SWD tourney @ Grundy

[VHSLhelper 571]

233.50 Grundy

178.50 Carroll County

157.00 Abingdon

145.50 Richlands

120.00 Graham

112.00 Marion

92.50 Tazewell

 

 

1st place

 

103 Dakota Vance (Grundy) pin. Andrew Hagy (Marion), :41

112 Sean Vandyke (Grundy) pin. Will Lambert (Tazewell), :40

119 Jeremy Hurley (Grundy) tech. fall Cody Wilson (Tazewell), 4:35; 18-2

125 Derek Anderson (Grundy) maj. dec. Jesse Pedrero (Carroll Co.), 12-0

130 Blake Bowman (Carroll Co.) dec. Cody Rife (Grundy), 5-2

135 Ethan Owens (Grundy) maj. dec. Luke Allison (Tazewell), 8-0

140 Aaron Wilson (Abingdon) dec. Jon Dotson (Grundy), 8-3

145 Tanner Howell (Graham) dec. Lee Miller (Richlands), 5-1

152 Tyler McClanahan (Grundy) pin. Nicholas Tobler (Carroll Co.), 1:28

160 Hunter Cox (Abingdon) pin. Aaron Willard (Carroll Co.), :26

171 Tanner McClanahan (Grundy) dec. Aaron Wright (Abingdon), 3-1

189 Zac Mitchell (Abingdon) dec. Nick Groseclose (Marion), 5-0

215 Casey Barreras (Graham) pin. Casey Prater (Abingdon), 4:47

275 Drew McCraw (Carroll Co.) pin. Robert Dea (Abingdon), 5:44

 

3rd place

 

103 Aaron Haywood (Richlands) pin. Heath Browning (Graham), 2:43

112 Zach Wood (Richlands) maj. dec. Chase Stasheen (Graham), 15-5

119 Kent Sexton (Richlands) pin. Jared Cox (Carroll Co.), 2:33

125 Alex Hollomon (Abingdon) pin. Michael Yonts (Marion), 3:06

130 Hunter Shields (Marion) dec. Logan Salyers (Richlands), 7-1

135 Chris Adams (Richlands) dec. Jordan Lamb (Carroll Co.), 5-0

140 Jared Hooper (Carroll Co.) dec. Tanner Glenn (Marion), 6-3

145 Johnny Thomas (Carroll Co.) tech. fall Ryan McMurray (Abingdon), 17-2

152 James Altizer (Richlands) pin. TJ Evans (Graham), 2:06

160 Austin Bokish (Graham) dec. Eric Hess (Richlands), 8-5

171 Caleb Parsons (Marion) maj. dec. Tyler Crouse (Tazewell), 8-0

189 Daniel Lowe (Grundy) pin. Josh Gross (Graham), 2:43

215 Mickey Quesenberry (Carroll Co.) dec. Zach McClanahan (Richlands), 5-3

275 Brent Myers (Marion) dec. Alex Edwards (Grundy), 8-2

 

 

 

5th place

 

119 Heath Hartley (Graham) pin. Erin McGrady (Marion), :10

135 Trey Barrett (Abingdon) forf. Larry Hagerman (Graham)

140 Jonathan Brown (Richlands) maj. dec. Jeremy Young (Tazewell), 13-3

145 Dustin Cox (Tazewell) forf. Channing Elswick (Grundy)

160 Aaron McReynolds (Tazewell) tech. fall James Osborne (Marion), 16-0

171 Kelly Yelton (Carroll Co.) pin. Andrew Froy (Graham), 2:22

215 Jacob McCowan (Grundy) dec. Mike Elkins (Tazewell), 6-3

275 Mike Garland (Graham) pin. Ryan Stiltner (Richlands), 4:57

 

 

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Grundy qualified 13 of 14 (7,2,1,1,1,1)

 

25th consecutive SWD title for the Wave

 

champs :

Grundy - 7

Abingdon - 3

Carroll Co. - 2

Graham - 2

 

top 6 individuals qualified for the Regionals at Magna Vista.

 

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match of the day - 189 semis between Groseclose & Lowe.

 

Neither scored in the 1st. Lowe started down to start the 2nd and got a reversal, then gave up an escape to make it 2-1 after 2. Lowe let him up before the 3rd started and the match ended tied 2.

 

Lowe gave up an escape in OT-1 and got an escape with :03 left in OT-2.

 

Lowe started down in OT-3 and appeared to get an esacpe with :10 left but was OoB.

 

Groseclose wins by RO. (NOTE: official score shows "5-3;4OT")

 

 

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http://www.tricities.com/tri/sports/high_school_prep/article/wrestling_grundy_grabs_swd_title_again/20031/

[GmanFan 21]

According to the article, only five wrestlers failed to qualify for the regional tournament. Just wondering, but what is the reason for taking the top six out of each weight class with only seven teams in the district? That doesn't apply to any other sports, correct? Not being critical; however, it does seem odd. Makes the regular season seem to be not very important. Maybe someone has the reasoning for this format. Either way, good luck to all of the district wrestlers next week at Magna Vista.

[VHSLhelper 571]

Piedmont has 5 teams, 6 in the River Ridge & 7 in the SWD = 18 teams.

R IV decided to use a 16 man bracket, so 2 have to be left out. So SWD sends just 6 & RRD sends just 5.

[VHSLhelper 571]

other sports? Funny. No sport that I can think of sends everyone to Regionals.

[GmanFan 21]

Thanks for the information.

[Slap the Mat 32]

Wrestling can not be compared to other sports in the criteria used in how the wrestlers qualify for the regional tournament. Wrestling is considered a team sport, but in the post season tournaments it becomes more of an individual sport. Thus the reason for the SWD qualifying 6, the RR 5, and the P 5. This fills the 16 man bracket with no 1st round byes as in the previous tournament format of the SWD, Piedmont, & Highlands districts. Football, basketball, and other true team sports use tournament type formats that don't allow "everyone" to go to the regionals only taking the top two from the district or top four from the region to advance for play offs. The format used with wrestling allows for wrestlers to qualify based on their own abilities , not the strength of their team.