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Junior Hodge, Coach of the Year, Impact Award, Schalles and Jr. Schalles, Journalist honored

NEWTON, Iowa — Cael Hughes, Cael Sanderson, Anthony Robles, Wyatt Hendrickson, Ryder Rogotzke and Earl Smith are featured as award-winners in the April 28 issue of WIN Magazine, which is announcing its remaining annual awards for the past wrestling season.

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Hughes, WIN Magazine’s top-ranked wrestler at 132 pounds from Stillwater (Okla.), was selected as the winner of the 2023 Junior Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s most dominant wrestler.

Cael Hughes

Presented annually by Resilite, the Junior Hodge is the high school equivalent of the the Dan Hodge Trophy given to college wrestling’s most dominant wrestler. Hughes, a future Oklahoma State wrestler, finished the year 39-0 with 21 pins and won a fourth Oklahoma state title after also winning this year’s Ironman and Pittsburgh Classic events.

Penn State’s Cael Sanderson

Sanderson, who became head coach at Penn State 14 years ago, was named the winner of the 2023 Dan Gable Coach of the Year award after he led the Nittany Lions to a 10^th team championship. Led by two champions and eight All-Americans, the 2022-23 Penn State team won a second straight team title by 55 points.

Anthony Robles

Robles, who won the 2011 NCAA championship at 125 pounds for Arizona State with just one leg, has earned the 2023 Mike Chapman Impact award. Since winning his national title, Robles has been a motivational speaker, returned to coach his former high school in Mesa, Ariz., and created the Robles Unstoppable Foundation. There is also a movie, based on his life and called “Unstoppable”, that is currently in production.

April 25, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized