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Here is the first list of top seniors for this year's Mr. Gorilla award. Note that these are in no order. We will update this list throughout the season. 1. Tommy Cash- Lawrence North - 2014 State Champion at 138lbs - 2014 Flo All-American 5th at 132lbs - 2012 5th at 106lbs 2. Jack Chastain- Hamilton Southeastern - 2014 5th at 126lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 113lbs 3. Cornelius Elliott- Perry Meridian - 2014 3rd at 113lbs - 2014 Flo All-American 8th at 113lbs 4. Tyler Fergeson- Evansville Reitz - 2014 5th at 113lbs 5. Tommy Forte- Mishawaka - 2014 2nd at 145lbs - 2014 Super 32 5th at 145lbs - 2014 USAW All-American 7th at 152lbs - 2013 State Champion at 138lbs - 2012 3rd at 132lbs 6. Elisea Geurra- Elkhart Central - 2014 6th at 220lbs 7. Colton Gonzales- Connersville - 2014 7th at 170lbs 8. Ben Harvey- Cathedral - 2014 State Qualifier at 145lbs - 2013 3rd at 126lbs - 2012 7th at 113lbs 9. Corey Hinkle- Western - 2014 3rd at 182lbs 10. Myron Howard-Anderson- Yorktown - 2014 4th at 182lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 170lbs 11. Dillon Jackson- Yorktown - 2014 3rd at 170lbs 12. Brandon James- Perry Meridian - 2014 2nd at 132lbs - 2014 Flo All-American 3rd at 120lbs - 2013 Junior Freestyle 6th at 126lbs - 2013 5th at 126lbs - 2012 3rd at 113lbs - 2012 Cadet Freestyle 6th at 120lbs - 2011 Cadet Freestyle 8th at 112lbs 13. Alex Johnson- Mater Dei - 2014 6th at 120lbs 14. Clarence Johnson- Merrillville - 2014 7th at 126lbs 15. Isaiah Kemper- Evansville Central - 2014 State Qualifier at 160lbs - 2014 USAW All-American 8th at 160lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 138lbs 16. Connor Knapp- East Noble - 2014 3rd at 120lbs - 2013 4th at 113lbs 17. Gabe Koontz- Edgewood - 2014 3rd at 160lbs 18. Bailey LaHue- Corydon Central - 2014 7th at 120lbs - 2013 4th at 120lbs - 2012 5th at 113lbs 19. Sam Lovejoy- Heritage - 2014 5th at 132lbs - 2012 State Qualifier at 113lbs 20. Dylan Lydy- Ben Davis - 2013 USAW Cadet Freestyle 4th at 160lbs - 2014 Flo All-American 4th at 160lbs 21. Joey Mammolenti- Penn - 2014 State Qualifier at 160lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 145lbs 22. Seth Meyer- Harrison (WL) - 2014 8th at 220lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 220lbs 23. Sawyer Miller- South Adams - 2013 3rd at 113lbs - 2012 4th at 106lbs 24. Jonathan Morales- Western Boone - 2014 5th at 182lbs 25. Norman Oglesby- Ben Davis - 2014 2nd at 285lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 285lbs 26. Chase Osborne- Penn - 2014 2nd at 170lbs - 2012 State Qualifier at 132lbs 27. Garrett Pepple- East Noble - 2014 Super 32 4th at 113lbs - 2014 USAW Junior Freestyle 8th at 113lbs - 2014 2nd at 113lbs - 2014 USAW Folkstyle All-American 3rd at 113lbs - 2013 2nd at 106lbs 28. Griffin Schermer- Bloomington South - 2014 5th at 120lbs - 2013 State Qualifier at 106lbs 29. Darden Schurg- Crown Point - 2014 2nd at 152lbs - 2012 4th at 113lbs 30. Randy Scott- Mooresville - 2014 3rd at 195lbs - 2013 USAW Cadet Greco-Roman 2nd at 195lbs - 2013 USAW Cadet Freestyle 7th at 195lbs 31. Scottie Sopko- Hobart - 2013 State Qualifier at 170lbs - 2012 8th at 160lbs 32. Jacob Stevenson- Franklin - 2014 State Champion at 170lbs - 2012 State Qualifier at 138lbs 33. Nathan Trawick- Richmond - 2014 State Qualifier at 285lbs Click here to view the article

2014 Carmel USAWC Disney Duals It's finally here, the CUSAWC 2014 Disney Duals video to kick off the start of our high school wrestling season! We would like to thank all of our sponsors and volunteers that made this trip possible and are looking forward to the season ahead. Click here to view the video

