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TEAM JEFF GRECO AND FOLKSTYLE TOURNEY THIS SUNDAY LOCATION Jeffersonville High School 2315 Allison Lane Jeffersonville IN CONTACT Shayla Shepherd Phone: 812-987-6027 E-mail: teamjeffwrestling@yahoo.com SANCTION - RULES - ELIGIBILITY See page preceding tournament ads ENTRY FEE $10.00 ONE STYLE?$15.00 TWO STYLES AGE DIVISIONS PEE-WEE ? CADET No High School Wrestlers still participating in IHSAA Individual or Team Competition! REGISTRATION & WEIGH-INS E-MAILED WEIGH-INS ONLY NO ON-SITE WEIGH-INS!!!! Clubs MUST contact Shayla Shepherd by Wednesday, February 6, 2010 for information. Phone: 812-987-6027 or Email: teamjeffwrestling@yahoo.com AWARDS Custom Medals to 1s t - 2nd - 3rd places Ribbons for 4th ? 5th ? 6th SPECTATOR FEE $3.00 per person?$10.00 Maximum per Family TOURNAMENT START TIME Greco starts at 9:00 am on Sunday?Folkstyle starts at 11:00 am or immediately following Greco ADDITIONAL INFORMATION *Greco competition will be ran in pools by age & weight?not by standard weight classes. *High School Style Bracketing will be used for Folkstyle. Full Concessions all day. Jim?s Wrestling Supply will be on site offering a full line of equipment for sale. A $2.00 handling fee will be charged for all USA Wrestling cards

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Jeff repeats as sectional champions Devils earn consecutive titles for the first time in school history By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com JEFFERSONVILLE ? The Jeffersonville wrestling team?s history-making season continued on Saturday at Johnson Arena. Two weeks after winning their second straight Hoosier Hills Conference championship for the first time, the Red Devils repeated as Jeff Sectional champions for the first time in program history. Eight Jeff wrestlers each won sectional titles, six by major decision, in helping the team score 283 points and advance to Wednesday?s Jasper Team Regional. Ten Jeff grapplers reached the finals and 13 of the 14 Red Devils moved on to next Saturday?s Jeff Individual Regional. The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualified for the individual regional. Even though he was pleased to see his squad collect back-to-back sectional crowns, Red Devil head coach Danny Struck says his troops have bigger goals in mind like reaching the IHSAA Team State Finals on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Center Grove. ?It?s not something we ever really talk about,? Struck said about the sectional repeat. ?State finals is what we focus on every day. The senior class started wrestling for me in fifth grade, and in fifth grade they wanted to reach state. But it?s nice to finally be able to say our program is established, and for the time being not being overshadowed by other local teams. ?I can?t lie - it feels really good.? Jeff?s seven No. 1 seeds each took care of business and captured sectional titles. Those grapplers were Alonzo Shepherd (103 pounds), Curtis Smith (112), Devon Miller (119), Renaldo Weekley (135), Brandon Marlin (160), Caleb Browner (171) and Nelson Bowen (189). For Smith, it was his third sectional championship in his career. The senior is four victories away from becoming the all-time wins leader in Red Devil history. Jeff?s eighth sectional champ was junior Jimmy Pratt in the 215-pound division. The No. 2 seed downed top-seeded Ryan DeWitt of Corydon by a major decision in the final, 14-4. It was Pratt?s first sectional title. Finishing second for the Devils were Sean Simpson (130) and Elijah Curtlay (285). Teammate Kevin Castro (125) placed third and Jeff?s fourth-place finishers were Tre Harbin (140) and Damon Dryden (145). ?I?d trade a sectional championship for all 14 to qualify for regional. It means a lot to them to move on,? Struck said. ?Out of our 10 in the finals, only three were seniors and those three seniors were champs. So we?re excited about seven returning finalists for next year.? Despite no sectional champions, Floyd Central placed second in the team standings with 208 points. Ten Highlanders earned trips to Jeff next weekend, led by runner-up finishers Zach Thomas (112), Tom Denny (135) and Ben Moberly (145). Six Floyd wrestlers placed third. They were Caleb Happel (103), Aaron Witt (130), Drew Denny (140), Shane Sneed (160), Jacob Faulkenburg (171) and Andrew Sharp (215). Sophomore Eric Foster (152) collected a fourth-place finish. New Albany finished third with 178 points and had the second-most sectional champions with three. The trio of