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First time’s the charm: Northern Nash’s Sullivan makes history with tournament finish

BY SAMUEL EVERS Sports Writer Tuesday, February 5, 2019
When Northern Nash’s Sidney Sullivan was a seventh-grader at Red Oak Middle School, after a few inquiries directed toward her father, Rodney, who also went to Northern Nash, she found out he was both a high school wrestler and football player. The football part didn’t interest her much, but the wrestling part was intriguing enough to go ahead and try out for the middle school team. She even convinced four other girls to try out the sport with her. Since, that list of five, because of other sports or other personal reasons, has dwindled down to just Sullivan, now a freshman for the Knights, who has carried on with wrestling undeterred. This season, Sullivan was the only girl on the Knights’ team, and the only girl wrestler in the Big East to make it to the state invitational this past weekend. So, a lot of regional pride was following her on Saturday, when her, her mother, Tammy, and Northern Nash’s assistant coach Bryan Sweet loaded up Sweet’s car and headed to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex for the first-ever NCHSAA Women’s Wrestling Invitational Tournament. Rest of the story at http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/High-Schools/2019/02/05/Northern-Nash-s-Sullivan-makes-history-with-tournament-finish.html

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Northern Nash wrestler Sidney Sullivan, 15, poses while wearing her NCHSAA third place medal on Tuesday at Northern Nash High School. Sullivan placed third in her weight class on Saturday during the inaugural NCHSAA Women’s Wrestling Invitational Tournament in Winston-Salem.

February 7, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

No. 25 Camels down Gardner-Webb 40-4

TDR Editor’s Notes : Check out this article and photo. Who is the old bearded guy in the background with a quizzical look on his face?
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Austin McNeill

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – No. 25 Campbell claimed nine of 10 decisions and cruised to a 40-4 Southern Conference victory over Gardner-Webb Tuesday at McCall Court. Campbell remained unbeaten on the year at 5-0 overall and 3-0 in SoCon action, while GWU dipped to 2-9 on the year and 0-4 in conference outings. No. 14 Noah Gonser earned his third straight win, and ninth in his last 10 outings, with a 4-0 decision at 133 pounds, and Nathan Boston followed with a 4-3 edge at 141 to give CU the 12-0 lead. Making his second consecutive start at 157, Benjamin Barton earned a 6-1 decision, while No. 16 Andrew Morgan took a 6-2 win at 174. Austin McNeill earned his first SoCon win of the season with a 10-2 major decision, using a pair of third period takedowns to collect bonus points. Heavyweight Odgerel Batkhishig put the exclamation point on the win with a pin (6:32) to close the match, pushing the score to 40-4. The Runnin’ Bulldogs forfeited three weight classes on the night, including 125, 149 and 184 pounds. Tyler Marinelli gave GWU its only points with a major decision at 165 pounds. Resr of the story and details at https://gocamels.com/news/2019/2/5/wrestling-no-25-camels-down-gardner-webb-40-4.aspx?mc_cid=c28d91da5c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

February 7, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment