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Mllfoll'll's Qulnten Dunn looks up as he tries to get free from the hold of Western Brown's Taylor Lunsford Friday at the Glenn Sample Classic at Oak Hills. Competition will conclude today.

Elder, Moeller, Oak Hills locked in heated battle early By Tom Ramstetter tramstetter@enquirer.com

Elder had an early lead on the competition in the Open Division Friday night at the Glenn Sample Classic at Oak Hills High School with 30 points, just ahead of topranked Moeller's 23 points. Elder is ranked No. 7 in the latest Enquirer Division I coaches' wrestling poll. Event host Oak Hills, the No. 8 team in the poll, was in third place with 22.5 points. Jake Schultfs pin of Ryle's Kyle Sparks in 1:23 in the 112-pound

class helped propel the Panthers in the early going. Ben Kurzhals also had a pin for Elder in the 119-pound class. In the 125-pound class, Moeller's Drew Hammer made quick work of Jake Sefton, pinning the Ross grappler in 22 seconds. Brendan Walsh beat Mater Dei's Trevor Appell in a major decision for the Crusaders in the 103-pound class. Ian Gillespie won by technical fall in the 130-pound class for EIder. Also in the 130-pound class, Moeller's Matt Holtman pinned

Wyoming's Daniel Zimmerman in 1 2:25. Third-ranked Lakota West was tied with No. 10 Lakota East for fourth place, each with 14 points. Unranked Milford led the pack in the Division I competition with 21 points, ahead of Ryle's 20 and Colerain's 19.5 points. Secondranked Harrison was in sixth place early on with six points. Purcell Marian and Reading topped the Divisions II-III event with 10 points apiece. Competition will concf.\de tonight at Oak Hills.

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Wrestling

Moeller makes it five straight in coaches' tourney By Kevin Goheen Enquirer contributor

Moeller did what it was expected to do Saturday night, winning its fifth consecutive team championship in the Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association Glenn Sample Classic tournament at Oak Hills. The same could be said for defending 215-pound state champion Orlando Scales of Elder and threetime state qualifier Andrew Tumlin of Harrison at 189 pounds as each won a title in his respective weight class. St Xavier senior Nick Ruffing, however, provided the surprise of the tournament Ruffing, a senior, defeated the top three seeds, including No.l]ohnnyCarpenterof Madeira 3-2 in double overtime, to win the 130-pound division. Ruffing's accomplishment didn't go unnoticed as the coaches voted him the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. "Nick won that match last spring, with his preparation," said St Xavier coach Dick Murphy, who is in his 35th year with the program. "I've not coached too many kids that have worked harder. His level of improvement from last year is like day and night" Ruffing's championship match with Carpenter was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation and each wrestler scored a one-point escape during the second overtime period. Ruffing, the seventh seed, held on to Carpenter for the entire 30-second rideout period. Carpenter finished third last season at the Division III state tournament Ruffing beat No. 2 seed Lucas Williamson of Princeton 8-7 in the quarterfinals before beating No.3 seed Ty Davis of Lakota West 7-4 in the semifinals. It was Ruffing's second win of the season against Davis. Brian MacVeigh (112), Jake Corrill (119), Drew Hammer (125)

and Pierce Harger (145) all won individual championships as Moeller, the No. 1-ranked team in the Enquirer's Division I coaches' poll, piled up 217.5 points to beat runner-up Elder by 40 points. Evansville Mater Dei finished third with 168.5 points, while Beavercreek (157.5) was fourth and Lakota West (139) fifth. Moeller had five wrestlers in the championship finals, the most of any team. Nine Crusaders overall placed out of the 14 weight classes, with seven wrestlers winning their final match. Second-ranked Harrison took its second straight Division I (middle size) championship with 138 points, 11 points better than runner-up Princeton. Madeira also won its second consecutive Division II-III (small school) title by edging Roger Bacon 43.5-38. Tumlin, third at state last season, was the only individual champion for Harrison, beating Jack Bradford of Ryle 6-5. Scales went undefeated in 48 matches last season, capturing the Ohio Division I title at 215 pounds. He is ranked No. 1 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News, but had wrestled just two matches coming into the tournament after a football season in which he helped the Panthers reach the Division I title game. The extra time on the football field had little effect Scales received byes in the first two rounds and then pinned his three opponents leading up the final, needing just two minutes, 50 seconds to reach the championship round. Before the championship matches, the SWOWCA inducted Lakota East coach Bob Latessa and former Reading coach Dennis Sulfstead into its Hall of Fame. Latessa is in his 14th season with the Thunderhawks, also having previously coached at Blair Academy in New Jersey and Lehigh University. Sulfstead coached the Blue Devils from 1978-86.

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Princeton High's Corey Selmon holds down Cory Clolinger of Amelia in the championship match of the 103-pound weight class at Oak Hills. Selmon won the match 104.

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Hammer lock Moeller's Drew Hammer wrestles Glen Este's C.J. Pickelheimer during aquarterfinal match in their 125-pound bracket at the Coaches Classic Tournament at Oak Hills. Hammer won the match and advanced to the semifinals. Moeller won the team title.

Moeller's Steve Powell tangles up with Mifford's Kennan Rue durtng aquarterfinal match in the heavyweight bracket. Powell lost the match, but fought his way through the loser's bracket and finished third, eventually defeating Rue 7-2. ANTHONY AMORINI/STAFF J

Conference wrestling

7th straight GCL title for Moeller; , Reading,. Withrow also champions . '.:

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Mpeller won the Greater Catholic League tournament Saturday at Hara Arena with 267.5 points, fin. ishing ahead of Elder, which posted 234, and St Xavier at 205. It was the seventh straight league championship for Moeller. Six wrestlers for the Crusaders won individual titles: Jake Corrill at 119 pounds, Drew Hammer at 125, Matt Holtman at 130, Pierce Harger at 145, Trey Maserang at 160 and Steve Powell at 285.. Pat Nusekabel won at 189 pounds and Orlando Scales won at 215 for Elder. CHL: Reading won its fourth consecutive Cincinnati Hills League title- and the 14th in school history •- with a team score of 213.5.

Jimmy Harrison (112), Tyler Kelly (125), David Anjevine (160), Kirby Acus (189) and Christian Elfers (215) each won his respective weight class for the Blue Devils. Madeira, with a score of 149.5, and Wyoming (147.5) rounded out the top three teams. The wrestler of the year award went to Madeira 130-pounder John Carpenter. Carpenter won in a 94 overtime decision over Joe Bruewer of Deer Park Reading's Dick Engel was named coach of the year. CMAC: Withrow won the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference championship at Western Hills. Withrow edged West Hi with 181 team points to the Mustangs' 146. 1lle wrestler of the year in the

CMAC was Charles Dove (171) of Western Hills. The coach of the year was Withrow's Clinton McElroy. FAVC: Harrison, Wilmington and Ross won their divisions in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference championships. Harrison claimed the Buckeye ahead of Glen Este behind six individual champions. In the Cardinal, Wilmington squeezed past little Miami 202195.5. The Huniame had six individual champs. And in the Scarlet, Ross won by 58 points over Northwest The Rams came horne with six weightclass titles. The sectional vvTestling tournaments take place this week at various area sites.

Division I sectional wrestling

On to districts for 11 Crusaders Fairfield distant second to hosts . By

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The Moeller wrestling team on Saturday put itself in good position to reclaim the district title it narrowly lost last year to Elder by advancing 11 wrestlers to next week's district championships at Fairfield. The Crusaders crowned seven champions, boasted two runnersup and added two fourth-place finishers while winning the Moeller sectional meet by a wide margin over second-place Fairfield. Moeller totaled 256 points to Fairfield's 187. St Xavier finished third with 170.5 points. Glen Este with 168 points and Princeton with 154 rounded out the top five. "I think this is the lOth or lith year in a row we've won a sectional, but the best thing is we're going to the district with strong numbers, and the guys we're taking are all strong wrestlers," Moeller coach Jeff Gaier said. "I know it means a lot to the guys to win the district and they just took a big.step." · Among the highlights for Moeller was junior Jake Corrill's lOOth career varsity victory while winning the 119-pound championship with a 7-2 decision against St Xavier senior Jake Farber. "A double milestone, and I did it against my rival," said Corrill (30.5). "He really made me take my lumps as a freshman and beat me three times. Butnow I'm finally beating him, and I've won the last four." . Moeller senior Trey Maserang earned his 97th career win with a 48-second pin against Princeton's Darelle Pressley in the 16().pound title match. Maserang needed to win Saturday's final to stay on track for his lOOth

victory, which he can nail down next weekend if he can make it to the district semifinals. "One hundred has been a goal since I was a freshman," Maserang said. "It's more than anumber. It symbolizes my progress and my commitment and my determination to win." Moellers 1nost dominating perfonnance was turned in by ju-. nior Pierce Harger, who won all· three matches by pin with a total mat time of 1:27 while taking the 145-pound championship. Harger pinned his first-round opponent in 16 seconds en route to earning his third consecutive sectional title. Senior Steve Powell's title in the heavyweight division, won by injury default against Hamilton's AJ. Ralston, was impressive. "Ofall seven (champs), Powell's stood out because the heavies were deep this year and he had to wrestle well from the first round," Gaier said. "Certainly, one of our goals is to win district, and having so many strong wre~ tiers going there, especially at heavier weights, will help." · Moeller, the district champion from2004-07,dominatedthelighter weight divisions Saturday, with sophomores Brendan Walsh at 103 pounds, Brian MacVeigh at 112 and junior 'Drew Hammer at 125. Other weightclass champions included St Xaviers Nick Ruffing (130) and John Gallagher (135), Glen Este's Tommy Fehring (140) and Tyler Godfrey (171), Princeton's Charles Mason (152), Fairfield's David Mast (189) and Hamilton's Denicos Allen (215). Hamilton with 97 points finished sixth, followed by Milford (78.5),Amelil1 (49), Withrow (26) and Woodward (14.5).

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Chad Dennis admitted he was feeling pretty good, but his demeanor wasn't exactly celebratozy -yet "It hasn't sunk in yet," the Ranison wrestling coach said Saturday night,shortlyafterthe Wildcats-the No. 4 team in The Enquirer Division I coaches' poll - clinched the program's first district championship in at least 12 years. "I'm sure, when it sinks in, I'll feel ecstatic." Hanison got key championshipmatch victories from seniors Kevin Campbell at 152 pounds and Andrew Tuntlin in overtime at 189 to edge Moeller, The Enquirer Division I city champion, ln-130.5. 'Two guys who just kept on fighting and believing in what they could do,'' Dennis said. 'They make us coaches look like geniuses." ''We knew it was going to be a tough district," Moeller coach Jeff Gaier said. 'There are a lot of tough kids around here." Nine schools produced at least one district champion. None had more than two. "Best finals we've had in a while," said one referee. Tuntlin improved to 38-1 with his 2-1 win over Middletown senior Andrew Borgstrom, but it was Campbell's win that gave Hanison the lead for good. "Going into this, we thought we had a pretty good chance of winning it," Campbell said. "Our coaches just told us to do what we can do on the mat and let the score take of itself." The top four wrestlers in each of the14weightclassesqualifiedforthe state meet Thursday through Saturday at Ohio State's Jerome Schotten-

Div. I district wrestling stein Center in Columbus. Campbell was trailing Tecumseh senior Justin Sneazy 7-5 going into the final minute of his match, but he responded with four points to pull Âˇout a 9-7 win. "I wasn't thinking about the score," said Campbell, who is 31-4 and will be making his first trip to the state tournament "I just let evezything flow. I let it all hang out It wasn't anything special that I did tactically. I just didn't let the score get into my head." The first two title matches were indicative of what kind of night was in store. Both went to sudden-death overtime, starting with Princeton sophomore Corey Selmon charging into Western Brown junior Kurtis Fox and dumping him for a takedown 6 seconds into the first overtime period at103 pounds. "(His coaches) just told me to go thumbs up," said Selmon, who is 25-4 and is the program's first sophomore district champion, according to coach Ty Robbins. ''I knew what I had to do." Selmon was a surprising champion; he finished third in his sectional. "He .had an injuzy halfway through the season, and evezybody kind of wrote him off," Robbins said. "Now, here he is, district champion." In the next championship match, 112 pounds, Mason sophomore Jeremy Artrip scored two points in the final second of regulation to force overtime, but Miamisburg's Tyler Regan scored with 23 seconds left to capture the title. Elder senior Orlando Scales, the defending state champion at 215 pounds, pushed his record to 35-0 with a 13-1 win over Hamilton senior Denicos Allen.

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March 18, 2009

Suburban Life

Success at state not new to Moeller By Mark Chalifoux mchalifoux@Jcommunitypress.com

Three state placers and a ninth-place overall finish at the state wrestling tournament would be a record year for almost any program in Ohio. For Moeller, it's business as usual. "It was a typical year. We've consistently been in the top 10 in the state for the last seven years and we typically have a few state placers," said head coach Jeff Gaier. "Really, when I look at the lack of state experience coming into the season, I think this group might have overachieved a little bit." Still, success at this level never gets old for Gaier. "You see how much

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Moeller's Jake Corrill of Batavia goes for the pin on St. Xavier's Bryon Keeling.

work these kids put in to get them in a position to place. I know how much work it takes and it will never get old," he said. Moeller was led by a pair of juniors this season, as Jake Corrill (Batavia) and

Pierce Harger (Loveland) both finished third in the state. Senior Steve Powell finished seventh in the state at heavyweight. "Jake and Pierce were our top performers all year. They certainly were consis-

tent, and it wasn't a surprise they did as well as they did," Gaier said. "Powell's finish was a tribute to his work ethic, as he just started wrestling as a freshman." Moeller had three other state qualifiers; Seniors Matt Holtman of Blue Ash and Trey Maserang of Loveland and junior Drew Hammer of Loveland. The Crusaders won the GCL and the sectional title yet again and Gaier said the team's consistency this season was the most important thing to take away from the year. "We constantly have a bull's-eye on us because we've had a lot of success in HlE PHOTO recent years, but this team came in and backed up those Pierce Harger (Moeller) of Loveland pinned Ethan Millisor (Lakota West) during the expectations and that's district wrestling tournament to advance to the state tournament, where he finished third. what's important," he said.

Division I disbict wrestling

Unbeaten but still unfulfilled Elder senior eyes state title repeat By Mark Schmelzer Enquirer contributor

Orlando Scales Jr. originally started wrestling to improve his football footwork. Now, that shoe's definitely on the other foot Wrestling long ago overtook football as the Elder senior's favorite sport. Scales, who is ranked No. 1in the nation in the 215-pound weight class, extended his two-year high school winning streak to 81 matches with a pair of easy wins Friday in the Division I Fairfield district tournament Scales literally didn't break a sweat while winning his first-round match by default, and he barely was tested while needing only 39 seconds to pin Glen Este senior Taylor Krimmer in the second round. That set up a match with Fairfield senior Ray Gordon in today's championship semifinals, which are to be part of the session that's scheduled to start at 10 am. at Fairfield. The championship finals are scheduled to start at 6 p.m Moeller, which had its streak of consecutive district championships snapped at four last year when Elder won the title, placed five wrestlers in the semifinals and was leading Harrison in the team standings by seven points through the first two championship rounds. Scales is in his eighth year of wrestling. The son ofWestwood residents Orlando Sr. and lisa started wrestling with the Elder Kids Club to improve his footwork for football, he said. "My parents also thought it would be a good way for me to mingle and make friends," said Scales, now 33-0 this season.

He attended North Fairmount Elementary before moving on to Elder, where he wrestled on the junior varsity as a freshman while waiting his tum behind Sean Jameson, who reached the 2006 state finals at 215 pounds. The following year, Scales reached the state semifinals before losing 6-3 to Barberton's Adam Cogar. He settled for third place. Scales bounced back last season by beingÂˇ named the Enquirer's Division I Wrestler of theYear after going 48{), edging the previously undefeated Cogar 3-2 in the state finals to win the state championship. He set a school record with 34 pins. "I don't think I've ever had a wrestler who's had as much love for wrestling as he does," said Elder coach Dick McCoy, who's in his 26th year at the Price Hill parochial school and his 34th year of coaching. ''He's been a great leader. He never takes a day off. He might have a bad shoulder, or his back might be bothering him, but if you practice against him, you'd better bring your 'A' game." One reason Scales, who hasn't made any college plans yet, likes wrestling is the individual nature of the sport. ''You don't have to depend on anybody else," said Scales, who hopes to become a firefighter. On the other hand, when asked about school records he's set, he makes sure to include being among an Elder-record eight state qualifiers last year and 14 district qualifiers this season. "I don't think you'd find anybody in that gym who doesn't like him," McCoy said.

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Elder's Orlando Scales {left) pinned Taylor Krimmer of Glen Este in 39 seconds to reach today's championship semifinals.

State wrestling

Title's in Tumlin's reach Three-time state placewinner in first final at 189 pounds By ~ad Eme~e

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COLUMBUS- Andrew Tumlin entered Friday night's semifinal at 189 pounds not thinking about avenging his only loss this season, but thinking about closing in on his ultimate goal in the Division I state wrestling tournament at Ohio State. The Harrison senior did both, beating Kyle Sanders of Columbus St Charles 3-2 to reach the final, where he will face Mike Lanigan of Brecksville-Broadview Heights today. Tumlin, who will wrestle on scholarship next season at North Carolina State, lost to Sanders 54 during the Galloway Westland Duals on Dec. 13. "This is unexplainable," said Tumlin, who enters the final at 41-1. "All the crying and bleeding through the years was for this, reaching the finals." Friday's match was scoreless after one period and 2-2 entering the third period. "(Sanders) attacked a lot more than the first time and he was in a lot better shape," Tumlin said. "Neither of us was in real good shape the first time. I knew one takedown would decide it because we're both tough on our feet But he wasn't going to score again." Tumlin said that loss in the regular season actually took some of the pressure off his shoulders. . "Last year I came in here undefeated and it was a little different having that in the back of my rnind," he said. "I don'tfeel the added pressure of going for an unbeaten season." Lanigan defeated Middletown's Andrew Borgstrom 2-1 in a semifinal to improve to 34-7. Tumlin needed four overtimes to beat Borgstrom 2-1 in the district final on Feb. 28. "Last week was really tough, so I'm happy with the result (Borgstrom's loss)," Tumlin said. "Borgstrom knows me and Lanigan doesn't" Said Harrison coach Chad Dennis: "I was happy that Andrew took some shots in the final 40 seconds so we wouldn't get called for stalling. I know when Andrew attacks, we'll be in good shape."

Two all-local finals There will be two all-local finals in Division Itoday. Defending champion Orlando Scales of Elder will face Hamilton's Denicos Allen at 215, and Mason's Robert Shepherd will battle St Xavie(s John Gallagher at 135 for the third time this season. Shepherd won 5-4 in the Coaches' Classic and 5-3 in the district final. "Both are very good on their feet and above-average on top," Mason coach Craig Murnan said. "They're two evenly matched kids and it's really nice for both of them to reach the finals and represent our area." Ty Davis of lakota West is in the final at 130, where he will meet Shawn Fayette of Miamisburg. "Thafs also nice to have those two representing the Southwest District,· Mumari said. "It should be a tun day for us." In Division Ill, reaching finals were Blancheste(s Jake Howe at 152 and Clinton-Massie's Corby Running at 189. Photos by Ernest Coleman/The Enquirer

As the only three-time state placer in his field, Tumlin knows all about the pressure of being the favorite. He finished third at 189last season. Competing at 215, Tumlin finished fifth as a sophomore and seventh as a freshman. "I'm the favorite almost every time I take the mat," he said. "When people wrestle me, they wrestle me harder. They know they have to step it up a notch to hang with me. So for a long time now, every match in the regular season has been like that In the (postseason), they're all going to be tough anyway and you always get (the opponent's) best" Tumlin wasn't bothered by the pressure in the first two rounds. After beating Hilliard Davidson's Bilal Shalash 114 in the first round Thursday, Tumlin assured he'd be a four·time state placer by beating Fred Robertson of Maple Heights 16-0 via tech fall in a championship quarterfinal Friday. "People expect me to do well here, but I have the same expectations," he said. "I wouldn't settle for anythingbutmybestandwinningit all this time. It's now or never, and I fully expect to be on top when it's all said and done."

