Akron-Westfield Wrestling Inv.  12-13-08
125-Dan Richards 6^th place at Akron   (6-5)
        -lost to Justin Walker (GLR) fall 1:06 (3^rd)
        -pinned Austin Chicoine (EPJ) fall 1:56
        -lost to Zach Rathman (LB) fall 3:29 (5^th)
130-Nathan Uhl 2^nd place at Akron   (8-3)
        -pinned Ryan Donnelly (EPJ) fall 3:18 (5^th)
        -defeated Preston Hoebelheinrich (RVBH) dec 6-1  (4^th)
        -lost to Chad Richardson (LB) maj dec. 3-12 (1^st)
135-CJ Trusty 2^nd place at Akron   (8-3)
        -pinned CJ Geary (EPJ-una) fall :43
        -pinned Shawn Donelan (EPJ) fall :56 (4^th)
        -lost to Matt Steffen (KP) fall 1:29 (1^st)
171-Michael Hassler  5^th place at Akron
        -lost to Matt Reintsma (RVBH) fall 2:31 (2^nd)
        -Bye
        -pinned Dan Bride (AW) fall 3:31
189-Nolan Ryan 6^th place at Akron  (3-7)
        -lost to Rueben Ritz (AW) fall 1:32 (4^th)
        -bye
        -lost to Terron Geerdes (GLR) dec. 8-10 (5^th)
285-Josh Watchorn  1^st place at Akron  (11-0)
        -pinned-Brady Andrews (B) fall 1:19 (6^th)
        -pinned Ryan Miller (LB) fall 3:41 (4^th)
        -pinned Mike Weaver (KP) fall 4:49 (2^nd)

                                                                        Team pts                Medalists
                                                                        1^st     2^nd     3^rd     4^th     5^th     6^th

1^st-Elk Point Jefferson    188                      5       1       2       3       2       1
2^nd- Rock Valley- Boyden Hall   147          1       3       1       3       4       1
3^rd-Lawton Bronson    142.5                        4               1       2       4
4^th-Kingsley Pierson   106                           1       2       3       1
5^th-Beresford        100                                   2       3       4               1
6^th-George-Little Rock  84                            2       3               1
7^th-Ponca    80                                               1       2                       1       2
7^th-Akron-Westfield  80                                2               1       1               2
9^th-Westwood   25                                         1                               2
10-Hinton  23                                                1                               1

I thought our guys wrestled fairly well at this tournament. We scored a record 80 pts which is a high for us at this tournament. I usually sit the younger wrestlers that wrestle in the Ponca 9-10 tournament or they’ll be over their competition pts, and it’s a tough, tough tournament.  We’ll have all our wrestlers ready to go for the upcoming Osmond tournament. They are changing this to a pool tournament rather than the standard double elimination tournament. The wrestlers should each get 4-5 matches. I expect to compete for the top 4 team places here, like we’ve done in the past.