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Harold Nichols Open Taylor Walsh (165) - Champion Nate Jackson (174) - 2nd Place Matt Irick (184) - 4th Place Luke Sheridan (197) - 4th Place Full Results Next Event: Keystone Classic at the Palestra (Philadelphia, Penn.) -- November 23, 2014 Follow On Social Media: Twitter | Facebook AMES, Iowa - Fourteen Hoosiers travelled to Ames, Iowa today to take on the Harold Nichols Open. For nine of them, this was their first action of the season. Indiana finished the day with four wrestlers on the podium. In his first bout of the day, redshirt senior Taylor Walsh earned a pin in 1:42 to become the all-time leader in career pins at Indiana with 48. He followed up his record setting pin with three more in as many matches to advance to the championship. Although he did not earn a fifth fall on the day, Walsh defeated England of Missouri 16-4 in a major decision. Walsh is now 5-0 on the season with a career pin total of 51. Redshirt Sophomore Nate Jackson came close to giving Indiana two Harold Nichols champs, when he was defeated in a 5-3 decision in the championship bout. Jackson ended his day and the first event of the season 4-1. Senior Luke Sheridan went 4-2 for the tournament to obtain a fourth place finish. He added three pins to bring his career total to 24, his last of which was in 21 seconds. Fellow wrestler redshirt shopomore Matt Irickhad a similar day, also finsihing fourth and had a record of 5-2. Irick completed his day with two pins. On the day, there were four other Hoosiers who finished with multiple wins. Sophomore Sean Brown (141) won back-to-back bouts after dropping his first to end 2-2. Also winning two bouts was sophomore Luke Blanton (157), who earned a fall early in the day, with a second period pin of Iowa Western's Gray. Redshirt sophomore Trevor Moody (149) won his first two matches to advance to the quarterfinals where he was defeated in a major decision. Moody wrapped-up the open at 3-2. Redshirt junior Garret Goldman (HWT) lost his first match-up of the day, but won three consecutive bouts by decision (7-3, 2-0, 2-0) in the consolation bracket to finish 3-2. Check out the Hoosier wrestlers at the first home match-ups of the season when they take on SIUE and Manchester on December 13 (10am). Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu Click here to view the article

MUSKEGON, MICH.-- Four Trine wrestlers placed in the top three of their weight class in the season-opening Ben McMullen Open, held Saturday at Muskegon Community College. Freshman Tylor Willms (Fremont, Ind./Fremont) and junior Michael Conner (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville) each finished second in their respective weight classes, while freshmanNiko Barrantes (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) and senior Mack Green (Buchanan, Mich./Buchanan) each notched third-place finishes. Thunder wrestlers recorded eight pins, which ranked sixth among the 14 teams that competed int he event. Trine performers finished 41-32 overall, which gave them the fifth-best winning-percentage of any team in the Open. The Thunder finished with 76.5 points, which unofficially placed them third. Official team scores were unavailable on the tournament results page at the time of writing. Click Here for Trine Results Willms adapted quickly in his first taste of collegiate wrestling. The freshman picked up wins by decision and major decision to advance to the semifinals in the 149-lb class. Willms notched his first-career pin in the semifinal, before dropping the championship to finish second. Conner advanced to the championship of the 197-lb division with a pair of wins by decision and a dominating win by tech fall. He outscored his first three opponents 26-1 before falling in the championship match. Barrantes gave Trine a second strong performance from a freshman wrestler. Barrantes recovered from a loss in his first match of the day to come all the way back and win three-straight matches to advance to the third-place match at 125-lbs. He notched his third-place finish with a win by major decision. Green earned three pins on his way to his third-place finish in the heavyweight class, which tied for the second-most pins by any wrestler in the event. The senior closed his day with four-straight victories after dropping into the consolation bracket. Cody Konieczki (Jackson, Mich./Michigan Center), Brandon Preston (Logansport, Ind./Logansport), Austin Glynn (Decatur, Mich./Decatur) and Kevin Groves (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) also picked up pins for the Thunder. Groves and Preston picked up three wins on the day, while Glynn and Konieczki each finished with a pair of wins. Preston defeated an opponent from Division-II Grand Valley State in the 141-lb quarterfinals before dropping in the semifinals. David Moore (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion), Collin Haag (Manitou Beach, Mich./Addison), Jeffrey Helm (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) and Tyler Prater (Homer, Mich./Homer) also added victories for the Thunder. Trine will host the Trine Open next Saturday, Nov. 15 in Hershey Hall. Matches begin at 10 a.m. Click here to view the article

