2009 Pre-Season Kentucky Dirty Dozen (All Classes)

July 2nd, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in HS Wrestling Blog, State Rankings No Comments »

Dirty Dozen Freshman/Sophomore
1 Caleb Ervin, Union Co
2 JJ Jude, Johnson Central
3 John Fahy, Trinity (Louisville)
4 Bernard Ray, Larue Co
5 Kyle Terry, Central Hardin
6 Luke Troxell, Wayne Co
7 John Lampe, St. Xavier
8 Kevin Cooper, Simon Kenton
9 Shaquille Cox, Larue Co
10 Aaron Dodd, Wayne Co
11 Nick Paden, Larue Co
12 Zach Salyers, Johnson Central

Dirty Dozen Juniors
1 Josh Johnson, John Hardin
2 Brad Hitchings, Trinity (Louisville)
3 Myron Bradbury, Trinity (Louisville)
4 Korey Shotwell, Campbell Co
5 Michael Osborne, Ryle
6 Tyler Grimm, Johnson Central
7 Matt Slone, Sheldon Clark
8 Shawn Johnson, Lafayette
9 Grant Ohlmann, Trinity (Louisville)
10 Austin Palmer, Ryle
11 Steve Supe, Scott
12 Brandon Bell, Wayne Co


Virginia’s Edwards loses dream before starting

May 21st, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in HS Wrestling Blog, State Rankings No Comments »

Tejovan Edwards’ feel-good wrestling story has turned into a nightmare.

Earlier this month, the Cox High School senior accepted a scholarship to Arizona State. He fell in love with the sunny, scenic campus and couldn’t wait to begin training under Sun Devils assistant coach Brian Stith — another former Cox state champion and NCAA runner-up at Arizona State.

Signing with the Sun Devils was sweet redemption, the culmination of a dream season for Edwards, who had been academically ineligible for the postseason as a junior. This year, Edwards went undefeated against in-state competition, won the 140-pound Group AAA title in February and jumped onto the recruiting radar with a series of upsets that carried him to the NHSCA senior national finals a month later.


Arizona State University drops Wrestling

May 13th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in College Recruiting, HS Wrestling Blog, State Rankings No Comments »

In a stunning move described as “economic stress”, Arizona State University announced the immediate cancellation of Division 1 wrestling at the University. The amateur wrestling community quickly sprang into action, creating Save ASU Wrestling, a resource for information on how to save wrestling for the Sun Devils.

saveASU Arizona State University drops Wrestling

This major loss at one of the few Pac-10 schools that still participate in wrestling means Arizona natives will have much further to travel to compete at the division 1 level. It also unseats All-American Anthony Robles, his team mates, and all of their coaching staff.