Match Night at Silver Creek Sportsplex Continues
July 21, 2008 by Oliver Salud | Category: NewsWrestler Nation presents Match Night at Silver Creek Sportsplex. We have a minimum of 6400 square foot mat area.
Bring your wrestlers to get several matches in the evening for only $7 per athlete each night.
No USA Card required!
Who: All Ages
Where: Silver Creek Sportsplex
800 Embedded Way
San Jose, CA 95138
When: Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday
Sign-ups between 6:30 - 7pm
Warm up at 7pm
Matches begin 7:15pm
We will continue to wrestle matches until 9pm with the intent of getting wrestler as many matches as they want in that time.
Check out the High Five Bar and Restaurant while your kids or friends wrestle.
Women Want to Wrestle; Small Colleges Oblige
June 6, 2008 by Oliver Salud | Category: NewsOn the New York Times
By KATIE THOMAS
Published: May 27, 2008
Women’s wrestling teams are sprouting in the most unlikely places.
Tani Ader of Honolulu will attend Jamestown College in North Dakota because it has a women’s wrestling program.
In its first season, Oklahoma City University finished second at the women’s wrestling national championships with the help of Lacey Novinska, left.
Missouri Baptist University, a small Christian liberal arts institution, is starting a team this fall. Oklahoma City University, the alma mater of three Miss Americas, began a program in 2007. And Menlo College near San Francisco, which specializes in business management and where nearly two-thirds of the students are men, has had a women’s wrestling team since 2001.
The growth of such an unconventional women’s sport at these small, private institutions has little to do with the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX and everything to do with their bottom line. Officials at tuition-hungry colleges say women’s wrestling is an untapped market of prospective students, one that has curiously been all but ignored by bigger universities.
The inclusion of women’s wrestling in the Olympics beginning in 2004 provided a huge boost to the sport’s popularity and credibility. Five thousand girls nationwide wrestled in high school in the 2006-7 academic year, yet only eight colleges offer it as a varsity sport. Three of those eight programs are starting this fall.
Rosters fill up nearly as quickly as colleges create teams. “When we can get so many girls to come here for a first-year program, that’s 20 to 25 extra students who normally wouldn’t have looked at Jamestown College,” said Cisco Cole, the women’s wrestling coach there.
Jamestown, a 1,000-student private liberal arts college in North Dakota, has one of the three new women’s wrestling programs. Seventeen wrestlers, including four from Hawaii, have enrolled. Tani Ader, a three-time state champion from Honolulu, said the chance to continue wrestling propelled her across the Pacific.
“I really want to wrestle, and wrestling in college is like the first step in going to the Olympics,” said Ader, who received partial athletic and academic scholarships.
Despite wrestling’s growth among small colleges, there is concern over why larger institutions have not followed suit. More obscure sports like squash and synchronized swimming have been officially recognized as “emerging sports” for women by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but wrestling has not made the seven-sport list.
Pacific University in Oregon is the only N.C.A.A. member that offers varsity women’s wrestling. The other varsity programs belong to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees smaller colleges. A smattering of women compete on N.C.A.A. men’s varsity teams.
Counterintuitive as it may sound, one of the major impediments to the growth of women’s wrestling at larger universities, some argue, is Title IX. Colleges have struggled for decades to ensure that female athletic participation is proportional to women’s enrollment. But some critics say that the law hurts women’s wrestling because it tempts colleges to bypass sports with small rosters — wrestling typically fields about 20 to 30 women — in favor of sports like rowing, with teams of up to 60 members.
“The college-level development is our missing link,” said Patricia Miranda, 28, who won a bronze medal in wrestling at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and hopes to compete in the Beijing Games this summer. She competed on the men’s team at Stanford. “I’m not saying it’s a weak link, it’s a missing link.”
High school participation has increased more than threefold from a decade ago, when 1,600 girls wrestled during the 1996-97 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. The sport has grown fastest in Hawaii, Texas and Washington — states that created separate state championships for girls, according to USA Wrestling, the national governing body.
Terry Steiner, USA Wrestling’s women’s national coach, said the prospect of the Olympics was one of the main reasons more girls were competing. “I think there’s a future now,” Steiner said.