champs were Tim Martin (130), Larry Rickman (140) and Taylor Hoke (285). Rickman and Hoke each won their respective finals in overtime. Six other Bulldogs got regional berths. Freshman Tre Marler (125) and junior Zack Faith (189) each placed second, while Austin Jamison (112) was third. Finishing fourth for New Albany were Joshua Coomer (103), Matthew O?Connell (160) and Cody Leasor (215). Charlestown, projected to finish second, wound up fourth with 176 points. Four Pirates were runners-up in Taylor Newcomb (140), Mark Daugherty (152), Jacob Hall (160) and Ethan Bowen (171). Placing third for Charlestown were Justin Wolf (119), Cory Suddeth (145) and John Slaten (285). Fourth-place finishers for the Pirates were Bryan Lowery (112), Jason Beevers (135) and David Enteman (189). Senior Jacob Golembeski led Providence to a sixth-place finish with 87 points. Golembeski was the Pioneers? lone sectional champion, as he defeated Daugherty in the 152 final by a 5-0 decision. It was Golembeski?s second sectional title. ?It?s great. It?s a blast,? Golembeski said. ?I wrestled him last year in the sectional finals and he?s a good wrestler. I?ll probably see him next week. It?s going to be a good regional.? Two other Providence wrestlers earned regional berths. Senior Joey Libretto (189) finished third, while sophomore Brennen Gregory (119) placed fourth. New Washington senior Josh Sampson won his first-ever sectional crown, beating Moberly in the 145-pound final 2-0. Sampson, the only wrestler in Mustang history to finish the regular season undefeated, improved his record to 39-0. ?It feels really good to get that out of the way and under my belt,? Sampson said. ?This is something I really wanted. I?ve been looking forward to this all year. Last year, I got upset in the sectionals and I wanted to kind of redeem myself from that.? New Washington was seventh with 70 1/2 points. Two other Mustangs will join Sampson at regional. Freshman Brady Meenach (119) wound up second, and junior Lane Massingham (135) finished third. Two Christian Academy of Indiana wrestlers moved on to regional. Junior Levi Speth (152) finished third and junior Cory Neel (125) placed fourth. The Warriors were eighth with 49 points. JEFFERSONVILLE SECTIONAL Team scores - Jeff 283, Floyd Central 208, New Albany 178, Charlestown 176, Corydon 101, Providence 87, New Washington 70 1-2, Christian Academy of Indiana 49, Salem 20, Pekin Eastern 17. INDIVIDUAL FINALS 103 - Shepherd (J) maj. dec. LaHue (Co), 9-0 112 - Smith (J) maj. dec. Thomas (F), 13-3 119 - Miller (J) pin Meenach (NW), 1:07 125 - Springer (Co) pin Marler (NA), 4:49 130 - Martin (NA) dec. Simpson (J), 7-0 135 - Weekley (J) maj. dec. T. Denny (F), 17-6 140 - Rickman (NA) dec. Newcomb (Ch), 7-5, OT 145 - Sampson (NW) dec. Moberly (F), 2-0 152 - Golembeski (Pr) dec. Daugherty (Ch), 5-0 160 - Marlin (J) maj. dec. Hall (Ch), 13-4 171 - Browner (J) maj. dec. Bowen (Ch), 15-5 189 - Bowen (J) dec. Faith (NA), 8-3 215 - Pratt (J) maj. dec. DeWitt (Co), 14-4 285 - Hoke (NA) dec. Curtlay (J), 5-3, OT

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Jeffersonville Varsity B vs. Dupont Manual (Varsity) 1/27/10 103 ? Xavier Weekly WBF in 2:30 112- Oscar Deleon WB forfeit 119 ? Jordan Schremp lost 7-13 125- Marcus Vazquez wins 10-4 130 ? Will Hanna ? lost 17-7 135 ? David Fridley lost 8-3 140 ? Zack Keeney lost by fall 3:10 145 ? Tyler Fridley wins by FF 152 ? Brent Browner wins by fall in 1:02 160 ? Travis Fraze loss by fall in 3:52 171 ? Marc Engleking wins by fall in 1:30 189 ? jamal Anderson wins by fall in 2:31 215 ? David Webster wins by FF 285 ? Brandon Gibson ? wins 9-3 JEFFERSONVILLE WINS 36-19 JEFFERSONVILLE JV (C/B Team) vs. Floyd Central JV 1/27/10 103 ? Xavier Weekly wins 6-0 112- Oscar Deleon wins 10-9 119 ? Jordan Schremp lost 9-12 125- Marcus Vazquez wins by fall in 3:53 130 ? Toogie Boldbataar loss by fall in 1:39 135 ? Fransicso Silva win by FFT 140 ? Zack Keeney lost by fall in 1:36 145 ? Justin Gallahar lost by fall in 2:24 152 ? Aldolfo De Rueda win by FFT 160 ? Daniel Thompson wins by FFT 171 ? Nick Kyro wins by FFT 189 ? Brandon Brown loss 3-10 215 ? David Webster loss 3-6 285 ? Brandon Gibson ? wins 2-1 in overtime JEFFERSONVILLE WINS 39-27 JANUARY 21 DUALS AT JEFF HIGH JEFFERSONVILLE B 56 vs. HOLY CROSS (Varsity) 18 JEFFERSONVILLE B 40 vs. FLOYD CENTRAL JV 21 JEFFERSONVILLE B 60 vs. CHRISTAN ACADEMY (Varsity) 10 JEFFERSONVILLE B TEAM RECORD The Varsity B team : Jeffersonville B team record vs. Varsity teams this year was: 17-8