Moeller's Trey Maserang (holding Kyle Lang from Brecksville-Broad-

view Heights) lost their 160-pound match by pin.

La Salle's Max Byrd (top) lost a 6-4 decision to Leslie Polley of Ma-

ple Heights at 112 pounds. He'll wrestle for seventh place today.

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Or1ando Scales (top) gets the winning pin against Hamilton's Denicos Allen in the Division I 215-pound final. Scales pulled off the pin in 3:26.

cales a back-to-hack champ senwr Wins Divo I 215 title for , 2nd straight year

shot" Mason jun:Or Robert Shepherd capped a stnrybook season by winning the Division I title at 135. An alternate last season at the state toUillliiilent, Shepherd earned a state crov.n by beating St Xavier's John Gallagher 7-5. By Frank DiRenna Shepherd's alternate status last E11qwirer c011tributor season stemmed mainly from a COUUMBUS-Orumdo&ru~ staph infection he developed prior . was out to prove a point Saturday to the postseason that forced him to night at the state v.restling tourna- compete at less than 100 percent He . ment at Ohio State University. finished sixth in the state at 112 in The Elder senior pulled off a title :ml. repeat at 215 pounds, pL'liling HamShepherd (38.3) returned this ilion senior Denicos J\Jlen in 3:26. season with one goal in mind - a Allen gave &ru~ (3~ a strug- state championship. He capped that gle early on as he grabbed a pair of dream by beating Gallagher for the leads, but Scales overpowered his second time in two weeks. opponent in the midd.le period. Shepherd also defeated Gallag"fm happy," said Scales. "I was her in this vear's Fairfield district fiThe Enquirer; Joseph Fuqua II kind of nervous going into the state nal, prevailip.g 5-3. tournament because I won state my In Saturday's rematch, Shepherd Miamisburg's ShaWn Fayette pins Lakota West's Ty Davis in their 130-pound championship match· junior year and I didn't want anyone led 5-2 in the second period before up in Division I. Davis, a sophomore, finishes the season with a 40-7 record. to think I was a fluke my junior year. Gallagher raiEed to tie the match at Also, rm Elder's first two-time state 5, 40 seconds into the final period. his way to a 14-4 victory over Troy champ." Shepherd, however, escaped mo- Christian's Kyle Bums in the DiviHanison senior Andrew Tumlin ments later for the decisive point sion mtitle match at 152 pounds. produced some dramatics in earn- He then fought off Gallagher (444), Clinton-Massie's Corby Running ing his first state title. along with a bloodied tongue and (46-2) capped the area's strong Tumlin's takedown with 17 sec- eyelid, for the title. showing in the finals by winning the onds remaining in overtime proved ''Wedon'tmakeexcusesforwhat Division ill title at 189. to be the decisive points in a 5-3 win happened last year," Mason coach Running's takedown with 29 secagainst Brecksville-Broadview Craig Murnan said. "Last year is last onds left in overtime lifted him to a Heights'· Mike Lanigan in the Divi- year. He's not the type of kid that 53 win over Marion Pleasant's Colwould (make excuses). sion I final at 189. ton Bowers. "Wedon'ttalkaboutit This is the Lakota West sophomore Ty DaTumlin is a four-time state place finisher, but he was denied a title his first time we've really talked about it vis (4().7) came up short in his quest I told him, 'You've trained so hard for a state title, as he lost to Miamprevious three seasons. "1 just went with the best move I and you !111 in the time to leave no isburg's Shawn Fayette 94 in the Dihad and I gave it all I had," Thmlin doubtandmakesureyougooutand vision I final at 130 pounds. Fayette, who placed second in said of his decisive takedown. "That accomplish the goal.' • might have been the la&takedown I Blanchester junior Jake Howe's the state last season at 125, used a The Enquirer/Joseph FuqJa II had in me. If I didn't get that, who third trip to the state tournament takedown and two back points to open a 4-0 lead 30 seconds into the Harrison's Andrew Tumlin goes up against Mike Lanigan of Brecl<.sknows what would ha-<e happened. I wasachann.. ville-Broadview Heights at 189 pounds. Tumlin won 5-3. Howe jumped out tD a 5-1 lead on match. had to give it all I had with that one 0

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Iader's Orlando Scales raises his hand in celebration after pinning Hamilton's Denicos Allen for the 215-pound Division I state championship. Scales is Elder's first two-time champ. '

Elder's Orlando Scales became a repeat state champion Saturday, claiming the Division I 215-pound ,. wrestlin.g title by pinning Hamilton's Denicos Allen in 3:26. "I'm happy ... I didn't want anyone to think I was a fluke my junior year," Scales said. Mason's Robert Shepherd won a

135-pound championship, defeating St Xavier's John Gallagher 7-5, and Hamson's Andrew Tumlin was victorious at 189. In Division ill, Blanchester's jake Howe brought home the 152-pound championship and Clinton-Massie's Corby Running won at 189. For coverage, see page C&.

Harrison's Andrew Tumlin won the Division I championship at 189 pounds. Tumlin will wrestle in college for N.C. State.

Mason's Robert Shepbeint (rear) defeated St. Xavier's John Gallagher at 135 pounds.

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March 1, 2009

Harrison seizes district crown By Mark Schmetzer Enquirer contributor

Chad Dennis admitted he was feeling pretty good, but his demeanor wasn't exactly celebratory -yet. "It hasn't sunk in yet," the Harrison wrestling coach said Saturday night, shortly after the Wildcatsthe No.4 team in The Enquirer Division I coaches' poll- clinched the program's first district championship in at least 12 years. "I'm sure, when it sinks in, I'll feel ecstatic." Harrison got key championship-match victories from seniors Kevin Campbell at 152 pounds and Andrew Tumlin in overtime at 189 to edge Moeller, The Enquirer Division I city champion, 133-130.5. "Two guys who just kept on fighting and believing in what they could do," Dennis said. "They make us coaches look like geniuses." "We knew it was going to be a tough district," Moeller coach Jeff Gaier said. "There are a lot of tough kids around here." Nine schools produced at least one district champion. None had more than two. "Best finals we've had in a while," said one referee. Tumlin improved to 38-1 with his 2-1 win over Middletown senior Andrew Borgstrom, but it was Campbell's win that gave Harrison the lead for good. "Going into this, we thought we had a pretty good chance of winning it," Campbell said. "Our coaches just told us to do what we can do on the mat and let the score take of itself." The top four wrestlers in each of the 14 weight classes qualified for the state meet Thursday through Saturday at Ohio State's Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Campbell was trailing Tecumseh senior Justin Sneary 7-5 going into the final minute of his match, but he responded with four points to pull out a 9-7 win. "I wasn't thinking about the score," said Campbell, who is 31-4 and will be making his first trip to the state tournament. "I just let everything flow. I let it all hang out. It wasn't anything special that I did tactically. I just didn't let the score get into my head." The first two title matches were indicative of what kind of night was in store. Both went to suddendeath overtime, starting with Princeton sophomore Corey Selmon charging into Western Brown junior Kurtis Fox and dumping him for a takedown 6 seconds into the first overtime period at 103 pounds.

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"(His coaches) just told me to go thumbs up," said Selmon, who is 25-4 and is the program's first sophomore district champion, according to coach Ty Robbins. "I knew what I had to do." Selmon was a surprising champion; he finished third in his sectional. "He had an injury halfway through the season, and everybody kind of wrote him off," Robbins said. "Now, here he is, district champion." In the next championship match, 112 pounds, Mason sophomore Jeremy Artrip scored two points in the final second of regulation to force overtime, but Miamisburg's Tyler Regan scored with 23 seconds left to capture the title. Elder senior Orlando Scales, the defending state champion at 215 pounds, pushed his record to 35-0 with a 13-1 win over Hamilton senior Denicos Allen.

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Mason's Robert Shepherd (top photo, grabbing hold of Chad Channel of Growe City Central Crossing High) and St. Xavier's John GaUagher (bottom, holding down Wadsworth's Louden Gordon) will .meet for the OHSAA wres-. tling state championship at 135 pounds today in Columbus. It's one of two all-local finals in Division I; at 215 pounds, defending champion Orlando Scales of Elder will face Hamilton's Denicos Allen for the title.

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On to districts for 11 Crusaders Fairfield distant second to hosts By Marc Hardin Enquirer contributor

The Moeller wrestling team on Saturday put itself in good position to reclaim the district title it narrowly lost last year to Elder by advancing 11 wrestlers to next week's district championships at Fairfield.Âˇ The Crusaders crowned seven champions, boasted two runnersup and added two fourth-place finishers while winning the Moeller sectional meet by a wide margin over second-place Fairfield. Moeller totaled 256 points to Fairfield's 187. St Xavier finished third with 170.5 points. Glen Este with 168 points and Princeton with 154 rounded out the top five. "I think this is the lOth or 11th year in a row we've won a sectional, but the best thing is we're going to the district with strong numbers, and the guys we're taking are all strong wrestlers," Moeller coach Jeff Gaier said. "I know it means a lot to the guys to win the district and they just took a big step." Among the highlights for Moeller was junior Jake Corrill's lOOth career varsity victory while winning the 119-pound championship with a 7-2 decision against St Xavier senior Jake Farber. "A double milestone, and I did it against my rival," said Corrill (30.5). "He really made me take my lumps as a freshman and beat me three times. But now I'm finally beating him, and fve won the last four." Moeller senior Trey Maserang earned his 97th career win with a 48-second pin against Princeton's Darelle Pressley in the 160-pound title match. Maserang needed to win Saturday's final to stay on track for his lOOth

victory, which he can nail down next weekend if he can make it to the district semifinals. "One hundred has been a goal since I was a freshman," Maserang said. "It's more than anumber. It symbolizes my progress and my commitment and my determination to win." Moeller's most dominating performance was turned in by junior Pierce Harger, who won all three matches by pin with a total mat time of 1:27 while taking the 145-pound championship. Harger pinned his first-round opponent in 16 seconds en route to earning his third consecutive sectional title. Senior Steve Powell's title in the heavyweight division,_won by injury default against Hamilton's A]. Ralston, was impressive. "Of all seven (champs), Powell's stood out because the heavies were deep this year and he had to wrestle well from the first round," Gaier said. "Certainly, one of our goals is to win district, and having so many strong wrestlers going there, especially at heavier weights, will help." Moeller, the district champion from2004-07,dominatedthelighter weight divisions Saturday, with sophomores Brendan Walsh at 10~ pounds, Brian MacVeigh at 112 and junior Drew Hammer at 125. 'Other weightclass champions included St Xavier's Nick Ruffing (130) and John Gallagher (135), Glen Este's Tommy Fehring (140) and Tyler Godfrey (171), Princeton's Charles Mason (152), Fairfield's David Mast (189) and Hamilton's Denicos Allen (215). Hamilton with 97 points finished sixth, followed by Milford (78.5), Amelia (49), Withrow (26) and Woodward (14.5).

WRES11JNG: Grapplers will compete in Division I sectional tournaments this weekend at Moeller, Elder and Western Âˇ Brown. ;!. .. ).,:.... oc; Moeller, the No. 1 team m the final Enquirer Division I coaches' poll and the :fifth-ranked team in the state, won its seventh straight Greater Catholic League championship last weekend and will be the favorite in the sectional it hosts. Wrestling will begin at Moeller at 10 a.m. Saturday; finals are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m "I think our chances are pretty good," Moeller coach Jeff Gaier said. "Our kids are prepared and we had a pretty good schedule." Six Moeller wrestlers won individual GCL titles: Jake Corrill at l19 pounds, Drew Hammer at 125, Matt Holtman at 130, Pierce Harger at 145, Trey Maserang at 160 and Steve Powell at 285. Gaier said the Crusaders have a tough field to top for a team title. "Fairfield, St X, Princeton, Hamilton and Glen Este, and all those teams are right around the top 10," Gaier said. "So it's a pretty competitive sectional." The top four wrestlers in each weight class at each location qualify for the district tournament SWIMMING: The district tournaments begin at 6:30 p.m. today at Miami University with the Division I boys' meet The boys' and girls' Division II meets begin at 10:10 am. Saturday. The Division I girls' event be.lrins at 6:30 o.m.

i Wrestl~f- .)~ _ ~

........

, _ _ !. Moetler267.50,2. Eldet234:

3. St Xa~er 205. 4. Pultell Malian 82.50. 5. lla<ll•. 72.50, 6. C.no!l71.50. 7. La Sale 63, S.Aitor 58, g Chaminaoe-Julienne 56. 10. Roger Bac:oo 41.50, 1!. McNICholas 32. l2. Fenwlclc 27 ~ 103-Hennigan (Pun:oll) d. Walsh llooller 3-2; 112·1\eelmg {St xaooer) a. Scllunz {Eiclelli{J.7; 119C.nill {Moeller) md. Farber {St Xa-.ier) 11-3; l25Hammer !Moeller) prn Hardtl<e {Elder) 2:39; 130Holtman (Moeller) d. Rufling (St Xavier) I-ll; 135' Gallagller {St XOV!er) a. Wrll~ {cantlll) 6-2; 140Scnafter (Roger Bacon! pin Me)er {Eldet) 3:34; 145Harger {Moeller) pin Mlltl1ell {Pultell 152-Hrn~e (Purcell Manan) d. Weollleld {St rl!:{t.

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Nusekabel (Elder) pin Hill {Moeller) 1:56; 215-Scatd. (Eider) pin Oerlny (Moeller) 0:34; 285-l'owell rlolo(ler) pin N. Nusekabc; {EI<ler) 0·.48.

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T- - I . Lakota West 178.5. 2. Mason 168 5. 3. Farrfiela 136.5. 4. Oak Hi~ 118. 5. ~

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103-Luria {Mason) d. Thomas {Lakota West) 6-'l. • 112-Bklch {Lakota West) a. Neyer (Fair1ielcl) 7-:f' 119-Gonzalez (Mason) md. Hammer (Colerain) 14-3: l25-Werskittel (Oak Hrl~) d. Mcintyre {lakota West! 15-8; 130-Davis (lakota Ewst) d. Sams cfalrftekl) 10-8: 135-Snepherd (Mason) md. Maddy (fairfteldl 14-5: 140-Joleskr(Oak Hills) d. M~lma (lakota East 10-9: 145-Mrllisor (lakota West) pin Trexler (Masoq) 5:00; 152-FrUpatrick {Oak Hil~) d. Purlciser {lalcota · West) 6-5. 160-Holte (C.Ierein) d. Pressley {~ • ron)l3-1: 171-Qurnn (Oak Hills) d. Stepp (Pnnce!J>n) 7-2: 189-B<lrgstrom (MiddletOW!l) md. Mast (Fait· fieldll7-7; 2!5-AIIen (Hamtlton) md. Gonloo [Fa~ fieldj 10-2: 285-McCormack (Mason! d. RaIHamitton). dl!fautt

c:-llollloo,_, Scottfelzer{LalcotaWesij' Wnsllor altho,_, Andt1!W ~{Mid- • dletown)

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T- I. Readr"ll 213.5. 2. Maderr; · 149.5:3 Wyoming!47 5. 4. Deerf'lft l27: 5 Mane monc 79.5; 5. Finneytown 74.5: 6.11ldran Hill69.5, l Ta~or 15.5. 0

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103-Maruler (Maderra) md. Jolmson {Readrnf! 112-Hamson (Read•ng) pin. Lulei (Mariemont) 1:10: 119-Hendeoon (MariemOnt) PI' ' PenJue (Readrng) :51; !25-l<elly {Reading) dec Godtnes {Maderra) 5-1: 130-(;a!j)Ofller {Madeira; dec. Bruewer (Deer Park) 9-4 OT; !35-Brown {Maderral pin. Anderser1 (Wyoming) 1:44 140-Hayes (MaQe;ra) pin. Hug {Anney!OW!l) 1:37.. · 145-Wrlhams (Wyomrng) pm Toudl (Deef Park) 106; 152-Abbott (lnd1an Hill) dec. Rtchman · {Wyoming) 9-7, 160-Ani<Mne (Reading) dec. Gamer (Finneytown) 9-8; 171-Coi'lin {Anney!OW!l) pin. Fagan (Wyommg) 2:57; 189-Acus {Readrf18j dec. Spade (Indian HiW) 5-3: 215-Efers (Reading) prn. Douglas {Mariemont) 2:15: 285-Macke {Deer Park) pin. Blum (Wyomrng) 1:07. ol lloo ,_, Dtd< Engel (Reading) W,...., Ill tile J11r. Jo,.m Carpenter iMadetra) 130 16-6;

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, _ - - 1 . W'<throwiBI, 2. Western Hil~ 146, 3. Woodwwd 120.5. 4. HIIPS 105, 5. Sllrodet22:

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103-E. ~mille {Huglles); ll2-A. Williams (Wrtllrowl. 119-E. sna~r (WoodwanJ); 125-0. Ballou {West Hi); 130-J. Hac~ {Wrtllrow): 135-M Behanao {Huglles): 140-A. Hill (Woodwaro); 145-~: Guice (WoodwanJ); ISH Durand (Wrtllrow), 160-D. Miller (W'<throw): 171-C. ll<we (West H1)' 189-D. Williams {Huglles): 215-J. Sims (5nmder); 285-8. Mrtclleii(Wrtll""')W- ol t1oo ,_, 171-CI1arles eo-.. (Western Hrlls) c:-11 ollloo ,_, Cl•nton McElroy (Withrow I

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T- - 1 . Hamson 226.5. 2. Glen Este 188.5, 3. l.cMiand 158.5. 4. Anderson 102. 5' · MilfonJ 64. 6. Winton Woods 29

,.,

103-C.mpbell {Ander>oo) md. cam~ • {Hamson 14-4; 112-Sameckt {Lorieland) d. Meyers {GienEste) 5-2: 119-Lew~s (lov<land)P<n Cltft{Gien • Estel 4:08. l25-PlCI<Iehermer (Glen Estel ptq· L!hrtor (Hanison)2 49: 130-VanDellyt(Hanison) d.· snambhn (MilfonJ) 4-2; !35-Brown (Andeoonl ~ • Dunn (Mi~ord) 8-7; 140-{ii1fen (Hanisoo) pin Gibb< (Glen f.s1e) 0:56; 145-Fehring (Glen Estel md Shi~ey (Hanison)l2-1: !52-Campbell {Hanison) d. Deitrich (Milfonl) 9-3: 160-Rivera {Hanison) P<n' Husman (Loveland) 2:55: 171-Godfrey {Glen Estt,)'' d. Slusher (MilfonJ) 9-6: 189-Tumlrn (Hanison) ~ Spart<e (Glen f.s1e) 18-3: 215-Mcllonald (Harrisorll'' d 5nade (Glen Estel 10·8: 285-Kiimmer (Glen Estel pin l<ellems {Hamson) 1:37. FA~Ct

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TI. Wrlmington 202. 2. little Miamr 195.5, 3. Turpin 149, 4. Amelia 88, 5. Klni!E" 61

, "'

103-Ciolinger (AmeliO) tl. WMe 17-2; 112-Wrlliamson (1\ings) pin Anderskow !little M•amr)l.54: 119-Bray {Wilm•ngton) md. Hi1115-18c' · 125-C<lrrell (Turpin) wm lkbome (Wi!mmglOr..)