More high school girls participate in wrestling than in archery or equestrian, which have been officially recognized as “emerging sports” by the N.C.A.A. At least 10 N.C.A.A. member colleges must express interest in a program and at least 20 must offer it as a varsity or competitive club team before a sport can be classified as emerging.
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Final NCAA Division I Results
March 28, 2008 by Coach Jeff | Category: News2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Final Team Standings
1. Iowa 117.5 (Clinched 21st NCAA Title)
2. Ohio St 79.0
3. Penn St 75.0
4. Nebraska 74.0
T-5. Oklahoma St 72.0
T-5. Iowa St 72.0
Bout-By-Bout Results
Championship Finals
Wt 125
#1 Angel Escobedo (Indiana) DEC #2 Jayson Ness (Minnesota) D 10-3
Wt 133
#3 Coleman Scott (Oklahoma St) WBF #4 Joey Slaton (Iowa) F 0:49
Wt 141
#6 J Jaggers (Ohio St) DEC #1 Chad Mendes (Cal Poly) D 5-2
Wt 149
#1 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) DEC #6 Bubba Jenkins (Penn St) D 14-8
Wt 157
#8 Jordan Leen (Cornell) DEC #2 Mike Poeta (Illinois) D 5-4
Wt 165
#2 Mark Perry (Iowa) DEC #1 Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan) D 5-2
Wt 174
#1 Keith Gavin (Pittsburgh) DEC #2 Steve Luke (Michigan) D 4-2
Wt 184
#2 Mike Pucillo (Ohio St) DEC #1 Jake Varner (Iowa St) D 3-3 RT (TB-2)
Wt 197
#2 Phil Davis (Penn St) DEC #4 Wynn Michalak (Central Michigan) D 7-2
Wt 285
#1 Dustin Fox (Northwestern) DEC #2 J.D. Bergman (Ohio St) D 4-2 (SV-2)
Consolation Finals
Wt 125
601 #3 Paul Donahoe (Nebraska) DEC Mark McKnight (Penn St) D 6-3
602 #4 Tanner Gardner (Stanford) DEC #5 Charlie Falck (Iowa) D 8-2
603 #8 Brandon Precin (Northwestern) DEC #10 James Nicholson (Old Dominion) D 5-2
Wt 133
604 #1 Franklin Gomez (Michigan St) DEC #2 James Kennedy (Illinois) D 7-2
605 #8 Mack Reiter (Minnesota) DEC #7 Mike Grey (Cornell) D 10-7
606 #5 Nick Fanthorpe (Iowa St) DEC #11 Joe Baker (Navy) D 7-6
Wt 141
607 #2 Charles Griffin (Hofstra) DEC #4 Nathan Morgan (Oklahoma St) D 5-2
608 #9 Nick Gallick (Iowa St) DEC Matthew Kyler (Army) D 3-2
609 #5 Manuel Rivera (Minnesota) WBF #10 Cody Cleveland (UT-Chattanooga) F 3:46
Wt 149
610 #4 Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska) DEC #5 Josh Churella (Michigan) D 4-2
611 #7 Darrion Caldwell (N.C. St) WBF #3 J.P. O’Connor (Harvard) For
612 #2 Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) DEC #9 Lance Palmer (Ohio St) D 3-2 (TB-2)
Wt 157
613 #3 Dan Vallimont (Penn St) #4 Brandon Becker (Indiana) D 5-4
614 #1 Gregor Gillespie (Edinboro) WBTF #12 Josh Zupancic (Stanford) TF5 16-0 4:32
615 #7 Cyler Sanderson (Iowa St) DEC Matt Moley (Bloomsburg) D 7-5
Wt 165
616 #3 Nick Marable (Missouri) DEC #4 Mack Lewnes (Cornell) D 3-2
617 #8 Moza Fay (Northern Iowa) DEC #10 Mike Cannon (American) D 13-6
618 #6 Jonathan Reader (Iowa St) DEC #5 Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska) D 10-7
Wt 174
619 #4 Jay Borschel (Iowa) DEC #3 Brandon Browne (Nebraska) D 6-4
620 #5 Brandon Sinnott (Central Michigan) DEC #11 Steve Anceravage (Cornell) D 3-2
621 #7 Matt Stolpinski (Navy) WBF #6 Alton Lucas (Hofstra) F 4:07
Wt 184
622 #3 Tyrel Todd (Michigan) DEC #4 Christian Sinnott (Central Michigan) D 3-2