WRESTLING: Red Devils trying to pull off sectional repeat By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com Nearly two weeks ago, the Jeffersonville wrestling team made history by repeating as Hoosier Hills Conference champions for the first time ever. On Saturday at Johnson Arena, the Red Devils will attempt to pull off another unprecedented repeat. Jeff will vie to win back-to-back sectional championships for the first time ever. Based on seeding, the Red Devils are the favorites to win their second sectional crown in a row and their third title in the last four seasons. Jeff head coach Danny Struck says his entire team has had its sights set all season on pulling off the double repeat. ?The kids have had a goal of winning back-to-back sectional and HHC titles, as no team here has done that. So this will be another item pushing them toward knowing their dream of a state finals is a reality,? Struck said. ?It has been fun winning the last two of three. But to do that, it takes 365 days of effort. It is not an easy task. No task worth achieving is easy, so my kids are very proud of it.? The Red Devils have the most No. 1 seeds in the sectional with seven. Leading Jeff will be senior Curtis Smith, who is the top seed in the 112-pound division. Smith has won two sectional titles along with three regional crowns in his prep career. Another returning sectional champion for the Devils was Alonzo Shepherd, the No. 1 seed at 103 pounds. Jeff?s other top seeds are Devon Miller (119), Renaldo Weekly (135), Brandon Marlin (160), Caleb Browner (171) and Nelson Bowen (189). Jeff?s lone No. 2 seed is Jimmy Pratt at 215. He enters the sectional with a 30-9 record and Struck likes his chances of capturing a championship on Saturday. Despite having one top seed, Charlestown is projected to finish second. Taylor Newcomb (140) is the Pirates? lone No. 1 after claiming both a Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference and a Mid-Southern Conference title in the past two weekends. Five of Newcomb?s teammates are No. 2 seeds. The two seeds are Jeff Stotridge (125), Mark Daugherty (152), Jacob Hall (160), Ethan Bowen (171) and John Slaten (285). Charlestown comes into the sectional on a hot streak by winning its fifth consecutive MSC crown last Thursday. Head coach Adam Doherty hopes the Pirates remain on a roll on Saturday. ?The team wrestled really well and I look for them to carry their momentum into sectionals (this) weekend,? Doherty said. Floyd Central will vie to regain its sectional glory after dominating the tournament for so many seasons. The Highlanders? last sectional title was 2008. Prior to that, they won 10 consecutive sectional championships from 1997-2006. ?In order for us to win a sectional title, we will need some guys to set up and beat their seeds and get bonus points. It would also require some teams to knock off some of Jeff?s wrestlers,? Floyd head coach Brandon Sisson said. ?I would say Jeff has to be the favorite after wrestling well at conference two weeks ago. Our season and practices are scheduled to help us peak at this time of year, and I am looking forward to seeing some of our guys do well this weekend.? The Highlanders are projected to finish third, as they have one No. 1 seed and two No. 2 seeds. The lone one seed is Ben Moberly at 145, while the second seeds are Aaron Witt (130) and Zach Thomas (112). Floyd also has four No. 3 seeds in Caleb Happel (103), Tom Denny (135), Drew Denny (140) and Andrew Sharp (215). New Albany is projected to place fourth and has one top seed in Taylor Hoke at 285. Larry Rickman (140) is the Bulldogs? lone No. 2 seed, while New Albany has five three seeds in Austin Jamison (112), Tre Marler (125), Tim Martin (130), Matthew O?Connell (160) and Zack Faith (189). Providence senior Jacob Golembeski is the No. 1 seed at 152, while teammate Joey Libretto is seeded second at 189. New Washington has three No. 2 seeds in Brady Meenach (119), Lane Massingham (135) and Josh Sampson (145). Last week in the Milan Invitational, Sampson finished the regular season by winning the 145 title and becoming the first wrestler in school history to go undefeated during a campaign. The next goal for Sampson is to win his first sectional title in his career. ?As a team we are small, but are goals are not,? Mustangs? head coach Jeremy Campbell said about the sectional. ?Our kids will have to execute with precision, utilize what they know and believe. When they do these things, they have as much chance as any.? Christian Academy of Indiana has