BigRV 24 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Eric McDaniel from Tazewell is in the Semi-Finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/sports.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-03-02-0050.html Group AA wrestlers move on to Day 2 Friday, Mar 02, 2007 - 11:27 PM BY LLOYD COMBS Sports Correspondent A day that started well did not end well for Grundy. All eight Golden Wave wrestlers entered in the Group AA wrestling championships at Salem Civic Center won their first-round matches. Only two remain in the championship rounds. Five area wrestlers are in today’s semifinals, including Grundy’s Jerami Bartley (160 pounds) and Jon Dotson (125). Virginia High’s Brandon Castle (119) and Chase Owens (189) and Tazewell’s Eric McDaniel (171) are also in the semis, while a number of area wrestlers were involved in consolation action. In the quarterfinals at 160, Bartley bounced back after losing his 7-5 lead at the third-period buzzer to Lord Botetourt’s Travis Franklin and earned a 9-7 win 12 seconds into overtime. Dotson responded to match-tying move in the third period of his quarterfinal match by sticking William Byrd’s Brian Wood to the mat and pinning him at the 5:16 mark. "Jerami answered the bell," Grundy coach Travis Fiser said. "He came to wrestle and so did Jon Dotson. We had some tough losses [in the quarterfinals]. We’ll try talk to these guys and keep them motivated [in the wrestle-backs]." The Bearcats’ Chase Owens dominated Liberty-Bedford’s Roger Shepard and got the pin at 1:59 in a 189-pound quarterfinal match. Castle fell behind Chancellor’s Chris Smith, 4-3, but took control early in the second period in the quarters at 119 pounds and never relinquished it. Castle, who pinned his first opponent, took a 14-7 decision over Smith. "[smith] was extremely tall and it’s really tough for a short kid to wrestle a tall, lanky guy," Virginia High coach Ed Cressel said. "So I was really worried early. "But Brandon scrambles real good, and he’s so quick and explosive he catches people in a scramble situation. And that’s how we got back points." McDaniel’s quarterfinal win over Brookville’s Eric Laughlin was won one of the most exciting matches of day one at state. The Tazewell senior got a takedown call with one second remaining to win an 8-7 decision. "I had to suck it up," McDaniel said. "I didn’t know if I had any wind left. I just had to fight through it. It was just good training from my coach. He taught me to fight through adversity." Eleven other local wrestlers won first round matches, but lost in the quarterfinals Friday evening, including Abingdon’s Devon Puriefoy, who was upset in the quarterfinals at 130 pounds, 3-2, by Grafton’s Justin Cooper. The consolation rounds continued late Friday night. Complete results were not available at press time. Among those who advanced were Puriefoy, Marion’s Adam Freeman and Grundy’s Ethan Owens, Kaleb Smith, Josh McCowan and Josh Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee 10 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I heard that Richlands evan simmons won his first match against the number 2 ranked wrestler in the state. Anyone have any information about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan91 10 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 does anyone know how the semis went? and if either bartley or dotson advanced to the finals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 bartley had a GWC career ending knee injury=(..and all grundy wrestlers are done wrestlin highest was Freshman Ethan Ownens at 3rd place ..Grundy is pretty much guarantueed to finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th great season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfan 43 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Dotson has to wrestle again, the worst he could do was 6th, and the same with bartley, by making it to the semis he guaranteed a top 6, yeah good tourny and season for them, if they could have won on of those semis I think they would have brought home a top 3, it hurt losing that one to poqoson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan91 10 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 bartley hurt his knee again? i know that he's wrestled with two bad knees all season... but, congrats to the GWC... they exceeded expectations this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 hate to hear about the knee injury...i can empathize for sure...congrats to the GWC though on the great season...you guys keep up the hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 1st cburg 223 2nd tabb 76 3rd grundy 72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnAnderson 10 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 From the Ashes we SHALL RISE again!!!!!!! The Symbol of Excellence need I say more............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/sports.