Inspiring for coaches and wrestlers...

[Sommers]

Our Mocs continue to show a bright future for Chattanooga strong!

 

#14 Boykin outlasts Ga HS AA Chip Ness and finishes 2nd to Duke's #3 ranked Hartmann.

 

Possible red shirt, Carr upended Mappes for 1st, but the starter fights back for 3rd. Just a couple of examples of how well things look for our young pool of talent.

 

Side note: American's Cole Moseley from Ryan looking strong amongst other TN/SE wrestlers.

 

 

Moc grapplers show strong in Hokie Open -

 

WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

 

Moc grapplers show strong in Hokie Open

Posted: Nov 08, 2015 4:57 PM CST

Updated: Nov 08, 2015 4:57 PM CST

By Vince Lennon, ReporterCONNECT

BLACKSBURG, VA (gomocs.com) -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team had a strong showing at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Sunday. Junior Bryce Carr wrestled unattached and won the 174 bracket, while three others placed in the Open Draw.

 

Carr, a junior-college national champion who is in his first season with the Mocs, is a potential redshirt candidate at 174 behind returning Southern Conference Sean Mappes. The two met in today's semifinals with Carr posting a 5-2 decision. Carr then beat Columbia's Zach Hernandez 5-3 in the finals.

 

Mappes also had a strong showing, bouncing back to place third overall. He defeated North Carolina's John Staudenmeyer 10-5 in the third place match.

 

Junior Scottie Boykin placed second at 197. Boykin, ranked 14th in the nation this week, lost in the finals to Duke's No. 3 Connor Hartmann 10-2.

 

Senior John Lampe was third at 184. He list to UNC's Alex Utley in the semifinals (3-2), but pinned Stanford's Ryan Davies (5:58) in the third place match. It was one of three pins on the day for Lampe.

 

"We had a good day today," stated UTC head coach Heath Esligner. "We had a lot of matches and we are getting out of here without any injuries. I am anxious to watch the film and see what all we can work on."

 

UTC also had a ton of success in the freshman/sophomore brackets with 10 placing in the top six. UTC had both finalists at 165 in freshmen Dominic Lampe and Demarco Gatti. Lampe won that showdown 4-2.

 

Justin Lampe won the 174 brackets while Alonzo Allen won 125. Freshmen Roman Boylen (141) and Rodney Jones (197) both placed second in their weight classes, while freshmen Chris Debien (133) and Sam Stephenson (285) where third. Freshmen Toribio Navarro (125) and Chad Solomon (174) each finished 6th.

 

The Mocs are back home next weekend, hosting Cumberland and Southeastern in Maclellan Gym. Action begins at 10:00 a.m. (E.S.T.) on Saturday, Nov. 14. Tickets are on sale now on GoMocs.com or by calling the UTC Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627).

 

Hokie Open

Sunday, Nov. 8 - Blacksburg, Va.

125 – Freshman/Sophomore

Alonzo Allen - 1st Place

Judah Caballero (NDC) - W-D, 11-8

Kyle Quinn (NDC) - W-WO

McKinnon Bowen (N.C. State) - W-D, 8-4

Ryan Burns (VT) - W-TF, 17-2

 

Toribio Navarro - 6th Place

James Sass (Limestone) - L-D, 2-3

Caleb Sayers (King) - W-Fall (4:01)

Reed Jacks (King) - W-D, 4-1

Landon LoAlbo (GWU) - L-D, 7-18

 

133 – Freshman/Sophomore

Chris Debien - 3rd Place

Christian Briody (Columbia) - W-Fall (4:00)

Dustin Kirk (King) - L-D, 7-8

Austin Jamison (Limestone) - W-TF, 18-0

 

Cody Hill

Paulo Freitas (NDC) - W-D, 12-5

Austin Jamison (Limestone) - L-D, 1-3

Jetson Guardado (GWU) - W-MD, 15-2

Christian Brody (Columbia) - L-D, 6-7

 

Jake Huffine

Frank Lopez (King) - W-MD, 15-2

Dustin Kirk (King) - L-D, 0-6

Bennie Pachello (VMI) - L-Fall (4:22)

 

141 – Freshman/Sophomore

Roman Boylen - 2nd Place

Darren Ostrander (VMI) - W-MD, 12-4

Emanuel Lair (Columbia) - W-MD, 10-2

Brent Waterman (VT) - W-D, 6-4

Solomon Chishko (VT) - L-D, 2-7

 

149 – Open

Jacob Murphy

Patrick Duggan (WVU) - L-D, 4-6

Cole Moseley (American) - L-MD, 2-11

 

149 – Freshman/Sophomore

Zach Shareef

Zane Knight (Campbell) - W-D, 13-6

Joby Armenta (GWU) - L-MD, 4-14

Devin Jefferson (MCC) - W-TF, 20-6

Miller Clark (App. St.) - L-D, 5-7

 

157 – Open

Kamaal Shakur

Dayton Racer (VT) - L-For.