only one wrestler seeded in the top four. That grappler is junior Ethan Banet at 135. The team sectional champion will advance to the Jasper Team Regional a week from today. Individual sectional championship will move on to the Jeff Individual Regional on Saturday, Feb. 6. WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK CAI?s Caleb Delbridge, Ethan Banet and Nate Dunn Three Christian Academy of Indiana wrestlers each went 3-0 at the Jeffersonville Junior Varsity Invitational last Thursday. Delbridge and Dunn each made two pins, while Banet had one. New Washington?s Josh Sampson The senior became the first wrestler in Mustang history to finish the regular season undefeated. Sampson went 5-0 in the Milan Invitational at 145 pounds to finish the perfect regular season. He will be vying for his first sectional title this weekend at Jeffersonville. WRESTLING RUNDOWN CHARLESTOWN PIRATES EARN FIFTH STRAIGHT MSC TITLE: Six individual champions led Charlestown to its fifth consecutive Mid-Southern Conference championship last Thursday at Scottsburg. It was the Pirates? seventh MSC title in the last eight seasons. The six conference champs were Bryan Lowery (112), Jason Beevers (135), Taylor Newcomb (140), Cory Suddeth (145), Mark Daugherty (152) and John Slaten (285). Charlestown also had six runner-up finishers in Justin Wolf (119), Kevin Gonzales (125), Dakota Bungcoyao (130), Jacob Hall (160), Ethan Bowen (171) and David Enteman (215). All 14 Pirate grapplers finished in the top three and either made the all-conference team or were an honorable-mention selection. UPCOMING MEET: Jeffersonville Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA CAI HAS THREE UNBEATEN WRESTLERS AT JEFF: A trio of Warrior wrestlers recorded 3-0 records in the Jeff Junior Varsity Invitational last Thursday. The three undefeated grapplers were Caleb Delbridge (285), Ethan Banet (135) and Nate Dunn (130). Delbridge and Dunn each made two pins, while Banet had one. Teammate Levi Speth (152) went 2-1 in the tournament. Last Tuesday, the Warriors suffered a dual-meet loss at New Washington. UPCOMING MEET: Jeff Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m. FLOYD CENTRAL HIGHLANDERS? WIN STREAK CONTINUES: After a slow start, Floyd Central ended the regular season with an 11-match dual-meet winning streak. Last Wednesday, the Highlanders won a matchup with Evansville North. Then last Saturday, Floyd went 4-0 at the New Albany Invitational. The four victories were against Indian Creek, Martinsville, Southwestern and Louisville Manual. UPCOMING MEET: Jeff Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m. NEW ALBANY BULLDOGS 3-1 IN OWN INVITE: New Albany posted a 3-1 record at its own invitational last Saturday. The three victories came against Southwestern, Louisville Manual and Indian Creek, with the setback coming against Martinsville. New Albany head coach Eric Burres said he got outstanding performances from the following wrestlers: Josh Coomer (103), Austin Jamison (112), Chase Laughead (119), Tre Marler (125), Tim Martin (130), Tyler Weddle (135), Larry Rickman (140), Ethan Lee (152), Matt O?Connell (160), Nick Lynch (171), Zack Mann (171), Zack Faith (189), Cody Leasor (215) and Taylor Hoke (285). UPCOMING MEET: Jeff Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m. NEW WASHINGTON SAMPSON SETS RECORD AT MILAN: Despite the Mustangs going 0-5 at last Saturday?s Milan Invitational, senior Josh Sampson completed an undefeated regular season by winning all five of his matches at 145. Sampson became the first New Washington wrestler to go unbeaten during a regular campaign. Also, the Mustangs defeated Christian Academy in a home dual meet last Tuesday. MUSTANGS HAVE TWO CHAMPIONS AT SIWC: At the Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet on Jan. 16, New Washington had two conference champions for the first time in program history. Sampson was one of them at 145, while Lane Massingham was the 135-pound champion. UPCOMING MEET: Jeff Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m. PROVIDENCE PIONEERS THUMP CRAWFORD COUNTY: Providence won 11 of the 14 matches to trounce host Crawford County in a dual meet last Saturday, 66-12. Winning for the Pioneers were the following: Zach Hellinger (103), Brennan Gregory (119), Alec Hendershot (130), Adam McDermott (135), Jared Griffith (140), Jordan Kaelin (145), Garrett Baumgardner (152), Devan Evanczyk (160), Daniel Fernandez (171), Dalton Schell (189) and Joey Libretto (215). UPCOMING MEET: Jeff Sectional, Saturday, 9 a.m.

