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Will the results be posted on Track? Who were the 4-0 wrestlers? Thanks.

Congratulations to Gunnar and his family. A much deserved opportunity. We will be following your collegiate career. Way to go Todd and Daphne!

PWC took 1st Place honors in the High School Elite Division at the 2015 Southwest Kickoff Classic known as the "Freakshow". Once again the competition was great with a lot of CA, AZ, OK, OR, NM, NV, WA and other Western US wrestlers. Way to go PWC!

Recap:

High School Elite:

Jarod Swank - 7-1 Wrestling Back to take True 2nd at 160 lbs.

David Eli - 2-2 to place 4th at 195 lbs.

Denzyl Prentice - 3-2 to place 4th at 152 lbs.

Cameron Beam - 3-3 to place 8th at 138 lbs.

Austin Slates - 2-2 at 113 lbs.

Marcus Mejia - 4-2 at 132 lbs.

High School Varsity:

David Eli - 5-0 placing 1st at 195 lbs.

Lance Tribbett - 1-2 at 182 lbs.

15 & Under:

Noah Brown - 4-2 at 130 lbs.

Christian Mejia - 3-2 at 116 lbs.

12 & Under:

Aaron Steenbeke - 1-2 at 90 lbs.

Wesley Harper - 1-2 at 74 lbs.

Coach,

Please know that you and Bonnie are in our prayers. We too believe in God's ability to heal our hearts and bodies.  Be strong. 

The Swank Family

Update: Penn Gold defeated Best Trained (Texas) 37-30 to advance to the Championship dual. They will face Team Valley (Iowa).

Update from the NHSCA High School National Championships in Virginia Beach: Penn Kingsmen sent 8 wrestlers. All wrestlers won at least one match. 4 wrestlers earned All-American Honors Placing in the top 8 in their weight class. Kory Cavanaugh - 106 6th Place, Jarod Swank - 152 4th Place, Drew Hildebrandt - 113 7th Place and Kobe Woods - 220 wrestling for 1st Place this afternoon. Outstanding performance for the Kingsmen!!

Mike,

Here’s a few you missed for Jarod Swank.  Thanks.

152-Swank (Penn) over Gonzalez SS#6 (Portage) 9-5 at the Harvest Classic
152-Swank (Penn) over Connor Armuth #11 SS#5 (WL Harrison) SV-1 7-5 at Merrillville's Tom Cameron Invite
152-Swank (Penn) over Brett Johnson #3 SS#2 (Perry Meridian) Dec 6-4 IHSWCA Team State
152-Swank (Penn) over Dominic Herrick SS#5 (Warren Central) Fall 3:40 IHSWCA Team State

152

Jarod Swank #5 (Penn) over Marcus Miranda #13 (Avon) TF 16-1

Jarod Swank (Penn) over Brett Johnson #3 (Perry Meridian) Dec 6-4

Jarod Swank (Penn) over Dominic Herrick (Warren Central) Fall 3:40

Merrillville wrestled well against Penn. They are a solid team. Well coached and demonstrate good sportsmanship. However, Penn was in fact without 7 of its starters:

106 Cavanaugh

113 Hildebrandt

132 Selis

138 Beam

182 Osborn

195 Treber (Kyle)

285 Christman

I am looking forward to the Al Smith. If Penn is healthy, things should get interesting there and on January 3rd...

Anyone know who'll be at the Merrillville Tom Cameron Invite this weekend?

PWC had:

Cory Christman 1st at Varsity 288

Tony Vaughn 2nd at Varsity 138 (losing to Timberman in the final)

Jarod Swank 3rd at Varsity 148

Great competition and large brackets.

Looks like there's a few Indiana wrestlers going to the Freakshow this weekend.

Tony Vaughn - Elkhart Memorial

Jarod Swank - Penn

Dustin Hochstedler - Penn

Cory Christman - Penn

Anybody else going?

It's a great tournament.  We took two kids last year and had a blast.  A few computer problems, but for the most part it was ran very well.  High level competition.  Lots of Cali and AZ kids.

Swank is a Freshman at Penn. He is 17-2 on the season with a loss to Balich by TF (Brother Rice from Chicago, IL) at the Harvest Classic and Hanau by Major Dec. 9-0 (Lakeshore from St. Joseph, MI) at the Penn Super Dual. Hahau is ranked #1 in MI Div 2.

Lots of action at the Penn Super Dual yesterday.  Penn defeated Portage 60-9.

138 - Jarod Swank over Steven "Bam" Lawrence 8-4.

138 - Swank pinned Krzyston and Bryant at the Harvest Classic.