Clark County Sports
WRESTLING WEDNESDAY: Mustangs have individual success at Boonville
Sampson wins 145-pound title
New Washington opened the season by going 1-4 at the Boonville Pioneer Duals on Saturday, but the Mustangs had a lot of individual success.
Fielding only five wrestlers, New Wash beat Crawford County and had three wrestlers finish above .500, including 145-pound champion Josh Sampson.
“My kids understand that what they lack in numbers must be made up for in heart when they practice, and ferocity when they wrestle,” New Washington coach Jeremy Campbell said. “Being from a small school and wrestling the schedule we set, there is no other option if we are to meet our team goals.”
Sampson went 5-0 and beat Boonville’s Anthony Sciles, 6-2. Like Campbell, Sciles was a semistate qualifier last season and the two shared the Most Valuable Wrestler Award at the Boonville Invitational last season.
Sampson dominated Sciles, giving up both of the points for strategy.
“(Sampson) had a good early test,” Campbell said. “The two points (Sciles) had, Josh gave to him. It was a good showing by him. He’s a fierce competitor. He has his goals set high.”
Lane Massingham, the Mustangs’ 315-pound wrestler, finished second with a 4-1 mark, and freshman Brady Meenach went 3-1 at 119 pounds.
Meenach’s lone loss came to eventual champion Tyler Coomer of Boonville.
The Mustangs are back in action today at Pekin Eastern.
JEFFERSONVILLE
Jeffersonville’s wrestling team took two separate varsity teams to two different tournaments on Saturday — and both were successful.
One team finished second at the Capital City Classic at Beech Grove High School, just southeast of Indianapolis, behind third-ranked Perry Meridian. Jeff finished ahead of No. 13 Warren Central and No. 19 Columbus North at Corydon.
The other went to Kentucky to the North Oldham Invitational. There, the Red Devils beat Kentucky’s No. 13 team, St. Xavier 42-34, and its No. 19 team North Oldham, 52-25. In the ultimate match, the Red Devils lost to Kentucky No. 5 Wayne County, 40-39.
At Beech Grove, the Red Devils put five in the finals — a new school record — and had three champions in Jimmy Pratt at 215, Devon Miller at 119 and Caleb Browner at 171. Browner became the first Devil to win the Corydon tournament twice.
At North Oldham, David Fridley won his division, beating Kentucky’s eighth-ranked 135-pounder Aaron Dodd of Wayne County. Xavier Weekly (103 pounds) and Jordan Schremp (119) were both 3-0 with three pins. Michael Vazquez went 3-0 with two pins at 125 and Brandon Marlin went 3-0 with two pins and a technical fall at 171 pounds.
“The season is going well,” Jeff coach Danny Struck said. “We are also blessed to have five returning semistate qualifiers. It shows the kids on the team that big things can and will be done.”
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Jeff can’t overcome early hole in 47-21 loss to Bedford
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ROUNDUP: Highlanders start Hoosier Cup by blanking Vincennes
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Garr leads Dragon volleyball past Charlestown in three
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Sept. 3, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Melanie Stutsman, Floyd Central graduate (Western Kentucky volleyball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 111 assists, 29 digs, 19 kills, four blocks (four assist), two aces; top performance: match-high 34 assists, 12 digs, four kills and three blocks in the Hilltoppers’ four-set win over Central Michigan last Saturday in Purdue’s Mortar Board Premier tournament in West Lafayette; notes: Stutsman made the Mortar Board Premier’s all-tournament team; team record: 2-2.
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ON CAMPUS; Chwalek not satisfied with freshman year, looking to improve at NKU
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pigskin Picks
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