Bonus Points Lift UNC Past No. 8 Arizona State
Posted On: November 17, 2018 TEMPE, Ariz. – Devin Kane’s pin and Jaime Hernandez’s first win as a Tar Heel helped lead No. 24 North Carolina to 20-15 win over No. 8 Arizona State Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena.
The Sun Devils (1-1) started the day with two straight wins, but Hernandez’s first dual match as a Tar Heel proved to be vital. The 141-pounder was able to collect bonus points for Carolina, picking up six points in the final period for a 12-4 major decision. That was followed by another strong performance from a redshirt freshman, No. 16 Austin O’Connor’s first win over a ranked opponent. His match against No. 11 Josh Maruca came down to the final seconds, but O’Connor was able to hang on to give the Tar Heels the lead.
The two teams traded wins at 157 and 165 – No. 6 Kennedy Monday was able to cruise to an 11-7 decision – but the match’s tipping point came at 174 pounds, where Devin Kane was able to pin Arizona State’s Jacen Petersen. Kane was on his way to a major decision win late in the third period when he was able to grind out a fall with 28 seconds to go, collecting three major bonus points for Carolina (2-0).
Rest of the story at https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/17/wrestling-bonus-points-lift-unc-past-no-8-arizona-state.aspx?mc_cid=f7efb31132&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Texas Wesleyan welcomes men’s, women’s wrestling
TDR Editor’s Notes; We love seeing news like this and want to pass it along so as to encourage other colleges, universities, high schools and wrestlers in general.
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The holidays just got happier for wrestlers in the Lone Star state, as Texas Wesleyan University just announced it will be adding both men’s and women’s wrestling to its sports roster, the Fort Worth school revealed this week. The Rams will take to the mats the Sooner Athletic Conference in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) starting in fall 2019. A search for a head coach is underway, with recruiting expected to begin in early 2019. Texas Wesleyan’s new intercollegiate mat programs are the first in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex… and only the second in the entire state of Texas at any level to offer scholarships. “Texas Wesleyan athletics continues to grow every day, thanks to recent successes across several of our sports,” said Ricky Dotson, athletic director. “With Texas having the fastest- growing participation in high school wrestling of any state in the country, adding men’s and women’s teams to our diverse offering is a perfect next step.” “Wrestling is great addition to our successful athletics program,” said Frederick G. Slabach, president of Texas Wesleyan. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20811?fbclid=IwAR2Fnu7z0o81XIU23wwFyQ6KNAsW19kb1tuOaMArZzM9IdfTqyV4qemRCi8
Maine adds girls state wrestling tournament for 2019
Add Maine to the growing list of states to announce the addition of an official state wrestling tournament for girls for 2019. The Maine Principals Association has voted to give final approval for the creation of a girls wrestling state championships to conclude the 2018-19 scholastic wrestling season, USA Wrestling reported this week.
The date and location for the inaugural Maine State Girls Wrestling has already been announced: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 at Penobscot Valley High School in Howland. “The [wrestling committee] just ran with this because they’ve seen girls wrestling right along, and it seems like they should have this opportunity,” Michael Bisson, Assistant Executive Director of the MPA, told the Bangor Daily News. “They saw that other states have started it and that momentum is growing nationally, so they wanted to get involved.”
Maine is the 14th state to establish a separate girls wrestling state championships, and the eighth to do so for the 2018-19 school year. Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, and Oregon also made the decision to add a separate girls championship in 2018. These eight new states join the six states — Alaska, California, Hawaii, Tennessee, Texas and Washington State — which already had separate state championship competition for girls prior to this year. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20810?fbclid=IwAR3DWihG7djp1Y6mUKHh_cNakgdgKGE6DMsz6bWxDkwhJcLOPWGCB6MfROk
PackWrestle Claims Titles in Seven Weight Classes at Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open
#4 R-So. Tariq Wilson (133) and R-Sr. Jamal Morris (141)both make season debuts and win titles
RALEIGH, N.C. – After going 3-0 in the Wolfpack Duals with a combined score of 122-12 on Saturday, #8 NC State was back in action on Sunday and claimed titles in seven of the 10 weight classes at the annual Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open.
