tyler Cullison, Logan Johnson, Micah Lugafet, Marshall Massad, Brock Ruminer, and Carson Savage.
If your son is not on this list and you want him to be, let me know ASAP -- we are trying to get the matches set up -- thanks!
USJOC/USJNC Results
We had a great time this weekend at the "Big House" -- the Fairgrounds Arena --
Two years ago, we took 10 kids to this tournament -- all in the novice bracket -- and had 6 medallists with only one finalist. Last year, we took 33 (30 novice and 3 open) and had 11 medallist with only one finalist and one Champion.
This year we took 29 wrestlers (21 novice, 8 open) who brought back 19 medals with 9 finalists and 6 CHAMPIONS. Definitely the toughest tournament of the season thus far -- and we have now taken the season's medal count to 127! Great job all of you!
This year's highlights -- Westlee Powers (1-52#) avenged 3 earlier losses to his finalist opponent and won a tournament for the second time; Carson Savage (1-66#) continued to bull-doze his way through the competition in winning 1st again; Deer Creek wrestlers swept 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 2-55# with the Three-Musketeers of Tyler Cullison, Logan Johnson, and Tanner Cole; Andrew Prescott and Jake Meyer both won CHAMPIONSHIPS in Division 4; and Brandon Wackerly turned in what was possibly the most dominating performance as the 1st-year, Division 4 heavyweight stomped mud-holes in his opponents with three first-period pins in less than two-minutes total to become a CHAMPION.
Complete results --
OPEN --
Clint Edgeman 5-165# -- 6th place (3-3)
Savion Richardson 1-46#, Ryan Barclay 2-75#, Brennan Smith 3-64#, Jak McCall 3-90#, Amani Richardson 4-84#, Zach Dunlop 5-102#, Raymond Prescott 5-110# all wrestled tough and won some matches.
NOVICE --
Micah Lugafet 1-49# -- 2nd -- finalist in a huge bracket with a 5-1 record
Westlee Powers 1-52# -- CHAMPION -- 6-0 in another huge bracket -- beat a wrestler in the finals that he had lost to 3 times this season
Carson Savage 1-66# -- CHAMPION -- continues season-long domination with a 3-0 tournament record
Kole Kelly 1-HWT -- 4th -- 2-2 record -- wrestled really well, and is improving every week
Jake Valentine 1-HWT -- didn't place, but he was ahead 9-2 in first match but got caught and pinned, then second loss was to teammate Kole Kelly
Bradley Worsham 2-49# -- 6th place -- in another big bracket
Tanner Cole 2-55# -- 3rd -- only loss in the tournament was in the semi-finals to our own Tyler Cullison
Logan Johnson 2-55# -- 2nd -- only loss in the tournament was in the finals to Cullison -- 0-2 in overtime
Colton Denney 2-58# -- 5th -- reached semi-finals then lost two close matches on controversial calls, but overcame them to win his 5th/6th place match
Tyler Cullison 2-55# -- CHAMPION -- the only wrestlers who seriously challenged him all weekend were Johnson and Cole
Marshall Massad 2-61# -- wrestled well in two tough matches
Tanner Brown 2-75# -- won a match and lost a match
JJ Valentine 2-HWT -- 6th place
Patrick Cochlin 3-58# -- 2nd
Brock Ruminer 3-85# -- 3rd
Andrew Prescott 4-70 -- CHAMPION
Chad Dunlop 4-76 -- 3rd
Andrew Phillips 4-80 -- 4th
Jake Meyer 4-88 -- CHAMPION -- dominated in the finals with a pin, then had to dodge headgear as his hand was raised
Jonathan Birdsell 4-92 -- 4th
Brandon Wackerly 4-HWT -- CHAMPION -- Brandon is a 1st-year wrestler who absolutely dominated by winning with three first-period pins
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USJOC/USJNC Weigh-in; Harrah results; Possible "Dual" with Guthrie Youth team
January 2, 2008 --
USJOC/USJNC Info --
Weigh-in will be from 6:00 to 10:00 in the lobby of the Fairgrounds Arena Thursday night. (I-44 and 10th street)
We will have a short practice for all who want to come and for those who need to break a sweat to get to weight Thursday night from approximately 5:45 to around 7:00. (The high school has a dual beginning at 5:00, so if you need to come even earlier to get a sweat going on your own, the room should be open. I will not be there before 5:45 -- just stay out of the way of the JH/HS Teams.) We will break practice around 7:00 and head to the Fairgrounds for weigh-in.