2.09: 130-Burge (Wilmllgtool pin Stev!ns (Turpir)" 1:50; 135-Aidnch (Turpml d. Adams (little MiaiN) 8 3.140-Ross (Wilmington) d. Wajts (little M•am) 9·2. 145-Ta~or (Tutjl<n) tl. BradfonJ Ilittle Miami)·. 18-2: 152-Bunis (Amelra) d. Rheude (Turpin)3-2 160-Camptlell (W•Immgton) pm Ohnmeis (T!Jrpir.) 0:55: 111-l<elly (Turpon) pin Hunter (little Mram 1 ; 5:43;

189-Cowman

(W•Im•ngton)

Mart.l

(Amelia) 5:20; 215-Mapes (Wilmrngton) pin Tumtr • (Uttle Miamr)1:54; 285-Bradley (Litlle Mramr) (J>1 , Stacey (Wilmington) 4·32 FA~Q

T- -

I. Ross 241.5, 2. Edgewood 183.5. 3. Mounc Healthy 140, 4. Northwest 18, ~ Nmwood 77 .5. 6. Talawanda 60

Clu ;I r'lfl 103-Mcl<eman {Ross) prn Young {Northwesc; 4:55; ll2-Puska {Edgt-ooodi d. Wittlcow {Ross; 8-2; 119-McSor1ey (Edgt-oood) tl. Mills(Ross) 15-6:. 125-AI•p (Norwood)~- McHen~ {Edgewood) 18-2 .• 130-Lenos {Edgewood) pin Stallings (Mouht Hea!thy)

18-4;

135-Payne

(Rossi

Son-

[Northwest) 4:41. 140-Unger Ross) pon JustJ"" (Edgewood) 2:56: 145-Conrad (Ross) md. Co.l (Norwood) 14-0: 152-Zelll<f (Edgewood) pm. Cabrera (Rossi 3:46; 160-Estes (Edgewood) II. Clements {Mount Healthy) 14-8; 171-DavidoQo r rRoss) prn Rrce (Edgewood)4'44; 189-Cagle{Ros$) d. MagJecrc (Norwood) 3-2; 215-Hen~ (MoiiM • Healthy) pin c.,. (Ross) 1'.09: 285-l\emp (Mourt' Healthy) d. Bea~e (Talawanda) 11-7. SIC Qt ;' nr.l$ l Blancllester 168, 2. New R~n· mond 138. 3. Goshen 117.5. 4 Bethoi-Tate 115, 5 Western Brown 104, 6. Clermont Nortllei!S1!m 76. 7 Batavra 76. 8. Wrlhamsburg 3

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103-fox (Western Brown I d SimjlS()c iCNE)ll-2; 112-Waro (Gosllenl md Deaton (81aijchesrer)17-2. 119-Bauer (Western Brown) d. Ciort" (Blanchester) 12-4; 125-Panno (Blanchester) m~"' Ha~s 1Bata•al!4-4; 130-Btsitol> cBia~ r1.• Reynolds (~EI 3-1: 135-Gresham {Goshen)d. Naqj... er (Bethel·Tare) 9-5: 140-Walker (Gosnenl prn RoyOr" {CNE) 3:45: 145-0isbennett (BT) d. Runyon {Bi!lnchester) 4·1: 152-Nowe (Blanchester) prn Rose (Betl1ei-Tate) 1:26; 160-Nealan (New RichmOrtd) pin Runyon (Biandlester) 3:09: 171-Martirler:IC {New R1chmond) pin Richardson (Blanchester) 5:48; 189-

McGowan ICNE) d. Smithson {Bianchester)9-4; 215Elam (Batavta) d. Geller( New Richmondi16-3: 285Brown (Westem Brown) d. Clift iGosllen)3·1. oltlot ,_, Bnan Pen""--- · W-ollloo-.Jake H.... 81ancllester''

Conference wrestling roundup

2- t S"- 0 1

7th straight GCL title for Moeller; Reading, Withrow also champions Enquirer staff reports

Moeller won the Greater Catholie League tournament Saturday at Hara Arena with 267.5 points, finishing ahead of Elder, which posted 234, and St Xavier at 205. It was the seventh straight league championship for Moeller. Six wrestlers for the Crusaders won individual titles: Jake Corrill at "119 pounds, Drew Hammer at 125, Matt Holtman at 130, Pierce Harger at 145, Trey Maserang at 160 and Steve Powell at 285. Pat Nusekabel won at 189 pounds and Orlando Scales won at 215 for Elder. CHI.: Reading won its fourth consecutive Cincinnati Hills League title- and the 14th in school historywith a team score of 213.5.

Jimmy Hanison (112), Tyler Kelly (125), David Anjevine (160), Kirby Acus (189) and Christian Elfers (215) each won his respective weight class for the Blue Devils. Madeira, with a score of 149.5, and Wyoming (147.5) rounded out the top three teams. The wrestler of the year award went to Madeira 130-pounder John Carpenter. Carpenter won a 9-4 overtime decision over Joe BruewÂˇ er of Deer Park. Reading's Dick Engel was Âˇnamed coach of the year. CMAC: Withrow won the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference championship at Western Hills. Withrow edged West Hi with 181 team points to the Mustangs' 146. The wrestler of the year in the CMAC was Charles Dove (171) of

Western Hills. Coach of the year was Withrow's Clinton McElroy. FAVC: Hanison, Wilmington and Ross each won its division in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference championships. Senior Andrew Tumlin (189) won his fourth individual title in as many years in the Buckeye division. Four other wrestlers took first place for Hanison: Nick VanDeRyt (130), Tyler Giffen (140), Kevin Campbell (152) and CJ. Rivera (160). In the Cardinal, Wilmington squeezed past Little Miami 202195.5 for a second consecutive title. Wilmington had six individual champions. And in the Scarlet, Ross won its second consecutive league title and sixth overall.

WresHing

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Scllool

!.Ota lf,l'~'w6lest (i)

3. Mason 4. Elder 5. Harrison 6. Sl Xavier 7. Fairfield 8. Oak Hills 9. PrincetOn 10. Glen Este OtlleB: Lakota East 4; Andefson I; Loveland I.

Leaders

Diwllioo I 103

"-·ochool campbell, Anderson Cloi,nger, Atnelfa Luna. Mason Artrip, Mason

Sc:twitz, Elder Gi !bell, Lebanon

~1~!!1 nzal~ason

11t

McSorley, Edgewood

125

Weisl<ittel, Oak Hills Ballou. Western H1lls Pid<elheimer, Glen Este

130

54 51 44 26 25 24 14 10

L Pills

25 25 23

27 24 23

4 11 6

I 4

13 14 11 14 2

10 II 17

27 23 23

Ruffing. Sl X.Yier Davis, Lakota West Williamson, Princeton

27 26 25

9 8 20

Gallagher, Sl X.Yier Globke, MiddletOWn Shepherd, Mason

30 23 22.

12 6 8

24 21 21

7 7 14

140

Fehring. Glen Este Mialma, Lakota East Jolevskl, Oak Hills

tJaau:'

tai~lii:[

145

Millisor, lakota West Wilnams. Ml Healthy Mason. Princeton ConneiS, Elder Knabe, Loveland

152

160

Miller, Withrow Freeman, Winton Wds Clements, Ml Healthy

171

Godfrey, Glen Este Dove, Western Hills Kaselmeyer, Colerain

23 23 21

3 II 5

9 9 II

27 24 21

Poner, Mason Tumlin, Harrison

24 22

215

285

Mitchell, Withrow Scheeler, Loveland ~td!:ldli:t

20 12 17

29 23 22

189 Botgstrom, Midd!etown

Henry, Mount Healthy Scales, Elder Gordon, Fairfield

14 16

9 15 2 II

28 26 24

9 0 I

14 20 10

34 25

9 10 6

25 22 II

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Wrestling

Division I

Sdoool

l'olllb 89

I. Moeller (8) 2.lakotl1We!il.(l) l Masoo 4.Hanisofl 5. Elder 6. Fai!field

81 70

60 !56 41

36 22

7.St.xavier

8.DakHiliS 9.PII!1al1011

19 11

10. Glen ES1!0

leaders 103 ,._, tctoool campbell,AildeBoo Oolinger, Amelia ThomaS.I.akotll West

1 3

20 20

23 20

Cooiii,Moel\e< Gonzalez. Masoo Daniels. Mt Heallhy

12 9 5

U225

Mnp, Masoo Gubel1. lebanon Samed<i, !Dieland

.....

4 6 3

6 6 12

21 21 18

9 5

7 18

125

Weiskittel, oak Hils Ballou, Western Hills Plcl<el!\elmer, G. ES1!0

10 11

23 23

130

Davis, 1.akD1a West.

26 25 25

~l'!ir<>!IM

Rulling.St.xavier

Ganater. St. xavier

4 5

8 20

135

Globke, MiddletOwn Brown, Andelscn

23 19

6 12

6 10

140

Fehnng, Glen Este .ioiMIIi. 011< Hils B!ldbooy, Lilt West

24 19 18

145

~.LIIo>IIWest

Hilllllf, Moollet

152

Masoo, PrfncefDn Knabe, Lovefand Pumser, l.8kDta West

3 5

II 12

17127

17 17

3 2 4

16 9

189

29 22 20

15 11 2

21528

Herny, Mount Healll1y Krimmer, Glen Este Shaun, Winton Woods

R'Nela, Harrison

Pooer, Mason

6 4

16023

Scheeler, l.ateland MildJell, ltlthrow 1W<:tnn lbmilnn

Miller, Wllhrow Clements, Mt Heallhy

Bolgstrom, Midd. Tumlin, Hanlson

22 U

Wllf_loll._.

Go<ffl'ey, Glenf.ste Dll\oe, Western Hifls Haselmeyer, ColemiJ

9 4

24 24

28525

14 9 12

22 19 R

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Division I wresUing Sdoeol

Polots

1. Moeller (9) 2.L.akotaWest(1) 3. Mason 4. Harrison

99 88 76

~: ~Jfield I -Jo./;)1

~§

7. St Xavier 8. Oak Hills 9. Pl1n<:etDn 10. Loveland

38 33 20 10 Others: Glen Este 9, L.akota East 4, Anderson 1

103

-,school Cllrnpbell, Ande!Soo

Selmon, Pl1n<:etDn campbell, Hanlson

112

Gilbert, lebanon Aroip, Mason Schultz. Elder

119

Corrii,Moeilet' Farber, St Xavier Gonzalez, Mason

[ '

wL 21 1 19 3 19 6

Plas

23 6 20 4 20 9

9 11 1

20 5

6 3 5

17 8 16 6

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11 12

2 10 'at 4., 21 7• 16

t~~.Stti!·'#' ~ :1lf ~.f'lllw:lllllo

l35

Gallagtler, Sl Xavier ' Globke, Middletown Mer!<, Oak Hills

140

r.Mng, Glen Este •. OakHills Bladbeny, L.akota West Halger, Moeller Millisor, Lakota West Wllfiams, Mount Healthy

Purl<iser, L.akota West Connets, Elder Mason. Priilceton

Godfrey, Glen Este Haseilneyer, Colerain Dove, Westem Hills

160

171

189 Borg;trom, Midd_, Tumlin, Hanlson Mast, fairfield 215 Gordon, failfleld lierny, Mount Heallhy Shaun, Wioton Woods UiU:hell, Withrow Scheeler, Loveland Ralston, Hamilton

29 2

18 6 18 10

11 4 6

21 19 18

12 7

145

152

Miller, Withrow Rivera, Hanlson Kortl, Elder

22 4

285

22 22 6 21 10

16 6

19 5 19 9 18 3

23 21 20

22 3 18 3

10 9

17 0

26 22 19

14 11 10

23 1

10 11 10

23 9 21 5 24 5

22 6 21 9

8 6 11 3

19 20 8

wresumi.t:.,'?3~ School

l'llali 110 93 88 61 61 57 52

I.Moelle<(ll) 2. lakota West 3. Harrison T4. Elder T4. Mason 6. St l'lMe< 7. Fairfield 8.1lakHills 9. Prtncetoo 10. Glen Este

39 21 13

Othefs: Loveland 6; lakota East 4

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103

Campbell, Ande!son Campbell, Harrison Walsh,t.laelle<

112

L Pins

19 1 19 6 19 10

9 6 6

L Pins

Gilbett. L..banon

Mlip, Mason

20 19

5 4 8

L Pins

l Pins

SchuJ1Z. Elde!

119

Gonzalez, Mason

Farbef. St l'lMe<

,._,......,.

125

Weistdllol. Qak Hils Plcl<etlefner. G. Este

~~ 130

NM.,odoool

Ruffing, St x..1er Davis, lai<Dia Wesl

Willialllooo.l'l'r<:e1oo.

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135

Gallag\er, St xavier

Slle!lhenl,t.\ason NM.,ocloool

2 7 4

6 5 3 8 16 6

L Pins

24 20 17

6 4 4

L Pins

8 7 14

2 11 7 8

16 140

Fehring. Glen Este Bradberry, lakota West Mialma, l.aluJta East

...........

21Âˇ 21 19

Maddy. Fairfield

5 6 8

20 16 16

Conill,t.loele<

145

Harger, Moeller Stines. lebanon Millisor, lakota West 152

"-e,ocloool

l Pins

21 16 15

2 5 4

6 6 6

L Pins

20 18

3 5 5

16 7 5

L Pins

Connels, Elde! Mason, Princeton l'ull<iser, lakota West 180

18 17 15

9 3 4

RiYela,Harrison Ko!b, Elde! Miller, Withrow

21 19 16

L Pins 6 11

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171

Godfrey, Glen Este Haselmeyer, Coielaln Dove, Western Hills

189

Tumlin, Harrison Mast, Failfield

l Pins 3 3 0

l Pins 1 5 7

Goolon, Fairfield Scales. Elder IWnrner,GienEste 285

PIJNell, Moeller MRI:heii,WIIhrow

19 18

Ctt.'T\Âˇ~irlit~lrl

10 9 13

22 17 215

3 12

18 17

f'oltef, Mason

4 2

8 5 8

11 10 2

L Pins

18 18

1 0 4

l Pins 7

10 14

8 10 14

W1liSnJIIG Cllloallc ...._.. , _ T- ~· Moell$r 235, 2. Toledo CC 190.5. 3. DeSales !5 . 4. tf3er i5!f: 5. Padua !46 5. 6. St Ignatius 141. 7. St Xavier 129.5. 8. Chane! 110.5, 9. St Chanes 107.5. 10 Merrtor LaK<! Catholic 106, II St Franc~ 102. 12 Newark Catholic 91. 13. Stntch 77.5,14. Ready 64,15 La Salle 57.5,!6. St Wendelin 57,17. Tal. StJohn's 55. IB Purtell Manan 54 5. 19. Villa Angela-St Joseph's 52.5. 20 Parma HetgMs Holy Name 52. 21. Hartley 49.22 LJma CC 46.5. 23. Chammade-Julienne 35, 24 carroll 32.5. 25.(tie) Elyria Gatholrc. Roger Bacon 32,27 Del. St Johns 31. 28. Alter 27. 29. Tusc. CC 26.5, 30. Benedictine 24, 31. NDCL20, 32. waner.on 17, 33. Fenwid< 16. 34. FISher Gatllolte !3. 35. John F. Kennedy 12. 36. Tnnity 9, 3 7. St Joseph 3. 38. Cleveland CC 2

Flal 103-George O~millo(St lgna~us) tf. Bobby Mason(Padua) 21-4: 112-Jerome Robmson(Sllgnauus) tf. Jacob Mamn(St Francis) 20-4: W:akel:o<· ~ MIChael Kovach(Chanei!TT"T.!5-

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C C.) I 20: 135-John Gallaghe~St Xa~er) md. Ryan Ruffing( Elder) 19· 7: 140-JOS/l Reondei(Stntch) d. Jrm Klosz(Holy Name) 8-2. 145-0avid HabaUSt lgna~us) ~~e H-~~9-5: !52-Kyle Gladieux I tntc ) pin a Chane!) 1:2B: 160-Rrley Krlruy(Padua) m~. Tii"n1Moelle~~71Marc Bryan(st lgn us .a& DeSales) 12-5: 18-9K~e Sanders{St Chanes) pin Aarun Shook(Newark Catholic) 1:59: 215-0nando Scales (Elder) d. Dave Prckerei(Tol. C.C.) 2-1: 2B5-Vrncenzo Caroone(Tol. C C.) d. Micheal Galvan(St Wendelrn) H

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~M~~~n:.s~:~~~~~~~~l tJtar"f§"_J,i;XeO~ Fonseca(Padua) d. Oan Cook(Tol. C.C.)7-(): 125-Jo· ey KJef~Chanel) d Chns FUSCO(Hartley) 5-2: 130NICk Ruffing(St Xa~er) d Mil~oltman{Mf";\tl-0: 135-~tt Antenuco(Moel~ . Geiirge ore usc ~ -4: 146-Kert 1~1 anel) d. Tommy W1!ils (Ganoll)3·1: 145-MrK<! Fee(LaK<! GatlloiiCI md. Ronell Spates(VA-&l)l!-3: !52-Brad MOSSing(Tol. C.C.) d Joe Georgian(VA-&J) 3-2: !60-Reno 8emartlo(DeSales) prn lan Korb(Eider)!·2!: 171-8nan 8orae(Lake Catllol~) d. Pallick Rigsby{St Chanes)6-5: !89J-ake Henderson(Tol. C.C 1d. Frank Viancourt{Holy Name) 10-3: 215-Evan Jackson( Hartley) pm Bear Rigsby(St Chanes) 4:52: 285-Tyler Tschuo~LJma C C 1 pm Steve Poweii[Moeller) ~ .JQ.l;!lrendan W~Moeller) d. Da~d Coates (lake Gathohc) 3":0; l~aktmultz(Eider) over Byrun Keellng(St Xavier) default; 119-Brian McGovetm (DeSales) d. Josh Nelson(Ganoll) 3-(): 125-Jelf Ho~ (Lake CatholiC) prn Bnan Merschman(Del StJohn's) 2:15: 130-JQS/l Tayi~Elyria Gatllolte) d.lan Grllespre (Eider)6-2: 135-Ben Metnkmg(Purtell Manan) d. David Martello(Ready) 3-1: !40-DJ. 8eauch(Tol. C.C.I d. ~Krn~Moellmii3: !45-Ah EJ- Tatawy(Tol. C.C I it" Je nrni!S\4 /-2: !52-Sal cartagna(De· Sales) d. Sam Conner.;(Eider)8-4: 160-Ryan Volz(La· Salle) d. John Mackessy(St Chanes) 7-2: 171-JJ. H"bak(St wendelm) d. Taylo< Monus(Tol StJohn's) 8-3. 189-Malcolm 8urreii(DeSales) over Andy BaK<!r (Padua) fortett 215-Jelf 8eatty(Ready) over Lane Hart!ield(Newark catholic) fortert; 285-Paul Waller fSt. Xavier) over Tom laue1FenWJckl torfelt

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District qLlalifleJ Jake Schultz is one of precious few seniors who will help lead a somewhat young Elder team.

In time, Elder likely to round into form By Cedric K. Brown

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As Dick McCoy heads into his 26th year as wrestling coach at Elder, he knows his Panthers will have a tough time opening the season. He also knows that won't last long "Early on we will struggle and it's going to be a bit of a challenging task," said McCoy, who says he is expecting to start 10 or 11 underclassmen. "But if we stay healthy, by February we11 be a pretty good team. We're still one of the top five teams in the city."' The Panthers must rebound after losing 10 seniors from a team that finished fourth in last season's state tournament. "We have some kids who are quality wrestlers, but you never know how they're going to react," McCoy said. 'The difference between J,V. and varsity is huge, and it will be an eye-opening experience for our young guys. We'll just have to see what happens." Orlando Scales, state champion at 215 pounds, is the only Panther returning who placed in last season's state tournament. He finished the season with a 48-0 record. "When he comes into the room, he's got respect from every kid in there," McCoy said. "He's a self-motivator and a hard worker who does whatever it takes to be the best. When he comes to practice, he comes every day to give 150 percent. He

doesn't take a play off; he has a real passion for the sport." McCoy also is expecting big things from senior Jake Schultz (112),junior Jake Meyer (135-140) and sophomore lack Kurzhals (112-119). "All three of those guys were district qualifiers last season and w.e're hoping they ca.rJ. take that next step," said McCoy.