WERSTLING WEDNESDAY By MATT THACKER Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK Floyd Central?s Aaron Witt and Ben Moberly The pair of seniors each collected a Hoosier Hills Conference championship at last Saturday?s conference meet at Jennings County. Witt won the 130 title, while Moberly was the champion at 145. They were the only Highlanders to claim individual titles, as Floyd finished third as a team. Jeffersonville?s Curtis Smith The senior made school history last Saturday in the Hoosier Hills Conference meet at Jennings County. Smith won the 112-pound conference title, becoming just the third Red Devil ever to capture four HHC championships in his career. Smith?s championships helped Jeff win back-to-back conference championships for the first time in program history. WRESTLING RUNDOWN COMPILED BY KEVIN HARRIS CHARLESTOWN PIRATES SECOND AT SIWC: Charlestown placed second in the Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet last Saturday at Southwestern. The Pirates tallied 240 1/2 points, 21 less than conference champion Milan. No individual results were reported at press time, except that senior Mark Dougherty lost in the 152-pound final to Providence?s Jacob Golembeski. UPCOMING MEETS: Mid-Southern Conference Championships at Corydon, Thursday, 6 p.m. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA WARRIORS SHOW LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT AT SIWC: CAI doubled its point total from last year?s SIWC meet with 83 points in last Saturday?s conference meet. The Warriors finished 10th in the team standings. Five CAI grapplers placed in the top five in their respective weight classes, two of which finished fourth. Last season, the third-year program only had one fourth-place wrestler at the SIWC. The two fourth-place finishers were Cory Neal at 125 pounds and Ethan Banet at 135. Placing fifth were Levi Speth (152), Evan Embry (160) and Caleb Delbridge (285). UPCOMING MEETS: at Jeff, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. FLOYD CENTRAL HIGHLANDERS PLACE THIRD AT HHC: A pair of conference champions helped Floyd Central finished third in the Hoosier Hills Conference meet last Saturday at Jennings County. The Highlanders tallied 173 points. Seniors Aaron Witt and Ben Moberly were the Floyd conference champions. Witt prevailed at 130, while Moberly took home the 145 crown. Three Highlanders earned runner-up spots, who were junior Caleb Happel (103), senior Tom Denny (135) and senior Drew Denny (140). Sophomore Eric Foster was third at 152. ?We did a little better as a team than the seeds had us at,? Floyd head coach Brandon Sisson said. ?We came in third and I think we were supposed to come in fourth or fifth. We had some wrestlers do really well. but we still need to improve as a team as we move towards sectionals.? UPCOMING MEETS: at Evansville North, tonight, 6; New Albany Invitational, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. JEFFERSONVILLE RED DEVILS MAKE TON OF HISTORY AT HHC: The Jeff Red Devils had a historic day last Saturday at the HHC meet. For the first time in program history, Jeff claimed back-to-back conference titles by scoring 258 points. The Red Devils defeated second-place and tournament host Jennings County by 23 points. Jeff tied the Panthers for the most individual champions with five. Leading the Red Devils was senior Curtis Smith, who won the 112 championship. Smith became only the third Jeff wrestler in program history to capture four HHC titles. Two of Smith?s teammates each collected their second conference crown. Renaldo Weekly accomplished the feat in the 135 division, while Caleb Browner was the champ at 171. Browner won each match by pin. Jeff?s Alonzo Shepherd was the 103 champion, while teammate Devon Miller claimed the 119 title. ?It was a special day,? Red Devil head coach Danny Struck said. ?We knew we had won the tourney for sure after the 135-pound finals match. There was no way for any team to catch us points-wise after that. We are very excited because of the nine guys in the finals, six of them are going to be returning next year.? Four Jeff wrestlers finished second in Darien Tatgenhorst (152), Brandon Marlin (160), Nelson Bowen (189) and Jimmy Pratt (215). Pratt?s loss in the 215 final came in double overtime. RED DEVILS UPSET TRINITY: Last Wednesday at home, Jeff won seven individual matches to shock Trinity, the No. 2-ranked team in Kentucky, 36-31. Weekly prevailed at 135 by technical fall, and teammate Trey Harbin picked up a win by pin at 140. Miller (125), Marlin (160) and Elijah Curtley (285) each claimed their matches by decision. Shepherd earned the 103 match by forfeit and Tatgenhorst won at 152 by injury default. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Charlestown, tonight, 6; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. NEW ALBANY BULLDOGS WIND UP FIFTH IN HHC: Senior Larry Rickman led New Albany to a fifth-place finish in the HHC meet last Saturday. The Bulldogs scored 133 1/2 points. Rickman was the Bulldogs? lone conference champion, defeating Floyd?s Drew Denny in the 140 final. Fellow senior Tim Martin wound up second at 130, losing to Witt in the final. Martin was New Albany?s only runner-up finisher. Finishing third for the Bulldogs were Tre Marler (130), Zack Faith (189) and Taylor Hoke (285). UPCOMING MEETS: New Albany Invitational, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. NEW WASHINGTON MUSTANGS NINTH AT SIWC: New Washington scored 113 points to finish ninth in the SIWC meet last Saturday. The Mustangs were half a point behind eighth-place Paoli and only six points behind seventh-place Providence. No individual results were reported at press time. UPCOMING MEETS: Milan Invitational, Saturday, 9 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. PROVIDENCE GOLEMBESKI PACES PIONEERS AT CONFERENCE: Golembeski was Providence?s lone individual champion at the SIWC last Saturday. The senior prevailed in the 152 final over Dougherty by a 10-0 decision. ?He?s wrestling really well right now, which should give him great momentum heading into the postseason,? Pioneer co-coach Patrick Fleming said. Teammate Joey Libretto (189) collected a runner-up spot, while Jordan Kaelin (140) placed fourth. Providence had two fifth-place finishers in Daniel Fernandez (160) and Dalton Schell (171). Fleming gave kudos to Libretto for his performance. ?Joey?s a natural to the sport,? Fleming said. ?This is only his second year and he?s placed high in every tournament we?ve wrestled in this year.? UPCOMING MEETS: Crawford County Tournament, Saturday, 9:15 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m.

WRESTLING WEDNESDAY: Jeff favored to repeat as HHC champions http://www.news-tribune.net/highschoolsports/local_story_012235051.html New Albany, Floyd projected to finish in top four By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com Last year around this time, the Jeffersonville wrestling team did something it had not accomplished in almost 25 years ? win the Hoosier Hills Conference title. On Saturday at Jennings County High School, the Red Devils will attempt to achieve something they have never done ? claim back-to-back conference titles. Jeff is the favorite heading into the HHC meet. According to the meet seeding, the 14th-ranked Red Devils are projected to capture the crown by 23 points over the host Panthers. New Albany and Floyd Central are projected to finish third and fourth, respectively. ?Our current kids want to win it badly, so that they can leave their mark as one of the best Jeff wrestling teams of all time, doing something no one else has done,? Jeff head coach Danny Struck said. ?We have a good chance, but hopefully we don?t leave it to chance and we put it more up to hard work in and out of season.? Jeff and Jennings have the most No. 1 seeds in the tourney with five apiece. The five Red Devil top seeds are Alonzo Shepherd (103 pounds), Curtis Smith (112), Devon Miller (119), Renaldo Weekly (135) and Caleb Browner (171). Smith, a senior, will be trying to make a little history himself on Saturday. If he takes first in the 112 division, Smith will become the third wrestler in Jeff history to claim four conference championships in his career. Weekly and Browner, who are both currently ranked in the top 16 in the state in their respective divisions, each claimed a conference crown last season. The four No. 2 seeds for Jeff are Darien Tatgenhorst (152), Brandon Marlin (160), Nelson Bowen (189) and Jimmy Pratt (215). ?The HHC is always very tough. To be a champion here, you have to earn it. There are no gimmes,? Struck said. ?Some weights here are tougher than sectional, some are not. But it gives us a good gauge going into the state tourney as what