Johnson wins silver and Hancock takes bronze at Zagreb Open, the first UWW Greco-Roman Ranking event
TDR Ed’s Notes; Xavier Johnson lives in eastern North Carolina while he is stationed here.
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By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | Feb. 10, 2019,
ZAGREB, Croatia – Xavier Johnson (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) claimed a silver medal at 63 kg/139 lbs. and two-time Senior World Team member G’Angelo Hancock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) won a bronze medal bout at 97 kg/213.5 lbs. at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open, the first UWW Greco-Roman Ranking Tournament of 2019. In the gold-medal round on Sunday evening, Johnson was defeated by Islomjon Bakhramov of Uzbekistan by techmical fall, 10-2 in the first period. Bakhramov opened the scoring with a takedown, blocking a Johnson throw and landing on top, with Johnson getting a reversal. Officials scored it 2-1 in favor of Bakhramov, but the Uzbekistan corner challenged. After review, the score was changed to 4-2. They ruled Bakhramov got a takedown and a gutwrench turn, but Johnson scored exposure on his reversal for two points. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/February/10/Johnson-wins-silver-and-Hancock-bronze-at-Zagreb-Open?mc_cid=538e43b178&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
North Carolina Girls’ State Invitational Tournament Results
The full brackets for each weight class for the 1st (and we hope annual) NCHSAA Girls’ State Championship Tournament which was help on Feb. 2nd this year. Hoping for 20 states sponsoring girls wrestling by 2020!
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Women’s Wrestling Invitational
Girls State Wrestling : Fearnside pleased to help KS girls
TDR Editor’s Notes; Another state (Kansas) looking to sanction Girls wrestling. Could have 20 states by 2020.
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MCPHERSON, Kan. – Amy Fearnside started to wrestle as a sophomore at Live Oak (Calif.) High School. She quickly loved the sport, competed three years and earned a California state championship as a senior. Fearnside had four top-three national showings at the University of Jamestown in North Dakota. She is currently a member of Team USA in Colorado Springs. On Saturday, Fearnside came to the McPherson High School Roundhouse for the third annual Kansas unofficial state wrestling tournament. Fearnside spoke at the 9 a.m. opening ceremonies and gave an award to McPherson coach Doug Kretzer for his work in developing girls’ wrestling in Kansas. Then, she talked to girls throughout the day on a variety of topics. For at least one wrestler, she helped her with a move. “From what I can see, they are super passionate for the sport, just for the raw love of the sport, and nothing beyond,” Fearnside said. “That alone is their motivation. They love it. They are enjoying it so much, and you can see it in their faces just light up. They are excited to come in here and do this. They remind me of my roots.” Rest of the story at https://www.catchitkansas.com/content/news/Girls-State-Wrestling-Fearnside-pleased-to-help-KS-girls-other-area-winners-505645541.html?mc_cid=538e43b178&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Mocs Earn Share of SoCon Regular Season Title
Wow! What a match! If you missed it, click here to catch the replay on the SoCon Digital Network. With a share of the Southern Conference regular season title on the line, first-year head coach Kyle Ruschell and his staff guided the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team to a gutty 18-12 win over No. 25 Campbell in Maclellan Gym today. UTC took six of the 10 matches in a clean dual that did not see either team score any bonus points. The Mocs move to 7-6 overall and close out its SoCon slate with a 5-1 mark. Both Appalachian State (6-6, 3-1 SoCon) and Campbell (5-1, 3-1 SoCon) have one conference loss each, and will likely share the league crown with Chattanooga. “This is one that we marked early in the year,” stated Ruschell. “We knew it was home, we knew it was going to be tight and if we wrestled like that, we knew we could win. Rest of the story at https://gomocs.com/news/2019/2/10/wrestling-mocs-earn-share-of-socon-regular-season-title.aspx?mc_cid=538e43b178&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Indiana Tech To Add Women’s Wrestling; Set to Compete in 2020-21
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Indiana Tech will be adding the sport of women’s wrestling to its athletics offerings, with the goal of hiring a coach this spring and begin competition in the 2020-21 academic year, Director of Athletics Debbie Warren announced Monday. “We are excited to offer this emerging sport for women and look forward to building a winning program,” Warren said. “The opportunity to compete for an NAIA national championship is something we think will make us competitive right away.” Women’s wrestling will become the 26th varsity program at Tech and the 12th sport to be added to the Warrior Athletics Department since 2005. Tech will compete in the NAIA, the only intercollegiate athletics association to sponsor women’s wrestling, where the sport is in its first season as an invitational sport. There were 24 NAIA institutions that sponsored women’s wrestling at the start of the 2018-19 season, and a number of schools have added the sport over the last six months. Rest of the story at https://indianatechwarriors.com/news/2019/2/11/indiana-tech-to-add-womens-wrestling-set-to-compete-in-2020-21.aspx
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