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-03-04-0024.html BY LLOYD COMBS SPORTS CORRESPONDENT SALEM, Va. – Brandon Castle worked hard for years to get to the state finals. Unfortunately for the Virginia High senior, his final match lasted just 83 seconds. The only area wrestler to work his way into the finals, Castle placed second at 119 pounds in the Group AA state wrestling tournament Saturday night at Salem Civic Center. Castle was one of 10 area athletes to place at state, a list that includes Grundy freshmen Ethan Owens and Tazewell senior Eric McDaniel, who earned third-place medals. Christiansburg clinched its sixth straight AA team title early Saturday, and eight of the Blue Demons’ nine finalists won individual championships. The other area place-winners included Abingdon’s Devon Puriefoy (4th at 130 pounds), the Bearcats’ Chase Owens (6th at 189) and five Grundy wrestlers: Josh McCowan (4th at 152), Kaleb Smith (5th at 145), Jerami Bartley (6th at 160), Jon Dotson (6th at 125) and Josh Lee (8th at 189). Brandon Castle won 147 matches, district and regional titles and two state medals with an aggressive style. He got his 41st win of the season by pinning Staunton River’s Will Epperly in 1:42 in Saturday morning’s semifinals. Saturday night, Castle faced another wrestler who likes to attack, and Andrew Williams got the upper hand early. The Tabb sophomore won his second straight state championship by taking Castle to the mat midway through the opening period. Williams, who has been ranked nationally all year at 119, pinned Castle in a minute, 23 seconds. "My philosophy has always been to go wide open," Castle said. "I wanted to try to catch [Williams]. He just caught me first." After watching all the hard work building up to the state finals, it was difficult for Virginia High coach Ed Cressel to watch his talented senior go down so quickly at the end. "Brandon worked his whole life to get to this point," Cressel said. "I wanted to see him go hard for six minutes. It’s unfortunate that it ended that way. Everybody knows he’s a tough wrestler. But I’ve seen a lot of tough wrestlers and I’ve been around long enough to know that sometimes you just get caught." Tazewell senior Eric McDaniel bounced back from a semifinal loss to claim third at 171 pounds by pinning Lafayette’s Shawn Sweeny in 1:54 in the consolation finals. Owens wrestled back from a quarterfinal loss to take third place in the 119-pound weight class. "Ethan Owens did a good job," Grundy coach Travis Fiser said. "His first time down here and he loses one match to a defending state champ, and he wrestled him well." Owens lost a 12-7 decision Friday night to Andrew Williams. He won three straight matches Saturday, winning close decisions in his final two bouts. "I know most freshmen don’t get third, but I wanted to do better," Owens said. "I’ll use this as motivation to come back stronger next year." Grundy earned a fourth-place finish after finishing 15th last year. Christiansburg’s Cody Gardner, who will wrestle for former Grundy and Blue Demons coach Kevin Dresser next year at Virginia Tech, won his fourth state title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog4ever 10 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 evan had a good first round. second round he forgot to put his mouthpiece in. they deducted a point and it cost him the match.. he'll work hard and come back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpop 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 congrats to Eric Mcdaniels, good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog4ever 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 congrats Eric!!! 3rd! AWESOME!!! tazewell wrestling has come a long way in the past few years. coach young and coach burton have done a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1567 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Evan lost 3-2 cuz he didnt have his mouthpiece and they gave the kid a unsportsmanlike penalty point in the state quarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog4ever 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 ??? "unsportmanslike penalty"... for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlandfan 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 because of the mouthpeice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrundyWinsAll 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 The point was for being improperly equiped. Like if you went on the mat without a headgear. I thought this was a very petty call by the ref. Simmons came back to the middle with the mouthpiece in his hand, put his foot on the line, the ref blew the whistle, he showed the ref he had not put the mouthpiece in, then the ref hit him for a point. I felt like the ref should of waited until he put his mouthpiece in before he started the action. This was the Quarter finals. It should of been decided by the wrestlers, not the ref. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog4ever 10 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 That is what I thought. I agree with you also - let the wrestlers decide who wins. It is a shame for Evan.. but it is State.. you just never know. There were a few bad calls this past weekend for several wrestlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canes_fan 10 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Adam Freeman also placed from Marion 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog78 10 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 eric mcdaniel is the best wrestler in his weight class nationally i heard he isw going to college at IOWA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05lineman 10 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 the kid is good....i will give him his credit...but the best nationally.......lol....come on man.....get real.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU 10 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 you can beat him right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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