Ben Schram (ODU) - W-D, 17-10

Ben Cournyer (UNC) - W-TF, 21-6

Jack Clark (UNC) - L-D, 8-12

 

157 – Freshman/Sophomore

Trey Watson

Michael Elliott (App. St.) - L-D, 9-13

Dylan Gary (Limestone) - L-MD, 5-13

 

165 – Freshman/Sophomore

Demarco Gatti - 2nd Place

Darius Rutland (King) - W-D, 6-4

Christian Maroni (GWU) - W-D, 4-0

Dominic Lampe (UTC) - L-2-4

 

Dominic Lampe - 1st Place

Mike Montifinese (MCC) - W-Fall (1:26)

Max Elling (Columbia) - W-D, 11-9

Demarco Gatti (UTC) - W-D, 4-2

 

174 – Open

Sean Mappes - 3rd Place

Randy Roden (Duke) - W-Fall (2:15)

Joe Guzzo (MCC) - W-Fall (3:16)

Dylan Morris (Stanford) - W-MD, 14-2

Bryce Carr (UTC) - L-D, 2-5

No. 16 John Staudenmeyer (UNC) - W-D, 10-5

 

Barrett Walthall

Adis Radoncic (UNC) - W-Fall (2:54)

No. 16 John Staudenmeyer (UNC) - L-MD, 1-11

Kyle Rogers (WVU) - W-TF, 16-1

Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) - L-Fall (0:34)

 

174 – Freshman/Sophomore

Justin Lampe - 1st Place

George Gavalas (App. St.) - W-Fall (1:15)

Brooks Wilding (VT) - W-TF, 27-12

Cody Huges (VT) - W-D, 5-3

 

Chad Solomon - 6th Place

Raekwon Reggler (Limestone) - W-D, 6-2

Emilio Fowler (NDC) - L-D, 4-7

George Gavalas (App. St.) - W-MD, 9-1

Vinny Levin (UNA) - W-D, 5-2

Kody Eichlin (King) - L-D, 4-10

 

184 – Open

John Lampe - 3rd Place

Jake Koch (VMI) - W-Fall (6:01)

Alex Belala-Martin (Duke) - W-Fall (2:31)

Alex Utley (UNC) - L-D, 2-3

Ryan Davies (Stanford) - W-Fall (5:58)

 

197 – Open

Scottie Boykin - 2nd Place

Drew Barrett (GWU) - W-TF, 16-1

Bailey Faust (WVU) - W-D, 12-5

Chip Ness (UNC) - W-D, 3-1

No. 3 Conner Hartmann (Duke) - L-MD, 2-10

 

197 – Freshman/Sophomore

Rod Jones - 2nd Place

Tyler Johnson (N.C. State) - W-D, 7-3

Randall Diabe (App. St.) - W-D, 5-2

Matt Rudy (Limestone) - L-D, 1-4

 

285 – Open

Connor Tolley

Mitchell Thomas (UNC) - L-D, 0-4

Logan Rimmer (NDC) - L-D, 0-2

 

285 – Freshman/Sophomore

Sam Stephenson - 3rd Place

Tristan Majors (GWU) - W-Fall

Justin Hite (GMU) - W-Fall (2:55)

Jake Scanlan (American) - L-MD, 1-10

Cody Vandalized (Limestone) - W-D, 5-1

[Sommers]

Nice out of state coverage for our Mocs...

 

http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2015/11/duke-wrestling-off-to-fast-start-at-hokie-open

 

Duke hit the mats with a bang to kick off the season—a loud bang.

 

The Blue Devils wrapped up the Hokie Open Sunday at Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Va. with a successful outing. As a squad, the team captured three titles and seven top-six finishes en route to the third-highest team score at the event. Duke posted 122.0 points, behind first-place Tennessee-Chattanooga and second-place No. 24 Stanford, which scored 135.5 and 124.0 points, respectively.

[Sommers]

Mark Hall commits...

 

http://www.flowrestling.org/coverage/252427-Mark-Hall-College-Announcement/video/805668-Mark-Hall-Makes-It-Official?utm_source=FloWrestling&utm_campaign=5386f7819c-FloWrestling+Newsletter+11_11_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6178448e80-5386f7819c-151650673#.VkQJ4p_nbqA

[Sommers]

Mocs Bringing in Nation's Best Wrestling Teams For Southern Scuffle

 

http://www.wdef.com/content/sports/localsports/story/Mocs-Bringing-in-Nations-Best-Wrestling-Teams-For/1fb53QIw9ki7614C2GYoxw.cspx

 

Nov. 10, 2015. 06:26 PM EST

 

WDEF CBS Chattanooga, TN

 

Mocs Bringing in Nation's Best Wrestling Teams For Southern Scuffle

 

Published: 11/10 5:51 pm

 

UTC again welcomes some of the top talent in all of collegiate wrestling to the upcoming 2016 Defense Soap and Flips Wrestling Southern Scuffle.  What will once again be the top in-season tournament in the nation, the Scuffle takes place Jan. 1-2 at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga.

 

Depending on which preseason poll you follow, there are up to nine teams participating who are in the top-25, highlighted by No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 Michigan in the NWCA listings. 

 

Other top ten teams making the annual trip to the Scenic City are Lehigh (7), Cornell (8) and North Carolina (10).  Minnesota (17), West Virginia (21), Edinboro (24) and Stanford (24) are other attendees who are also ranked in at least one preseason poll. 

 

"I am really very proud of what the Southern Scuffle has become during its short time in Chattanooga," stated head coach Heath Eslinger.  "We have put a lot of work into it and our administration and local wrestling community are committed to making this a premier event each year. 

 

"However, it is the commitment from these top teams from around the country to keep coming back that make it such a great event.  The competition is second only to the NCAAs and you are going to again see a lot of high-quality wrestling."

 

Two national champions and 30 All-Americans are in the 2016 field.  All totaled, there are 85 wrestlers who were ranked in their class in the preseason who are schedule to compete.

 

Tickets for the 2016 Southern Scuffle are on sale now.  Daily admission is $30 for reserved seats, $20 for general admission and $10 for youth general admission.  All-session passes are $55 for reserved, $35 for general admission and $15 for youth.  Tickets can be purchased online on GoMocs.com or by calling the UTC Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627).

[Sommers]

Three Archer senior wrestlers signed their National Letters of Intent with North Carolina State on Wednesday.

 

The signees are Chris Diaz, Thomas Bullard and Daniel Bullard, all ranked nationally in the top 10. Diaz, ranked 10th, has a state championship and two state runner-up finishes while the Bullard brothers have won state titles each of their first three years in high school. Thomas is ranked second nationally and Daniel is ranked fourth.

 

They have helped the Tigers to Class AAAAAA team state championships the past three seasons, as well as national rankings of 33, 5 and 8 those three years. The three Advanced Placement students also have helped Archer build its current 79-match winning streak.

 

http://m.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2015/nov/11/archer-senior-wrestlers-diaz-bullard-twins-sign/?templates=mobile

[Sommers]

First unranked Wrestler to make the finals since 2003 is now ranked 4th...

 

http://m.thedaonline.com/sports/article_79380cac-88f8-11e5-84b2-ef3b9800174d.html?mode=jqm

 

Moisey looking to take next step as a sophomore

 

ASKAR SALIKHOV/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

 

West Virginia’s Zeke Moisey takes top position last year against Ohio.

 

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By Joel Norman | Updated 23 hours ago

 

Sophomore Zeke Moisey nearly didn’t wrestle last year.

 

West Virginia University head wrestling coach Sammie Henson was planning to redshirt the 5-foot-9, 125-pound Moisey, but a last-second decision to let Moisey compete paid off.

 

Moisey entered the 2014-15 season unranked, but went 32-14 and made it all the way to the NCAA Championship match.

 

While he did not win it all, Moisey is using that loss as motivation to get back.

 

"I came really close, but in the end I didn’t get it done," Moisey said. "So now there’s something to work for, there’s more to work at to get it done. There’s still people out there that I haven’t beaten yet."

 

In the NCAA Final, Moisey fell to Ohio State’s Nathan Tomasello. In the 2014-15 season, Moisey lost all three of his matches against Tomasello.

