Missouri votes to add official girls high school wrestling, becoming the ninth state in the USA
TDR Editor’s Notes; Not only will three states be adding girls wrestling as a sanctioned high school sport for next season but also at least 11 colleges will be adding women’s programs. This is in addition to the 7 new college programs this past season and two more have been announced for the 2019-2020 season. There have been two programs dropped for last season and two more for next year but half of those have been due to the closure of the school and the other two are in Canada.
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The Missouri State High School Activities Association, which oversees high school athletics in Missouri, has voted to make girls wrestling an official high school sport. The proposal is effective on July 1, which means the girls program will go into effect for the next Missouri high school wrestling season. Missouri becomes the ninth state to officially add girls wrestling as a sport at the high school level. The change was approved in Proposal 18 (Girls Wrestling), which passed with 202 voting in favor and 41 against.
PROPOSAL 18 – (Girls Wrestling) – (PASSED) – 202 FOR, 41 AGAINST
Amends By-Laws 5.1, 3.29.6, and 3.30.3.l to separate the currently co-educational sport of wrestling into sex-separated wrestling for both boys and girls. The details of the implementation of girls wrestling in Missouri have not yet been announced. Missouri becomes the third state this season to add high school girls wrestling, along with Georgia and Oregon. A number of other state associations are currently actively addressing girls high school for their state, with the possibility of more official announcements soon. Hawaii, Texas, California, Washington, Tennessee and Alaska host the other state-sanctioned girls wrestling championships. Colorado has approved pilot seasons for the next two years for girls wrestling, the initial step towards state sanctioning for girls wrestling, to begin in winter 2020-21. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/May/08/Missouri-becomes-ninth-state-with-official-girls-high-school-wrestling?mc_cid=3f78aac25e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Sincere King wins 2018 Michael Stokes Award
TDR Editor’s Notes; The following are three pictures taken quickly during the Senior Awards Night last week at North Pitt. The 2018 Award goes to Sincere King on the left and Michael Stokes on the right. Pick the one that you like best. Sincere may look a bit anxious to get back on into the auditorium as he was about to be called for some other awards. Yes it is tough being a popular guy. We wish him the best of success for next year. Now the camera man who took these pictures must be replaced as he left out the short that King and Stokes are holding below the trophy but one can only see the top edge of it. We must get someone better to take our pictures.
Kyle Snyder wins AAU Sullivan Award as nation’s best amateur athlete, only fourth wrestler ever
TDR Editor’s Notes; Great to see recognition and honors to a successful wrestler. We are still waiting to see a wrestler on the Sports Illustrated cover. Maybe if a wrestler were to wear a skimpy bathing suit then that would be considered sports worthy enough. I hope not but sadly this may be more likely than being a 4 time National Champ or 6 time World Champ has of being on the cover.
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By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | April 17, 2018, 8:42 p.m. (ET)
Kyle Snyder gives his acceptance speech for the AAU Sullivan Award at the New York Athletic Club tonight.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – 2016 Olympic champion and two-time World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) won the 2018 AAU Sullivan Award in ceremonies at the New York Athletic Club tonight. He becomes only the fourth wrestler to win this prestigious honor, joining other Olympic champions John Smith (1990), Bruce Baumgartner (1995) and Rulon Gardner (2000). The AAU Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Representatives from the AAU created the Sullivan Award with the intent to recognize contributions and achievements across the country of amateur athletes. Snyder was also a Sullivan Award finalist in 2017 but was not chosen last year. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/April/17/Kyle-Snyder-wins-AAU-Sullivan-Award-as-nations-best-amateur-athlete?mc_cid=bfacd150a7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
College Coaching changes
TDR Editor’s Notes; Cleaning out the in box some of articles and links of interest. Some with the good news of colleges adding wrestling teams and others of schools closing. Look them over and please feel free to contact us with your latest wrestling news.
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Fontbonne University adds wrestling teams
T. LOUIS, Mo.—Fontbonne University Director of Athletics, Maria Buckel, is pleased to announce Amond Prater as the inaugural Head Men’s and Women’s Wrestling Coach.