125 R-Fr. Zurich Storm and Fr. Jakob Camacho were co-champions at 125 pounds, as each reached the finals but they did not wrestle each other. Storm went 3-0 with a pair of bonus point wins, and outscored his foes 38-11. Camacho was also a perfect 3-0, and he outscored those opponents 48-17.
133 Making hisseason debut, #4 R-So. Tariq Wilson claimed top honors at 133 pounds. In thefinals, he downed Zach Sherman from North Carolina, 9-3. Wilson was 5-0 on theday, with four bonus point wins, and outscored his foes 62-6. Freshman JarrettTrombley was fifth.
141 Also makinghis season debut, R-Sr. Jamal Morris won the 141-pound weight class. Moving downfrom 149 last year, Morris went 5-0 and scored an 8-3 win over Jon Miller ofUNC Pembroke in the finals. Jamel Morris placed third at the weight, whilefreshman Alex Urquiza was sixth.
149 R-Fr. A.J. Leitten took home the title at 149 pounds. In the finals, Leitten gutted out a 5-3 overtime win over Gardner-Webb’s Denton Spencer. After calling for injury time, Leitten recorded the only two takedowns of the bout. Freshman Matt Fields was third while classmate Matt Grippi was fourth.
165 R-So.Thomas Bullard made quick work of all of his opponents on the day, as he pinnedhis way to the title. Bullard was a perfect 4-0, with all wins coming viapinfall – three in the first period. He received a medical forfeit in the titlebout.
174 #17 R-So.Daniel Bullard and Fr. Trent Hidlay were co-champions at 174 pounds, as eachreached the finals but they did not wrestle each other. Bullard was 3-0 on theday, including a 16-1 tech fall in the semifinals. Hidlay was also 3-0,outscoring his foes 30-10 for a pair of bonus point wins.
197 R-Sr. MalikMcDonald won the 197-pound weight class with a perfect 4-0 mark. In the finals,he scored a 5-3 decision over The Citadel’s Sawyer Root.
285 TrueFreshmen Deonte Wilson and Colin Lawer both reach the third place bout at 285pounds, but they did not wrestle each other.
NC Statewill return to dual action next week, traveling to Old Dominion on Thursday,November 29. Visit www.GoPack.com
ALL-TIME D-III Coaches
TDR Editor’s Note; We welcome input so that our records can be as accurate as possible. Please notify us if you see something that needs to be looked into. The wins counting on this list are for a coach at a D-III school while coaching at that school or schools.
ALL-TIME Coaches (D-III)– Top 60 with at least 180 wins
- Jare Klein (Olivet College) 569 – III
- David Icenhower (College of New Jersey) 534 – III
- Bill Racich (Ursinus College) 532 – III
- John Reese (Wilkes Univ.) 515 – I/III ????
- Max Servcies (Wabash) 487 – III
- Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass) 485 – III
- Ned McGinley (King’s College) 458 – III
- Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth) 428 – II/III ???
- Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.) 414 III
- Jim Miller (Wartburg) 413 – III
- Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
- Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
- Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 380 – III
- Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.) 376 – III
- Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.) 376 – III
- Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport) 335 – III
- Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.) 321 – III
- Tom Kessler (York College) 321 – III
- Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.) 317 – III – Incomplete total,
- Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve) 310 – III
- Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 309 – III
- Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 304 – III
- Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll) 304 – III
- Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass) 301 – III
- Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater) 301 – III
- Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls) 297 – III
- Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State) 284 — III
- Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College) 282 – III
- John Elton (St. John’s {Minn.} 273 — III
- Frank Cheek (Humboldt State) 261 — III
- Dave Kemmy (Roger Williams) 251 – III
- Al Hanke (Elmhurst Coll./Lake Forest Coll.{ILL}) 246 – III
- Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 237
- Randy Steward (Loras College) 235
- James R. Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) 234 — III
- Tim Fader (Wisc.-Whitewater & Wisc.-Lacrosse) 230
- John Davis (Maryville College) 224
- Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) 224
- Steve Stellner (Montclair State) 223
- Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) 222
- Russell “Rusty” Carlsten (Rhode Island College) 222
- Bob Gaudenzi (Hunter College) 218
- Jerry Petrofes (Lebanon Valley College) 214
- Tony DeCarlo (John Carroll Univ.) 213
- Donald Montgomery (Mount Union College) 212
- Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) 205
- Ron Zalokar (Carthage College) 204
- John Oostendorp (Coe College) 202
- John Summa (Baldwin-Wallace College) 201
- Earl Fuller (Rochester Inst. Of Tech.) 197
- Gary Franke (Washington & Lee) 196
- Ron Peterson (Simpson College) 195
- Larry Shank (Heidelburg College/Capital) 194
- George Olson (Wheaton College) 192
- Richard Walker (Wartburg College/Grinnell College) 191
- Drew Black (Wesleyan Univ.) 190
- Sebastian Amato (Trinity College) 189
- Sam Case (McDaniel College (West. Maryland)& John Hopkins) 189
- Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) 184
- Rich Achtzehn (York College, Penna.) 184
$1 Million Gift Boosts Wrestling and Lacrosse Scholarships, Supports Athletics Done Right
Lowell Bryan ’68 gives his parents full credit for driving him to become the best student and the best athlete he could be. His father’s sport was baseball, and his mother’s was swimming. Bryan wrestled and played football for Davidson, and his daughter attended Davidson and competed in lacrosse. Now, a new $1 million gift will create scholarships for two of the programs near and dear to Bryan’s heart—$500,000 for the Lyman L. Bryan Wrestling Scholarship and $500,000 for the Louise Bryan Lacrosse Scholarship, in recognition of the influence and dedication of his parents. These dollars were given as current-use funds to help both programs recruit leading competitors nationally and internationally. “When we look at most of our programs compared to our conference competitors, we simply don’t have the scholarship dollars,” Bryan said. “I want to get us on the path to really try to make progress, at least in two of our sports. The goal is to fully endow these scholarships I’ve started, so we can work to recruit the very best athletes to Davidson.” Davidson Athletics is in a category of its own, with 25 percent of the student body competing in Division I sports, while sacrificing nothing in the classroom. Athletic Director Chris Clunie ’06 acknowledges that any college should be careful to call itself unique—but, when it comes to doing athletics right, Davidson is distinctive. “Nobody in the country is doing what we do,” Clunie said. “Scholarships are undeniably the most important thing to bring the best student athletes—the best students overall—to Davidson. We have to invest on the front end to build our programs.”
Wrestling
Last year, the Davidson wrestling program completed a $250,000 matching gift scholarship campaign. Combined with this new support, alumni, parents and friends of the program have brought in $1 million in a little over a year. “There are no words great enough to express my gratitude for Lowell Bryan’s support and generosity,” Wrestling Head Coach Andy Lausier said. “This expendable scholarship gift is going to greatly advance the efforts to transform Davidson wrestling into a nationally competitive program. Success on the mat begins with success in recruiting and, thanks to Lowell, we have the resources to win.” Rest of the story at https://www.davidson.edu/news/news-stories/181113-1-million-gift-boosts-wrestling-and-lacrosse-scholarships?utm_campaign=Regular&utm_content=1542121604&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&mc_cid=23c8b9da21&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
ALL-TIME D-II Coaches
TDR Editor’s Note; We welcome input so that our records can be as accurate as possible. Please notify us if you see something that needs to be looked into. The wins counting on this list are for a coach at a D-II school while coaching at that school or schools.
ALL-TIME Coaches (D-II)– Top 40 (or so) with at least 140 wins
- Pat Pecora(Pitt-Johnstown) 569
- Don Elia (Carson-Newman) 461
- Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa,Monmouth) 428 – II ??
- Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State) 408
- David James (Cent.Oklahoma) 396
- Vaughn Hitchcock(Cal-Poly-SLO) 353
- Mike Denney (MaryvilleUniv./Nebr.-Omaha) 348
- Robert “Rummy” Macias (Minn.St.-Mankato) 299
- P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke,Campbell) 299
- Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/ValleyCity St.) 293
- VinceMonseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.) 286
- JimKoch (Wisconsin-Parkside) 277
- MikeSterner (SW Minnesota St.) 254
- William“Bill” Corman (Shippensburg State) 243
- JasonLiles (S.D. State/Montana St.-Northern) 236
- Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&DanaCollege) 230
- TerryWetherald (Univ. of Indianapolis – Ind. Central) 230
- RobinErsland (Minot St./Cent. Mo. St./Calif. (Pa.), N. Mich. 225
- MarcBauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney) 215
- LarryKristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.) 212
- MikePalmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern) 200
- TracyBorah (Western State College) 200
- JasonValek (Newberry) 194
- Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.) 191
- Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.) 187
- JoeSeay (Cal. State Bakersfield) 187 ?
- AllanAbraham (Calif. State San Francisco) 176
- Miles Van Hee (Western State College) 170
- Lars Jensen (Calif. State San Francisco) 170
- Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.) 169
- StamatisBulgaris (Wright State & Dayton) 169
- RayKowatch (Ashland College) 167
- John Oxton(St. Cloud State Univ.) 167
- Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.) 165
- PaulKendle (Augustana College-S.D.) 163
- HowardWestcott (Portland State) 162
- Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West LibertyState) 157
- JohnW. Hancock (Northern Col., Col. St. Coll) 152
- BillGarland (Minnesota State-Moorhead) 147
- RogerDenker (Central Missouri State) 143
- JackLaBonde (Northern Colorado, Col. St. Coll) 142
All-Time D-I Coaches
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2018 ALL-TIME Coaches (D-I)– Top 70 with at least 200 wins Wins
- Dale Thomas (Oregon State) 616
- Harold Nichols (Iowa St.) 493
- Gary Taylor (Rider) 442 – ** retired in 2017
- Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU) 440
- J Robinson (Minnesota) 440
- Jack Childs (Drexel) 423
- T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.) 421
- John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 411
- Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.) 392
- John Johnston (Princeton) 382
- Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.) 378
- Lonnie Timmerman (Drake) 364
- Bob Guzzo (N.C. State ) 356
- Dan Gable (Iowa) 355
- Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.) 350
- Paul Mance (Appalachian State.) 348
- Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.) 327
- Carl Adams (Boston Univ.) 326
- Tom Borelli (Central Michigan) 324 – up 4 spots
- Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.) 322 – I
- Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell) 322 – I
- Dave Amato (Brown) 319
- Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 319 – I
- Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno) 313 – I
- Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.) 311 – I
- Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy) 311 – I
- Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh) 304 – I
- Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati) 302 – I
- Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.) 300 – I
- Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.) 297 – I – ** retired in 2018
- Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State) 296 – I
- Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.) 292 – I – up 4 spots
- John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American) 288 – I
- Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287 – I
- Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.) 282 – I
- Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.) 280 — I
- Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.) 274 – I
- Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 269
- Dave McCuskey (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa) 262
- Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa) 261
- Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 258
- Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 255
- Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall) 253
- Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ) 249
- Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville) 239 – I
- Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana) 238 – ** retired in 2018
- Barry Davis (Wisconsin) 234 – ** retired in 2018
- Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute) 232
- Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State) 231
- Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State) 227
- Harry Houska (Ohio University) 224
- Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.) 223
- William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn) 222
- Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 221
- Bob Carlson (Utah State) 221
- Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State) 221
- Dale Bahr (Michigan) 221
- Bill Harvey (Duke) 220
- Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.) 217
- Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of) 214
- Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.) 213
- Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.) 213
- Ed Michael (Buffalo) 213
- Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.) 210
- Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.) 208
- William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland) 207
- Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.) 206
- Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.) 203
- Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado) 202
- Tim Neumann (Nebraska) 199
Tar Heels Storm Past Mocs In Dual Opener
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Redshirt freshmen Austin O’Connor and Chasen Blair picked up major decision wins to help lead the No. 24 North Carolina wrestling team to a 23-10 over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the team’s first dual of the season Sunday at Maclellan Gym.
Carolina dropped the first three matches of the afternoon before rattling off seven straight wins. O’Connor was able to string together three takedowns in his second period and collect strong riding time throughout the match to beat Tanner Smith, 14-4, and begin UNC’s run.
