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NC STATE Nick Gwiazdowski Named ACC Wrestler of the Week

By Brian Reinhardt
Wolfpack Sophomore Records Decision Over Nation’s Top-Ranked Heavyweight
GREENSBORO, N.C.—NC State sophomore Nick Gwiazdowski (Delanson, N.Y.) was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week Tuesday for his performance in winning a pair of matches last week, including a decision over Northwestern’s Michael McMullan, the nation’s top-ranked wrestler at 285 pounds.
Gwiazdowski, ranked 6th nationally last week, posted a 5-3 overtime decision over McMullan as State dropped a 24-15 decision to the 21st-ranked Wildcats in Durham, N.C. McMullan is a two-time All-American who finished second nationally last year at the NCAA Championships. Gwiazdowski also recorded a pin of Duke’s Brendan Walsh in 2:25 of their match in leading NC State to a 25-13 ACC win over the Blue Devils.
Gwiazdowski finished the dual meet season with a 20-0 mark, including 6-0 in ACC matches. In those six conference matches, he won two by fall and three by major decision. Six of his last eight victories have come against nationally ranked opponents. His overall record this year is 35-2.  The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championships will be held March 8 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.

March 7, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

3rd Annual ECU Spring Wrestling Clinic

April 6th

Clinic will be held at the East Carolina University Student Recreation Center
(Located at 8th and Cotanche Streets)
$30.00 per wrestler (Includes Team T-shirt)
Please make checks payable to:
“ECU Wrestling Club”
Mail To:
128 Student Rec
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
For Questions & RSVP please contact us at:
Wrestling-Club@ECU.EDU

8:30 AM – Registration Begins

9:00   Randy Bieber – Stand-ups

  • ECU Asst. Coach
  • Pennsylvania State J.C. Champion

9:30      Milt Sherman – Takedown Defense

  • ECU Athletics Hall of Fame
    • Member NC Chapter – Nat. Wrestling Hall of Fame
    • All-American, ECU Head Coach

10:00       Ronnie Williams – Leg Wrestling

  • Member NC Chapter – Nat. Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • ECU Varsity Letterman

11:00   Tom Marsh – Front Headlock Series

Member NC Chapter – Nat.  Wrestling Hall of Fame

              ECU Varsity Letterman *asst. by Jamie Yezarski

12:00 PM – Lunch (Wendy’s, Sheetz, McDonald’s, Subway, and more within 5 minute walking distance)

1:00    Bob Guzzo – Drags & Underhooks

  • Hall of Fame NC State University Coach
  • Coached NCAA Champs & AA’s
  • NAIA National Wrestling Champion