If you are certain your son will make weight, you can go weigh-in at the Fairgrounds any time you want between 6:00 and 10:00.
Two things to remember --
First -- YOUR SON MUST WEAR A SINGLET TO WEIGH-IN -- just like any other tournament. Nails trimmed, etc. If he doesn't have a singlet on, they won't let him weigh.
Second -- the OPEN KIDS MUST HAVE THEIR USA WRESTLING CARD. The USA cards will be on sale at the Fairgrounds Arena if you do not have one already. No card, no weigh-in for the OPEN kids.
Usually they will have brackets will be on sale at the Fairgrounds Thursday night so you can get one early.
The "Opening Ceremonies" where the kids get to run out of the tunnel will be at 12:00 on Friday and wrestling will begin at 1:00 -- so you will need to call the school and let them know your son will miss school Friday.
Look for the "Deer Creek Wrestling" sign as we will try to sit together. Wrestling will be on approximately 20-24 mats on the arena floor. Novice mats will be down one side of the arena, Open mats will be down the other.
Sometime Friday evening (around 5:00 or 6:00) they will make an announcement to let everyone know which match they will wrestle through Friday night -- for example, they might announce, "We will wrestle through match 90 on all mats." Thus, if your son is match 91 or higher, he can go home -- anything 90 or less, you will need to stay until your son's match is wrestled.
Saturday wrestling begins at 9:00 and will wrestle all the way through the semi-finals matches. The finals will begin at 6:00.
Harrah Results --
Another good weekend -- 12 medals from 18 wrestlers entered with 5 champions.
OPEN --
Savion Richardson -- 1 46# -- Champion
Brennan Smith -- 3 64# -- 3rd
Jak McCall -- 3 90#
Amani Richardson -- 4 84# -- 3rd
Ray Prescott -- 5 110# -- 2nd
NOVICE --
Carson Savage -- 1 66# -- Champion
Jake Valentine -- 1 HWT -- 4th
Tanner Cole -- 2 55# -- Champion
Logan Johnson -- 2 55# -- 2nd to Tanner
Tyler Cullison -- 2 58# -- Champion
JJ Valentine -- 2 HWT -- 4th
Jake Meyer -- 4 88# -- Champion
Andrew Prescott -- 4 70# -- 2nd
Anthony Rodesney -- 1 49# -- won 2 matches
John D Kannard -- 2 61# -- won 2 matches
Westlee Powers -- 1 52# -- won 2 matches
Gavin Manning -- 1 52# -- won 2 matches
TJ Schallner -- 4 96#
Possible Dual with Guthrie --
We are working on setting up a possible dual match with Guthrie's youth team the night of the JH/HS Dual at our gym with Guthrie on January 15. Still working on the details and seeking approval from the AD, but we are looking at having 7-12 matches or so of kids of similar age, weight, experience. We will also try to announce ALL of the Youth wrestlers between the JH and HS duals, where ALL of our kids can wear their medals and step out on the mat to be recognized by the crowd. We will also try to do the same thing at Guthrie next year.
Both we and Guthrie are most interested in having an event where the kids can have some fun and use it as a tool to stir some interest in wrestling amongst the elementary kids.
If you are interested in having your son wrestle that night, please let me know. We can not guarantee a match for him as it depends on who we can match him up with from the Guthrie team.
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Weekend Results
December 23, 2007 --
Practice Thursday at 6:00, then next Sunday at 3:00 -- have a Merry Christmas!
10 medals this weekend -- brings the pre-Christmas team count to 95 -- GREAT job!
Open in Broken Arrow --
Brennan Smith -- went 2-2 and finished 4th
Novice at Carl Albert -- Coach Nathan said this was a big, very tough tournament
Micah Lugafet - wrestled hard and made it the consolation semi's -- one match away from medal
Anthony Rodesney - won 1 match. Anthony -- you are getting better, need to not reach back.