 

Despite the defeat, Moisey became the first unseeded wrestler to make it to the NCAA Championship match since 2003 and was West Virginia University’s first wrestling All-American since 2007.

 

"I think it’s awesome," Moisey said. "I credit it to Sammie Henson, our head coach. I think that anything is possible under that guy."

 

Moisey and Tomasello met again last week in the National Wrestling Conference of America All-Star Classic. Tomasello won the match, 7-1.

 

Despite falling to Tomasello again, Moisey remains determined to meet Tomasello again and win.

 

"That’s a loss that I need to avenge still. I had four career losses to him in the last two seasons, including that All-Star match," Moisey said. "It was a good season opener to kind of see where I’m at. I wrestled a good match against him, I think I really frustrated him this time, compared to last times I didn’t get my leg attacks going. I think each time I wrestle I get closer and closer and eventually we’re going to get him back."

 

A week after falling to Tomasello, Moisey bounced back by defeating all three of his opponents at the Mountaineer Quad. The No. 4 wrestler in the nation defeated Drexler’s Zachary Fuentes, Campbell’s Tyler Walker and Arizona State’s Mike Perales.

 

"The first three matches that I wrestled went how I thought they were going to," Moisey said. "I thought that people were going to try and slow me down a bit and not be offensive and that’s what happened, but I stuck to my game plan and got at least two takedowns every match. I controlled the pace of the match and didn’t give up very many opportunities to score."

 

Moisey was most satisfied with his victory over Walker, a 16-4 major decision.

 

"I had more than two takedowns, I opened it up a little bit," Moisey said. "I hit a mixer at the end and I was a little angry I didn’t pin him, because I had him on his back for at least 10 seconds. I could have gotten the fall, but I didn’t slit my arm all the way through, but I twerked on his neck and his head nearly rolled off his body."

 

To get past a wrestler like Tomasello, Moisey knows he must continue to improve. Moisey looks to improve his top game, in particular.

 

"I think this weekend I could have cut the guy at the Arizona State match and took him down once or twice more, but I rode him out for two minutes and felt really confident in doing that, so I’m going to use that coming into next weekend."

 

It will be tough for Moisey to get back to the NCAA Championship this season, but he did it last year unranked. Now, he’s fourth in the country. For now, Moisey is focused on beating whoever else steps on the mat against him, whether it be Tomasello or an unranked opponent.

[Sommers]

Cumberland, Smith ranked in preseason Top 20

 

LEBANON, Tenn. — Cumberland is ranked 20th in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Preseason Top 20 Poll and four individuals — Kyle Delaune, Nate Croley, Tyler Smith and Austin Meyn — are ranked in their respective weight classes, as announced Wednesday by the national office.

 

The Bulldogs received 25 total points and are one of five Mid-South Conference teams in the Top 20, which includes Lindsey Wilson (6), Campbellsville University (7), Life University (10) and the University of the Cumberlands (t14).

 

Smith, a redshirt senior from Calhoun, Ga., missed most of last season after surviving a house fire at the Baptist Student Union on campus. He is ranked 13th at 285 heading into the 2015-16 campaign. Smith posted a 27-14 mark in 2013-14 and has 54 career victories at CU.

 

Delaune, a junior from New Orleans, La., ranks third at 174. He placed fourth at last year’s NAIA Championships at 184, finishing the year 23-13 overall. Delaune lost his first match in last season’s national tournament before reeling off five straight victories.

 

Meyn, a sophomore from New Orleans as well, ranks 10th at 141. He defeated Indiana Tech’s 15th-ranked Robert Humphrey in the NAIA East Region Qualifier to earn a spot in last year’s national tourney and posted a 9-15 overall mark in 2014-15.

 

Croley, a junior from Pigeon Forge, Tenn., ranks 13th at 157.

[Sommers]

Our Nate Croley & Cumberland University seem to be getting as good coverage in Georgia has in Middle Tennessee...

 

http://m.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/sports/local/college-wrestling-sonoraville-alum-smith-wins-weight-class-at-patriot/article_dfbbfc9e-840d-11e5-8bba-5f0789f3532e.html?mode=jqm

 

LEBANON, Tenn. — Sonoraville High alum Tyler Smith and Nate Croley won their respective weight classes, Orlando Nawade finished second and Sean Nguyen, Peter Donchev and Tommie Turner each placed fourth, leading the Cumberland wrestlers on Saturday at the Patriot Open in Williamsburg, Ky.