623 #6 Raymond Jordan (Missouri) DEC #7 Phil Keddy (Iowa) D 6-4
624 #12 Jack Jensen (Oklahoma St) DEC #10 Kirk Smith (Boise St) D 3-2
Wt 197
625 #7 Hudson Taylor (Maryland) DEC #8 Craig Brester (Nebraska) D 7-5 (SV-1)
626 #1 Josh Glenn (American) DEC #6 Dallas Herbst (Wisconsin) D 11-6
627 #5 Max Askren (Missouri) DEC David Bertolino (Iowa St) D 11-9 (SV-1)
Wt 285
628 #3 Ed Prendergast (Navy) DEC #5 Jared Rosholt (Oklahoma St) D 3-1
629 #4 Matt Fields (Iowa) DEC #7 David Zabriskie (Iowa St) D 4-2 (SV-2)
630 #8 Bubba Gritter (Central Michigan) WBF #6 Kyle Massey (Wisconsin) For
Schurkamp To Become 51st All-American Under the Guidance Of Head Coach Lars Jensen
March 14, 2008 by Coach Jeff | Category: NewsFrom the San Francisco St Website
http://athletics.sfsu.edu/news/releases/031408-1.htm
Cedar Rapids, Iowa—- San Francisco State University Gator wrestlers Curtis Schurkamp (Jr, Escalon, Calif/Cal State Fullerton) is still alive at the 2008 NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships at the US Cellular Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The junior 125 lb. wrestler won his match by a 7-4 decision over West Liberty State’s Lucas Hoffman.
He then lost by fall at 1:40 in the quarterfinals to Nebraska-Omaha’s Cody Garcia. Schurkamp (20-13) rebounded with a 7-3 victory by decision over North Carolina-Pembroke’s Joseph Mavins in the consolation second round. The Escalon native will become the 51st Gator to earn All-American status during SF State Head Coach Lars Jensen’s tenure. He is guaranteed to finish no lower than eighth and can finish as high as third place tomorrow in Day Two of the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships. Schurkamp will wrestle Chas Welch of Northern State in the third round of the consolations beginning at 10am central time.
Josh Nolan (Fr, Quincy, Calif) finished his first season as a Gator going 1-2 in the 149 lb. weight class at Nationals to finish 16-20 this season. He won his first round match by a 10-8 decision over the third-ranked Brian Pogel of Mercyhurst. The freshman then lost in the quarterfinals by fall at 4:34 to Central Oklahoma’s Colby Robinson. Nolan was eliminated by Zack McKendree of Gannon in the second round of the consolations by a 21-4 technical fall decision.
Alecxis Lara (Sr, Gilroy, Calif/Skyline College) went 0-2 in the 184 lb. weight class to finish his season with a 7-14 record. In his first round match, he lost by a 10-0 major decision to St. Cloud State’s Brad Padgett. Lara then lost to Central Missouri State’s Jeremy Hudson by a 11-6 decision in the first round of consolations.
Steve Franklin (So, Middletown, Calif/Santa Rosa Junior College) went 1-2 in the 285 lb. weight class. He lost his first round match by a 3-1 decision to Limestone’s William Moss. In the consolation first round, Franklin defeated Carson-Newman’s Thomas Minwell by a 13-2 major decision. Franklin (26-16) then was eliminated by Jesse Laber of the University of Mary by fall at 1:53 in the second round of the consolations.
As a team, the Gators are tied for 22nd with Gannon University with seven points while Minnesota State-Mankato leads after Day One with 66.5 points.
San Francisco St results from 1st session at D II nationals
March 14, 2008 by Coach Jeff | Category: NewsFrom http://athletics.sfsu.edu/news/releases/031408-01.htm
WRESTLING
SCHURKAMP AND NOLAN ADVANCE TO QUARTERFINALS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa—- San Francisco State University Gator wrestlers Curtis Schurkamp (Jr, Escalon, Calif/Cal State Fullerton) and Josh Nolan (Fr, Quincy, Calif) each advanced to the quarterfinals of their respective weight class at the 2008 NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships this morning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Schurkamp won his first round match by a 7-4 decision over West Liberty State’s Lucas Hoffman. The junior 125 lb. now will wrestle Nebraska-Omaha’s Cody Garcia in the quarterfinals this evening, which begin at 6pm central time. Garcia won his first round match by fall at 1:09 over Cody Pierson (Carson-Newman).
Nolan won his first round match by a 10-8 decision over the third-ranked Brian Pogel of Mercyhurst. The freshman 149 lb. will now wrestle Central Oklahoma’s Colby Robinson, who won by a 9-4 decision over Upper Iowa’s Monterrious Adams, in the quarterfinals.
Alecxis Lara (Sr, Gilroy, Calif/Skyline College) lost his first round match at 184 lb. by a 10-0 major decision to St. Cloud State’s Brad Padgett. Lara will now wrestle Central Missouri State’s Jeremy Hudson (who lost 10-1 to Pittsburgh-Johnstown’s Mike Corcetti) in the consolation first round.
Steve Franklin (So, Middletown, Calif/Santa Rosa Junior College) lost his first round match by a 3-1 decision to Limestone’s William Moss. Franklin will now wrestle Carson-Newman’s Thomas Minwell, who lost by fall at 4:13 to Minnesota State-Mankato’s Brady Wilson, in the consolation first rounds this evening.
Best Wishes at the California State Wrestling Championships
February 27, 2008 by Oliver Salud | Category: NewsWrestler Nation would like to extend best wishes and good luck to the following atheletes competing in the California State Meet this weekend.
103 - Nathan Nguyen (Saratoga)
119 - Tyler Naman (Harbor)
125 - Michael Rodriguez (Independence)
130 - Abe Matsui (Westmont) ,La Quintin Cathey (Fremont)
135 - Calvin Hawkes (Los Gatos), Cody Rodebaugh (San Lorenzo Valley), Chris Sutton (Westmont);
145 - Eric Lopez (Harbor)
152 - Geoff Doss (Los Gatos)
160 - Nic Giaccia (Gunn), Alex Kellogg (San Lorenzo Valley)
171 - Charlie Galaviz (Valley Christian)
215 - Drew Meulman (St. Francis)
CCS Results
February 25, 2008 by Coach Jeff | Category: NewsTeam results
1. Gilroy 249 1/2; 2. San Benito 151; 3. St. Francis 140 1/2; 4. Los Gatos 134 1/2; 5. Palma 133; 6. Watsonville 91 1/2; 7. Silver Creek 82 1/2; 8. Serra 77 1/2; 9. Monterey 74; 10. Valley Christian 71.
11. San Lorenzo Valley 70; 12. Fremont 70; 13. Scotts Valley 69; 14. Overfelt 65; 15. Saratoga 55; 16t. Gunn 54; 16t. Palo Alto 54; 18. Bellarmine College Prep 52 1/2; 19. Westmont 48 1/2; 20. El Camino 46 1/2.
Top individuals
(Top four individuals earn state tournament berths)
103 - Joshua Go (Overfelt) d. Nathan Nguyen (Saratoga) 4-0; 3.. Michael Lim (El Camino); 4. Jose Ruiz (Watsonville); 5. Andrew Amaya (Silver Creek); 6. Jesse Martinez (Riordan).
112 - Jesse Delgado (Gilroy) p. Junior Davilla (San Benito) 4:42; 3. Corwin Learned (Half Moon Bay); 4. Bacilio Monterroso (Lincoln); 5. Nick Mazza (Archbishop Riordan); 6. Jordan Yamat (Silver Creek).
119 - Martin Gonzalez (Gilroy) tech. fall Nick Cano (St. Francis) 19-2; 3. Al Quenga (Overfelt); 4. Tyler Naman (Harbor); 5. Raymond Angeles (Silver Creek); 6. Jesus Trujillo (Greenfield).