Westlee Powers - went 4-2 had 3 very quick pins 1 in 15 seconds -- made consol semis, one match away from medal
Carson Savage - 2nd place in Div 1 66#
Kole Kelley - 2nd place
Bradley Worsham - sick
Logan Johnson - 4th place, lost to an open wrestler from Carl Albert in OT 2-0 in the quarterfinals. Then lost to the same kid 2-0 in the conso finals.
Tanner Cole - 2nd place, lost to an open wrestler from Tuttle in double overtime in the finals
Colton Denney - 3rd place, was ahead in the semi finals 2-0 and with less than 10 seconds left gave up a reversal and back points and lost 4-2.
Tyler Cullison - Champion - beat a the kid from Tuttle in the finals for the 3rd time this year.
John D Kannard - wrestled his best tournament, had a pin and made it to the consolation semis -- one match away form a medal.
Marshall Massad - 0-2 tough tournament, tough draw, wrestled a very tough kid Ironman in the first round and John D in his second match.
Tanner Brown - He is soooooooo close, finished 3rd, lost to the kid from Del City that has won 4 tournaments this year 5-3 in the semi finals.
Andrew Prescott - 3rd place
Jonathan Birdsell - 4th place
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Season medal count eclipses last years' -- Tournament Registrations -- Results
December 17, 2007 --
As a team, our boys have already won more medals this season (85) than the team did ALL of last season (84)!!! And EVERY team member has had a part in this accomplishment by pushing each other hard in practice. GREAT JOB!!!
THIS WEEK'S TOURNAMENT REGISTRATIONS --
USJOC/USJNC -- this is a 2-day tournament on January 4-5 (Friday and Saturday) at the Fairgrounds Arena -- it's a lot of fun for the kids, and it's a tough tournament that draws kids form surrounding states. We have to register for the USJOC/USJNC tournament on Tuesday this week -- no exception as I must overnight the entries on Wednesday. Entry fees are -- novice $20, open $25. Open wrestlers must have a USA Wrestling card -- see me to get one. Weigh-in is Thursday night before the tournament from 6:00 to 10:00 at the Fairgrounds. REGISTER THIS WEEK.
Carl Albert Novice -- December 22 -- $15 -- weigh-in 6-7:30 -- wrestling begins 9:00 -- TROPHIES will be given as awards for 1st thru 4th place. REGISTER THIS WEEK.
Versus Open (Broken Arrow) -- December 22 -- $15 -- split-session Div 1&3 in morning, Div 2&4 in afternoon. REGISTER THIS WEEK.
Harrah Open and Novice (Separate brackets) -- December 29 -- $12 -- weigh-in 6-7:30 -- wrestling begins 9:00. Last year this was only an Open Tournament and was not real big. With novice added, I can imagine it might be a better tournament this year. We will register for this tournament next week.
WEEKEND RESULTS -- Because of the ice and snow -- the tournaments this week were not as big as the those of the last few weeks, but the kids that showed up were tough. We had another good weekend as a team with 14 medals out of 16 wrestlers.
El Reno Open -- 4 wrestlers, 4 medals, 2 pairs of shoes (inside joke)
Savion Richardson -- Div 1 46# -- 4th place -- lost first match to eventual champion then pinned his way thru consolation bracket until consolation finals
Ryan Barclay -- Div 2 75# -- 3rd place -- lost to tournament champion 3-2 in first round, had him going to his back as time expired
Brennan Smith -- Div 3 64# -- 4th place -- also double entered in Div 4 64# and won a match in that bracket
Amani Richardson -- Div 4 84# -- 3rd place -- avenged a loss from last week in the consol finals with a pin
Del City Novice -- 12 wrestlers, 10 medals -- 6 Champions, 3 Runners-up, 1 third place
Robbie Chapa -- Div 1 55# -- won his first match ever
Carson Savage -- Div 1 66# -- Champion -- another dominating performance with a pin in the finals
Kole Kelley -- Div 1 HWT -- 2nd place -- Nathan said, "he wrestled the best match I have seen him wrestle in his first round match."