Other tteams to watch MASON: The Comets finished second in the Greater Miami Conference last season and lltn at the state tournament. The Comets and coach Craig Murnan will be led this season by four returning starters: senior Dan McCormack (215-heavyweight), juniors Robert Shepherd (130-135) and Christian Gonzalez (119-125) and sopho-. more Jeremy Artrip (103-112). McCormack placed sixth in the district tournament last season. Shepherd placed siXth at state as a freshman and fifth in the district last season as a sophomore. He has an overall record of74-17. Artrip was another state qualifier for the Comets last season. ST. XAVIER: In his 35th season, Dick Murphy returns seven starters who won a total of 173 matches last season. Of those returnees, three were state qualifiers: John Gallagher, who finished seventh; Jake Farber, who finished eighth; and Byron Keeling. The Bombers finished tied for 15th in the tournament.

Gallagher, with 89 career wins, and Farber with 96 are closing in on the school record for varsity career wins (118). COLERAIN: The Cardinals will build around five returning starters from a team that finished fifth in the GMC: Lucas WJ.lliiamson (125), Adam Green (112), Jacob Hammer (119), Dylan Holtz (160) and Lue Hasselmeyer (171). First-year coach Jim Wandsnider beliieves Colerain can have a strong season if his younger wrestlers contribute. "We have a lot of young, inexperienced kids on the team," said Wandsnider. "If we can plug in about three more talented wrestlers, we will have a more successful season."

PRINCETON: The VIkings and coach Ty Robbins will be led by a group of young wrestlers. Juniors Jeremy Stepp (171-189) and Charles Mason (145-152) are both Division I college prospects. Stepp was a state qualifier last season while Mason and sophomore Corey Selmon (103-112) were district qualifiers. MORLER: Two-time state qualifier Pierce Harger (140) will lead the Crusaders. The junior has placed seventh and fifth in the state tournament. Jake Corrill, also a junior, finished seventh last year, and as a team, Moeller finished sixth. "(The team) will be a good mix of experiP.nced starters with experienced wrestlers just breaking into the lineup," said coach Jeff Gaier.

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ThOmas (lKW) d. Walsh (MOE) 5-1; Hill (COL) tf. Fox (WB) 15-0; Selmon (PrlN) pin Chang (REY) 3:51; Harrison (ROG) d. Luna (MAS) 3-1; campbell (HAR) pin Hennegan (PM) 4:30; Kramer(BVR) d. Anderron (GE) 5-2; Baas (OAK) pin McKernan (ROS) 3:04; Clolinger (AME) d. Ta~or (LKE) 12-7.

Artrip (MAS) pin Feldman (COL) 0:31; Sorells (PRIN) md. Barbour (AN) 11-0; Samecki (LOV) md. May (MDI) 12-1; MacVeigh (MOE) pin Wetzel (BVR) 0:4 7; Meyers (GE) d. Schultz (ELD) 4-3; Nein (REY) pin Oursler (LKE) 3:04; Gay (HAR) tf. Hensley (ROS) 18-0; Keeling (SX) pin Turner (RB) 0:44.

119 Osborne (RYl.) d. Schroeder (MDI) 5-2; Hammer (COL) md. Shine (LKE) 12-0; Bauer (WB) md. Lewis (LOV) 10-2; Jones (BVR) pin Kurzhals (ELD) 3:50; Farber (SX) tf. Washington (PM) 15-Q; Nelson (PRN) md. Ru~ (HAM) 2<l-11; Gonzalez (MAS) md. Dunlap (REY) 15-6; Corrill (MOE) pin L.atchforll (MIL) 0:40.

125 Palmer (RYl) pin Avant IV (RB) 0:58; Burgdorf (MIL) dec. Adams (LOV) 5-2; Chang(REY) d. Visconti (SX) 14-7; Mcintire (LWK) d. Aannery (MAS) 10-4; Hammer (MOE) pin Bogiin (PRN)0:31; Pickelheimer (GE) pin Green (COL) 4:36; Weiskittel (OAK) d. Hartke (ELD) B-4; Henderron (MDI) pin Cecil (W8) 3:00.

130

Carpenter (MAD) md. McCreary (lKE) 12-2; Shamblin (MIL) d. Kelly (RDG) 7-6; Holtman (MOE) pin Gillespie (COL) 5:00; Schaeffer (BVR) pin lonkarll (RYl.) 0:30; Davis (lKW) d. Allen (REY) 9-2; VanDeRyi"(HAR) pin Partin (WB) 0:13; Ruffing (SX) md. Gillespie (ELD) 13-1: Williamson (PRN) pin Wurtzler2:50.

135 Gallagher (SX) d. Ruffing (ELD) 10-4; Wilder (PRN) d. Anderron (WYO) 7-4; Weinzapfel (MDI) pin Dunn (MIL) 5:41; Shepherd (MAS) pin Diyanni (REY) 3:21; Sanders (BAD) d. Roland (RYL) 3-1; Meinking (PM) md. Mohammadi (LKE) 16-8; Merk (OAK) d. Hudson(RB) 10-7; Moore(BVR)d. Rouse(lKW)5-1.

140 Sasfy (REY) pin Smith (SX) 3:05; Green (WB) pin Meyer (ELD) 4:00; FeMng (GE) md. Bradbeny (LKN) 19-6; Jolevski (OAK) d. Lee-W~Iiams (PRN) 12-7; Schaffer (RB) pin King (MOE) 3:59; Conrad (ROS) d. Purcell (HAM) 18-13; Mialma (LKE) tf. Spencer (COL) 15-Q; Sims (MDI) pin McPherron (BVR) 1:43.

145 Harger (MOE) pin Dietrich (MIL) 3:23; Pickle (LOV) pin Lir~ (SX) 1:55; Zenthoefer (MDI) d. Brown (HAM) 11-6; Hayes (MAD) d. Francis (PRN) 5-4; Mrtct•ell (PM) d. Haehnle (OAK) 8-5; Pemberton (BVR) d. Helton (lKE) 3-1; Dillinger (WB) pin Newell (HARi 2:30; Williams (WYO) md. Laine (ROS) 13-2.

152 campbell (HAR) pin Plank (MAS) 0:52; King (MDI) d. Mace (RYL) 6-3; Purkiser (LW) d. Conners (ELD) 4-2; Huesman (LOV) d. Hussain (LKE) 7-3; Burris (AME) d. Fitzpatrick (OAK) 8-7; Raabe (RB) pin Hyde (MAD) 2:54; Rahm (MOE) pin Megie (MIL) 3:50; Mason (PRN) tf. Burris (GE) 22-7.

160 Kofb (ELD) d. Coyle (RYL) 8-2; Hall (MIL) d. Smith tWB) 13-B; Gamer (AN) d. Richman (WYO) 6-1; Hinkle (PM) d. Soarer (MAS) 11-5; Easterling (MDI) d. Knabe (LOV) 4-1; Angevine (RDG) pin Wagers (MAD) 2:10; Holte (COL) d. Rivera (HAR) 1<l-6; Bennan (BVR) pin Dotson (OAK) 2:53.

171 Hogben (RYl) pin Geer (PM) 0:48; Acus (RDG) d. H~and (ELD) 14-8; Haselmeyer (COL) pin Simes (WB) 0:45; Slusher (MIL) pin Ylm (MAS) 3:41; Maserang (MOE) d. Godfrey (GE) 11-5; Whitmore (HAR) d. Stentz (RB) 9-8; Boots (MDI) d. Barnes (LKE) 6-2; Stepp (PRN) d. Quinn (OAK) 2-1.

189 Tumlin (HAR) tf. Bunn (BVR) 17-2; Koester (MDI) pin Glancy (HAM) 1:11; Nusekabel (ELD) md. Sparke (GE) 1()-0; Powell (LKE) md. Mitchell (PM) . 17-6; Bradforll IRYL) pin Walker (MOE) 1:53; Porter· (MAS) d. Cagle (ROS) 6-3; Phelps (MAO) pin Stamper (WB) 1:21; Cook (REY) tf. Miller(lKW) 15-Q.

215 Scales (ELD) pin Croley (PRN) 1:22; Hill (MOE) pin Martin lAME) 1:25; Knmmer (GE) pin Hayes (RDG) 0:49; McConnack (MAS) pin Sams (WB) · 1:49; Kercher (MDI) d. Blevins (lKW) 9-3; Dilley (BVR) pin Long (SX) 6:54; Miller(OAK) d. McDonald (HAR) 8-2; Allen (HAM) d. Keller (LKE) 10-6.

285 Walls (BVR) pin Thomas (MAD) 0:23; VanWinkle (MDI) tf. Wocher (ELD) 19-3; Powell (MOE) d. Ralston (HAM) 2-1; Rue (MIL) pin Ernst . (OAK) 1:59, Brown (WB) pin Meyers (lKW) 3:51; Brown (UV) pin Cross (ROS) 3:46; Marrero (REY) md. Waller (SX) 9-1; Kellems (HAR) pin Adams (RYL) 1:49.

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Moeller makes it five straight in coaches' tourney By Kevin Goheen Enquirer contributor

Moeller did what it was expected to do Saturday night, winning its fifth consecutive team championship in the Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association Glenn Sample Classic tournament at Oak Hills. Âˇ The same could be said for defending 215-pound state champion Orlando Scales of Elder and threetime state qualifier Andrew Tumlin of Harrison at 189 pounds as each won a title in his respective weight class. St Xavier senior Nick Ruffing, however, provided the surprise of the tournament Ruffing, a senior. defeated the top three seeds, including No.l]ohnny Carpenter of Madeira 3-2 in double overtime, to win the 130-pound division. Ruffing's accomplishment didn't go unnoticed as the coaches voted him the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. "Nick won that match last spring, with his preparation," said St Xavier coach Dick Murphy, who is in his 35th year with the program. "I've not coached too many kids that have worked harder. His level of improvement from last year is like day and night" Ruffing's championship match with Carpenter was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation and each \\Testier scored a one-point escape during the second overtime period. Ruffing, the seventh seed, held on to Carpenter for the entire 30-second rideout period. Carpenter finished third last season at the Division III state tournament. Ruffing beat No. 2 seed Lucas Williamson of Princeton 8-7 in the quarterfinal~ before beating No.3 seed Ty Davis of Lakota West 7-4 in the semifinals. It was Ruffing's second win of the season against Davis. Brian MacVeigh (112), Jake Corrill (119), Drew Hammer (125)

and Pierce Harger (145) all won individual championships as Moeller, the No. 1-ranked team in the Enquirer's Division I coaches' poll, piled up 217.5 points to beat runner-up Elder by 40 points. Evansville Mater Dei finished third with 168.5 points, while Beavercreek (157.5) was fourth and Lakota West (139) fifth. Moeller had five wrestlers in the championship finals, the most of any team. Nine Crusaders overall placed out of the 14 weight classes, with seven wrestlers winning their final match. Second-ranked Harrison took its second straight Division I (middle size) championship with 138 points, 11 points better than runner-up Princeton. Madeira also won its second consecutive Division II-III (small school) title by edging Roger Bacon 43.5-38. Tumlin, third at state last season, was the only individual champion for Harrison, beating Jack Bradford of Ryle ~5. Scales went undefeated in 48 matches last season, capturing the Ohio Division I title at 215 pounds. He is ranked No.1 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News, but had wrestled just two matches coming into the tournament after a football season in which he helped the Panthers reach the Division I title game. The extra time on the football field had little effect Scales received byes in the first two rounds and then pinned his three opponents leading up the final, needing just two minutes, 50 seconds to reach the championship round. Before the championship matches, the SWOWCA inducted Lakota East coach Bob Latessa and former Reading coach Dennis Sulfstead into its Hall of Fame. Latessa is in his 14th season with the Thunderhawks, also having previously coached at Blair Academy in New Jersey and Lehigh University. Sulfstead coached the Blue Devils from 1978-86.

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Princeton Hlg11's Corey Selmon holds down Cory Clolinger of Amelia in the championship match of the 103-pound weight class at Oak Hills. Selmon won the match 10-4.

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Moeller's Brian MacVelg11 grabs the legs of St. Xavier's Byron Keeling during their match at the Glenn Sample Classic Saturday. MacVeigh pinned Keeling to win the 112-pound title.

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Team scores Open: I. Moeller217.5.? Et~er 177.5. 3. Mater Dei 168.5. 4. BeaN."treek 15 7.5, '>.Lakota West 139, 6. Reynoldsburg128, 7. Mason 114. 8. Oak Hills99.5, 9. St xavier91.5,10.Lakota East63.11. Hamilton 45 DiYislon 1: I. Harrison 138, 2. Princeton 127, 3. Ryle 124, 4. Glen Este 95, 5. Western Brown 79.5, 6. Mi~ord 62, 7. Colerain 60, 8. Loveland 59. 9. Amelia 30 Divisions 11-111: I. Madeira 43.5, 2. Roger Bacon 38, 3. Ross 35.5, 4. Reading 35, 5. Badin 34.5, 6. Wyoming 34.5, 7. Purcell Manan 29. 8. Rnneytown 9 103 Quarterllnals Fox (WB) md Thomas (LWJ10-1 Selmon (PRN) d. Harrison (RDG) 8-6 Campbell (HAR) tl Kramer (BVR) 16-0 Clolinger (AME) md. Baas (OAK) 15-7

Senrilinals Selmon (PRN) pin Fox (WB) 3:04 Clolinger (AME) md. Campbel! (HAR) 16-0

Cbampionsblp Selmon (PRN) d. Clolinger (AME) 10-4

112 Quarterfinals Artlip (MAS) pin Sorells (PRN) 1:22 MacVeigh (MOE) d. Sameckr (LOV) 6-3 Nein (REV) d. Meyer.qGE) 7-4 Keeling (SX) pin Fay (HAR) 1:11

Senrilinals MacVeigh (MOE) d. Artlip (MAS) 4-3 Keeling (SX) d. Nein (REV) 16-ID

Cbampionsblp MacVeigh (MOE) pin Keeling (SX) 5:52

119 Quartemnals Osborne (RYL) tl. Hammer (COL) 17-0 Jones (BVR) d. Sauer 3-0 Farber (SX) d. Nelson (PRN) 13-6 Corrill (MOE) d. Gonzalez (MAS) 8-1

Semifinals Corrill (MOE) d. Farber (SX) 13-6 Jones (BVR) d. Osborne (RYl) 3-1 Championship Corrill (MOE) d. Jones (BVR) 11-4

125 Quartemnals Palmer (RYl) pin Burgdort (MIL) 2:00 Mcintyre (LW) prn Chang (REV) 4:17 Hammer (MOE) pin Pickelheim (GE) 3:10 Weis~ttel (OAK) d. Henderson (MDI) 5-0

Semifinals Hammer (MOE) d. Weiskittel (OAK) 5-2 Mcintire (LW) pin Palmer (RYL) 4:05

Championship Hammer (MOE) d. Mcintire (LKW) 7-1

130 Quarlerfinlls Carpenter (MAD) tl. Shamblin (MIL) 17-2 Holtman (MOE) d. Schaeffer (BVR) 7-1 Davis (LW) d. VanDeRyt (HAR) 7-0 Ruffing (SX) d. Williamson (PRN) 8-7

Senrilinals Ruffing (SXJ d. Davis (LIV)7-4 Carpenter(MAD) d. Holtman (MOE) 7-1 Championship Ruffing (SX) d. Carpenter (MAD) 3-2

135 Quarleffinals Gallagher (SX) d. Wilder (PRN) 11-5 Shepherd (MAS) d. Weinzapfel (MDI) 5-4 Sanders (BAD) md. Mein~ng (PM) 9-0 Moore (BVR) d. Mer!< (OAK) 14-8

Seaoffinals Moore (BVR) d. Sanders (BAD)4-0 Shepherd (MAS) d. Gallagher (SX) Championship Moore (BVR) d. Shepherd (MAS)10-6

140 Quarterfinals Sasfy (REY) tl. Green (WB) 19-4 Fehnng (GEl md. Jol~ (0AK)12-1 Conrad (ROSJ md. Schaffer (RBJ17- 7 Sims (MDI) d. Mialma (LE) 7-6

Semifinals Srms (MDI) d. Conrad (ROS) 8-7 Sasfy (REY) d. Fehnng (GE) 10-8 Challlplonshlp Sasfy (REV) d. Sims (MDI) 11-6

145 Quartetflnals Williams (WYDJ pin Dillinger (WB) 5:39 Harter (MOE) tl. Pickle (LOV) 15-0 Zenthoefer (MDI) pin Hayes (MAD) 2:51 Pembe~on (BVR) tl. Mitchell (PMJ 15-0

Semifinals Harger (MOE) d. Zenthoefer (MDI)9-2 Williams (WYOJ md. PembeMn 14-4 Championship Harger (MOE) pin Williams (WYO)l:49 152

Quartetflnals Campbell (HAR) pin King (M01)2:45 Purl<iser (LWJ pin Huesman (LOV) 3:41 Raabe (RB) d. Burris (AME) 12-7 Mason (PRN) d. Rahm (MOE)I0-3

Senrilinals Campbell (HAR) tl. Pur1<iser (LW) 15-10 Mason (PRN) tl. Raabe (RB) 2 7-12 Championship Mason (PRN) d. Campbell (HAR) 8-5

160 Qurterfinals

Koib (ElD) md. Hall (MIL)9-1 Gamer (ANI d. Hinkle (PM) 7-6 Eastening (MDI) d. Ange~ne (RDG)8-1 8ennan (BVR) d. Holte (COL) 9-4

Semifinals Koib (ELD) d. Gamer (AN) 5-3 Bennan (BVR) d. Eastening (MDI) 4-2

Championship Koib (ELD) d. Bennan (BVC) 4-2

171 Quarterlinals Hogben (RYll tl. Acus (RDG) 20-3 Haselmeyer (COL) md. Slusher (MIL)12-4 Maserang (MOE) d. Whitmore (HAR)G-1 Stepp (PRN) d. Boots (MDI) 8-7

Semifinals Hogben (RYl) pin Haselmeyer (COL)4:45 Maserang (MOE) d. Stepp 7-0

Championship Hogben (RYl) d. Maserang (MOE) 7-3

189 Qualeffinals Tumlin (HAR) md. Koester (MDI)16-3 Powell (LE) d. Nusekabel (ELD) 7-4 Bradford (RYl) d. Porter (MAS) 4-2 Cook (REV) tl. Phelps (MAD) 19-4

Semifinals Tumlin (GAR) pin Powell (lE) 5:30 Bradford (RYl) pin Cook (REV) 2:52 Championship Tumlin (HAR) d. Bradford (RYll 6-5

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Quarterfinals Scales (ELD) pin Hill (MOE) 0:40 McConnack (MAS) d. Komer (GE) 3-2 Dilley (BVR) d. Kercher (MDI) 9-3 Allen (HAM) pin Mrller (OAK) 4:26

Semifinals Scales (ELD) pin McConnack (MAS) 0:48 Allen (HAM) md. Dilley (BVR) 16-5

Championship Scales (ELDJ pin Allen (HAM) 1:44

285 Quarterfinals

Walls (BVR) d. VanWinkle (MDI)!0-3 Rue (MIL) d. Powell (MOE)2-1 Brown (LOV) prn Brown (WB) 3:00 Marrero (REY) md. Kellems (HARI9-0

Semifinals Walls (BVR) pro Rue (MIL) :33 Marrero (BVRI pin Brown (LOV) 3:46

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Boone County

Ryle

Highlands

Newport Catholic

Beechwood

Conner

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Grant County

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Holy Cross

Newport

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Highlands

39 (3}

Simon Kenton

Conner

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Newport Catholic

Ryle

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St. Henry

Holmes

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Lakota West

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Princeton

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Glen Este

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New Richmond

116 (9)

Blanchester

87 (1)

Ross

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Reading

Bethel-Tate

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Wilmington

Madeira

Goshen

Little Miami

Wyoming

Finneytown

Roger Bacon

Norwood

Carlisle

East Clinton

10 (1)

Batavia

Purcell Marian

Deer Park

Taylor

Badin

Mariemont

Clermont Northeastern

Dixie

McNicholas

Monroe

Preble Shawnee

Northwest

KY Wrestling: Week 2 Rank

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Points

Ryle

10 (1)

Campbell County

Simon Kenton

Cooper

Boone County

Scott

Conner

Dixie Heights

Newport

Holmes

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Oak Hills

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Sycamore

Milford

Lakota East

Loveland

LaSalle

Lakota West

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Wyoming

29 (2)

Turpin

22 (1)

Mariemont

Madeira

Indian Hill

Roger Bacon

Taylor

McNicholas

Badin

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Western Brown

Fenwick

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Mason

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Ursuline

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Sycamore

Turpin

Lakota West

Oak Hills

Anderson

Fairfield

Seton

Lakota East

Loveland

Mount Notre Dame

Kings

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Amelia

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Wyoming

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Mariemont

Madeira

Roger Bacon

CHCA

Taylor

Wilmington

Reading

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Badin

Indian Hill

McNicholas

Finneytown

Norwood

Seven Hills

Cincinnati Christian

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Covington Catholic

40 (4)

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Ryle

Scott

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Highlands

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Conner

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Holy Cross

KY Girls Swimming: Week 4 Rank

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Points

Notre Dame

10 (1)

Beechwood

Highlands

Ryle

Dixie Heights

Scott

Boone County

Campbell County

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Northwest

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Moeller wrestling aims for another big season By Mark Chalifoux mchalifoux@communitypress.com

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Senior Matt HoltmW'i (Blue Ash) should be akey contributor for Moeller this season.