 

Smith swept through five matches to win the heavyweight class in CU’s opening event of the year. The senior from Calhoun, Ga., won by Fall at 2:06 over Raynal Brown and posted a 13-1 Major Decision against Devin Morrow from the University of the Cumberlands. He collected a 3-2 Decision versus Lindsey Wilson’s Ameer Daniels, pinned teammate Turner at 1:22 and registered a 7-4 Decision over Life University Deandre Sims in the finals.

 

Croley easily won his first three outings at 157, posting a 16-0 Technical Fall against Andrew Welch and Kelley Bobby and pinned Indiana Tech’s Chase Hack at 4:10. He collected a 12-5 Decision over Ty Etheridge in the semifinals and posted a 3-1 Decision in sudden victory in the finals versus eighth-ranked Mitchell Roadruck.

 

Nawade collected three straight victories at 165 to open the campaign, pinning Indiana Tech’s Jake Weimer at 5:00 and posting a 10-5 Decision over Lindenwood-Belleville’s Chase Larson and a 5-2 Decision against Scott Sopko in the semifinals. The Lawrenceville, Ga., native lost an 11-4 Decision to Indiana Tech’s 16th-ranked John Weldon in the finals.

 

Donchev won his first two bouts — a 4-1 Decision versus Cole Overman and by Fall at 5:41 against Middle Tennessee’s Michael King — before Weldon pinned him at 4:15 in the semifinals. The junior from San Diego, Calif., native won by Fall at 4:25 over Central Baptist’s Dequaylon Grey before dropping an 11-5 Decision to Sopko in the third-place match.

 

Nguyen registered a 19-7 Major Decision against Indiana Tech’s Ngun Uk before dropping a 9-0 Major Decision to Lindenwood-Belleville’s Jesse Martinelli. In the wrestleback he posted a 7-5 Decision in sudden victory versus Indiana Tech’s Justin Agee, a 7-3 Decision over James Nolan from the Cumberlands and an 11-5 Decision against Lindsey Wilson’s Jake Burroughs before Martinelli won by Technical Fall, 15-0, in the third-place match.

 

Turner, a junior from Dacula, Ga., received two byes at 285 before collecting a 3-2 Decision against Middle Tennessee’s Austin Wells and posting a 2-1 overtime victory against Luke Shaffer. He lost to Smith by Fall but pinned Morrow at 1:26 before dropping a 6-3 Decision to Daniels in the third-place match.

 

Sophomore Ross Brister lost his first bout, a 9-3 Decision to Sims at 285 but pinned Central Baptist’s Jesse Espanoza at 2:09 and posted a 3-1 Decision against Williams Baptist’s Roger Moe. He lost a 5-3 Decision to Daniels in the wrestleback.

 

Junior Matt Carroll also lost his first match at 197 by Fall at 4:40 to Ramsey Bloy but came back with three victories in the wrestleback. The Cumming, Ga., pinned Thomas Alwes at 1:19, collected a 10-2 Major Decision versus Ethan Whitt and received a DQ against Middle Tennessee’s Tyler McClendon before dropping a 13-6 Decision to Bloy.

 

Cumberland competes again this Sunday at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Va.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Sommers

[Sommers]

UTC Wrestling: The Lampe's Wrestling House of Pain

 

Saturday - Mocs host Southeastern (9 a.m.) and Cumberland Univ. (noon)

Friday, November 13, 2015 - by B.B Branton

 

“UTC coach Heath Eslinger is a trustworthy, honorable person and when my oldest son John decided to attend UTC to wrestle I told Heath that my other two sons, Justin and Dominic, would be wrestling for the Mocs as well.â€

 

Jeff Lampe, father of the three Lampe brothers who wrestle for UTC

 

 

 

 

UTC fifth year senior John Lampe has wrestled in New York City’s historic Madison Square Garden and has claimed victories in the prestigious Southern Scuffle and the NWCA National Duals.

 

 

His goal this season is to win the Southern Conference and compete in the NCAAs.

 

His success in the sport – two-time Kentucky state champion and Flo Wrestling All-American – has not come from attending well-known camps in Stillwater (Okla.) Ames (Iowa) or Iowa City but, in part, from hours spent working out in the family barn turned wrestling room known as the “Lampe House of Painâ€

 

He, along with younger brothers, Justin and Dominic, honed their skills on the 24 x 24 mat as teammates and other area wrestlers eventually joined the three brothers as the place to wrestle.