Bradley Worsham -- Div 2 49# -- Champion -- won a very tough match in the first round
Logan Johnson -- Div 2 55# -- 2nd place in a 16-kid bracket
Tyler Cullison -- Div 2 58# -- Champion -- Beat a really tough kid in the finals
Colton Denney -- Div 2 58# -- 3rd place -- in same bracket as Tyler (16 kids). Lost a close match to the kid that Tyler beat in the finals. Came back and beat another tough kid in the consol finals
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3 58# -- Champion -- wrestled a great match in the finals and beat the kid that beat him in the finals last week; he's wrestled the same kid in the finals the last 3 weeks, winning 2 of 3
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3 85# -- Champion -- 3 matches 3 pins -- had only 1 point scored on him all tournament and that was on a penalty point
Jake Meyer -- Div 4 88# -- Champion -- pin in finals following a 15-0 tech fall in semi's
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 4 92# -- 2nd place -- lost a close match in the finals 6-4
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Weekend Results
December 10, 2007
Next weekend Novice will be at Del City ($15), Open will be at El Reno ($13). Please register Tuesday at practice. Flyers and maps are on http://www.deercreekwrestling.com
If you haven't paid me for this past weekend, please do so.
IRONMAN OPEN (Choctaw) --
-- Ryan Barclay -- Div 2 75# -- Ryan won 3rd place, avenging a 0-10 loss from last weekend by beating the same Anadarko kid twice this week -- once with a third period pin and then 6-5 in the Cons Finals.
-- Amani Richardson -- Div 4 84# -- 4th place
BOMBER NOVICE (Midwest City) --
-- Grant Lackey -- Div 1 52# -- in his first tournament this year, Grant lost in the semis in OT but came back to win his first medal ever by overcoming some adversity in the cons semis to place 4th -- GRANT, WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU FOR SHOWING SUCH COURAGE AND FINISHING STRONG!!!!
-- Carson Savage -- Carson double entered for the first time, and double-medalled by going 7-2 on the day -- he won the Div 1 66# bracket, and placed 4th place in Division 2 64#. Great job Carson.
-- Tanner Cole -- Div 2 55# -- It is not some Civil War battle you never heard of -- but it was the "Second Battle for Cinnamon Ridge" -- Tanner won a 20-man bracket by beating teammate and neighbor Logan Johnson in the finals for the second straight week.
-- Logan Johnson -- Div 2 55# -- finished 2nd in that big bracket, with his only loss coming to Tanner in the Finals.
-- Tyler Cullison -- Div 2 58# -- won 4 matches in winning 1st place
-- Andrew Prescott -- Div 4 80# -- 1st place
-- Chad Dunlop -- Div 4 80# -- 1st place
-- Andrew Phillips -- double entered and double medalled -- won 1st place at Div 4 80# and 2nd at Div 5 78#
-- Bradley Worsham -- Div 2 49# -- placed 3rd
-- Tanner Brown -- Div 2 75# -- Tanner went 5-1 for the day to finish 3rd.
-- JJ Valentine -- Div 2 HWT -- finished 3rd
-- JD Barnes -- Div 2 61# -- finished 4th
-- Patrick Cochlin -- Div 2 61# -- won 2nd place in a tough finals match.
-- Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 4 92# -- placed 4th
-- Jake Valentine -- double entered Div 1 HWT and Div 2 75 and was ahead in two matches in the upper division 2 before getting turned.
-- Brogan Rutz -- Div 1 43# -- Brogan wrestled in his first tournament ever, going 3-2 for the day
-- Colton Denney, John D Kannard, Kole Kelley, Gavin Manning, Anthony Rodesney, Westlee Powers, and Robbie Chapa all wrestled tough as well.
A good weekend for the Novice kids -- 16 medals out of 26 entries. For those of you who didn't place this week, keep working hard -- your time will come...
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Noble and Edmond Results
December 2, 2007
Weekend results are --
Edmond - Ted Anderson Open --
Amani Richardson (Div 4 84) placed 2nd -- won 3 close, tough matches before losing 2-3 in the finals.
