At 169-0, four-time state champ earns spot among Idaho’s all-time great wrestlers
Any debate is over. Post Falls senior Ridge Lovett will go down as one of the greatest high school wrestlers in Idaho history. The Nebraska signee capped his undefeated career with a 2-1 victory over Centennial’s Ryan Wilson on Saturday at Pocatello’s Holt Arena. The 5A 145-pound championship gave Lovett his fourth consecutive state title and boosted his career record to 169-0, making him just the fourth Idaho wrestler to finish his career in Idaho’s highest classification undefeated. “It’s just amazing to be in there with those guys,” Lovett said. “It’s just a dream come true.” Lovett moved up in weight classes to 145 pounds to chase Wilson, whom he traveled with to the Fargo national championships last year. The Centennial senior gave Lovett one of his toughest matches to date, holding a 1-0 lead entering the third round. Rest of the story at https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/high-school/article226594699.html?mc_cid=bdda3d5a37&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#storylink=cpy
Valley’s Angel Rios and Skyview’s Jaslynn Gallegos become first girls to place at Colorado state wrestling
DENVER — Pepsi Center in mid- to late-February never disappoints when it comes to making history. The 2019 state wrestling tournament proved to be no different. Usually on Saturday all eyes are geared toward the championship matches which take place later in the day. But in the morning session, the third round of consolation matches, there was vested interest across the arena bowl. Valley’s Angel Rios and Skyview’s Jaslynn Gallegos needed one win to make history. They both got that win. Rios won her match via forfeit from The Classical Academy’s Brendan Johnston and Gallegos pinned Moffat County’s Hunter Fredrickson in 59 seconds. She advanced to the third round of consolation matches with a 9-5 decision win over Eaton’s Alex Castaneda. Rest of the story at https://chsaanow.com/2019-02-23/valleys-angel-rios-and-skyviews-jaslynn-gallegos-become-first-girls-to-place-at-state-wrestling/?mc_cid=bdda3d5a37&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
ECU will host its last Open Workout of the year
This Sunday April 7th, East Carolina University will host its last Open Workout of the year at the Student Rec Center on campus at 7th & Cotanche Streets near downtown. Free parking is available in the college lot at 9th & Cotanche across from McDonald’s. Learn some technique, wrestle live some, meet ECU coaches & wrestlers, and see the campus.
We will cover the following:
Standing: shot-reshot on off. & def.
live TD situations
3 set-ups
Bottom: 2 escapes without standing up
live mat situations
Top: Follow drill for leg riders
cradling from legs
barring from legs
live situation wr.
Questions? Contact Milt Sherman, ECU Wrestling
shermanm@ecu.edu 252-341-8980
member: ECU Athletics HOF
Nat. Wr. HOF – NC Chapter
Arlington (VA) Sports HOF
Maryville repeats as Division II All-Academic Team Champion; 212 total student-athletes earn All-Academic honors
Manheim, PA .- The Maryville Saints reigned atop the academic world of NCAA Division II Wrestling, repeating as team champions and leading with 15 honored individuals in the 2019 National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II All-Academic team and individual rankings, released Tuesday. The Saints topped the team rankings for the second year running with a GPA of 3.5558, with LIU-Post taking runner up honors with a 3.4283. Colorado School of Mines (3.4280), Indianapolis (3.3414) and Newman (3.2931) rounded out the top five.
“It is really important that we honor those in our sport who are truly being student-athletes,” Maryville Head Coach Mike Denney said. “I am really appreciative that we can honor that, and we are proud of our guys who are doing well academically. We try to honor our All-Academic on the same levels as our All-Americans, that’s how important the student-athlete is to our program.” Those ranked individually included 212 student-athletes from 41 institutions. Rest of the story and details at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/Maryville-repeats-as-Division-II-2-4-2019
TDR Top 12 – 2019 preliminary 220 & 285 lbs.
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are the preliminary final top 12 list for the last two weight classes. We welcome input and corrections. We have posted two weight classes daily and will re-evaluate the rankings before the final list. The Big 4 Award winners will be announced this week. Please e-mail martinkfleming@gmail.com to share your insights and views.