 

“There was no open gym policy in our area of Kentucky while my sons were growing so I decided to turn our barn into a year round wrestling facility for whomever wanted to stop by for a work out,†said Jeff Lampe.

 

Saturday’s UTC Matches: The Lampe brothers have workout together for several years, but with a five year difference in age from John to Justin to Dominic they have never wrestled together on the same team.

 

Until now.

 

The Mocs host Southeastern Univ. (Fla.) Saturday at Maclellan Gym at 9 a.m. followed by a noon match with Cumberland Univ. (Tenn.) and the Lampe brothers will wrestle back-to-back to-back for the first time ever. Southeastern faces Cumberland at approximately 10:30.

 

“This will be awesome for all of us to be in the UTC lineup together Saturday,†said John, now in graduate school (held right at a 4.0 average as an undergrad and a 4.72 on a 5.0 scale in high school) and needs two wins to reach 50 career victories.

 

Dominic (Fr.) will wrestle at 165, followed by Justin (So.) at 174 and John (Sr.) at 184.

 

“This is pretty special for UTC and the Lampe family as parents Jeff and Sheley and their three daughters will all be in Maclellan Gym Saturday,†said UTC coach Heath Eslinger (74 wins) who needs four wins to pass the late Andy Nardo (77 wins) for second place on the all-time wins list behind coach Jim Morgan with 209 victories.

 

The “House of Pain†workouts proved successful as the brothers have several state high school place medals between them at St. Xavier, including a combined five state titles – John (2), Justin (2), Dominic (1).

 

“John and Justin both earned Flo All-American honors in folkstyle, while Justin was so strong and fast in youth wrestling that few could beat him,†said Jeff. “Both Justin and Dominic won middle school state championships

 

“This is a special weekend for the Lampe family and we are glad our sons wrestle for UTC.â€

 

The Mocs wrestling family believes the same.

 

Chattanooga Strong.

 

SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRE (0-0, 0-0 THE SUN)

The is the first season of competition for the Fire. They competed in The Citadel Open on Nov. 1 in Charleston, S.C., and the Georgia College Open with Cumberland on Nov. 8 in Royster, Ga.

 

SEU is coached by former Moc Javier Maldando. Maldanado was a three-time SoCon Champion at 125 pounds from 2006-08. He was a part of the 2007 team that finished 21st at the NCAAs and his 82 wins are currently 10th all-time at UTC.

 

CUMBERLAND BULLDOGS (0-0, 0-0 MID SOUTH)

This is the first dual action for Cumberland of the season. The Bulldogs competed in the Patriot Open in Williamsburg, K.y, and the Georgia College Open in Royster, Ga., so far this season. They were No. 20 in the Intermat preseason NAIA rankings.

 

UTC is 8-0 all-time against Cumberland, including a 46-0 win in the last meeting on Nov. 8, 2013. The Mocs are 6-0 in the series in Maclellan Gym.

 

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net

[Sommers]

10th Winningest UTC Wrestler, NCAA Qualifier and 3x Academic AA Now Returning to his Alma Mater as New Head Coach...

 

Also there... Cumberland University has four wrestlers listed among the top 20 in the latest NAIA rankings. Those four are No. 10 Austin Meyn (141 pounds), No. 13 Nate Croley (157), No. 3 Kyle Delaune (174) and No. 13 Tyler Smith (285).

 

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2015/nov/14/former-utc-wrestler-leads-new-program-florida/335654/

 

Former UTC wrestler leads new program in Florida

 

November 14th, 2015by Ward Gossett in Sports

 

UTC's Javier Maldonado, rear, works to turn an opponent during the 125-pound final at the 2008 Southern Conference tournament at McKenzie Arena. Now a college coach, Maldonado's Southeastern University team will compete in dual meets with Cumberland University and UTC today at Maclellan Gym.

 

For the second time, Javier Maldonado is making a college wrestling debut at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

 

While competing for the Mocs, Maldonado won a Southern Conference championship and competed in the NCAA tournament each year from 2006 to 2008. He also was a three-time National Wrestling Coaches Association academic All-American and a three-year selection to the SoCon all-academic team.

 

As a 125-pounder, he was one of UTC's most successful wrestlers, and his 82 wins rank 10th on the school's all-time list.

 

But today, he returns to Maclellan Gym leading the first-year program at Southeastern University (Lakeland, Fla.), and this will be his first collegiate dual meet as a head coach.