Brennan Smith (Div 3 64) won 2 matches, one by pin
Jak McCall won his second match by pin then lost 6-9 in a match where he had the kid on his back two different times but on the out-of-bounds line for no points
Ryan Barclay (Div 2 75, Div 3 76) double entered and reached the semifinals in Div 2 before losing twice, and won a match by pin in the afternoon Division 3
Savion Richardson (Div 1 46) went 1-2
Noble Novice -- 14 medals of 23 entries
Overall --
6-Champions
3-Second
3-Third
2-Forth
Micah Lugafet -- Div 1 46 -- Finished 2-2
Charlie Haddock -- Div 1 49 -- Finished 4-2 won a match in OT had a bracket with approx. 40 kids. 2 pins
Gavin Manning -- Div 1 49 -- finished 2-2 in the same bracket as Charlie
Anthony Rodesney -- Div 1 49 -- finished 3-2 lost to Charlie in consolations. 2 pins
Caden Clevenger --Div 1 55 -- finished 1-2
Westlee Powers -- Div 1 55 -- finished 3-2
Carson Savage -- Div 1 66 -- CHAMPION -- pin in the finals
Kole Kelley -- Div 1 HWT -- 3rd place
Jake Valentine -- Div 1 HWT -- 2nd place
Bradley Worsham -- Div 2 49 -- 4th place, pinned by a headlock in 1st round, then beat same kid in conso.
semis.
Tanner Cole -- Div 2 55 -- CHAMPION -- beat Logan in finals
Logan Johnson -- Div 2 55 -- 2nd place -- lost to Tanner in finals
Tyler Cullison -- Div 2 58 -- CHAMPION -- won in OT in finals
Ian Brown -- Div 2 61 -- 2nd place
Colton Denney -- Div 2 61 -- 4th place
John D Kannard -- Div 2 61 -- finished 2-2
JJ Valentine -- Div 2 HWT -- 3rd place
Patrick Cochlin -- Div 3 58 -- CHAMPION -- pin in finals
Marshall Massad -- Div 3 61 -- wrestled hard up an age bracket - Robbie's error -- Marshall should be Div 2
Brock Ruminer -- Div 3 85 -- CHAMPION -- pin in finals
Andrew Prescott -- Div 4 73 -- 3rd place -- pin in conso finals
Jonathan Birdsell -- Div 4 92 -- CHAMPION
Josh Husted -- Div 4 105 -- finished 2-2 lost in conso semi's
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Tournament Results, Upcoming tournaments, Website
November 25, 2007
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS DECEMBER 1 -- This coming weekend will be Edmond's Open tournament at Edmond North HS, and Noble Novice -- we should try to get a big turnout at both. Register at practice Tuesday.
Noble -- $15 fee, no gate fee, SPLIT SESSION -- Div 1&2 weigh-in ends 7:30, wrestling begins 9:00; Div 3&4 weigh-in 11:00 - 12:00, wrestling begins after Session 1 around 1:00
Edmond -- $16 fee, $2 gate fee -- SPLIT SESSION -- Div 1&2 weigh-in ends 7:30, wrestling begins 8:30; Div 3,4,5 weigh-in 10:00 - 11:30, wrestling begins after Session 1 but not before 12:30.
WEBSITE -- go to www.deercreekwrestling.com -- the redirect is up, and Melissa Smith has done a great job at putting all the tournament flier links and maps, tournament results, schedules, pictures. If you want to upload any video or pictures for the website, you can email me or Melissa.
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND RESULTS --
Another great weekend where 6 boys wrestled and all 6 won medals -- Thanksgiving weekend we had a total of 7 entries by 6 boys compiling a 24-7 weekend record -- results are as follows --
Clinton Open --
Brennan Smith -- Div 3 -- 61 lbs. -- 4th place -- On Friday, Brennan traveled out to Clinton and took 4th place going 3-2 for the day. Brennan wrestled on Saturday at Bixby as well, going 1-2 on the day.
Bixby Open --
Ryan Barclay -- Div 2 -- 75 lbs -- 3rd place -- lost in first round, came back through consolations with 3 pins (one in OT) to reach the Consolation Finals, wrestling better every match. Won 9-4 in Cons. Finals, twice avoiding the other wrestler's inside-headlock roll.
Jenks Novice --
Some of our 2nd-year Novice Wrecking Crew was at it again -- going 4-for-4 on the day. In facing their toughest competition to date, the 4 boys brought home three 1st-place medals and a 4th.
