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The (No. 4) St. Johns Redwing wrestling season is beginning the way the last one ended – with lots of wins and lots of champions. Most recently, the Redwings took top honors in the New Lothrop Hall of Fame Invitational Jan. 7. The event included 16 of the top wrestling teams in the state, but...
After falling to Oxford by just one point in the state championship match a season ago, Catholic Central got its first shot at redemption on Wednesday night. And the Shamrocks didn’t let that opportunity go to waste. Catholic Central made a statement, as the Shamrocks knocked off the defending state champions, 49-13. Catholic Central head...
At this rate, Ray Arthur may one day have a spot in as many halls of fame as he had dual-meet victories. OK, a slight exaggeration. Still, that says as much about the number of wins Arthur accumulated in his 31 years as Petoskey High School’s wrestling coach, and the respect he earned over that...
Justin Heiserman (H.M. @ 189), the Dundee athlete who had equal success in wrestling and football, will wrestle at the University of Buffalo next year. He will be part of an incoming freshman class that Buffalo officials are calling one of the best in all of NCAA Divison I. Heiserman was a football linebacker who...
Flint-area Wrestler of the Year Roger Wildmo (No. 4 @ 152) was determined to dominate this season. The Durand senior’s mission was to do plenty of sweating in practice so he would hardly have to break a sweat in matches. And that’s exactly what happened as he was rarely tested in finishing unbeaten for the...
Zach Corcoran (H.M. @ 135) was just trying to survive. It was his freshman season and he was in the state semifinals, wrestling against defending state champion B.J. Suitor. He trailed 5-1 but Suitor was called for an illegal move that wasn’t intentional. Corcoran was unable to continue, and, due to the rules, he was...
Michael Innes didn’t find out until Friday that he would be included in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic. When Dan Neff (No. 5 @ 135) of Solanco suffered an injury, it opened a spot on the WPIAL team that was filled by the Chartiers-Houston senior with only two days to prepare. Innes also didn’t expect to...
Mid-Michigan is blessed with outstanding wrestlers, and in 2011 the talent is deep enough the Lansing State Journal wrestler of the year award had to be split. National sensation Taylor Massa (No. 2 @ 160), a junior at powerhouse St. Johns, and Conor Youtsey (No. 8 @ 119), a senior at Mason, have been touted...
Jordan Thomas (No.12 @ 171) found out that winning the second time around is not that easy. The Greenville junior won his second consecutive state title when he beat Holly’s Shawn Scott 6-3 in their 171-pound championship match in Division 2 Saturday evening at the Michigan High School Athletic Association individual finals at The Palace....
Adam Coon (No.7 @ 215) said he woke up Saturday morning and exclaimed loudly to his roommate, “Good morning, Sunshine! How are you today?” He didn’t really say that. He was only joking. It might have been the only joke by Coon and Brian Moran all day Saturday. That’s because the Fowlerville sophomores — friends,...
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