The Moeller wrestling team is poised for another strong season as the Crusaders return some stellar individual performers and have a strong crop of newcomers to add to the mix. "We should have a pretty good year. we've got some experienced wrestlers, but they don't have as much experience on the varsity level," said head coach Jeff Gaier. "Hopefully we will finish in the top five in the state. I think we can put up a lot of state points this year and that's a big goal for us." Gaier said Moeller was a strong dual meet team last year, but didn't have the high finishers needed for tournaments. He said this year's team should have athletes who can place high in tournaments. 1\No of those expected to consistently place high are returning state placers for the Crusaders, juniors Jake Corrill (Batavia) and Pierce Harger MARK CHALIFOUX/STAFF (Loveland). Both finished seventh in Moeller head coach Jeff Gaier said his team could be the state last year, Corrill in the 1"03- poised for another strong season or: the mat this year. lb. weight class and Harger at 125-lb. Those two standouts are joined by The team will also have seven a strong corps of seniors and several ne\v starters and Gaier said one of the district qualifiers. Trey Maserang keys will be how quickly they can (Loveland), Matt Holtman (Blue adapt to the varsity competition. Ash), Steve Powell (Loveland), Drew "Early on, our competition is pretHammer (Loveland) and Brian ty stiff. We have a big tournament in MacVeigh (Mason) will all be expect- Cleveland, Elder in a dual, and the ed to play key roles for the Crusaders key will be to improve over the this season. course of our schedule," he said. "If

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we do that and keep injuries to < minimum, I think we can have < pretty good year." ' Gaier expects the competition ii the GCL to be competitive as St xavier has some strong talent return ing and Elder is consistently near the top of the city in wrestling. Harrison Mason, Princeton and Lakota Wes were other strong teams Gaier note< as contenders. "We've won 15 out of the last 1( league ttles, so hopefully we cat keep up the consistency the progran has had in the last 10 years and if we do that we should be pretty good," he said.

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Don Bosco fans flock to Clash Tiny Iowa school has quite the following

We're a small town and a tight-knit community, and the suppotf that community shows for us is amazing."

By Ben Pherson bpherson@postbulletin.com

Don Bosco High School is by far the smallest school at this year's Clash VII National High School Wrestling Duals. The tiny private school located in Gilbertville, Iowa, ' sports an enrollment of 188 in ~~~~~~~~~ grades 9-12. For comparison, ":' Neuqua Valley High School of

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At left, fans from Don Bosco, Iowa, applaud their team's victory over Luxemburg-Casco during the Friday afternoon session of the Clash National Wrestling Duals at the Regional Sports Center on the University of Rochester campus. At right, Don Bosco's Austin Demuth trades holds with Luxemburg-Casco's Jordan Seidl.

nity, and the support that community shows for us is amazing. Year in and year out, they're always there for us." Kettman said it's not just the wrestling team; all Don Bosco athletics teams are supported wholeheartedly by the community. "Doesn't matter if it's softball or whatever," Kettman said. "And it doesn't matter if the team is having a great year or a down year. A few years ago, we had a rough year, and we had the same fan support."

While in Rochester, Kettman said the Don Bosco wrestlers and fans have been treated welL "Everyone I've talked to has said the hospitality here is second to none," Kcttman said. Longtime fan Becky Frost agreed. "It's kind of neat because most of the time we have enough fans to fill the whole hotel, and then you don't get the complaints if people want to stay up a little later and hang out together," Frost said. "It's

a small, close-knit community, and we've had good wrestling teams for a while. Many of us have had kids on the team and have just stuck with it. But we support all of the sports."

Star-studded alumni Don Bosco also is home to some notable wrestling alumni, including former Gophers wrestler Mack Reiter. Clash referees Rod and Curt Frost both attended Don Bosco, as did Christiansburg, Va., coach Darrell Weber, who is a former Division I national champion

from Iowa. Reiter's younger brother, Bart, is a member of this year's Don Bosco team. Bart Reiter is a three-time state champion and will try to become Iowa's 18th four-time state champion this March. He has committed to wrestle for the Gophers next season. The is the secon'd consecutive year Don Bosco and its fans have traveled to The Clash. Last year Don Bosco fmished eighth, though the Dons had a 2-4 record and lost their final four

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duals. This yt-flr, tht- Don.;; werf> dreaming bigger. They're ranked No. 1 in Iowa's smallschool class, and they entered The Clash as a No. 1 seed in Bracket C. "I think we learned a lot last year," Kettman said. "I think all of our wrestlers have high hopes for this year. But at the same time, we know this is a very tough field. We know we're going to have six tough duals." But things didn't go well for the Dons on Day 1. They opened with a win over Luxemburg-Casco of Wisconsin, but No. 4 seed Hastings knocked off the top-seeded Dons in the second round. The loss didn't quiet the Don Bosco fans, who filled two full sections at UCR Regional Sports Center. "It's always fun, win or lose," Becky Frost said. The Dons dropped their fmal dual Friday and will wrestle in the fourth bracket today and could finish as high as 13th. Pages D3, 06: Tournament roundup

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This year's field is stronger yet By Ben Pherson bpherson@postbulletin.com

And you thought last year's Clash was good. As they attempt to do evecy year, organizers of The Clash National High School Wrestling Duals have outdone themselves for this year's Clash Vll. Last year's field was loaded with top-notch dual teams from across the country And this year's field is downright scary. Among the 32 teams that will compete Friday and Saturday at UCR Regional Sports Center, 17 are ranked among the top 40 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News (AWN). That includes three teams ranked in the top 10 Apple Valley (No.6), Iowa's Ballard-Huxley (No. 8) and Ohio's St. Edward (No. 8). The Clash will feature teams

from 14 different states, including teams from as fur away as California, Georgia and New Jersey. Iowa will be well represented at The Clash. Waverly-Shell Rock. BallardHuxley and Don Bosco are the top-ranked teams in Iowa's three classes. And that doesn't even include Iowa City West, which is ranked No. 2 behind only Waverly-Shell Rock in Iowa's large-school class. As always, many of the top teams from Minnesota also will be in action. The top two teams in Class AAA (Apple Valley and Hastings) and the top two teams in Class AA (Simley and Perham) are in the field. Other ranked Minnesota teams include KenyonWanamingo (No. 4, Class A), St. Michael-Albertville (No. 4, AA), Albert Lea (No. 4, AAA), Plainview-Elgin-Millville (No. 5, AA)

and Kasson-Mantotville (No. 11, AA). As if the top-level teams weren't enough, many of the best individuals in the country also will be on the mats in Rochester this weekend According to AWN's latest rankings, 19 wrestlers at The Clash are ranked nationally, meaning they are among the top 12 in the country at their weight classes. And that doesn't include state rankings. More than 60 wrestlers who are ranked No. 1 at their weight in their home state will compete at The Clash, and nearly 200 overall state-ranked wrestlers will be in action. "This is by fur the best field ever," Clash tournament director Steve Patton said. "Each year we get a little better, but I can't imagine ever topping this. "In the first round alone, we

have two duals where both teams are ranked in the top 40 in the country. That's pretty incredible. We've got some teams that most years would be No. 3 or No. 4 seeds, and this year they're No.7 or No.8 seeds." The Clash begins at 9 a.m. Friday. Teams competing in the morning brackets will wrestle three times- at 9 a.m., 11 am. and 1 p.m. Afternoon bracket teams will wrestle at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. All teams that lose in the first round Friday, will wrestle in the morning session Saturday, and all of Friday's first-round winners will wrestle in the afternoon session Saturday. "Hopefully it will be a fun tournament," Patton said. "There are so many top teams, and I would love to see a team that's under the radar come out and do well, like a Simley."

NATIONAUY RANKED TEAMS AT THE CLASH 6. Apple Valley 8. Huxley-Ballard, Iowa 9. St. Edward, Ohio 13. Don Bosco, Iowa 16. Christiansburg, Va. 17. Iowa City West, Iowa 20. Skutt Catholic, Neb. 21. Simley 22. Wausau West, Wis. 23. Roseburg, Ore. 24. Montini Catholic, Ill. 25. Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa 26. Collins Hill, Ga. 27 Blue Springs, M~ 34. High Point, N.J. 36. Sturgis Brown, S.D.J

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119 2. Jamie Clark, jr., St. Edward, Ohio

Schultz here to tell his compelling story He and brother reached top of wrestling world before tragedy occurred ... By Ben Pherson bpherson@postbulletin.com

The complete lire story of Mark Schultz will never appear in a newspaper. Why? Because no newspaper could pack. load, stuff, cram or jam his story within its pages. Even writing a book about the twists, turns and tragedies endured throughout his life would be an overwhelming task. But Mark Schultz is no average human being. That's for certain. And his lire has been anything but ordinary. Schultz is best known for being one of the best wrestlers this country ever has known. He won three NCAA titles at Oklahoma, then went on to win a pair of world championships (1985 and 1987) and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. But life before and after the Olympics wasn't easy for Schultz, who was booked as the guest speaker at Thursday's coaches banquet for The Clash Vll National High School Wrestling Duals in Rochester. Schultz's parents divorced when he was 3 years old. Due to a bitter custody battle, Schultz grew up while moving back and forth between his father's home in California and his mother's home in Oregon. The divorce wasn't easy on Mark or his brother Dave. To take their minds off the divorce, the Schultz boys picked up sports, Mark going into gymnastics and Dave wrestling. Eventually Mark Schultz won a California state gymnastics championship, and Dave ascended to the top of the national wrestling

Mark Schultz has a message for everyone when he gives a speech: "Move forward; the past is the past." rankings. Seeing brother Dave do so well at the national level, Mark decided to try wrestling. He had never competed in the sport until he was a junior in high school, and he wasn't immediately successful, compiling a 4-6 record his junior year in Oregon, before quitting and moving back to California There, Mark decided to give wrestling one more shot. ''I basically decided, I was going to be successful at \'II'CStling or I was going to die trying," he said. He spent the next 16 months finding the best wrestlers in his area, befriending them and training witl1 them. He also trained with the Stanford club team. During his senior season, Mark never won a tournament before he got to the postseason. But he compiled a record of 15-2, won the league title, the region title, the section title and eventually the California state title. ''My brother

and I both got into wrestling to divert our attention from the pain and suffering going on in our lives," Schultz said. "I'd be nothing right now if it weren't for wrestling and for my brother." Years later, that brother, who was Mark's mentor and best friend, was taken from him. After both Mark and Dave Schultz graduated from Oklahoma, they started training for the Olympics. At the time, there was no U.S. Olympic training center for wrestlers. Wanting to still compete but lacking money, the Schultz brothers hooked up with millionaire John du Pont, who was a wrestling enthusiast v.~th a histocy of mental illness. Du Pont owned an 800-acre ranch and training fucility (Foxcatcher) and invited the Schultz brothers to live and train there. ''Going there was the biggest mistake I've ever made. I was desperate. I didn't have a job and I was basically

broke. I knew from the first day I laid eyes on (duPont) he was an idiot," Schultz said. Still, the Schultz brothers both qualified for the Olympics in 1984 and both took home gold medals, the first U.S. brothers to win gold in the same year. Mark Schultz qualified for the Olympics again in 1988, but he finished sixth. In 1996, Dave Schultz made one last attempt to quality for the Olympics, and he was training at the du Pont facility. On Jan. 26, 1996, the mentally unstable du Pont shot and killed Dave Schultz for no apparent reason. Du Pont was later convicted of third-degree murder. At the time Mark was the head coach at BYU. "When my dad called and told me about my brother, I lost it I screamed louder than anyone at BYU has ever screamed," Schultz said. For years, Mark Schultz had been depressed about his loss in the 1988 Olympics, and his brother's death nearly pushed him over the edge. "I relt like 1 went out a loser, and that ate at me," Mark Schultz said. "Then my brother died. I admit having suicidal thoughts." But Mark Schultz persevered. Of course, there's plenty more to his stocy, including a brief stint in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, his own ugly divorce and custody battle, a bout with staph infection that nearly claimed his arm and his life, his unwavering believe in the Mormon faith, and now, possibly, a Hollywood motion picture that could be made about his life. Schultz talked about his past, present and future Thursday while he was in Rochester. His overall message, though, is simple. "Sometimes in lire you're dealt an unthinkable set of circumstances," Schultz said. "My brother Dave was killed, but it happened, and I can't take it back. You must move forward; the past is the past."

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11. Brandon Kingsley, fr., Apple Valley

130 4. Tony Ramos, sr., Glenbard North, Ill. 5. Justin LaValle, sr., Apple Valley

135 3. Destin McCauley, so., Apple Valley

12. Bart Reiter, sr., Don Bosco, Iowa

140 2. Collin Palmer, sr., St. Edward, Ohio

145 3. Dylan Carew, sr., Iowa City, Iowa

8. Steven Monk, sr., Wausau West, Wis.

152 7. Nick Moore, jr., Iowa City West, Iowa

8. Trent Weatherman. sr., Ballard-Huxley, Iowa

11. Taylor Knapp, sr., Collins Hill, Ga.

160 1. Derek St. John, sr., Iowa City West, Iowa

171 12. Tyler Lehmann, jr., Apple Valley

215 10. Jon Weber, sr., Christiansburg, Va.

Fans note: • Look for tournament coverage in Saturday's Post-Bulletin. Copies will be available at the arena and can be purchased at your hotel. • Contact the P-B customer service department (507-285-7676) to purchase copies of Monday's paper. • Numerous pictures from both days of action can be found at www.postbulletin.com. Look on the home page for "Capture lt." (Reprints available)

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Wausau West, Kaukauna, LuxemburgCasco, Wisconsin Rapids. IlliNOIS (4)

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Apple Valley has one of nation's top programs By Ben Pherson

bpherson@postbulletin.com On the Apple Valley High School wrestling team's Web site, a motto is posted at the base of the page: DECADES OF OOM1NANCE.

It's a fitting slogan. Apple Valley is the most successful wrestling program in the history of Minnesota, and the Eagles' dominance has earned them acclaim at the national level, too. They're currently ranked as high as No. 3 in the country by national wrestling publications. Apple Valley has re-written the high school wrestling record books in Minnesota. The Eagles have won a record 16 state team titles, including nine of the last 10 big-school crowns. They've been to state 27 consecutive seasons and appeared in 22 state championship matches, both records. Apple Valley also has been home to 52 individual state champions, more than any other high school.

Love them or hate them, the Eagles are goocL And there are haters. Lots of them. In general, when the Eagles are away from

their home gymnasium, they're being booed, or at the very least cheered against Most fans boo simply because "they're Valley," and they're successful. Others cry foul, with an eye on Apple Valley's roster, which often is dotted with wrestlers who grew up outside of its school district Regardless of why they boo, it's something that upsets coach Jim Jackson, the mastermind behind Apple Valley's success since 1991.

"I will say that it does bother me, because our kids work very hard and they don't deserve that," Jackson said "And they're all good kids. I just wish sometimes they'd recognize the outstanding perfOrmances. That's what I wish, but I do understand (why they boo.)" Over the years, there has been one safe haven for Apple Valley, in addition to its home gym. There's one place they aren't public enemy No. I, and that's at The Clash, which is Friday and Saturday at UCR Regional Sports Center. The Clash brings some of the best high school wrestling teams in the country to Rochester for two days. Because so many out-

of-state teams participate and do well- Apple Valley is the only Minnesota team ever to win The Clash - local funs generally support all Minnesota teams. Even the Eagles. "It's amazing," Jackson said of The Clash. "You can see it in the crowd - they want Minnesota teams to do well. And you know what? I'm right there with them. If it doesn't work out for us, I guarantee I'll be cheering for the Minnesota team that does do well, whether it be Simley, Hastings or whoever. I'm proud of the fuct that we have outstanding wrestling in Minnesota."

and four wrestlers ranked No. l, including phenom Destin McCauley, who is ranked No. 3 in the entire country at 135 pounds. Jackson knows those lofty rankings mean very little to the powerhouse national programs that will compete at The Clash. "You better be ready; you better come with your headgear snapped on tight, or you're going to be in for it," Jackson said. ''There's a lot of good teams there. It's basically a battle; you know you're going to have three tough duals both days."

And that's coming from an Iowa native; Jackson graduated from Oelwein High School in Iowa and later wrestled at Luther College in Decorah, 1owa

Even if Apple Valley does win its second Clash title, Jackson said the real winner this weekend will be the sport of wrestling.

Minnesota wrestling enthusiasts might be pinning their hopes on Apple Valley again at this year's Clash VII, which boasts four teams currently ranked in the top 10 in the country Apple Valley is the state's only No. 1 seed, and Simley is Minnesota's only No. 2 seed

"11ris tournament is great for wrestling, and it's great for Minnesota," Jackson said "We think we have great high school wrestling here in Minnesota, and this is a great way to showcase it. This tournament is a big deal in the wrestling community. It's probably the best dual tournament in the cotmtry, and it's right here in Minnesota."

Valley enters the tournament with four wrestlers ranked No.2 in their weight classes

Local team hopes to make waves again this year By Ben Pherson

bpherson@postbulletin.com KASSON- At The Clash V National Wrestling Duals in 2006, Kasson-Mantorville was the talk of the tournament The KoMets didn't pull off any Jru\ior upsets, but they wrestled great against some of the best teams in the country and ended up finishing third in the Fifth Bracket, or 19th place out of 32 teams. Later that season, Kasson-Mantorville won the Section One, Class AA title and advanced to the state tournament K-M coach Paul Mann is hoping this year's KoMets can 'pull off a similar feat, starting at this weekend's Clash VII. The KoMets will have no expectations. In fact, they're one of the tournament's lowest seeds and will open against No. I seed Ballard-Huxley of Iowa, which is ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Ballard-Huxley has 10 ranked wrestlers and four returning state champions. "I'm hoping it will be a lot like when we

faced Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) two years ago," Mann said. "We lost by like 30 or 35 points, but we stayed competitive. We just did not Jet anyone beat us until they earned it ''I think the point is that we don't want to back down to anyone. If we're going to lose all 14 matches, we're not going to give them a single one." Mann said three ofhis current wrestlers were regulars on that team - Garret Garness, Miles Brannan and Casey JohnSOIL While Gamess, Brannan and Johnson bring experience to the table, the KoMets are still young. Very young. Mann's Clash lineup likely will feature four eighth-graders. There currently are only two senior starters (Shelby Deno and Nik Sinclair) and four juniors. The bulk ofK-M's lineup will be around for the next few seasons. Despite the team's youth, the KoMets already have a signatw-e win -they upset Class ~s No. 4-ranked team, Kenyon-Wanamingo, 34-15 on Dec. 18. The KoMets did not surrender a single bonus point against the Knights. While Mann

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hoped this team would be capable of a win like that late in the season, he definitely wasn't expecting it before the holiday break. ''For as young as they are, they have met every challenge we have put in front of them," Mann said. "We've got four eighth-graders in there, and we still have a lot to learn. The good thing is 1hey come from a competitive youth program, so they're not used to losing. They've always had that competitiveness." That competitive youth program has become the envy of high school coaches all over southeastern Minnesota. And it's the backbone of the K-M progrnm. The K-M youth program currently has 117 members, which is incredible for a school its size.