Carson Savage – Division 1 – 66 lbs. 1st place (3 matches - 2 pins, won finals 8-3).
Tanner Cole – Division 2 – 55 lbs. 1st place for the first time ever -- 17-wrestler bracket (4 matches – 3 pins including 1 in finals, killing people with his front-headlock roll.)
Tyler Cullison – Division 2 – 58 lbs. 4th place (6 matches, won 4 lost 2….had one pin, won in OT, lost 8-3 and 7-5 in consolation finals).
Colton Denny – Division 2 – 61 lbs. 1st place (5 matches, won finals 4-2…had 2 pins).
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Results Correction
November 20, 2007 --
Micah Lugafet actually won 4 matches at the Perry Tournament -- by three pins and a 12-10 decision. He won in the finals with a 7-second pin. Micah's dad Tony said, "This tournament was a great confidence builder for Micah. He finally won a medal!" GREAT JOB MICAH, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU!!!
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Weekend Results -- 23 medals won by 26 wrestlers!
November 18, 2007 --
Singlet and wrestling shoes -- $80
Club registration -- $50
Tournament entry fee -- $12
Watching your son achieve a hard-earned wrestling medal for the first time -- priceless.
Another fantastic weekend by the elementary boys -- a total of 26 boys competed in three elementary tournaments and brought back to "The Creek" 23 medals! (If any of the following are incorrect, my apologies, and please let me know so I can post a correction!)
We had 13 Tournament Champions, 5 Second-placers, 3 Third-placers, and 2 Fourth-places!
KINGFISHER OPEN -- We took 5 boys to Kingfisher and brought home 6 GOLDS and 1 SILVER!!! (A couple of boys wrestled two brackets). They compiled a total record of 13-1 with 10 wins by fall. And our boys were only scored on in three matches.
-- Savion Richardson Div 1 46 lbs -- 1st place -- 3-0 -- Savion had a 6-second pin in his first match. And in the finals Savion was down 3-1 going into the final period and got a 3-point near-fall in the last 15 seconds to win the GOLD.
-- Ryan Barclay -- Div 2 75 and 83 lbs -- Ryan won the GOLD with a 1st period fall at his 75 lb weight, then bumped up to 83 lbs, winning by fall in the semis and 6-0 in the finals to win his second GOLD of the day.
-- Jak McCall Div 3 100 lbs -- Jak earned his highest tournament finish to date -- a SILVER -- keyed by an impressive 8-0 victory in the semis.
-- Brennan Smith -- Div 3 61 and 64 lbs -- Brennan won the GOLD in his 61 lb class by fall, then bumped up to 64 lbs where he won by pin in the semis and by tech fall 18-0 in the finals to win his second GOLD of the day.
-- Amani Richardson -- won GOLD with a 3-0 record, all three by fall.
PERRY NOVICE -- two boys wrestled at Perry --
-- Micah Lugafet Div 1 46 -- 1st place going 3-0, one by a 0:10 second fall
-- Mitchell Ratliff Div 1 49 -- 3rd place with a 2-2 round-robin record.
EL RENO NOVICE -- we finished with 15 medals out of 19 entries -- six Champions, four 2nd, three 3rd, 2 4th. Where to begin? How about with the tournament's Division 1 OUTSTANDING WRESTLER -- Charlie Haddock:
-- Charlie Haddock Div 1 49 -- 1st -- young Charlie decided he had better things to do than spend a bunch of time on the mat -- so he promptly pinned all 4 of his opponents in the first period!!! Charlie was voted the Outstanding Wrestler for Division 1 after wining his first medal ever!
-- Jake Denney Div 1 40 -- 4th place with a 4-3 record (especially impressive considering that he wrestled three extra matches due to tournament bracketing errors)
-- Anthony Rodesney Div 1 49 -- 3rd with a 4-1 record winning four straight in the consolation bracket after losing his first match.
-- Westlee Powers Div 1 55 -- 1st place in the first tournament he has ever wrestled.
-- Carson Savage Div 1 66 -- 1st place in a tournament for the first time.
-- Jake Valentine Div 1 HWT -- 1st place in his first tournament ever.