we need to focus on going into that phase of the season.? New Albany enters the meet with two No. 1 seeds. Senior Tim Martin is the favorite at 130 pounds and fellow senior Larry Rickman is the top seed at 140. The Bulldogs have a pair of two seeds in Tre Marler (125) and Taylor Hoke (285). ?We have a lot of young kids, so I think we will finish in the middle of the pack somewhere,? New Albany head coach Eric Burres said. ?We should have some champs along with several place winners. This tournament is always competitive with some good matches.? Ben Moberly (145) is Floyd Central?s No. 1 seed. The Highlanders have four No. 2 seeds in Caleb Happel (103), Aaron Witt (130), Tom Denny (135) and Drew Denny (140). The Red Devils think it is critical for them to have a great performance on Saturday so they can have some momentum entering the postseason in more than two weeks. The state tournament will start on Saturday, Jan. 30 with the Jeff Sectional. The Red Devils are the defending champions. ?It is important to the team as we have had such a grueling season,? Struck said about attaining that momentum. ?They need a good tourney to give them confidence that we have done the right things all year. We have some kids on our team that are waiting to see the results of all this effort, and we want them to see that good things happen to those that work hard. We feel they will see that this weekend.? Burres says building late-season momentum in the HHC meet is important for his team as well. ?You always want to see your kids wrestle well toward the end of the year because that confidence and momentum will carry over into the state tournament series,? Burres said. SOUTHERN INDIANA WRESTLING CONFERENCE MEET While the area?s big three schools will be competing in the HHC, the other four local squads will be wrestling in the Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet on Saturday at Southwestern. Those teams are Charlestown, Christian Academy of Indiana, New Washington and Providence. The Pioneers will be led by senior Jacob Golembeski, who is the top seed at 152. Teammate Joey Libretto is the No. 2 seed at 189, and Providence?s Jordan Kaelin is seeded third at 140. Pioneer co-coach Patrick Fleming considers his team an underdog entering the meet. ?I think that we have a chance of being a black horse team and winning the tournament,? Fleming said. ?Our guys have progressed really well this year and continue to get better every week. I expect all three of them to be in the finals and a couple of our other wrestlers have a decent shot of upsetting some of the higher seeds. There are several really good wrestlers in each weight class and I?m looking forward to seeing some good matches.? Along with trying to compete for the SIWC crown, Fleming says the conference meet is crucial for his wrestlers to improve their seeding for the Jeff Sectional. ?Seeding can play a big part in whether or not a wrestler advances throughout the postseason,? Fleming said. ?All of these teams are either sectional or regional opponents, so each match is very important. I also hope that some of our guys avenge losses from earlier in the season.? New Washington will have two top seeds at Southwestern in senior Josh Sampson (145) and Lane Massingham (135). ?There should be some good wrestling at that tournament Saturday,? Mustangs head coach Jeremy Campbell said. Seeds for Charlestown, CAI or New Washington could not be attained before press time. WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK (FOR BOTH NAT AND JEN) Providence?s Jordan Kaelin and Jacob Golembeski Both wrestlers posted 5-0 records in the Providence six-way meet last Saturday at the Robert I. Larkin Center. Those performances should give Kaelin and Golembeski momentum heading into this weekend?s Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet. Golembeski enters the meet as the No. 1 seed in the 160-pound division, while Kaelin is third at 140. WRESTLING RUNDOWN COMPILED BY KEVIN HARRIS JEFFERSONVILLE RED DEVILS GO 2-3 AT FRANKLIN: No. 14 Jeffersonville was one of four ranked teams competing in the Franklin six-way meet last Saturday. The Red Devils went 2-3 in dual-meet action. Jeff began the day with victories over Ben Davis and Brownsburg. But the Devils lost to Holt, Mich., which is ranked sixth in the Wolverine State, No. 5 Yorktown and No. 9 Franklin. There were