Those numbers have translated into success; K-M has won the National Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) Minnesota state title the past two years. So how have they done it? Mann, who took over the program in 2004, said it hasn't been easy.

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''I think the first thing is that we have three coaches on our high school staff who are very involved in the youth program," Mann said "We have coaches who are putting in almost double time for next to nothing in pay. You know, the other thing a varsity coach has to do is take ownership in the youth program. Whefuer it's just walking in the door a few times or whatever. You have to be involved." Mann and the K-M program also have benefited from very dedicated parents. "The hours and time they put in is just amazing," Mann said ''We have parents who are very committed to the program, and that's one of the biggest fuctors in our success. It's huge. You can have coaches who are dedicated, but they can't do it all. After a few years, they'll be burned out You have to have parents who are dedicated, too." The K-M coaches also do a great deal of recruiting at the elementary level. They nm a two-week free clinic befure the season slai1s, and that acts as one of their best recruiting tools.

ClO SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2009

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WRESTLING

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DIVISION I FIRST TEAM

SELECTED BY REPORTER MIKE DYER ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES

DIVISIONS U-UI

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103 pounds .· Corey Selmon, Princeton

TEAM

103 pounds Andrew Hennegan, Purcell Marian

The sophomore was the district champion and Coaches Classic champion. He was sixth at state.

The junior was 32-9 with 15 pins: He was third at the .Division Ill district meet.

112 pounds Jeremy Artrip, Mason · The sophomore was sixth at state and sectional champion. He was the GMC champion.

112 pounds Joey: Ward, Goshen He was Division II district runner-up and eighth at state. He was 45-4 this season ..

119 pounds Jake Corrill, Moeller The junior was third at state and district runner-up.

119 pounds Taylor Henderson, Mariemont

125 pounds

He was third at the Division Ill district meet.

Tyler Weiskittel, Oak Hills The junior was a state qualifier and district runner-up.

125 pounds .· Tyler Alsip, Norwood

130 pounds Ty Davis, Lakota West The sophomore was state runnerup and district runner-up.

135 pounds Robert Shepherd, Mason The junior was the state champion and finished 38-3. He also won district and sectional titles. ·

140 pounds Tommy Fehring, Glen Este · The senior was fourth at state. He was district champion, sectional champion and FAVC champion.

145 pounds Pierce Harger, Moeller The junior was third at state. He was district champion, sectional champion and GCL champion.

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Orlando Scales became Elder's first two-time state wrestling champion.

DIVISION I WRESTLER OF THE YEAR .Orlando Scales~ Elder The seQior repeated as state champion at 215 pounds. He pinned· Hamilton:s Denicos Allen in 3:26 at state. Scales maintained focus with a No; 1 national ranking during the season, finishing 39-0.

DIVISION I COACH. OF THE YEAR Chad Dermis, Harrison

. He led the Wildcats to the district title, edging Moeller 133-130.5. Har152 pounds rison, which last won the district title ·Kevin Campbell, Harrison in 1997, had two individual district · · The senior was a state qualifier. He champions. Harrison isthe first pub- ·-· -- lie school'tCJWin dfstrictsTnce Lakota West in 2002.

160 pounds lan Korb, Elder

He was sixth at the Division II state meet. He was district runner-up and sectional champion, posting a record of 48-5.

130 pounds . Johnny Carpenter, Madeira He was the Division Ill district champion and was fourth at state.·

135 pounds Chaz Gresham, Goshen He was foutth at the Division II district meet ·and went 48-6 this season.

140 pounds Joe Conrad, Ross The junior was Division II district runner-up. He was 38-p with 19 pins.

145 pounds Cory Disbennett, Bethel-Tate -trict-meet He-finiSIItH:I·-LHI:l..st:<:lSIJjf-1--.~ ... with a 39-5 reco'rd with 17 pins. He ended his career with 114 wins.

160 pounds , Andrew Nealan, New Richmond

The sophomore was eighth at state. He was district champion and sectional champion.

The junior was 46-10 with 33 pins. He was sixth at the Division II state meet.

. 171 pounds Tyler Godfrey, Glen Este ·The senior was a state qualifier. He was district champio~. sectional champion and FAVC champion.

171 pounds Bryan Martineck, New Richmond The senior was 37-13 and was Division II district runner-urr. He had 106 career wins.

189 pounds Andrew Tumlin, Harrison The senior was state champion and· finished 42-1. He also won district and sectional titles. He won his weight class at the Coaches Classic, Medina Invitational and FAVC meet.

189 pounds Corby Running, Clinton-M assie He was Division· Ill state champion. He was 42-2 with 77 takedowns, 31 pins and 107 career wins. He was district champion and sectional champion.

285 pounds Steve Powell, Moeller The senior was seventh at state and was third at district.

215 pounds Jeff Elam, Batavia·

DIVISION I HONORABLE MENTION 103 - Kurtis Fox, Western Brown; Brian Luria, Mason; Patrick Campbell, Anderson; Jahday Daniels, Elder 112 - Max Byrd, La Salle; Joey Sa11JeCki, Loveland; Jake Schultz, Elder; Brian MacVeigh, Moeller; Byron Keeling, St. Xavie( · 119 - Nick McSorley, Edgewood; Jake Farber, St. Xavier; Tol)' Bauer, Western Brown; CJ. Pickelheimer, Glen Este 125 - Drew Hammer, Moeller; Ryan Miller, Lakota East; Craig Mcintire, Lakota West; Tyler Hardke, Elder 130 - Matt Holtman, Moeller; Nick VanDeRyt, Harrison; Nick Ruffing, St. Xavier; Austin Sams, Fairfield 135 -John Gallagher, St. Xavier; Ryan Ruffing, Elder; Neal Maddy, Fairfield; Le Rouse, lakota West 140 - TylerGiffin, _!:!giris~olevski, Oak Hills; Tyler Childers, Fairfield;vinnie Bradberry, Lakota West 145- Jacob Shirley, Harrison; Deauntay Francis, Princeton; Ethan Millisor, Lakota West; Matt Helton, Lakota East 152 - Charles Mason, Princeton; Devin Purkiser, Lakota West; Sam Gonners, Elder; Sajid Hussain, Lakota East . 160 -Trey Maserang, Moeller; C.J. Rivera, Harrison; Connor Murden, Fairfield; Christian Estes, Edgewood 171 -Jeremy Stepp, Princetqn; Luke Haselmeyer, Colerain; Ryan Quinn, Oak Hills; Charles Dove, Western Hills 189 - Andrew Borgstrom, Middletown; Andy Porter, Mason; David Mast, Faiifield; Zai:h Forsell, Lakota West 215 - Denicos Allen, Hamilton; Ray Gordon, Fairfield; Taylor Krimmer, Glen Este; Ryan McDonald, Harrison 285 - Dan McCormack, Mason; Paul Waller, St. Xavier; Ethan Brown, Western Brown; A.J. Ralston, Hamilton

Blanchester 152-pounder Jake Howe

He was third at the Division II . district meet.

DIVISIONS H-Ill ·WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

285 pounds Jacob Clift, Goshen

]ake Howe, Blanchester

He was sixth at the Division II dis- . trict meet and had a 38-10.record.

The senior was the Division Ill state champion at 152 pounds on his third trip to Columbus. He was also district champion.

DMSIONS II-HI COACH OF THE YEAR Bryan Pennix, Blanchester He led the Wildcats to a third- · place finish at the Division Ill district meet. Blanchester was sectional champion.

DIVISIONS 11-111 HONORABLE MENTION 103 - Nick Simpson, CNE; Jimmy Harrison, Reading 112 - BrandoiJl Booker, Purcell Marian; Mitchell Anderskow, Little Miami . 119 - Isaac Bn<ay, Wilmington; Dustin Davidson, Bethel-Tate 125 -Alex Pannno, Blanchester; Zach Hargis, Batavia J30 -Joe Bruewer, Deer Park; Joe Dennis, McNicholas 13S- Ch!\sti<Wl Unger, Ross; Eddie Sanders, Badin 140- Neal Williams, Wyoming; Aaron Walker, Goshen 145- Steven Cox, Norwood; Tim Mitchell, Purcell Marian 152- Josh Abbott, Indian Hill; Pete Richman, Wyoming 160- Will Gamer, Finneytown; David Angevine, Reading 171- Steven Colvin, Rnneytown; Kiroy Acus, RE]ading ·189- Josh McGowan, CNE; Chris Cowman, Wilmington 215- Connor Maglecic, Norwood; Tyler Williams, Goshen 285- Paschal Lanigan, Bethel-Tate; Justin Macke, Deer Park

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GIRLS' BAS ~TBALLALL- TARS SELECTED BY REPORTER MIKE DYER ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES

. DIVISION I FIRST TEAM

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Dayeesha Hollins, Winton Woods

U-IV FIRST TEAM

Olivia Temmel, Wyoming The senior forward was Division II first-team all-district and special mention all-state. She averaged 10 points and 10.4 rebounds.

The senior guard was first-team allstate and Southwest District player of the year. She averaged 15.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists. She has signed with Michigan.

Amy Taylor, Indian Hill The senior forward averaged 10.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists. She was Division II second-team alldistrict and first-team aii-CHL.

· Alexis Rogers, lakota West The senior:forward was special mention all-state and first-team alldistrict. She was the GMC player of the year. She averaged 15.0 points and 7.8rebounds. She has signed with Duke. ·

Jessica Danker, McNicholas The senior forward was Division II second-team all-district and honorable mention all-state. She was the GGCL Central player of the year. She averaged 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds.

Tessa Elkins, lakota West The senior guard was third-team all-district. She averaged 9.9 points and 4.5 rebounds. She has signed with Murray State. ·

Gabby Smith, Mount Notre Dame The senior guard was special mention all-state and first~team all-dis- . trict. She has signed with Vanderbilt.

Ashley fowler, Mount Notre Dame The senior guard was third-team all-district. She has signed with Ohio University. ·

DIV. I PLAYER OF THE YEAR Kendall. Hackney, Mount Notre Dame

Sarah Pearce, fenwick The senior averaged 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists. She scored 1,063 career points. She was first-team aii-Southwe~t District.

The 6-foot-2 senior forward was named Ohio Ms. Basketball and has signed with Southern California. She averaged 13.3 points ...

DIV. I COACH OF THE YEAR

Courtney Kust~ CHCA

- Da111te Harlan, Mount Notre Dame

The senior forward was Division Ill first-team all-district. She was special mention all-state. She averaged 23 points and eight rebounds.

He led MND to its fourth consecutive Division I state title. Harlan has a 76-7 career coaching record.

Ashley Hite, · Summit Country Day

DIV. II PLAYER OF THE: YEAR

The senior forward was Division Ill first-team all-district and special mention all-sta.te. She averaged 13.5 points, seven rebounds and 2.2 assists.

Kayla Ernst, Batavia The senior averaged 19.2 points, . Jasmine Shaw. 8.1 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.2 ' blocks. She was the District 16 Winton Woods .Coaches Association player of the The senior was FAVC-Buckeye coyear. She was first-team aU-district' · ·~~~~~r~o~~f,~th~!;e~~;~~a~n~d'f~s;ec~ ,o~n~d-:,t~e~aTi,m~-~~..;.;.;_"---~··""'-~anctspE!C!al rnention.all~state, ... c-~· ,

DIV. II COACH OF THE ·YEAR · Tim Monahan, McNicholas ' . Ashley Wanninger, Colerain The junior guard averaged 15.7 · points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists. She was second-team all-district and honorable mention all-state.

He led McNicholas to the Enquirer Divisions II-IV area coaches' poll championship in his first season as . head coach. The Rockets won. the GGCL Grey division and were sectional champions and district finalists. McNicholas won 16 games, which was 11 more than the 2007~08 season.

Sarah Carroll,

· Cincinnati Christia-n-- ·· ·-· · The junior forward was Division IV first-team all-district and special men. tion all-state.

Style Harper, Roger Bacon The senior guard averaged 14.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists. She was Division Ill second-team all. district and honorable mention allstate.

Jasmine Davis, Hughes The senior guard averaged 19.0 · poii1ts, 6.3 re.bounds, 2.4 steals and 3. 7 assists. She was the CMAC player of the year.

Cara Werner, Mason The senior guard averaged 10.5. points and 1.5 assists. She shot 41 percent on 3-pointers and 94 percent . from the free-throw line.

DIV.JII PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ally Maloti, Middletown. Madison The sophomore forward 'Nasthe Division Ill district player ofthe year. She was first-team all-state. She· averaged 15.T points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists. ·

DIV. III COACH OF THE YEAR

Tess Jenike, Mariemont The sophomore guard averaged 15.9 points and shot 86 percent from the free-throw line. She was first team aii-CHL.

Olivia Carey, Seven Hills She was the Division IV second team all-district and honorable mention all~state •

John Rossi, Middletown Madison Phylesha Bullard, Walnut Hills The junior guard averaged 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 steals. She was third-team all-district.

He led the Mohawks to the Division Ill regional final. Madison finished 20~6 after it-won sectional and district titles.

Shelby Sheets, fayetteville The sophomore guard averaged 23.4 points and was Division IV firstteam all~district. She shot a schoolrecord 51 percent from the field.

DIV. IV PLAYER OF THE YEAR Alyssa Dunn, Seven Hills ·

HONORABLE MENTION Frazier, Tiffany Parks; Milford Amelia - Morgan Sperry; - Allison Nagle; Mount Anderson - Shanece Miller, Healthy- Brea· Mann, Jonessa Toni Paul; Colerain- Katie Moore; Northwest- Erica Cornelio; EdgewoodMathis; Oak Hills - Amanda leanne Williams; Fairfield Baute; Princeton - Mikell Jolene Jackson; Glen Este Chinn, Jerrhonda Stallworth; Jaimie Hamlet, Moriah Sycamore - Abby Cooper, Hodge; Harrison - Emily Stanton; Hughes- Almesha . Chloe Pavlech; Mia Obiekwe; Turpin - Sidnei Harmon, Tara Jones; Kings-' Shelby Kies; Jones; Walnut Hills -Tayler Lal1ota West - Brittany Harriel; Little Miami- Syd,. Stanton, Taylor Ware; Western Brown - Lauren Davis, Kayla ney Mason; Loveland- Alex Howard, Samantha Attinger, Pohl, Rachel Voss; Mason Michaelea Kleist, Kayla LaAshley Fischer; Western Hills motte; Middletown- Taylor - Asia Dillingham

. The senior was the Southwest District Division IV player of the year. She averaged 19 points and 3.7 steals. She helped le.ad Seven Hills to the regional final. Dunn has signed to play at Bucknell.

DIV. IV COACH OF THE YEAR Bob Werdhen, Seven Hills He led Seven Hills to the Division IV regional final. Seven Hills had won 15 consecutive games going into the regional championship.

HONORABLE MENTION Aiken- Joanna Powe!H; McNicholas- Lauren Mazzaro; Badin- Courtney Hubba,rd; New Miami- Kim Crault, AlysBatavia- Emily Webb; IS:ethel· sa Rison; North College Hill"' Tate -·chelsea Allen; Cft;:mrk Theresa Carmichael; Nonvood Montessori- Neschelle \WH- · - Jen Packer; Purcell Marian Iiams; CNE- Christie Comnor;. - Keya Neeley; Roger BaconE~st Clinton- Amanda Uhl, Ashley Ivory; Ross- Rachael Hilarie Noes; Felicity- Marisa Cohnaughton; Shroder- MorStutz; Georgetown - Casey gan McCoy; Summit Countcy Carter, Kirsten Grant; Goshen Day- Kyli Parker; Talawanda - rylelanie Constable, Brooke -Cammie Trissell, Jess WiiCatauro; Indian Hill- Nicole helm; Williamsburg- Darcy Bell, Kelsey Matthews; Lock· · little; Wilmington - Marci land - Destinee Maynard; Sodini; Wyoming- AleJ<a Mariemont- Lauren Ferguson; Levick

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Sta'lte Vi/resiling 'Iolln"rnament 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009

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Senior e eels in both· school, adult worlds Marion-Franklin heavyweight works in family business By Ken Gordon THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Balancing school, wrestling and a job would be a challenge for any teenager, hut Paul Caldwell takes it to : another level. The Marion-Franklin senior heavyweight doesn't spend his spare hours asking, "Do you want fries with that?" or whipping up lattes. Caldwell is out hustling up

home-improvement jobs for his father's company, Caldwell & Sons, arid then ordering the materials and overseeing the crews who do the work. "I run three different crews," he said yesterday at the state wrestling tournament in Value City Arena. "I have a roofing crew, a siding crew, and then a framing and window crew." As one might expect, such responsibility has led to a level of maturity in Caldwell not seen in most high-schoolers. And that translates over to the mat, where he advanced to the second round of the Divi. sion I bracket by pinning A.J.

Owen of Vandalia Butler. "It shows you a little bit of responsibility," Caldwell said of his business career. "It shows you what it is you need to do to succeed in life. When you go back to wrestling, responsibility means having the heart to know what it takes, to have to do what you need to do when you're out on the mat." Those traits help make up for some other shortcomings. Caldwell, at 229 pounds, is not the biggesthea"Y'veight. He's not the most experienced, either. Like most Marion-Franklin wrestlers, Caldwell did not have the

benefit of a grade-school or middle-school feeder program, and he started from scratch as high school freshman. He had another early disadvantage. "He was a smoker as a freshman," Red Devils coach Derek Oney said, shaking his · head sheepishly. "He was not good, but he just completely turned it around." As a sophomore, Caldwell qualified for the district meet. Last year, he made it to state, where he lost in the first round and won a consolation match before being eliminated. This season, Caldwell won

the Hilliard Darby district championship. The win yesterday moved his record to 43-2. Oney said he believes Caldwell can win two matches today and make it to the finals. "He's a really smart wrestler," Oney said. "He's not the most physically imposing kid, he's maybe the smallest heavyweight here, but I'll put him up against anybody here, that's for sure. · "He will wrestle six hard minutes every match- smart minutes, too. Oney said Caldwell is a natural leader, as well.

"He's one kid I never have to worry about being on time, showing up, missing practice," Oney said. "It makes iny job super easy. I'm very happy with him." Caldwell said he hopes to wrestle in college next season, though he doesn't have a particular school in mind. He wants to major in criminology and minor iii business. Eventually, with his two older brothers- Paul and Danny Jr.- he figures he will inherit the family business. "But right now," he said, "my goal is just be a state champ." kgordon@dispatch.com

Tournament update Schedule ~Where:

Value City Arena 10 a.m.- championship quarterfinals, secondround consolations; 6:30 p,m. - championship semifinals, consolation quarterfinals ~Saturday: 10 a.m.- consolation semifinals, third-, fifthand seventh-place matches.; 5:30 p.m.-- championship matches ~Tickets: All-session passes are $50 for terrace level. Single-session tickets 'are $13. Available at arena ticket office. · ~Today:

Divisiou I . Top team scores lakewood St. Edward 21, Wadsworth 18, Brecksville i~roadview·Heights 17,

Massman P~rry 15, Cleveland St. Ignatius 141h, Elyria l4, Cincinnati Moeller and Twinsburg n, Marysville (MAR) and Mayfield Vil'age Mayfield 9. Also: Ill. Olentangy (0) 8; 14. Hilliard Davidson (DAV) 7; t2Ci, St. Charles (SC) and lancaster (t) 5; t30. Marion-Franklin (MF), Central Cro>sing (CC), Hilliard Darby (DAR), Manon Harding (MH), Reynoldsburg (R) and Upp~i" Arlington (UA} 4; t45. \ Westerville North (WN) and Worthinglon Kilbourne (l'iK) 3; t5B. Groveport (GP), Mount Vernon (MV) and Watkins Memorial (WM) 2; t73. Dublin Scioto (OS), Gahanna (G), Pickerington Central (PC) and Pickerington North (PN)!.