-- Kole Kelly Div 1 HWT -- 2nd place in his first tournament ever.
-- Logan Johnson Div 2 55 -- 3rd place -- Logan beat the kid TWICE who beat him last weak at Blackwell.
-- Tyler Cullison Div 2 58 -- 1st place for the second time this season.
-- Colton Denney Div 2 58 -- 2nd place behind Cullison with a 1-1 record.
-- Ian Brown Div 2 61 -- 4th place
-- Tanner Brown Div 2 75 -- 3rd place
-- JJ Valentine Div 2 HWT -- 2nd place in his first tournament
-- JD Barnes Div 3 58 -- 2nd place in his first tournament
-- Chad Dunlop Div 4 76 -- 1st place
-- Marshall Massad, John D Kannard, Josh Damerval, Caden Clevenger all wrestled hard also, and will all win medals in the coming weeks.
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Outstanding Results from Saturday's Tournaments
November 10, 2007 --
An impressive start to the wrestling season this weekend! We had eight wrestlers kick off the season this weekend -- compiling an overall record of 21 wins and 6 losses and bringing home 7 medals! Everyone should compete next weekend -- Novice at OCU and Open at Kingfisher -- registration will be Tuesday at practice.
NOVICE RESULTS -- Coach Nathan called me from Blackwell at the tournament's conclusion and the first words out of his mouth were "5 for 5!!!" He had some FIRED-UP kids (and parents) on his hands -- lots of chest-bumping and jumping around, and what sounded like an overall GREAT TIME. The five second-year novice boys who competed in Blackwell were an absolute wrecking crew:
Logan Johnson -- Div 2 55 lbs -- 3rd place (4-1 record) -- in a 10-man bracket, Logan lost to the eventual tournament champion in the first round, then came back through the consolation bracket with 4 straight victories, 3 by pin and a 10-2 decision mixed in.
At Division 2 58 lbs we had three entries in an 8-man bracket -- and we swept 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!
Tyler Cullison was the Champion at Div 2 58 lbs (3-0), winning his first match 6-0, then winning 4-0 in the semis, and defeating teammate Tanner Cole in the Finals.
Tanner Cole, also at 58 lbs.(2-1), won his first two matches, one by pin, and lost in the finals to Tyler. Tanner hit the front-headlock roll-thru move that Coach Chad taught this week.
Colton Denney took 3rd place at 58 lbs.(3-1) by winning his first match, then suffering his only loss to Tyler in the semi-finals, and eventually winning 2 straight consolation matches to take 3rd place.
Tanner Brown -- Division 2 75 lbs (3-1) -- Tanner lost in the first round to the eventual champion, but he was ahead in the match in the second period by a score of 4-0 but got too high riding his opponent, got caught, and pinned. Tanner then came back and won three straight -- ALL BY PINS -- to take 3rd place. TANNER -- YOU WILL BEAT THAT KID NEXT TIME!!!
These were the first medals ever won by Logan, Tanner Brown and Tanner Cole. Awesome that the 5 boys finished 15-4 with all losses coming to the eventual tournament champions, and two of the losses coming in DC vs DC matches!
OPEN RESULTS -- in Stillwater, we had three boys compete and all had a chance to meet John Smith -- one of the world's greatest wrestlers of all time. Results were --
Savion Richardson -- Div 1 46 lbs -- Savion won a 4-man round-robin bracket by going 3-0 in the tournament a dominating performance in his first match and a 20-second pin in his third match.
Brennan Smith -- Div 3 61 lbs -- Brennan went 1-2 this weekend finishing just one win out of medal contention. In his victorious match, Brennan avenged a loss to a Tuttle kid from an earlier tournament -- Brennan has already collected a 4th place medal a couple weeks ago at Lawton.
Amani Richardson -- Div 4 84 lbs -- Amani began his defense of last years' Open Regional Championship by going 2-0 in a 2-man best-of-three-match bracket. In a close back-and-forth first match, Amani held on to win at the end, and in the second match, Amani came back from an 0-5 deficit to win 8-6, with a takedown in the last 15 seconds to win the 1st place medal.
OUTSTANDING JOB DONE BY ALL OF YOU -- WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!!
Chad, Robbie and Nathan
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