2:00    Phil Mueller– Arm Bars

  • ECU Varsity Letterman
  • “Outstanding Wrestler” in Southern Conference

3:00    Binky Moore – Cross-face Cradle Series

  • ECU Asst. Coach
  • H.S. All-American, 2-time State Champ

Great Teacher/Student Ratio

Coaches are Assisted by the ECU Wrestling Team

March 7, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

College Notes

Maryland
University of Maryland Wrestling ended the regular season with a 9-8 dual record, 3-3 in the ACC. The team was led by #1-ranked Jimmy Sheptock (17-0 dual record), #7-ranked Spencer Myers (14-2 dual record) and #9-ranked Christian Boley (12-2 dual record).   The Terps travel down to Virginia Tech at the Cassell Coliseum on March 8th for the ACC Wrestling Championships. Tickets bought in advance online are $5; they are $10 at the door. All students with a valid ACC School ID will receive free admission.  Terrapin Pride Gala, and once again, thank you for all of your support this season!
Stanford is hosting the 2014 Pac-12 Wrestling Championships Sun., Mar. 2 in Maples Pavilion. The first session begins at 10:30 a.m., the second at 3:30 p.m. with the finals beginning at 5 p.m.
SIUE – Cougars Close Out Road Trip
BOONE, N.C. – SIUE wrestling’s six-match North Carolina road trip came to an end Sunday as the Cougars completed their 2013-14 Southern Conference schedule.  The Cougars finished the regular season with a 5-19 record overall and a 2-5 record in SoCon action after a 26-21 loss to Davidson and a 27-12 loss to Appalachian State.  SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates said the six matches in five days appeared to have affected the Cougars.
Cougars Drop Two vs. Citadel, UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – SIUE wrestling dropped a pair of matches Saturday, falling to Southern Conference (SoCon) rival The Citadel 34-3 and non-conference host North Carolina 32-15.  “We didn’t come out wrestling hard, and we didn’t win a couple of close matches against The Citadel,” said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. “We wrestled a little bit better against North Carolina. We were more aggressive in that match.”  SIUE 285-pounder David Devine was the lone double winner. He defeated The Citadel’s Joe Bexley 5-2 and then UNC’s Bob Coe 8-1.
2014 NAIA Wrestling National Championships at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, Kan., March 7 – 8. The 57th annual national championships are a two-day, four-session event featuring 210 total qualifiers. The championship bouts are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. CST on Saturday, March 8.  Automatic qualification took place this past Saturday at one of the four NAIA Qualifying Group Tournaments. The top four wrestlers in each weight class received the automatic berth (160 total wrestlers). Additionally, 50 at-large entries were allocated across the four groups. For a recap and results from the group qualifiers, click here.  The complete list of qualifiers will be announced Thursday, Feb. 27 on www.NAIA.org.  Preliminary brackets will be released early next week.
Drexel Falls to Penn on Senior Night, 20-10
Philadelphia, Pa. – The Drexel wrestling team fell to neighborhood rival Penn, 20-10, on Senior Night at the Daskalakis Athletic Center Saturday evening. With the loss, the Dragons finished their regular season at 7-15 overall and 1-6 EIWA, while the Quakers improve to 8-6, 7-4 EIWA.  Penn jumped out to an early lead with an 8-3 decision in the 125 match. The Dragons will return to action when they compete in the EIWA Tournament beginning on March 8. The squad will travel down 33rd street to the Palestra, where this year’s conference tournament is being hosted.
Hofstra Falls At No. 4 Cornell         Release: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Ithaca, NY – Senior Luke Vaith, junior Cody Ruggirello and graduate-student Joe Booth each posted bonus-point victories for the Pride but the Big Red won six of the 10 matches as fourth-ranked Cornell defeated Hofstra in an EIWA match at the Friedman Wrestling Center Saturday afternoon.  Vaith, ranked 10th by InterMat at 141 pounds, defeated Joe Rendina by tech fall, 21-5 to boost his season record to 25-5. Ruggirello tallied his team-leading eighth pin of the season with a fall over Connor David in 59 seconds at 149 pounds. Booth, who tallied his 99th career victory, tallied his second tech fall of the year, defeating Jacob George, 23-8 at 165. Vaith and Ruggirello (22-8) closed out the match with Hofstra victories. Hofstra is now 6-10 overall in dual matches including a 4-3 slate in the EIWA while Cornell is 13-1 overall and 9-0 in conference matches.  The two programs now prepare for the EIWA Championships at the Palestra in Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9.
#4 Cornell 28, Hofstra 19

February 25, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 285 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Jeffery Person Rocky Mount High School 285 12 27 0 1.000 1
2 Joseph Sculthorpe Topsail High School 285 10 39 2 0.951 2
3 Kaleb Taylor Rosewood High School 285 10 38 9 0.809 3
4 Jacob Rochelle Dixon High School 285 11 30 6 0.833 1
5 Joshua Mack Southeast Raleigh High School 285 12 24 3 0.889 1
6 Mykel Williams Northern Vance High School 285 12 21 4 0.840 1
7 Kolby Underwood Northeastern High School 285 12 20 4 0.833 2
8 Tyler Palochak Knightdale High School 285 12 24 5 0.828 2
9 Matthew Peedin Princeton High School 285 12 20 5 0.800 4
10 Jesus Ruiz Southwest Onslow High School 285 12 23 7 0.767 3
11 Tyrik Council North Pitt High School 285 10 28 9 0.757 4
12 Jacob Kohler White Oak High School 285 11 20 7 0.741 5
13 Keywan Morgan North Lenoir HS 285 11 12 1 0.923 6
13 Trey Tyson South Central High School 285 12 18 2 0.900 2
13 Jervon Faison Trask, Heide High School 285 12 13 2 0.867 1
13 kqusion cohen Roanoke Rapids High School 285 11 16 3 0.842 1
13 Jamahl Harris Northern Nash High School 285 12 11 3 0.786 3
13 Jesse Perez Ayden-Grifton High School 285 12 19 7 0.731 5
13 Joe Gore West Brunswick High School 285 11 16 6 0.727 4
13 Raysean Ford Clinton High School 285 12 21 8 0.724 4
13 Colby Hill South Brunswick High School 285 11 24 11 0.686 6