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| 1 | 220 | Atkins, Raven | Northeastern | 12 | 41 | 3 | 0.932 | 2A-E | 1st | 3rd |
| 2 | 220 | Belcher, Jerell | South Central | 12 | 53 | 2 | 0.964 | 4A-E | 1st | 3rd |
| 3 | 220 | Rogers, Michael | Franklinton | 12 | 34 | 4 | 0.895 | 3A-E | 1st | 6th |
| 4 | 220 | Everett, Khalil | North Pitt | 11 | 40 | 14 | 0.741 | 2A-E | 3rd | 6th |
| 5 | 220 | Swinson, Elijah | North Lenoir | 11 | 45 | 8 | 0.849 | 2A-E | 2nd | w2 |
| 6 | 220 | Palmer, Jeffry | Corinth Holders | 11 | 25 | 11 | 0.694 | 4A-E | 2nd | w2 |
| 7 | 220 | Chandler, Reed | D.H. Conley | 12 | 25 | 11 | 0.694 | 3A-E | 3rd | w1 |
| 8 | 220 | Nichols, Logan | Washington | 12 | 39 | 13 | 0.750 | 2A-E | 4th | w1 |
| 9 | 220 | Cameron, Tyre | Triton | 12 | 37 | 6 | 0.860 | 3A-E | 2nd | L2 |
| 10 | 220 | Weiss, Micheal | South Granville | 12 | 37 | 8 | 0.822 | 2A-ME | 3rd | L2 |
| 11 | 220 | Jaurequi, Manuel | West Carteret | 11 | 29 | 13 | 0.690 | 3A-E | 4th | L2 |
| 12 | 220 | Hernandez, Alberto | Rolesville | 9 | 26 | 15 | 0.634 | 4A-E | 4th | L2 |
| 13 | 220 | Erickson, Nathan | Cleveland | 12 | 44 | 5 | 0.898 | 3A-E | w2 | |
| 13 | 220 | Sneed, Cory | West Brunswick | 11 | 25 | 9 | 0.735 | 3A-E | w2 | |
| 1 | 285 | Crump, Joshua | West Craven | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0.944 | 2A-E | 1st | 3rd |
| 2 | 285 | Armstrong, Javon | Pamlico | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0.920 | 1A-E | 1st | 2nd |
| 3 | 285 | Williams, Nyterrius | Rosewood | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0.811 | 1A-E | 2nd | 4th |
| 4 | 285 | Saravia-Martinez | Rolesville | 11 | 42 | 12 | 0.778 | 4A-E | 3rd | 5th |
| 5 | 285 | Ayino, George | South Central | 11 | 43 | 16 | 0.729 | 4A-E | 2nd | 6th |
| 6 | 285 | Carvin, Michael | Triton | 11 | 38 | 5 | 0.884 | 3A-E | 1st | w1 |
| 7 | 285 | Vickers, Joseph | Heritage | 12 | 40 | 7 | 0.851 | 4A-E | 1st | w1 |
| 8 | 285 | Lawrence, Antonio | Roanoke Rapids | 11 | 37 | 5 | 0.881 | 2A-E | 2nd | w1 |
| 9 | 285 | Dalmasi, Atila | New Hanover | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0.848 | 3A-E | 2nd | w1 |
| 10 | 285 | Waltrip, Nathan | Croatan | 12 | 44 | 6 | 0.880 | 2A-E | 3rd | w1 |
| 11 | 285 | Rodriguez, Saulo | Fike | 12 | 38 | 12 | 0.760 | 3A-E | 3rd | L2 |
| 12 | 285 | Jayne, Ezekiel | East Carteret | 12 | 29 | 12 | 0.707 | 1A-E | 3rd | L2 |
| 13 | 285 | Payton-Kimble, Amir | Northeastern | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0.806 | 2A-E | w2 | |
| 13 | 285 | Vaught, Brandon | South Brunswick | 12 | 39 | 12 | 0.765 | 3A-E | 4th | L2 |
| 13 | 285 | Franklin, Torrence | C. B. Aycock | 12 | 38 | 12 | 0.760 | 3A-E | w3 | |
| 13 | 285 | Russell, Chris | North Lenoir | 11 | 32 | 13 | 0.711 | 2A-E | 4th | L2 |
| 13 | 285 | Bell, Emmanuel | Laney | 10 | 33 | 18 | 0.647 | 4A-E | 4th | L2 |
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