“I’m excited to welcome Coach Amond Prater into a new role within our department in leading our inaugural wrestling programs,” said Buckel. “Coach Prater has an extensive wrestling background and is highly regarded in the wrestling community locally and nationally. Coach Prater brings many skills to our department outside of wrestling. Therefore, I look forward not only to his leadership in building our wrestling programs but the impact he has on our department.”
“It’s exciting because I feel Fontbonne is a hidden gem, especially in the wrestling community now as it’s a chance to get more high school students an opportunity to wrestle in college,” said Prater. “I’m definitely excited about the opportunity.”
Rest of the story at http://www.fontbonnegriffins.com/general/2017-18/releases/20180501hrn8m8?mc_cid=c8b53906d1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Bormet Elevated to Head Coach of Michigan Wrestling – Story at https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/3/27/bormet-elevated-to-head-coach-of-michigan-wrestling.aspx?mc_cid=6a32a697e0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
College Wrestling Awards winners crowned at NCAA championships – Story at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2018-03-27/college-wrestling-awards-winners-crowned-ncaa-championships?mc_cid=6a32a697e0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Bacone College closes http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/bacone-college-in-muskogee-shuttering-operations-on-monday/article_64d664cd-7aff-5253-9433-360c5c99d311.html
EMU ain’t saving money by cutting wrestling
WIN Newsmagazine Award Winners
TDR Editor’s Notes; Here is our plug for and recommendation for all wrestling fans to purchase and read WIN Newsmagazine. Great publication.
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NEWTON, Iowa — Four-time Minnesota state champion Gable Steveson has captured the Junior Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by AAU, and headlines a list of WIN Magazine award winners for 2018.
Other award winners include:
Mike Chapman Impact Award — Bill Zadick, USA Wrestling Men’s Freestyle Coach;
Dan Gable Co-Coaches of the Year — Joe McFarland (Michigan) and Pat Popolizio (NC State);
Schalles Award for top collegiate pinner — Bo Nickal, Penn State;
Junior Schalles Award for top high school pinner — Mason Parris, Lawrenceburg (Ind.) High School;
WIN Journalist of the Year — K.J. Pilcher, Cedar Rapids Gazette
All of these award winners are featured in the latest issue of WIN Magazine, which also announced its State-by-State High School Wrestlers of the Year, top NCAA Division I Recruiting Classes and Kyle Klingman’s WINNIEs, which are special awards about unique national wrestling moments over the past year.
Rest of the story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2018/05/15396/?mc_cid=838fe8ae08&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Lee Carroll Awards presented to Decatur Brothers
TDR Editor’s Notes ; There have been some difficulties drafting articles and press releases and while that is being worked out we wanted to get these pictures out. The top picture has Lee Carroll (with the beard) with the awards given to Christian and Timothy Decatur-Luker. The one in black & white includes TDR Editor Fleming (in the hat) and the bottom one has Rosewood Coach Bill Edmundson throwing out the first pitch at the Seniors Night Baseball Game.
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Havelock’s Krystian Kinsey commits to wrestle at Virginia
TDR Editor’s Notes; Congratulations to Kinsey, his coaches and the Havelock program. We hope he does well in Virginia.
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Krystian Kinsey said he always had the goal of wrestling in college. Problem was he wasn’t sure where it would be. But then last week, Kinsey took visits to the University of Maryland and University of Virginia. He came back and made the decision. Kinsey, who finished in third place in the NCHSAA 3A tournament this past season with a record of 52-4, will be a Virginia Cavalier. He said he made the decision based on a lot of factors. The quality of school, the head coach and the campus swayed him to Charlottesville. “Yeah I really liked the campus and then Coach (Steve) Garland and me hit it off well,” Kinsey said. “I think he’s going to be a good coach and mentor for me while I’m there.” Kinsey expects that in a coach, having wrestled at Havelock under Chase Holleman. Holleman has been known to get his grapplers recruited. With Kinsey, it was all about the timing of the state championships in February and then wrestling at the Virginia Beach nationals in March. Rest of the story at http://www.newbernsj.com/sports/20180525/havelocks-krystian-kinsey-commits-to-wrestle-at-virginia
Campbell adds Dean Heil to staff
TDR Editor’s Note; Great to see increased interest in making college programs successful in North Carolina. Congrats to Coach Kolat and the Fighting Camels.