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 220 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Trent Allen South Brunswick High School 220 12 36 0 1.000 1
2 Sam Campbell West Johnston High School 220 11 31 2 0.939 1
3 TYWON BOND Holmes High School 220 12 15 0 1.000 1
4 Rayquon Jones Rosewood High School 220 11 43 8 0.843 2
5 Ryan Ashley Southern Nash High School 220 11 28 4 0.875 2
6 Lincoln Lyons Franklinton High School 220 12 29 6 0.829 2
7 Jonathan Helmick West Carteret High School 220 11 31 15 0.674 5
8 Jelani Duck Hertford County High School 220 11 20 3 0.870 2
9 Enciso `Jorge Rocky Mount High School 220 12 25 4 0.862 3
10 Kyle Krajewski Washington High School 220 11 19 4 0.826 3
11 Geordie Stevenson Ayden-Grifton High School 220 12 22 8 0.733 4
12 Rashaun Pridgen Eastern Wayne High School 220 12 20 8 0.714 4
13 Josh Butrim Trask, Heide High School 220 12 13 5 0.722 3
13 Jacob Byrd Clinton High School 220 10 20 8 0.714 5
13 Carlos Martinez First Flight High School 220 9 23 12 0.657 5
13 Paul Mefford Cleveland High School 220 12 23 12 0.657 6
13 Grant Bowman Laney High School 220 12 26 14 0.650 4
13 Meshack Smith Northside (Jax) High School 220 10 13 7 0.650 6
13 Edward Davis Farmville Central High School 220 11 16 9 0.640 7
13 Nathan Gilbert West Brunswick High School 220 10 15 9 0.625 7
13 Chris Parker Smithfield-Selma High School 220 12 15 9 0.625 8

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 195 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 DeAndre Jones New Bern High School 195 12 25 0 1.000 1
2 Keyaad Coley Rocky Mount High School 195 12 44 1 0.978 1
3 Brian Capps Laney High School 195 12 42 2 0.955 2
4 Mysiah Brunson Clinton High School 195 11 29 1 0.967 1
5 Andrew Colborn Croatan High School 195 11 47 3 0.940 2
6 Tyler Hudson Dixon High School 195 12 38 4 0.905 3
7 ANTHONY BROWNRIDGE Holmes High School 195 11 18 1 0.947 1
8 Austin Brogden South Granville High School 195 11 34 5 0.872 2
9 Chris Smith Louisburg High School 195 12 24 3 0.889 1
10 Wood Mancuso West Carteret High School 195 12 17 2 0.895 2
11 Brian Staton North Pitt High School 195 12 31 8 0.795 4
12 Dakota Smith West Brunswick High School 195 12 31 10 0.756 5
13 jerry verrill Roanoke Rapids High School 195 12 11 2 0.846 4
13 Jamal Barrett Eastern Wayne High School 195 12 13 3 0.813 3
13 Paulo Sanchez Northern Nash High School 195 11 22 6 0.786 4
13 Jamek Russell Ayden-Grifton High School 195 12 16 5 0.762 5
13 Justin Randolph South Central High School 195 10 19 6 0.760 2
13 Tylee Joyner Farmville Central High School 195 12 28 11 0.718 6
13 Garner Beasley Rosewood High School 195 11 24 13 0.649 2
13 Joshua Salois Swansboro High School 195 10 12 7 0.632 6
13 Nicholas Martinez Southwest Onslow High School 195 10 24 14 0.632 7
13 Alston Willard East Wake High School 195 11 22 13 0.629 8

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 182 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Marquise Leonard Nash Central High School 182 12 34 2 0.944 2
2 Juan Ramos White Oak High School 182 11 38 1 0.974 1
3 Bradley Skinner Knightdale High School 182 11 29 4 0.879 1
4 Diego Martinez Ayden-Grifton High School 182 12 31 1 0.969 1
5 Thomas Wakefield Swansboro High School 182 11 31 6 0.838 4
6 Christopher Shaw North Pitt High School 182 12 31 9 0.775 2
7 Matt Schaefer Topsail High School 182 12 28 5 0.848 3
8 Markus Mayner East Wake High School 182 12 28 13 0.683 8
9 Kenard Johnson Rocky Mount High School 182 11 30 15 0.667 8
10 wayne todd Roanoke Rapids High School 182 11 17 0 1.000 1
11 Chanse Wallace Cleveland High School 182 12 28 9 0.757 5
12 Joey Weible Laney High School 182 12 19 4 0.826 3
13 Isaiah Bookman Beddingfield High School 182 11 14 4 0.778 3
13 Dominick Cotton Franklinton High School 182 12 20 6 0.769 4
13 Evin Bellamy North Brunswick High School 182 11 24 8 0.750 5
13 Ryan Morton Aycock High School 182 12 27 10 0.730 6
13 Dylan Melgar Rosewood High School 182 10 16 6 0.727 3
13 John Atkins Harnett Central High School 182 12 25 11 0.694 7
13 Bradley Schoenecker Dixon High School 182 12 27 12 0.692 4
13 Will Newbern West Carteret High School 182 9 21 10 0.677 7
13 Zach Peters Farmville Central High School 182 12 29 14 0.674 6