 

Probable lineup

 

› 125: Alonzo Allen or Toribio Navarro

 

› 133: Chris DeBien

 

› 141: Roman Boylen

 

› 149: Andrew Webb or Jacob Murphy

 

› 157: Kamaal Shakur

 

› 165: Dominic Lampe

 

› 174: Sean Mappes, Justin Lampe or Barrett Walthall

 

› 184: John Lampe

 

› 197: Scottie Boykin

 

› 285: Jared Johnson

 

Southeastern's Fire will wrestle UTC at 9 a.m., and meets between the Fire and Cumberland University and Cumberland and UTC will follow.

 

When asked what he told his wrestlers about today's competition, Maldonado said, "Just compete, man; don't give up anything easy."

 

The Fire competed in The Citadel Open on Nov. 1 and in the Georgia College Open with Cumberland this past Sunday. Their top wrestler to date has been freshman 133-pounder Ethan Owen, who finished first at both tournaments. Owen has earned pins in six matches during a 10-0 start.

 

Cumberland, which also is opening its dual schedule, has four wrestlers listed among the top 20 in the latest NAIA rankings. Those four are No. 10 Austin Meyn (141 pounds), No. 13 Nate Croley (157), No. 3 Kyle Delaune (174) and No. 13 Tyler Smith (285).

 

Maldonado, who is married to former UTC softball player Amanda Hoiness — they have a 16-month-old son, Paxton — has been busy since he left Chattanooga. He worked for a year in New Mexico while his wife went for her master's degree before returning to his high school alma mater in Osceola, Fla., where he began work as an assistant wrestling coach for his father.

 

Then he received a call from Jack Spates, the renowned former Oklahoma coach, about Southeastern starting a wrestling program. A call from Southeastern athletic director Drew Watson followed.

 

"We started talking, I went and interviewed and got hired," Maldonado said.

 

When he was hired, Watson said, "Javier has both a high-level wrestling background and Florida connections, which make him the ideal choice to become our first head coach. More importantly, I believe he is a coach who has the ability to build a championship program the right way and get us competitive on the national scene quickly."

 

It has been quite a change for Maldonado.

 

"I feel like I'm treading water, at least some days, but I've been able to be around a lot of people for help and advice," he said. "It's fun because I'm doing wrestling for work."

 

Contact Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com or 423-886-4765. Follow him at Twitter.com/wardgossett.

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Where is the future of wrestling heading....

 

http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:4fSeZ9Le

 

WMCTV

 

Iowa wrestlers shatter NCAA outdoor attendance record

 

Nov 14, 2015 02:01 PM

 

By LUKE MEREDITH

AP Sports Writer

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The wrestlers entered cavernous Kinnick Stadium in jackets and stocking caps, marching through pyrotechnics as the AC/DC song "Back in Black" blared through the loudspeakers.

 

The Iowa wrestling team beat top-ranked Oklahoma State 18-16 on Saturday, shattering the NCAA attendance record in front of 42,287 fans at the first meet held in a Division I football stadium.

 

Penn State set the previous mark of 15,996 in 2013.The boisterous crowd at Iowa is believed to be the biggest ever to see a wrestling match in the U.S.

 

Hawkeyes coach Tom Brands said the event will resonate internationally for a sport still just three years removed from briefly losing its Olympic status.

 

"It's great for wrestling. There are people in Russia, in Turkey and Iran that are going to see this as well," said Brands, a gold medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. "They know about this. This is the city Dan Gable lives in."

 

Gable won Olympic gold in 1972 before coaching at Iowa for 21 years - winning 15 NCAA team titles with the Hawkeyes.

 

The idea of hosting a wrestling match at the 70,000-seat Kinnick Stadium had been kicked around for nearly a decade. But when Penn State broke Iowa's single-match attendance record, Brands quipped "we're going to Kinnick."

 

Iowa had a special mat marked with football yard lines placed in the south end zone at Kinnick. The crowd filled the end zone seats and stretched some 80 yards to the opposing 20-yard line. Iowa also streamed the event on its massive scoreboards for the many fans that could barely see it live.

 

Concerns about adverse conditions never came to pass, as sunny skies and temperatures in the low 50s greeted athletes, who said they were impressed by the atmosphere.