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Cary Kolat has added even more championship pedigree to his staff, with former NCAA Champion and All-American Dean Heil joining as Campbell’s director of wrestling operations. A former Oklahoma State standout, Heil is a two-time National Champion and three-time All-American at 141 pounds. The Brunswick, Ohio native captured back-to-back NCAA titles in 2016 and 2017, as well as three consecutive All-America campaigns from 2015-17. “I’m really excited to have Dean join us at Campbell,” said Kolat, who finished his fourth season as head coach of the Camels in 2017-18. “His brother is already here competing for us, and he’s going to add a dimension to our Regional Training Center that we needed. Dean brings a wealth of knowledge, being a four-time state champion from Ohio and a two-time NCAA champion at Oklahoma State. He’ll also be helping us on staff as our director of operations, and that will be a great role for him as he trains to make an Olympic team.”
Rest of the story at https://gocamels.com/news/2018/5/18/wrestling-adds-dean-heil-to-staff.aspx?mc_cid=6510807413&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Donahue hired as Assistant Coach at George Mason University
TDR Editor’s Notes; Our congratulations and well wishes to recent N.C. State graduate, Beau Donahue as he enters his coaching changes at G.M.U. – Great to get that first job!
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Beasley Announces Coaching Staff 5/16/2018 10:19:00 PM
FAIRFAX, Va. – George Mason Wrestling Head Coach Frank Beasley has announced the addition of three new members to his coaching staff for the 2018-19 season.
Camden Eppert joins the Patriots’ after three years on the wrestling staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining the Badgers, Eppert spent one year as an assistant wrestling coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wabash College.
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Beau Donahue recently finished a four-year wrestling career at N.C. State. He was recruited and coached by Mason Head Coach Frank Beasley.
A Centreville, Va. native, Donahue ranked in the top 20 each of his final three seasons and was a NCAA Qualifier while wrestling for the Wolfpack. He placed at the ACC Championships twice. In addition, was recognized as a Caterpillar Scholar Athlete all four years in pursuit of earning his Bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Donahue was crowned Virginia State Champion three times at nearby Westfield High School and was a three-time Washington Post All-Met selection.
Rest of the story at https://gomason.com/news/2018/5/16/wrestling-announces-coaching-staff.aspx?mc_cid=ba2d78052f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Lifelong friends sign to rival wrestling programs
TDR Editor’s Notes; Both wrestlers earned TDR Top 12 Plaques as the top wrestler in eastern N.C. in their weight class. The James Johnson Award will be presented to Derby at First Flight on June 2nd. More details about that later.
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Jeremiah Derby and Arien Leigh have been friends since before they even knew how to say the word. The First Flight High School seniors went to daycare together as toddlers and became fast friends. In their middle school years, they met again – on a wrestling mat. The duo drifted apart when Jeremiah moved to Currituck for middle school. That’s when Arien started wrestling, a sport Jeremiah had been involved in since he was 4 years old. One day, they faced off at a wrestling tournament, where Jeremiah pinned his childhood friend “in 14 seconds flat,” Arein said. “It was the quickest pin of the tournament,” he laughed. As they leave First Flight High School, the friends are going their separate ways again — Jeremiah to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Arien to Duke University, both recruited into their school’s wrestling programs. Both are state wrestling champions, Jeremiah winning his second state title this year and Arien a runner up. And they fully expect to meet again on the mat.
Rest of the story at http://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2018/05/09/lifelong-friends-sign-to-rival-wrestling-programs/?mc_cid=3baf61104c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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After 20 seasons of publicizing wrestling The TakeDown Report’s (TDR) focus has changed to the collecting of college coaching records from North America since 1903. We will continue to recognize and reward successful wrestlers in eastern North Carolina (east of Raleigh & Fayetteville), assist with schools in starting or re-starting a team and this blog. Join us on our FaceBook Page – “The TakeDown Report” for photos and news. Please send results, stories, links and news to pass along. E-mail us at takedownreport@gmail.com
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