125 - Robin Miranda (Watsonville) d. Michael Rodriguez (Independence) 6-3; 3. Tim Ibanez (Gilroy); 4. Rey Tanada (South San Francisco); 5. Arthur Olivares (Oak Grove); 6. Jairo Rodriquez (Salinas).
130 - Emmanuel Lanuza (Watsonville) d. Abe Matsui (Westmont) 7-5 in OT; 3. La Quintin Cathey (Fremont); 4. Erik Martinez (Bellarmine College Prep); 5. Rodney Balajadia (Gilroy); 6. Chris Torres (Gonzales).
135 - Calvin Hawkes (Los Gatos) d. Cody Rodebaugh (San Lorenzo Valley) 3-2; 3. John Salisbury (Scotts Valley); 4. Chris Sutton (Westmont); 5. Andre Carrillo (Gonzales); 6. Kris Swartzbaugh (El Camino).
140 - 1. Dane Stevens (Scotts Valley) d. Vincent Aboytes (Gilroy) 12-1; 3. John Maschio (Monterey); 4. Henry Ma (Piedmont Hills); 5. Evan Crockett (Silver Creek); 6. Joe Basco (Palma).
145 - Dominic Kastl (St. Francis) d. Josh Ramirez (San Benito 3-0); 3. Eric Lopez (Harbor); 4. Travis Sakamoto (Gilroy); 5. Victor Gonzalez (Los Gatos); 6. Jasper Loren (Saratoga).
152 - Geoff Doss (Los Gatos) d. Fernando Lucatero (San Benito) 16-5; 3. Daniel Linares (Del Mar); 4. Eli Sanchez (Bellarmine College Prep); 5. Tyler Edwards (Monterey); 6. Daunte Mills (Fremont).
160 - Isaiah Jimenez (Palma) d. Ethan Ogle (Gilroy) 3-1; 3. Nic Giaccia (Gunn); 4. Alex Kellogg (San Lorenzo Valley); 5. Enrique Lucatero (San Benito); 6. Sean Goodison (Los Gatos).
171 - Hunter Collins (Gilroy) p. Drew Toney (St. Francis) 3:51; 3. Charlie Galaviz (Valley Christian); 4. Justin Orozco (Soledad); 5. Manny Tovar (San Benito); 6. Jeremiah Lopez (Monterey).
189 - Hanna Malak (Serra) d. Zach Jimenez (Palma) 4-2 in OT; 3. Matt Sell (Los Altos); 4. Jeff Elrod (Piedmont Hills); 5. Kevin Hall (Palo Alto); 6. Maisson Davis (Hillsdale).
215 - Drew Meulman (St. Francis) d. Buddy Barraza (San Benito) 5-1; 3. Jesse Rogers (Gilroy); 4. Peipe James (Valley Christian); 5. Hunter Baird (Palma); 6. Donny Mena (Fremont).
285 - Luis Barragan (Gilroy) p. Max Lohr (Pacific Grove) in 4:39; 3. Richard Segovia (Silver Creek); 4. Evan Swenson (Palma); 5. Chris Tozer (Valley Christian); 6. Brian Newell (Sequoia).
Schedule for league Championships in the CCS
February 8, 2008 by Coach Jeff | Category: NewsSCVAL to be held on Feb. 9 at Saratoga H.S. (6+1 qualifiers to CCS) * In each weight class that a wrestler from The King’s Academy qualifies, the SCVAL will have an additional entry
TCAL to be held on Feb. 9 at Gilroy H.S. (5 qualifiers to CCS)
WCAL to be held on Feb. 9 at St. Francis H.S. (3 qualifiers to CCS)
SCCAL to be held on Feb. 9 at Harbor H.S. (2 qualifiers to CCS)
PAL to be held on Feb. 9 at South San Francisco H.S. (2 qualifiers to CCS)
MTAL to be held on Feb. 13 at King City H.S. (2 qualifiers to CCS)
MBL to be held on Feb. 16 at Seaside H.S. (2 qualifiers to CCS)
BVAL to be held on Feb. 16 at Overfelt H.S. (7 qualifiers to CCS)
