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Down two starters against the No. 3 team in the country, St. Edward put on yet another impressive wrestling display in its gym Saturday night. The Eagles, ranked second in two national polls, knocked off No. 3 St. Johns (Mich.), 39-15. St. Edward won nine of the 12 matches that were wrestled despite missing heavyweight...
2012 Top Gun Wrestling Tournament When: January 13-14, 2012 Where: Alliance, OH What: Individual Tournament The Top Gun tournament began in 1987. The year before (1986), co-founders Chuck Kreiner (Head Wrestling Coach) and John “Jack” B. Webb” (Alliance High School Assistant Principal) held an 8 team JV tournament. They decided to elevate it for the next season...
Avon High School wrestling standout Zane Zeman has made school history before the wrestling season even started. The senior signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to attend the University of Minnesota. Athletic director Erich Frombach said that Zeman is the first Avon High athlete to get an athletic scholarship to a Big Ten...
Ohio Wrestling added six newcomers to its stable of student-athletes, the program announced Wednesday afternoon. Five student-athletes have achieved state titles and all have placed in their various state tournaments multiple times. Combined with its fall class, the recruiting class projects to cover most of the weight classes on the roster and includes many talented...
The most significant changes in weight classes in high school wrestling in 23 years will take place in the 2011-12 season. In its April 4-6 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee approved an upward shift of the weight classes, beginning with the 103-pound weight class moving...
No. 1 Hunter Stieber from Monroeville (OH) rolled to an undefeated 54-0 this season, capturing his 4th Ohio Div. III State Title. This seasons Walsh Ironman Champ, Stieber beat No. 3 Nate Skonieczny in the semi’s and No. 2 Austin Ormsbee in the finals to take home the tournaments Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. With a...
No. 1 Jessie Thielke (53-0) of Germantown (WI) wrapped up his high school career this season with his 4th Wisconsin State Title. A dominating career, Thielke is one of the top recruits in the nation and is committed to wrestle with the University of Wisconsin in 2012. Before he attends college, Thielke will head off...
Penn State bound Nico Megaludis (51-0) rolls through the entire season with the No. 1 spot at 125 lbs. The Franklin Regional star captured his 3rd PIAA Class AAA State Championship this year and finishes his career with 170-1 record. He took home the gold at the Powerade Tournament over No. 10 Geoff Alexander, winning...
Jimmy Gulibon (36-1) tops the list for the final 2010-2011 national rankings, ending his junior season with a Pennsylvania Individual State Championship. Gulibon, winner of both the Walsh Ironman and Powerade Christmas Tournament this season, risked his perfect record when he bumped up to 125 to face Nico Megaludis (No. 1 @ 125) at the Westmoreland...
Sophomore Anthony Ashnault (43-0) of South Plainfield (NJ) takes home the Top Spot at 112 for the final 2010-2011 national rankings. Champion of the preseason Super 32 and a New Jersey State Champion, Ashnault heads into his Junior season with everything going for him. A perfect 86-0 in high school, Ashnault has the chance to...
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