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Tyler Regan of Miamisburg, bent over but on his feet, gets tangled up with Filandus Boyd of Marion Franklin while wrestling in a Division I, 112-pound match at the state wrestling tournament in Value City Arena.

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Groveport's elson perfectly weird By Ken Gordon and Jeremy Mclaughlin THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

When Seth Nelson calls his wrestling style "weird," his coaches at Groveport immediately nod in agreement. "Oh yeah, most Cf:lrtainly;" assistant coach Mark Niemann said. But they aren't trying to change anything, because yesterday at the state tournament in Value City Arena, Nelson won to improve to 45-0 this season. . Compegng in the 215-pound bracket of Division I, he let Shabazz Ismael of Maple Heights back into the first- round match. His 3-1lead turned into a 4-4 tie in the third period. But Nelson then drove Ismael across the mat for a takedown and he finished off a 6-5 win. That's typical of Nelson, a rangy all-state defc:(lsive end on the Cruisers' football team who has to cut about 25 pounds to wrestle at 215. He doesn't do anything the easy way; it seems. · "He has an awkward style," Niemann said. "His legs are very long, h.e's got great hips, he's very strong.' He's very strong-willed. The great thing about Seth is he's self-motivated, that's the importantthing." Nelson said, "My style is a little bit different.. It's non-traditional. Everyone tells me I wrestle real weird." He began wrestling in eighth grade, as a way to stay in shape fQr football. By last season, he made it to state, where he won a

Kirk McLaughlin of Oregon Clay, le.ft, wrestles Austin Sanders of Grove City Central Crossing in a Division 1, 130-pound match.

rison Rosch was trying to do the right thing. All week he talked to his younger teammates about what to expect at the state tournament instead of worrying about his match. It nearly cost him. Rosch said he was sloppy in a win over · of Hubbard in a 160-pound Division II match. "Sometimes I may give them more advice and don't worry about myself enough," Rosch said. Rosch can take solace in that the advicehe dispensed was· heard. TWo teammates won and pushed Canal Wmchester into a. tie for ninth in Division II.

Dejavu Like last season, Heath sophoON THE WEB more Dom Barlow won his firstround match. And like last sea~» For an audio slideshow and complete results from the son, he gets to face Monroeville's state wrestling tournament, go to www.dispatch.com~ Humer Stieber, ranked No. 2 in the nation at 119. · "It kind of stinks, but I've got wrestle next season for Ohio . match before being eliminated. This past summer, he stepped to wrestle him," Barlow said. University. up his offseason training, which "He's been beaten once this year But they have kept a safe dis~ (surprise!) includes some nontance from each other since they and he even moved up a weight conventional methods, such as (;lass so maybe I'll have strength discovered tl,J.eywould be comhelping chop wood for his fa~ peting at 119 pounds this season. on him." ther's tree service. If both win Division II quarterfiQuick pins "I try to push myself," Nelson nal matches today, they'll meet said. "My goal all season wasta · in a semifinal. Marysville's three qualifiers get top three in the state, so "He kind of stopped talking to each won. It is ninth in Division that's what I was pushing for." I. Olentangy is 11m and Hilliard me once he found out we were in the same weight class," Jones Davidson is 14th... , De Sales has Bobcat brothers said. ''I'm sure whoever wins that three wrestlers left and is tied for Alex Minnard of Fairfield ninth in Division II .... Pleasant's bout is going to be the person Union and Chandler Jones of five wrestlers advanced to tomost happy to talk to (afterLicking Heights know each other ward)." day's quarterfinals in Division III. The Spartans are third. well. They trained together on S.enlor moment kgordon@dispatch.com the same club team during the jmclaughlin@dispatch.com offseason. Both committed to Canal Wmchester senior Har-

Padua 8. Also: t15. Amanda·Ciearcreek (AC) 6; 127. Fairfield Union (FU) and Big Walnut (BW) 4; t42. Licking Heights (lH) 3; 154. logan Elm (lE) and Whitehall (W) 2; t75. Utica {U) 1.

Area results:·112: Hutchins (CW) pinned Miller (Defiance) 5:50.119: McGovern (D) dec. Maggard (Eaton) 4-3; Min nard (FU) pinned Boswell (CW) 2:53; Jones (lH) dec. Warner [Greenville) 12·2.125: Skonieczny (Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit) dec. Wheeler (U) 17-6.130: R. Nakama (BW) pinned Kleinberg (Eaton) 3:13; vaughan [D) pinned Miller (Greenville) 1:53.135: Cintron (Alliance) dec. Odierno (New Albany) 10~2; Henline (Akron coventry) dec. Strayer (Lakewood) 9-0. 140: c. Rosch (CW) dec. Witt [Oak Harbor) 7-4.145: Johnson (Maumee) dec. Stout (BV) 7-3; Dulaney (W) dec. Massillo (Van Wert) 13-7.152: Gifford (lE) dec. VanWey Championship preliminaries (John Glenn) 9-4.160: Walters (Chester· land West Geauga) dec. Bernardo (D) 103: Hauser (Lyndhurst Brush) dec. 10•9; H. Rosch (CW) dec. Nadeja (Hub· Marsico (P)<) 17·~; Dillo~ (Youngstown b d) 15_10 171 • M c 11 (Wauseon) dec. Boardman) dec. F10rucc1 (OJ 18~3; labry ar · · c ~ . . (Twinsburg)-rlec:Strope (t)-3-1:ll2: llegan _-KeuchleL(DLH-189,Mclntosll(MiamL(Miamisburo) dec. Boyd (Mf) 8·6, OT; Trace) pmn~ Mrller (AC) 1:20. 215: DiSab<Jto (5AV) dec. Justin Heidkamp Sa_n~or~ (Conneaut) de~. Brown (BW) • (Vandalia Butler) U·3; Byrd (Cincinnati 12 4, Drller. [AC)<Ie~. Lras (Hubbard) 116. laS aile) dec. Boehm [WM). 2-1, OT; Artrip HVV: Qualnch (Medma Buckeye) dec. (Mason) dec. Nein (R) 4-2. U9:Urias Spence .lAC) 6-4, OT; Torrence (Norwalk) (Oregon Clay) pinned Jordan (Teays dec. Smrth ID) 7-1. Valley) 3:36: Belcher (MV) dec. Marzec Consolation round (Toledo St. Francis} 9·7; Kunzi {WM) dec. Area results: 119: Worthington (Shelby) Caston (Sar,dusky 5·4).125: Vanderhoff dec. Boswell8-0.135; Gresham [Goshen) (MH) pinned Pitts (DAR) 4:24; lawrence dec. strayer14-4.145: Fondale (New (Westlake) pinned Rich (DAV) 1:25; lexington) dec. Stout 10-0. 160; Bernardo M<Combs (MAR) dec. Skilton (Mentor) pinned Eshelman (West Milton Milton5:0.130: Hcyt (Cleveland St. Ignatius) Union) 3:41.171: Bates (Beloit west p1nned Aile. I\ (R) 5:30; McHenry (Elyria) Branch) dec. Keuchler 8-4. 215: Ramsey dec. C.Delal\de (DAV) 8-3; Sanders [CC) (Chillicothe) dec. Brown 5-2. HVV: Spence dec. McLaugl11in (Oregon Clay) 5-3.135: pinned Bass (Akron North) 1:53; 12 Channel (Cq dec. Hillock (Massillon Reesman (Warren Howland) pinned Smith Perry) 10-5, OT; Parra (Barberton) dec. 2:09. ·· Languis (DS) 8·0; Gordon (Wadsworth) dec. Kramp (MV) 4-1.140: Squire (Wadswortl1) dec. Luft (Teays Valley) 11-3; Division Ill Sasfy (R) dt:c. Peterson (Youngstown Top team scores Au~tintown-Fitch} 6-0; Grandominico (0) Troy Christian 22, Cuyahoga Valley pinned Hoc!~~ (Bedford) 5:24; Comar Christian 21'h, Pleasant [P) 16'h, (Twinsburg) dec. Nelson (G)13-5; 145: Mechanicsburg 16, Monroeville 151h, North Dral<e (UA) cec. Ball (Wadsworth) 5-3, OT; Jackson Jackson-Milton 1!1/2, West Cline (Uniontown lake) dec. Burton (WK) 9-4; Greco \Youngstown Austintown-Fitch) Jefferson (\VJ) 11, Bedford Ct1anel 10, Bloomdale Elmwood, Massillon Tuslaw pinned leidecl<er {Teays Valley) 5:18.152: (Mn and Spencerville 9. Also: t17. Heath Sneary (New Carlisle Tecumseh} dec. (H) 6; 25. Johnstown [J) 4'h, t36. Ryman (Mf) 15-1; Frost (UA) dec. Bryant Northmor (N) 3'h; 159. River Valley (RV), (Piqua) 10-5; Crabtree [DAR) pinned Highland [HI), North Union (NU) and Campbell (narrison) 1:46; Demas (WN) Newark Catl101ic (NC) 2; t87. Hartley (HA), dec. Mason (Cincinnati Princeton) 15·4. Grandview (G) and fredericktown (F) 1. 160: Korb (Cincinnati Elder) dec. Ferguson (PN) 3-2; Rice [DAV) dec. Pope (MiamisChampionship preliminaries burg) 9-6; Marsh (MAR) dec. Nickolai Area results: 103: Pizzuto (North Jackson (Piqua) 11-3.171: Alexander (Findlay) dec. Jackson-Milton) dec. Carroll [N) 18-2.112: Rigsby (Sq 7-2; Dilley (l) pinned Majoy (MilaJ1·Edlspn)·dec. Ankrom ·Brubaker (Toledo Start) 1:33; Bryan (Cleveland St. Ignatius) dec. Sabo [D) 9-6; (81oom·Carroll) 8-4; Pierce (NU) dec. Mansfield (Defiance Ayersville) 8·4.119: Fadenholz (Elyria} dec. S.Delande (DAV) Branham (VIJ) dec. Caudill (Spencerville) 6·0. 189: Miller (Centerville} dec. Tatum 10·1; Barlow {H) pinned Henderson (PC) 6-5; Borgstrom (Middletown) dec. (Cincinnati Mariemont) 1:03; Heminger (N) Bailey (GP) 7·5; Tumlin {Harrison) dec. dec. Cioca (Blanchester) 17·2.125: Shalash (D.W) 11·4; Sanders [SC) pinned Shepard [HI) dec. Burge [Creston Porter (Mason) 2:33. 215: Weeks (MAR) Norwayne) B-3; Vargo (Cuyahoga Valley pinned Wi!l::t (Brecksvll!e~Broadview Christian} dec. Coulter {Cardington} 6·3; Heights) 5:24. HVV: McCormack [Mason) Donahue (Massillon Tuslaw) pinned dec. Karage:orge {Thomas Worthington) Rodriguez (F) 4:47; Reynolds (P) dec. 10MS; Caldwell (MF) pinned Owen (Vandalia Matacic (North Jackson Jackson-Milton) Butler) 3:5C· . 18-3.130: Gualtieri [WJ) pinned Ziegler {Mechanicsburg) 1:19.135: Robinson (H) Consolation round dec. Malkus (Burton Berl<shire) 9·7. L40: 103: Marsico dec.luria (Mason) 7·0i Block (J) dec. Pennington (Delta) 17-1; Fiorucci pinned Krumheuer (Middleburg Coomes (P) dec. Alexander (Bloomdale He~ghts Mropark) 2:33; Strope dec. Fox Elmwood) 4·0.145: Cooperider (P) dec. (Mt. Drab Wostern Brown 3-2. 112: Boyd ' Neuberger (Milan Edison) 10·0.15.2: Howe dec. Birr (Mayfield Village Mayfield) 9~4; (Blanchester) dec. Prather (WJ) 8-3; Inchau·rreglJI (lorain Southview) dec. · Burns (Troy Christian) dec. Falk [G) 12-6. Boehm 8~2~ Ague (Youngstown Austin160: Utley (Cuyahoga Valley Christian) town-Fitch) dec. Nein 10·2.119: Hannan pinned Zang (HA) 2:23; Ramage (Welling(Massillon Perry) dec. Jordan 7-6.125: ton) dec. Cochran (WJ) 9-7.171: Scott Sage (Kettming Farrmont) dec. Pitts 4-3; (RV) dec: Keplinger (Troy Christian) 3-1; Dalton (Bar\)erton) dec. Ri<h 10·3.130: Acus (Readiog) d~c. Kucera (HI) 3'2.189: Allen dec. \''~mDeRyt {Harrison) 14-4; · Bowers (P) pinned Stacey (liberty Center) C.Delande Gee, Holtman (Cincinnati 3:15; Shook (NC) dec. Kleman (Kansas Moeller) 3-0.135: Languis dec. i<elchner Lakota) 10·3. 215; Hojnacki (Cuyahoga (Vandalia Butler) 3-1; Yetzer (Ma~sfield Valley Christian) dec. Wright (N) 15·0; MadiSon) Ute. Kramp 15·0.140: Myers l<eHy (Akron Manchester} pinned Fabry (Vandalia E.\1t!er} dec. tuft 10-5; Nelson (WJ) 5:59; Clawson (North Jackson dec. Jolevs~ii (Cincinnati Oak Hills) 10·3.145: Burton pinned Shirley (Harrison) Jackson-Milton) dec. Beatty (Ready) 6-1. 1:52; Sclim~nti {Lakewood) over lei decker HVV: HamiltOn (Greenwich South Central) pinQed Cunningham (NC} 5:51; Edington by default. \52: Perry [Mentor) dec. (P) pinned Endicott (Ashland Crestview) Ryman 6·4, OT.160: Wharton (Oregon 1:02. Clay} dec. Ferguson 9·6.171: Rigsby dec. Stepp (Cincinnati Princeton) 9·3; Saba Consolation round dec. Quinn (Cincinnati Oak Hills) 5-1; Area results:.103: Harrison (Reading) dec. S.Delande dec. Godfrey (Cillcinnati Glen Carroll3-1.112: Spreng (loudonville) dec. Este) 9-3.189: Tatum dec.l;reen Ankrom 7·5, OT.125: Panno (Bianche>ter) (lakewood St. Edward) 4-2, OT; Isley dec. Coulter 5-1; Rodriguez dec. Smith {Sylvallia Suuthview) pinned ~ailey 4:18; (Delta) 5·4.135: Tanner dec. Sanders Benton (Tol2do Waite) dec. Shalash 9-7. (Hamilton Bodin) 8-7, 01152: Prather · HVY: Krave: (Garfield Heights) dec. dec. Dye (Hamler Patrick' Henry) 7~1; Falk Karageorge 6·3. dec. Meadows (Cuyahoga Valley Christian) 10-4.160: Zang dec.lingg (Dayton Northridge) 8v2; Cochran dec. Harris (Port Division II Clinton) 8-1.171: Hainline (Norwalk St. Top team scores Paul} dec. tcUcera 9~1. 215: Barnes St. Paris-Gr2ham 431/2, Hunting Valley (Spencerville} dec. Wright 12-3; Fabry University 1S, Uhrichsville Claymont 17, dec. Johnson (Swanton) 13-5; Ritz (Milan Toledo Central Catholic 12, Cadiz Harrison· Edison) dec. Beatty 10·6. HVV: Lauer Centra Ill, Oak Harbor 10, Lexington and (Franklin Fenwick) pinned Cunningham Orrville 9, CJnal Winchester (CW), 4:04. DeSales {0\ lisbon Beaver anq Parma

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SEASON STATUS REPORT

NO CHANGES

Blue Jackets center Manny Malhotra matched a career-high with 31 points last night when he assisted on Rick Nash's second-period goal against the Predators. M'alhotra · has 10 goals and 21 assists.

The Predators made no moves at the trade deadline. "We didn't want people who didn't fit in," coach Barry Trotz said. "Sure, we had a couple of things we could do, but to us it's not always about better stats, or that stuff. It's about do they fit in with our room? ... We really like our room right now."

Biue Jackets center Manny Malhotra leaps over Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis in the second period. Predators center David Legwand is at left.

Western Conference w LOL SL Detroit* 43 14 6 2 San Jose* 42.11 5 4 Calgary* 39 19 4 2 .Chicago 36 17 4 5 Vancouver 33 22 6 Nashville 33 28 3 Columbus 32 27 1 5 Edmonton 31 27 2 4 Anaheim 31 28 4 2 Dallas 30 26 3 4 Minnesota 30 27 3 2 St. Louis 28 27 3 5 Los Angeles 26 28 2 7 Phoenix 28 31 3 2 Colorado 28 36 0

Yesterday's resu Its

PT 94 93 84 81 74 70 .70 68 68 67 65 64 61 61 57

GF GA 242 189 206 152 212 187 208 157 190 177 169 179 175 184 180 198 182 191 183 192 157 148 173 186 164.184 161 194 173 207

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Ottawa 4, Edmonton 2

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Minnesota at San Jose, late

Dallas at Los Angeles, late

Wednesday's results Buffalo S,.Montrea! 1

Detroil3, Colorado 2

Today's games Calgary at Carolina ............................ ? p.m. Phoenix_at Buffalo ... :.................... 7:30 p.m .. Montreal at Atlanta-...................... 7:30 p.m. ~t.

louis at lampa Bay ................ .7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim ............................lO p.m.

BLUE JACKETS NOTEBOOK

, travel problems

delay Vermette's debut By Aaron Portzline

. he'll be here early in the mornc ing," Howson said. "He'll skate THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH with us today and play (Saturday) , NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Olli Joki- in Detroft." nen, Nik Ahtropov and Matthew Jokinen, who was traded by Lombardi, all of whom changed Phoenix to Calgary, was already in teams at the NHL trade deadline the U.S., so he didn't need to cross the border to play with the Flames Wednesday, were in their new team's lineups last night. in Philadelphia last night. . Meanwhile, new Blue Jackets Lombardi and Ahtropov might center Antoine Vermette was have been lucky to get appro,ved. tangled in red tape and stuck on a Buffalo, as of yesterday, was still tarmac. He missed what was waiting for center Dominic intended to be his Jackets debut Moore, acquired from Toronto, to in Nashville, .and whether he'd be approved as of late last night. make it before this moniing was "We pulled all the strings we · in doubt. -~~·could;" Howson said. "We stayed"It's frustrating,'' general manon top of it. We did everything we ager Scott HowsOI) said. "We were could." on top ofit. We had our paperThe Force is with them work in early. We did everything The morning skate between we could. But the ~ysteni moves at its own pace, arid (here's nothing Blue JacketS coach Ken Hitchcock and Predators coach Barry Trotz you tan do about It sometimes." was rife with one-liners and banVermette came in a deal with the Ottawa Senators, and his visa ter between the friendly rivals. Hitchcock's comment two years was not adjusted to allow him to ago - he referred to the Predators work in the United States until as Darth Vader- is alive arid 4:30 p.m. yesterday. By then, the Blue Jackets had well. . When asked if he;ll ever le't ruled him out of the game but expected his flight to arrive by the Hitchcock live down the commiddle of the second period.· ment, Trotz said, ''No, no. One of Instead, Vermette's connecting these days, Hitch and I are going flight in Chicago was stuck on a · to end up under the stands, dueltarmac.. ing with our light sabers." On his way out of the rink, Trotz "If he didn't get on a later flight,

pulled up amid Hitchcock's media serum, extended his hand for a shake and said, "How are you, Luke?" Hitchcock said, "Trotzy and I will argue a lot about it over the summer. We'll let the players 'decide the next three games.'(

Freddy woe Left winger Fredrik Modin re" turned after missing eight games because of a sprained left knee ligament. But he lasted only one shift. He got tangled with a Predators -playerarrd-slammed awkwardly into the boards 1:20 into the game. After a few seconds on the ice, he got up, flexed his left knee and went slowly to the bench. He did not return and will be evaluated today•. Slap shots Defenseman Rostislav Klesla was activated from injured reserVe but did not play last night. He's expected to return Saturday in Detroit .... Center Chris Gratton and defenseman Christian Backman were healthy scratches. Michael Peca (jaw) was scratched, too.... Vermette will wear No. 50, Worn by Joakim Lindstrom during the 2005-06 season. aportzline@dispatch_com

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FIRST PERIOD: Penalties J Suter,Nas (holding), 6:19; Jones, Nas (roughing), 6:19; Huselius. Cim (tripping),!0:14. . · ·SECOND:·_Scoring._-1. Nas~ville, Fiddler 9 (P1h!strom, Tootoo); 7:16; 2. Columbus, Williams !3 (Huseiius),1!;43; 3. Columbus, ' Nash-28 (HuseUus, Mal~otra),l~:OS; 4.-Nashville-, Jones 6 (Belak),l5:39; 5. Naslwrlle, Sullivan 7(Arnott),18:14. . THIRD: Scoring- 6.Nashvi!le;.Erat15 (Suter, tegwand), 4:24. Penalties 7 .Russell, Clm ('Interference); 9:06;·Umberger, Clm1

maJor (flghting),l8:ll; Weber, Nas, major (fightifl!l),IS:ll; de Vries, Nas (hooking),19:38. :

ShPts on goa(ColumbUs 13}10·to-...:33;.-Nashvi.lie 6:11~6-23. ·Pow~r

p_layS:_Columbus 0 ofi3;-NaShviUe 0 of 2. Goalies: Columbus,. Mason 25·16-3 (23 shots-19 saves); Nashville, Rinne

22-IQ.l (33·31). A: 13,064. Tl 2:31..

