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THE DAILY NEWS
WRESTLING
2019 WINTER SPORTS AWARDS
Wrestler of the Year
Coach of the Year
Kacy Datema
Braxton Seida
Carson City-Crystal • Head Coach
Carson City-Crystal • senior, 160-pounds 47-2 overall, D4, 160-pound state champion
Seventh straight district title, 8 All-State wrestlers, 2 state champs, 1 runner-up
Braxton Seida’s wrestling career culminated this year as the senior had a stellar 47-2 record and claimed first place in districts, regionals and earned a state title in the Division 4, 160-pound weight class. “Braxton is truly one of the toughest kids I have ever coached,” Eagles head coach Kacy Datema said. “Braxton has been a very big part of this team over the last four years finishing just shy of 200 wins (196). He has had two finals appearances and placed three times. He is a natural leader and he does so by example. He encourages some of the inexperienced wrestlers to work to get better. He is positive and tends to build his teammates up.”
The bar seems to get higher and higher for Eagles head coach Kacy Datema and his coaching staff. Last season, after clinching another district trophy, Datema brought his team to a quarterfinals finish and led a school-record eight wrestlers to the state individual finals. This year, the team once again dominated, earning another district trophy and semifinal appearance and once again setting a school record for most individual wrestlers qualifying for the state finals with 10. Of those 10, eight placed with two earning a state title — Braxton Seida and Jamison Ward — and one, his son, Nolan Datema, finishing runner-up.
RUNNERS-UP: Jamison Ward, CC-C; Nolan Datema, CC-C
RUNNER-UP: Shaun Balhorn, Montabella
ALL-AREA WRESTLING HONORS GOLD SQUAD
SILVER SQUAD Daryn Shepler Caleb Collins Daniel Smith Brian Yeakey Curtis Perry
Carson City-Crystal Carson City-Crystal Carson City-Crystal Carson City-Crystal Lakeview
BRONZE SQUAD
Braxton Seida Carson City-Crystal senior Division 4, 160-pound All-State champion
Jamison Ward Carson City-Crystal junior Division 4, 130-pound All-State champion
Nolan Datema Carson City-Crystal senior Division 4, 112-pound All-State runner-up
TOP NEWCOMER
Jaron Johnson Carson City-Crystal sophomore Division 4, 125-pound All-State third place
David Shattuck Montabella junior Division 4, 145-pound All-State fourth place
Dylan Hulliberger Thomas Doran Cole Cudney Aiden Adkins Bryson Ehle
Belding Belding Ionia Carson City-Crystal Belding
MR. CLUTCH
HONORABLE MENTION Tri County freshman Anthony Stallhood went 28-18 this season and qualified for the state individual finals, and was the only freshman in the Daily News area to do so. Though he was 0-2 at the finals, he has shown he has plenty of potential to improve on what he accomplished this season.— DN Photo | Alex Freeman
Belding senior Dylan Hulliberger, the team’s MVP, went 44-6 on the year. “In our biggest matches, Dylan would bump to 285 or do whatever was needed and usually came away with the fall,” said Belding head coach Art Ward. — DN Photo | Ryan Schlehuber
! B O J GREAT
BELDING: Eliot Ward, Chad Closser, Mattsen Putney, Brayden Harwood, CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL: Cole Stone, Nash Akin; CENTRAL MONTCALM: Brock Ryan, Hunter Hansen, Bryant Knapper; GREENVILLE: Caden Peterman, Jared Pimental, Dominic Christensne, Zach McMillan; IONIA: Eli Garcia, Nate Richardson, Carter Meyers; MONTABELLA: Ethan Crawford, Caden Woolworth, Korbyn Ingraham, Mason Dalrymple, Josh Steffes, Ben Pitts; LAKEVIEW: Brenden Kurtze, Austin Hancock; TRI COUNTY: Nathan Smits, Anthony Stallhood, Tanner Astrauskas, Diontae Givens.
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