11/8/2014 9:07:00 PM | Zach Shore | @INTech_SID88 WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – Freshman Thomas Garty led a trio of Indiana Tech wrestlers who won their respective weight classes at the Patriot Open hosted by the University of the Cumberlands on Saturday. Garty went 5-0 en route to his first collegiate individual title, including wins against the defending national champion from Cumberland University in the championship and Isaac Thomas of Lindsey Wilson who is the sixth ranked wrestler at 149-pounds. Garty won his a pair of matches by major decision and the other by a 12-6 decision to make an appearance in the semifinals where he defeated Thomas via fall at 4:08 and then won the title with a fall at 1:46. In the 141-pound weight class the Warriors dominated, placing first, third and fourth in the bracket.Travis Barroquillo, competing unattached at the event, won weight class, going 4-0, including registering a fall against teammate Robert Humphrey in the quarterfinals. Humphrey then proceeded to win three consecutive matches before losing to teammate Matthew Miller in the consolation championship, taking fourth. Miller lost in the quarterfinals as well, but then won four straight matches, including two via fall, to take third. Another freshman, Stone Neese, won his first collegiate individual title at 174-pounds while teammate Tyler Goldman took fourth in the same class. Neese received a bye in the opening round before winning via decision 8-2 over Hunter Smith of Life University then registered a fall at 1:47 over Dustin Harris of Cumberland University in the semifinals. To win the title, Neese defeated the hosts, Daniel Toth via a 2-0 decision. Goldman loss to Toth in the quarterfinals then won three straight matches, falling in the consolation championship by an 8-3 decision. Four other Warriors placed in their weight classes at the open with two runner-up finishes by Brett Yarbrough at 133-pounds and Jake Johnson at 165-pounds and two fourth place finishes by Kristopher McKinley at 125-pounds and Brandon Sunday at 184-pounds. The Orange and Black return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 22 when they travel to Campbellsville, Ky. to take part in the Campbellsville Duals. Tech is scheduled to face St. Andrews Presbyterian at 9 a.m. followed by duals against Campbellsville (10:30 a.m.) and St. Catharine (12:30 p.m.). Click here to view the article

Photo Gallery WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Nine weights were contested as the Purdue wrestling team held its Gold & Black Matches Saturday in Holloway Gymnasium. Nick Lawrence and Jacob Morrissey notched bonus point victories and four other matches were decided by less than two points. Lawrence took redshirt freshman Cody Pae down four times and tallied a pair of three-point nearfalls en route to a 16-3 major decision at 141 pounds. The redshirt senior added 2:32 worth of riding time in the match. Morrissey, a redshirt freshman, pinned true freshman Blake Reid in 2:59. The Oconto Falls, Wis., native, wasted no time getting after Reid, taking him down early in the first period. He remained in control and got both of Reid's shoulders on the mat with one tick on the clock in the opening stanza. The Gold & Black Matches began with back-to-back 3-1 bouts at 125 and 133 pounds. A second period reversal and 1:38 worth of riding time lifted redshirt freshman Aaron Assadpast true freshman Ben Thornton at 125. In a highly anticipated matchup at 133, it was redshirt junior Danny Sabatello's quick strike in the first period combined with 2:40 riding time that led to the decision over redshirt sophomore Kyle Ayersman. Redshirt sophomore Alex Griffin edged redshirt senior Brandon Nelsen, 3-2, in a battle at 149 pounds. The first three minutes of action were scoreless, but that wasn't the case in the second period. Opting to start from bottom, Griffin got on the board with an escape and followed with a takedown to take a 3-0 lead. Nelsen escaped to make it 3-1 as the period came a close. Starting the final period from bottom, Nelsen escaped from Griffin for the final point in the match. After spending last season at 174, redshirt senior Patrick Kissel has made the move to 184, where he took on last year's 184-pound starter, redshirt sophomore Tanner Lynde. Kissel notched a first period takedown and added an escape after starting the second period from bottom. Lynde got a takedown of his at the beginning of the third period after choosing a neutral start. He was unable to keep Kissel down for a 4-2 final. The Boilermakers open their season at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Nov. 14. The dual will start at 10 p.m. ET. Two days later they will wrestle in the Road Runner Open hosted by Cal State Bakersfield in Fresno, Calif. GOLD & BLACK MATCHES 125 // Aaron Assad dec. Ben Thornton, 3-1 133 // Danny Sabatello dec. Kyle Ayersman, 3-1 141 // Nick Lawrence maj. dec. Cody Pae, 16-3 149 // Alex Griffin dec. Brandon Nelsen, 3-2 157 // Doug Welch dec. Dustin Schultz, 6-2 165 // Andy Hoselton dec. Peter Andreotti, 5-1 174 // Jacob Morrissey pin Blake Reid, 2:59 184 // Patrick Kissel dec. Tanner Lynde, 4-2 197 // Drake Stein dec. Jacob Aven, 6-3 Click here to view the article

WASHINGTON, PA. – A pair of top eight placings from sophomore 174-pounder Dylan Lauffer (Fairfield, Ohio) and freshman 184-pounder Alex Roberts (Winslow, Ind.) guided Manchester University Saturday, Nov. 8. Lauffer worked his way into the championship quarterfinals before Waynesburg College's Abu Kaba stopped him 4-1. He rallied with a major decision victory in the consolation quarterfinals before being sent into the 5th-place battle where the sophomore claimed fifth. Roberts produced three decisions on his way into the top eight. He narrowly missed joining Lauffer in the top six with a hard-fought 5-1 loss in the consolation quarterfinals. Freshman 149-pounder Eric Dan (Knox, Ind.) and freshman heavyweight Nick Joyner (Bedford, Ind.) also compiled multiple-win days with 2-2 records. MU's top squad finished their day at the Washington and Jefferson Open with 34 points which put them in the top 15. The Spartans continue open competition Saturday, Nov. 15, at Trine University. Click here to view the article