Tuesday, April 10, 2012

NHSAA Virginia Beach

the National High School Activities Association's national high school folk style championships were last weekend in Virginia Beach.  This is the toughest folkstyle tournement in the nation for high school wrestlers.  this tournement is fiercly competitive, with true studs coming out on top.  wrestlers who place top eight in this tournement are crowned National High School all americans. 

Among National high school all americans locally i can think of 4 people.  brent havlick from mithchel, won state this year, and placed 7th at virginia beach last year,another big name,  Kris Klapprodt(rapid city stevens) who currently wrestles for iowa state got beaten in the finals by logan storley from webster.Klapprodt was a 5 time fanalist, winning state 3 times.  logan storley wrestles for minnesota right now, and placed 6th at the NCAA D1 nationals.Logan Storley is South Dakotas first 6 time state champion.  and a Junior from Spearfish Nate Rotert has consecutivley won Virginia Beach twice.  he is a two time state finalist, winning this last year. 

NCAA wrestling finals

The NCAA division 1 wrestling hcampionships took place a couple weeks ago during march, the tournement lasted 2 days, with penn state ending up winning.  there was some big names that showed up, and some new names heard.  penn state had 5 guys in the finals, wich is very immpressive because there is only 10 weight classes.  the standouts from the penn state team are Frank Molinaro, David taylor, and Ed Ruth.

Ed Ruth was a pretty new wrestling name made at this tournement, for even being a sophmor, he won the 174lb weight class via major decision.  that shows that he is so good because most college matches are within 4 points, he won by 9.  Ed Ruth totally dominated that weight class this year, and is going to be a tough competitor for the next two years. 

Monday, March 12, 2012

Rocky Mountain Nationals 3/17-3/18

rocky mountain nationals is this weekend in denver colorado.  if you are looking for a very competitive, and well ran tournement this is the one to go to.  this tournament features weights that have some full 64 man brackets, and teams from around the country.  rocky mountain national series is one of the toughest off season wrestling tournement scedules in the nation. 

if your worried about having to purchase spendy AAU cards, or USA wrestling cards, then dont worry.  rocky mountain nationals is one of the few nationally recognized tournements where you dont need these.  young and old wrestlers are welcome to compete in this tournement.  if you are over 18 you can compete in the pro division, and if you have a 32 man bracket, then the winner will win a 1000 dollar prize.  so if your looking for a good tounement to go to this weekend i would recommend this one, and this series for that matter. 

Sunday, March 11, 2012

welcome

Hi, this is my blog i will be blogging about off season wrestling.. enjoy