It was Josh McClure at 165 pounds who tied things up at 10 with a 9-4 win. That was followed by a tight win from Devin Kane at 174, who was able to break a tie and score a late takedown to win, giving the Tar Heels a 13-10 lead that they’d extend the rest of the way.
Blair impressed in his match for Carolina’s second major decision. After a relatively slow first period, he scored a takedown and a four-point near fall to advance to the second period with a 6-0 lead. He finished strong with two takedowns in the third period, winning 13-4 for his first collegiate dual victory.
Head coach Coleman Scott was pleased with the performances of the new faces who took the mat on Sunday, particularly those of O’Connor and Blair.
Rest of the story at https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/11/wrestling-no-24-tar-heels-storm-past-mocs-in-dual-opener.aspx?mc_cid=cf37976866&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
ACC Wrestling – Nov. 7th
Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Wrestlers ofthe Week
Duke’s Finesilver, NC State’s Hidlay recognized
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has recognized two winners from last Sunday’s Hokie Open as the first ACC Wrestlers of the Week of the 2018-19 season. Duke senior Mitch Finesilver (149 pounds) and NC State sophomore Hayden Hidlay (157) were honored following their outstanding performances in the event, which took place in Roanoke, Virginia.
ACC Co-Wrestler of the Week – Mitch Finesilver, Duke, Sr.; Greenwood Village, Colo.
Finesilver had a strong start to the 2018-19 campaign, winning the 149-pound title at the Hokie Open.En route to the top spot on the podium, Finesilver defeated a pair of top 20 foes, including No. 14 Ryan Blees of Virginia Tech 6-1 in the championship bout. He also defeated No. 17 Austin O’Connor of UNC 3-2 in the semifinals. His earlier-round victories included a pair of technical falls. Ranked eighth nationally at 149 pounds, the four wins pushed his career total to 65 victories.
ACC Co-Wrestler of theWeek – Hayden Hidlay, NC State, So.; Lewiston, Pa.Hidlay took the 157-pound weight class at the Hokie Open with a perfect 4-0 mark on the day. His championship effort included three bonus-point wins and as he outscored his opponents by a combined 71-29. Hilday scored 27 takedowns in the four matches while only yielding one. The second-ranked Hidlay defeated a fellow ranked ACC opponent in the finals, posting a 10-7 win over No. 7 Kennedy Monday of North Carolina. Hidlay had four takedowns in the title bout, compared to one for Monday. Rest of the story at https://theacc.co/accWOTW
Noting ACC Wrestling – Nov. 7, 2018
• Four ACC teams remain ranked among the top 25 of this week’s USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll, led by No. 8 NC State and No. 10 Virginia Tech … North Carolina checks in at No.24 and Duke at No. 25.
• The Wolfpack and Hokies also lead ACC teams in this week’s InterMat rankings … NC State holds the No. 8 spot in the tournament rankings, followed by Virginia Tech at No. 16 and North Carolina at No. 22 … In the InterMat dual rankings, the Hokies top all league teams at No. 12, followed by the Wolfpack at No. 13 and UNC at No. 21.
• This week’ InterMat individual weight class rankings include 25 ACC wrestlers, led by NC State’s No. 2 Hayden Hidlay at 157 … Other ACC student-athletes among the nation’stop 10 include Virginia’s No. 7 Louie Hayes and NC State’s No. 8 Sean Fausz at 125, NC State’s No. 4 Tariq Williams at No. 133, NC State’s No. 6 Justin Oliver and Duke’s No. 8 Mitch Finesilver at 149, UNC’s No. 7 Kennedy Monday at 157,Virginia Tech’s No. 5 David McFadden (174) and Zack Zavatsky (184), UNC’s No. 7 Chip Ness (184) and Virginia Tech’s No. 10 Billy Miller (HW) • Duke’s Finesilver and NC State’s Hidlay are this week’s ACC Co-Wrestlers of the Week … Each swept four matches to claim his weight class at last weekend’s Hokie Open, with Finesilver winning at 149 and Hidlay at 157.
ACC Weekly Release: https://theacc.co/ACCWREST19