Blue Jackets defenseman Aaron Rome turned the puck over in his own zone, leading to a goal by Nashville's Ryan Jones. at 15:39. The Predators went up for good at 18:14 when Steve Sullivan got behind Blue Jackets defenseman Marc Methot for a breakaway goal to m~e it 3-2. The game had nasty undertones and a slew of flare-ups. With 1:24 to play, Blue Jackets winger R.J. Umberger fought the Predators' Shea Weber, and · Rome had a go with Gary Suter. It appeared to stop just .short of a full-on line brawl. The pile of gloves and sticks on the ice looked like the back room of a

sporting goods store. The nastiness didn't stop there. Both clubs lost important players. Left winger Fredrik Modin, who missed the prev.ious eight games because of a sprained left knee, slammed awkwardly into the boards on his first shift and hit the ice. He appeared tore-injure his .left knee. , With 10:54 remaining, Blue Jackets defenseman Kris Russell collided with Nashville agitator Jordin 1botoo as they came into the corner, lifting Tootoo lip and sending him awkwardly into the corner, feet first. He appeared to have .an right ankle or knee injury and needed help get- · ting to the bench. 1botoo was back two shifts later. aportzline@dispatch.com ·

PT GF GA HOME AWAY . D!V ::--:--:---7:':-;';-:::;:-=."-'9,;3:-:::21'::8:-c1:'C40::8-::271-.:;6":'-3"'·20'-::c21,.c-8:",'::'0-"4--:1::-3·""3":-0'::·.2 New Jersey* 87 199 155 22·10·0·1 20-9-1-1 13·6-1-0 85 216 195 25-9-tl-1 15·12'2-2 9-5-0-0 Washington* Philadelphia 5 5 78 203 185 18-9-3-1 16·10-2-4 8-4-2-2 2 5 75 '195 194 20-6·2·2 14-17-0-3 9·7·0·2 Montreal 2 6 74 182 182 17-9-1-4 16·15-1-2 11-5-1·1 Florida N.Y. Rangers 33.24 3 5 74 163 177 19'10·2-2 14-14-1-3 1L7·0·0 Pittsbur!J.h 34 26 _g__~_2Q2 198_1]-12-:t-1 17-14-1-3 12·3-2-3 Buffalo .32 25 3 4 71 187 176 18-12-i)·O 14-13-1-4 10·6-1-1 Carolina 33 27 2 3 71174 188 17-13-l-0 16-14-1-3 12-8-0-0 Toronto 26 26 6 7 65 195 231 11-11·4·5 15-15-2-2 7-8-0-2 ottawa 24 29 5 5 58 159 184 14-12-3·3 10-17·2-2 4-7-1-3 Tampa Bay 21 31 4 8 54 165 207 11-13-,!·6 10-18-2-2 4-10-1·2 Atlanta 23 35 5 1 52 191 225 11-18-i>-o 12-17-3·1 7-8-2-o N.Y. Islanders 20 37 3 4 47 i56 210 14-14-~-3 6-23-1-1 3-15-1-1

SaturdaJI'S games Chicago at Boston ................ :............! p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders ............. 2 p.m. Minnesota at los Angeles .................. 4p.m. Columbus at Detroit.. ...................... ..! p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa ..............................? p.m. St.louis at Florida ........................... .7 p.m. .EdmontonatToronto .........................7p.m. NashvilleatatTnmpa l'hiladelphia .................... 7p.m. Carolina Bay ................. .7:30p.m. San Jose at Vancouver .....................IO p.m. Sunday's games Boston at N.Y. Rangers ................12:30 p.m.

Calgary at Atlanta ............................. 3 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago .......................... 3 p.m. Phoenix at N.Y. Islanders ................... 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington .................. 3 p.m. Montreal at Dallas ............................. 6 p.m. Minnesota at Anaheim .......................S p.m.

Two points for a win, One point for overtime loss or shootout toss.

*Mdivision leader

Coyotes 2, Bruins 1 Phoenix Boston

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FIRST PERIOD: Scoring - 1. Boston, l<obasew 15 (Bergeron; Axelsso'n), 7:09; 2. Phoeni>, Upshall 8(lindstrom),12:01 (pp).

Penalties - Chara, Bas {interference), 10:02; Doan, Pho (hooking),13:56. SECOND: Scoring- 3. PhoeniX, Reinprecht

!4·(Zherdev), :49; 5. N.V.lslanders, Hillen I (Comeau, McAmmond), 3:44; 6. N.Y. Rangers, Naslund 21 (Mara, Drury), 13:24 (pp)_ Penalties- Hunter, NYI (boarding), 1:11; A.MacDonald, NY! (delay of game),

12:24; Avery, NYR {cross-checking), 14:31. Shots on goal; N.Y. Rangers 9-5-9-23; N.Y. Islanders 10·1~-8-30. Power plays: N.Y.

Rangers 2of 5; N.Y. Islanders a of 2.

Goa!ies:·N.Y. Rangers, lundqvisf 28-20-7

11 (Dawes, Mueller), 7:52. Penalties - Kloe; (30 shots-28 saves); N.Y. Islanders, Danis Pho (interference), 12:~6; Ference, 8os 7-10·2 (23-19). A: 16,234. T: 2:22. (tripping),14:3!: · THIRD: Penalties Tikhonov, Pho · Penguins 4, Panthers 1 (elbowifl!l), 18:22. Shots on goal: Phoenix 6·8·4-lB; Boston Pittsburgh 0 I 3 9-6-11-26. Power plays: Phoenix 1 of 2; Florida a 1 a Boston 0 of 3. Goalies; Phoenix, Bryzgalov 21·26·4 (26 shots-25 saves); Boston, FIRST PERIOD: Penalties - Eminger, Fla Thomas 27-9·6 (18-16). A: 16,818. T: 2:20. (holding), 10:39; Dupuis, Pit {hooking), 18:22.

SECOND: Scol"ing -1. Florida, Dvorak 11 (Campbell, Peitonen), 17:49; 2. Pittsburgh,

Toronto Washington

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(delay of game), 4:01; Backstrom, Was (interference), 4:37; _Ondrus,·Tor, major

(fighting), B:27; Bradley, Was, major (fighting), 8:27; VanRyn, Tor (interference), 18:22. ' SECOND: Penalties- Erskine, Was (cross-checking), S:D3; Fedorov, Was

(holding), 12:20; Kolemin, Jar (tripping), !5:56.

THIRD: Scoring -1-. Toronto, Stempniak U (Ponikarovsky, Stajan), 6:05;-2. Toronto,

Kubina 13 (Mitchell, J.Hamilton), 9:47; J.. wast,Jingt~n,

Semin 27 (Sackstroril), 19:21. Penalties - VanRyn, Tor (hooking), 1:06; Semin, Was (high~sticking), 1:09. ' Shots on goa!: Toronto 9·8·12-29; Washington 13-11~14-38. Power plays: Toronto 0 of 4; Washington 0 of 4. Goalies: Toronto, Gerber 5·9·1 (38 shots-37 saves);

Washington, Theodore 24·14·3 (29·27), Neuvirth (17:52 third, 0·0). A: 18,277. T: 2:21.

Patrik Elias, New Jersey ..... 64 25 43 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash .... 65 17 51

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Jeff Carter, Philadelphia ...... 62 36 29 65 Patrick Marleau, San Jose .. "62 34 31 65 Michael Cammalleri, Cal.. .... 62 33. 31 64 Mike Richards, Phila............ 59 24 4a 64 M. St. louis, Tampa Bay ...... 64 22 40 62

Marian Hossa 1 Detroit.. ....... 62 34 27 . 61 Alexander Semin, Wash ...... 46 26 35 · 61 Daniel Sedin, Vancouver ..... 63 25 36 61

Rick Nash,Colurnbus ......... 60 27 33 60 David Krejci, Boston ........... 64 20 40 60 Henrik Sedin, Vancouver ..... 63 12 48 60 V. lecavalier, Tampa Bay ..... 64 27 32 59 Derek Roy, Buffalo ..... :.......: 64 24 35

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Marian Hossa, Detroit.. ....................... 62 34 Patrick Marleau, San Jose .................. 62 34

18,933. T: 2:19.

Eric Staal, Carolina .....:....................... 65.28 Jason Arnott, Nashville .. ,.................... SB 27 Rick Nash, Columbus ......................... 60 27 Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay ......... .-... 64 27 Alexa rider Serrin, Washington ............. 46 26 Johan Franzen, Detroit; .....................; 54 26

Eminger, F~ (llrpping),!8:43. Shots on goal; Pittsburgh !4-19.14 _47 ; Florida 10·10-l~~-32. Power plays: P~ttsburgh 0 ot 4; Florida 0 of 2. Goalies: P>ttsburgh, FletJry 26-1 6·4 (32 shots·3! saves); Florida, Vokoun 2118-3 (47·43). A: Senators 4, Oilers 2 Edmonton o· 1

Ottawa

1 1

FIRST PERIOD; Scoring -1. ottawa, Spezza 23, :12, Penalties - Stortini, Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:56; Ruutu, Ott {interference), 2:56. SECOND: Scorin'Q - 2. Ottawa; Comrie 9 (Spena, Phillips), 4:03; 3. ottawa, Campoli

Shots on goat: Detroit 9·15-6-30; Colorado 11·4·12-27. Power p!ilys: Detroit 0 of 2; Colorado o·of 1. Goalies: Detroit, Conl<lin 23-B-1 {27 shots-25 saves). Colorado,

FIRST PERIOD: Scoring -1. N.Y. Rangers, NY! (slashing), 9:10; Zherdev, NYR (roughing),!9:!9; Hunter, NY! (roughing), 19:19. Raycraft 12·11-D (30·271. A: 18,0a7. T: 2:20 9:41 (pp). Penalties- Hunter, NY! (tripping), 8:03; Korplkoski, NYR (holding), 10:33; Bailey, NV! (tripping), 11:34.

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Ryan Getzla\ Anaheim ........ 64 20 50 70

Kennedy 11 {wt~lldn, Fedotenko), 15:34. Penalties - S~·kora, Pit (holding), 12:12;

SECOND: Scoring..:. 2. N.Y. Islanders, Comeau 5 (McAmmond, Rechlicz), 5:37; 3. N.Y. Rangers, DrUry 17 (Antropov, Dubinsky),

Marc Savard,j,Boston .......... 64 21 50 Joe .Thornton;! San Jose ...... 62 17 54

Crosby 24.(Gu;,rin,.Orpik),.l&:l3...Renalties--""O"!a::c=s=·:-:----- Campbell, Fla (slashing), 4:16; Stillman, PlAYER, TEAM GP Fla (charging), 12:41. Alex Ovechkin, Washington ................. 63 THIRD: Scoring - 3. Pittsburgh, l<ennedy Zach Parise, flew Jersey ..................... 64 10 (Cooke, Sta.al), 2:24; 4. Pittsburgh, Jefi Garter, Philadelphia ...................... 62 letang 7(Orpi\J, 4:37; 5. Pittsburgh, llya Kovalchult, Atlanta ....................... 64

7(Comrie, Heatley), 6:a6 (pp); 4. Edmonton, Rames 5, Flyers 1 . Gagner 8 (Grebeshkov, Gilbert),10:45 (pp). Calgary 4 0 I 5 Penalties - Gagner, Edm (holding), 4:41; Ott nnpping), 9:31. Philadelphia a 0 I - I Comrie, THIRD: Scoring -5. Ottawa, Heatley 31 (Volcllenkov, Atfredsson),ll:58; 6. Ed· FIRST PERIOD: s'coring -I.-Calgary, manton, Gagner 9 {Staios, Smid), 18:07. Cammal!eri 34, 5:20 (pp); 2. Calgary, Penalties Vold1enkov, Ott (1nter(erence), Jokinen 22 (Iginla, Cammalleri), 9:41; 3. 14:26; Staios, Edm, minor-game misconduct Calgary, Jol<inen 23 (Camrnalleri,Ig'rnla), {roughmg),19:28; Cogliano, Edm (roughing), 15:53; 4. Calgary, leopold 7. (G~ncross, 19:28; Campoli, Ott (roughing), 19:28. Conroy),18:48. Penalties -Roy, Cal (roughing), 2:10; Cote, Phi (roughing), 2:10; Shots on goal: Edmonton 9·7·10-~6; Jokinen, Cal (slashing), 2:40; Hartnell, Phi Ottawa 14-10·S~32. Power plays: Ed· (holdifl!l), 4:31; Knuble, Phi (hooking), 11:12 .. manton 1 of 2~ Ottawa 1 of 2. Goalies: SECOND: Penalties '- Roy, Cal (hook"rng), Edmonton, ROtMan 22-17-6 (32 shots-28 2:52; Glencross, Cal_(goaltender in· saves); Ottawc; Elliott 8·4·3 (26·24). A'; terlerence),.7:a6; Chucko, Cal (holding), · 17,904. T: 2:2\\, 16:23. THIRD: Scoring- 5:Philadelphia, Knuble LATE WEDNESDAY 23 {Richards, S,Gagne), 4:42; 6. Calgary, Conroy 8 (Glencross, Aucoin), 15:'49. Red Win~s 3, Avalanche 2 Penalties - Nystrom, Cal (delay of game), 8:56; lupul, Phi {goaltender interference), Detroit 9:39. 1 2 0 Colorado 1 a 1 Shots on goal: Calgary 19~7-15-41; Philadelphia 10·14·12-36. Power playS: FIRST PER!On: Scoring -I. Colorado, Calgary 1 of 3; Philadelphia 0 of 5. Goalies: Ules 8 (Hejduk Hannan), 3:10; 2. Detroit, Calgar)i, Kiprusoff 39-15-5 (36 shots·35 Filppula 8 (Kopecky, lidstrom), 19:41. saves); Philadelphia, Niittymaki 15-6·5 Penalties - H:mnan, Col (high-sticking), (19-15), Biron (0:00 second, 22·21). A: 10:58; Kronwall, Del (holding), 13:14. 19,513. T: 2:23. SECOND: Scoring - 3. Detroit, Franzen 26 (lebda), 7:a3; ~.Detroit, Draper 7(Meech, Downey), 13:33. Penalty - Foote, Col Rangers 4, Islanders 2 (interference), 4:10. N.Y. Rangers I I 2 4 THIRD: Sooring - 5. Colorado, Hejduk 24 N.Y. Is Ia nders a 1 1 - 2 (Smyth, Stastny),18:19. Zherdev 18, 8:33. Penalties - TqmbeiHni,

Points. DOES NOT INClUDE YESTERDAY'S GAMES PLAYER, TEAM . GP G APTS Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh .... 65 29 64 93 Alex Ovechkin, Washington. 63 46 37 83 Sidney Crosb:: Pittsburgh.... 60 23 56 79 Zach Parise, New Jersey..... 64 38 39 77 Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit ........ 64 25 52 77 Jarome Iginla, Calgary ........ 63 28 46 74 Ilya Kovalchuk,Atlanta ....... 64 35 37 72

Michael Cammalleri, Calgary ............... 62 Thomas Vanek, Buffa~ ....................... 55 Dany Heatley, Ottawa .......................... 62 Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh, ................... 65 Loui Eriksson, Dallas .. ,........................ 63 Jarome lginla, Calgary ........................ 63

33 32 30 29 2B 28

Phil Kessel, Boston ............................. 58 26

Simon Gagne, Philadelphia .................. 59 Jonathan Toews, Chicago .................... 62 Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles ............. 63 Henrik Zetterherg, Detroit ................... 60

26 26 26 25

Bryan little, Atlanta ............................ 61 25 Brad Boyes, St.louis .......................... 6S 2S

Devin Setoguchi, San Jose;................. 61 25 Daniel Sedin, Vancouver ..................... 63 25 Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit ........................ 64 25 Patrik Elias, New Jersey ..................... 64 25

p.ssists PlAYER, TEAM GP A Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh .................... 65 64 Srdney Crosby, Pittsburgh .................... (i) Joe Thornton, San Jose ...................... 62 Pavel Datsyuk, ,Detroit ........................ 64 Nicklas Bacl<strbm, WaSh'tngton .......... 65 Ryan Get?:!af, ·Anaheim ........................ 64 Marc Savard, Boston ........ :................. 64 Henrik Sedin, \fancouver ..................... 63 Jarome Igin!a, Calgary ........................ 63 Patrik Elias, Nj:>W Jersey ..................... 64

56 54

52 51 50

50 48 46 43

Brian Rafalski, Detroit ........................ 65 43

Mike Ribeirl\ Dallas ............................ 63 42 Mikko KoiVu, Minnesota ...·................... 62 41 Andrei Markm~ MontrE!al ..................... 64 41

Mike Richards, Philadelphia ................. 59 40

David Krejci, Boston ...... ~ ........,........... 64 40 Martin St.louis, Tampa Bay ................ 64 40

J.P. Dumont, Nashville ........................ 64 39 Zach Parise, New Jersey..................... 64 39 Todd Vlllite, Atlanta ............................ 64 39 Daniel Alfredsson1 Ottawa .................... 60 38 Stephen Weiss, Florida ... ,................... 60 37 Alex ovechkin, washington ......... :....... 63 37

Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta .................. :.... 64 37 Pat>ick Kane, Chicago ......................... 60 36 Martin Havlat, Chicago ............. ~ ......... 62 36 Niklas Kranwall! Detroit ...................... 63 36 Daniel Sedin, Vancouver .........:........... 63 36

Slava Kozlov, Atlanta ................... :...... 64 36

Travis Zajac, New Jersey .................... 64 36

Power-play goals PlAYER, TEAM .

GP PP

Michael Cammalleri, Calgary ............... 62 Mike Green, Wdshington .................... 52 Thomas Vanek, Buffalo ....................... 55 Teemu Selanne, Anaheim ....... ,........... 48 Brad Boyes, st. Louis ......................... 63 Alex Ovechkin, Washington .............. ;. 63

16 16 15 14 14 14

Petr Sykora, Pittsburgh,..................... 62 13

Dany Heatley, Ottawa .................... " ... 62 13 Zach Parise, New Jersey .................... 64 12