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 170 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Devon Van Cura Washington High School 170 12 30 0 1.000 1
2 Josh Drew Rosewood High School 170 11 47 2 0.959 1
3 Brandon Skinner Knightdale High School 170 11 30 3 0.909 3
4 Malik Abney Triton High School 170 12 30 5 0.857 1
5 Seth Schoonover Dixon High School 170 12 38 7 0.844 3
6 Connor Hughes First Flight High School 170 10 34 7 0.829 4
7 Matthew Chilton East Carteret High School 170 12 29 5 0.853 2
8 Tyrone Watson North Brunswick High School 170 9 27 8 0.771 7
9 Rodney Nelson Ayden-Grifton High School 170 12 18 2 0.900 2
10 marshall carter Roanoke Rapids High School 170 11 15 5 0.750 1
11 Connor Hough Pamlico County High School 170 11 23 7 0.767 4
12 Katwan Cherry Hertford County High School 170 11 12 2 0.857 6
13 Miles Williams Greene Central High School 170 10 17 4 0.810 5
13 Shawn Peoples D.H. Conley High School 170 12 16 4 0.800 3
13 Austin Sasser South Brunswick High School 170 10 26 9 0.743 2
13 Chad Sprouse Clayton High School 170 11 26 9 0.743 6
13 Dalton Hill West Craven High School 170 10 19 7 0.731 3
13 Marcus King Laney High School 170 12 20 8 0.714 4
13 Steven Joyner Nash Central High School 170 12 17 7 0.708 4
13 Robert Hicks Smithfield-Selma High School 170 11 18 8 0.692 5
13 Kevin Garay Havelock High School 170 11 20 9 0.690 6

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 160 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Landon Leithauser First Flight High School 160 12 42 0 1.000 1
2 Jacoby Benjamin Southern Nash High School 160 12 40 2 0.952 1
3 Zach Winegardner Southwest Onslow High School 160 12 36 2 0.947 2
4 George Nathaniel West Johnston High School 160 12 38 5 0.884 2
5 Thomas Remick Washington High School 160 12 31 3 0.912 3
6 Kaleb Smith Rosewood High School 160 11 40 8 0.833 1
7 John Ellis Havelock High School 160 12 39 7 0.848 3
8 Christian Stiller South Brunswick High School 160 11 34 8 0.810 4
9 Michael Lines Clayton High School 160 10 42 11 0.792 5
10 Robert Sculthorpe Topsail High School 160 12 32 9 0.780 6
11 Ryan Hall Pasquotank County High School 160 12 29 9 0.763 5
11 Daniel Gray Ayden-Grifton High School 160 12 28 9 0.757 4
12 Kendal Hamilton Northern Nash High School 160 12 24 6 0.800 5
12 Johnathan Carlock Southern Vance High School 160 12 24 8 0.750 4
12 G.I. Hood Farmville Central High School 160 11 24 9 0.727 6
13 Quadrick Willaims Eastern Wayne High School 160 12 15 2 0.882 2
13 Jaedon Locke South Central High School 160 12 20 4 0.833 3
13 Michael Dennis East Carteret High School 160 12 19 6 0.760 2
13 Anthony Scott Croatan High School 160 11 38 17 0.691 7
13 Bruce Kopka Ashley High School 160 12 20 9 0.690 6
13 Sterling Fullerton West Brunswick High School 160 10 26 12 0.684 7

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TDR Top 12 at 152 Lbs. updated

The following rankings have corrected records, weight classes and seeds before regionals

# Name School wght Yr. Wins Losses Pct. Seed
1 Angel Najar North Pitt High School 152 11 44 0 1.000 1
2 Brody McGrath Croatan High School 152 12 47 3 0.940 2
3 Joseph Cooper Rocky Mount High School 152 11 29 2 0.935 1
4 Russell Harrison Jr. Laney High School 152 12 36 7 0.837 3
5 Lance Armenta Southwest Onslow High School 152 11 34 6 0.850 3
6 Caleb Kneiper First Flight High School 152 12 36 7 0.837 4
7 Travonyne Edwards Farmville Central High School 152 11 33 8 0.805 5
8 Parker Hammer Currituck County High School 152 12 38 11 0.776 6
9 Kavoris Perry Southern Vance High School 152 12 35 14 0.714 4
10 Javar Godette Havelock High School 152 12 28 7 0.800 2
11 John Duncan East Carteret High School 152 11 16 4 0.800 2
12 Bobby Evans Greene Central High School 152 12 15 5 0.750 7
13 Trevor Thompson Rosewood High School 152 10 20 7 0.741 3
13 Ethan Tello Ashley High School 152 12 20 7 0.741 4
13 Dillon Pace Princeton High School 152 12 22 8 0.733 4
13 Christian Canales Triton High School 152 12 29 11 0.725 3
13 Malique Jones Franklinton High School 152 12 16 7 0.696 3
13 Donovan Bethea Harnett Central High School 152 12 20 9 0.690 5
13 Chris Bohn Washington High School 152 12 26 12 0.684 8
13 Joshua Wallace Aycock High School 152 9 26 13 0.667 5

February 17, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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