 

"That fire was hot," said Iowa wrestler Sammy Brooks, who flexed his biceps to the crowd after winning his match. "I tried to stay relaxed and focused on the things that I need to do. But it's hard when there are 42,000 screaming fans. You want to get up there with them and go nuts."

 

Officials set aside special rooms in the bowels of Kinnick Stadium for the wrestlers to keep warm if needed - though many of them stayed on the bench.

 

There were contingency plans to move the match to 15,000-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa's home gym, if the weather turned. Instead, fans soaked up the sun while watching their Hawkeyes make history.

 

"They took a lot of chances (on the weather)," said Hawkeyes fan Kim Trebil, who drove three hours from Clear Lake, Iowa, to watch the event. "We're supposed to get an inch of snow (next Saturday)."

 

The undefeated No. 8 Iowa football team capped off a big sports day in Iowa City by hosting Minnesota in the evening.

 

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Thanks again BB for your continued coverage and support of our Mocs...

 

Coach Heath Eslinger, great job getting mat time to many, bumping and allowing families see their boys compete...

 

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UTC Wrestlers Win Twice at Home

 

Lampr Btothers Win Twice Each

 

Saturday, November 14, 2015 - by B.B Branton

 

Led by the Lampe brothers posting two wins each UTC defeated Southeastern Univ. (Fla), 50-0 and Cumberland Univ. (Tenn.), 49-0, Saturday at Maclellan Gym.

 

Alonzo Allen (125), Chris DeBien (133) and Kamaal Shakur (157) also won two matches.

 

The Mocs improve to 2-1 on the season and travel to the Wolfpack Open Nov.

 

22. The next home match is Ohio Univ. Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.

 

In the final match of the day, UTC heavyweight Jared Johnson fought off his back early in the first period and pinned No. 13 Tyler Smith of Cumberland in 2:23.

 

UTC coach Heath Eslinger now has 76 career wins and needs two more victories to pass the late Andy Nardo for second place on the career coaching list. Jim Morgan is first with 209 wins.

 

UTC  50 Southeastern 0

 

125 – Alonzo Allen (UTC) major dec. Olson Delisca, 15-5 … UTC, 4-0

133 – Chris DeBien (UTC) pinned Ethan Owen, 7:00 … UTC, 10-0

 

141 – Alex Ward (UTC) technical fall Ethan Owen, 17-2 … UTC, 15-0

 

149 – Jacob Murphy (UTC) technical fall T.J. Hasz, 15-0 … UTC, 20-0

 

157 – Kamaal Shakur (UTC) technical fall Zach Wood, 16-1 … UTC, 25-0

 

165 – Dominic Lampe (UTC) technical fall Frankie Jaramillo, 16-1 … UTC, 30-0

 

174 – Justin Lampe (UTC) pinned Zech Rives, 2:55 … UTC 36-0

 

184 – John Lampe (UTC) pinned Nicco Lightfoot, 2:05 … UTC, 42-0

 

197 – Rodney Jones  (UTC), major dec.  Aris Knight, 19-6 … UTC, 46-0

 

285 - Connor Tolley (UTC) major dec.  Ben Cruz, 15-3 … UTC, 50-0

 

UTC (1-1)   Southeastern (0-1)

 

 

UTC 49, Cumberland 0

 

125 – Alonzo Allen (UTC) pinned Sean Nguyen, 2:16 … UTC, 6-0

133 – Chris DeBien (UTC) major dec.  Sammy Rosario, 11-2 … UTC, 10-0

 

141 – Roman Boylen (UTC) pinned No.10 Austin Meyn, 1:53 … UTC, 16-0

 

149 – Andrew Webb (UTC) pinned Evan Cole, 4:46 … UTC, 22-0

 

157 – Kamaal Shakur (UTC) major dec. No. 13 Nate Croley, 13-3 … UTC, 26-0

 

165 – Dominic Lampe (UTC) major dec.  Orlando Nawade, 12-2 … UTC, 30-0

 

174 – Sean Mappe (UTC) major dec. No.3 Kyle Delaune, 18-7 … UTC, 34-0

 

184 – Justin Lampe (UTC) major dec.  Dustin Harris, 21-8 … UTC, 38-0

 

197 – John Lampe (UTC) technical fall Corey Daniels, 23-7 … UTC, 43-0 

 

285 – No. 16 Jared Johnson (UTC) pinned No.13 Tyler Smith 2:23 … 

 

Cumberland def.Southeastern, 40-7

 

contact B.B Branton at william.branton@comcast.net