several highlights on the day for Jeff. Alonzo Shepherd defeated Ben Davis? Levi Moss, who is ranked fifth in the state, by a 5-4 decision in a 103-pound match. Caleb Browner won a critical 171 match in the Yorktown matchup, and Renaldo Weekly defeated Franklin?s Cole Van Horn, Indiana?s No. 11-ranked wrestler at 135. Red Devil head coach Danny Struck was encouraged by his team?s effort against Holt despite losing to the Michigan school, 36-19. ?Two years ago, we lost to them, 76-0. Last year, we lost by 55 and this year we lost by 17. They are a great team,? Struck said. ?What a tough meet. We went 2-3, but showed lots of improvement.? FRANKLIN SIX-WAY DUAL-MEET SCORES: Jeff 40, Ben Davis 13; Jeff 37, Brownsburg 15; Holt, Mich., 36, Jeff 19; Yorktown 36, Jeff 25; Franklin 28, Jeff 25. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Trinity, today, TBA; Hoosier Hills Conference Championships at Jennings County, Saturday, 9 a.m. NEW ALBANY BULLDOGS DOWN PROVIDENCE: Last Tuesday, New Albany defeated host Providence in a dual meet. The Bulldogs won 12 matches in beating their archrivals. No other details were reported at press time. UPCOMING MEETS: at Scottsburg, today, 5:30 p.m.; HHC Championships at Jennings County, Saturday, 9 a.m. NEW WASHINGTON TWO MUSTANGS GO UNDEFEATED AT PROVIDENCE: New Washington?s Lane Massingham (135) and Josh Sampson (145) each went 5-0 at the Providence six-way meet last Saturday. Going 3-2 for the Mustangs were Brady Meenach (119) and Corbin Hammond (112). UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Corydon, Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet at Southwestern, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. PROVIDENCE PIONEERS WIN TWICE IN SIX-WAY: Providence posted a 2-3 record in its own six-way meet last Saturday at the Larkin Center. The Pioneers? two victories were against Paoli and New Washington. Providence?s Jordan Kaelin (140) and Jacob Golembeski (160) each went 5-0, while teammate Joey Libretto (215) claimed three victories. ?We wrestled decently over the weekend, but I hope that we avenge some of our losses at this weekend?s SIWC tournament,? Pioneer co-coach Patrick Fleming said. ?The highlight for me from this weekend was seeing the continuous improvement in some of our younger wrestlers, particularly Jordan Kaelin at 140. This is the second six-way this year that he has gone 5-0. The hard work he puts in at practice is really paying off.? PROVIDENCE SIX-WAY DUAL-MEET SCORES: Southwestern 45, Providence 30; Providence 37, Paoli 30; Tell City 60, Providence 16; Milan 57, Providence 24; Providence 42, New Washington 36. OTHER NOTABLES FROM SIX-WAY MEET: Brennan Gregory, two wins at 119; Adam McDermott, two wins at 130; Daniel Fernandez, two wins at 171; Jared Griffith, one win at 135; Dalton Schell, one win at 189; Jesse Coddington, one win at 285. UPCOMING MEETS: SIWC meet at Southwestern, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

HHC Team Results: 1. Jeffersonville 258 2. Jennings County 235 3. Flolyd Central 173 4. Columbus East 162 5. New Albany 133.5 6. Madison 109.5 7. Seymour 97 8. Bedford North Lawrence 59.5 HHC INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 103lbs - 1st: Alonzo Shepard 112lbs- 1st: Curtis Smith (only the 3rd 4x champ in school history) 119lbs - 1st: Devon Miller 125lbs- 4th Kevin Castro 130lbs-4th: Seam Simpson 135lbs - 1st: Renaldo Weekly 140lbs-4th: Trey Harbin 145lbs: - 3rd: Damon Dryden 152lbs - 2nd: Darien Tagtenhorst 160lbs-2nd: Brandon Marlin 171lbs- 1st: Caleb Browner 189lbs - 2nd: Nelson Bowen 215lbs - 2nd: Jimmy Pratt HWT - 4th: Elijah Curtley VARSITY B RESULTS FROM THE FIVE STAR CLASSIC IN LEXINGTON KY 189 - Jamal Anderson 2nd 152 - Brent Browner 2nd 145 - Tyler Fridley 6th place 135 - David Fridley 7th place 125 - Michael Vazquez 7th place 103 - Xavier Weekly 8th place 112 - Oscar Deleon 8th place 1. Lafayette (LAF) ? 149 2. Larue County (LAR) ? 147 3. Central Hardin (CH) ? 109 4. Tates Creek (TC) ? 69 5. Franklin County (FC) ? 67 6. Scott (S) ? 65 7. Harrison County (HAR) ? 62 8. Dobyns Bennett (DB) ? 59 9. Paul L Dunbar (PLD) ? 57 10. Henry Clay (HC) ? 51 11. Paducah Tilghman ? 43 12. Montgomery County ? 38 13. Jeffersonville (J) ? 36 14. Caldwell County (CC) ? 9 15. Bryan Station (BS) ? 4 16. Apollo (AP) ? 3

Jeff 36 Trinity 31 winners were Shepherd, Miller, Weekley, Harbin, Tatgenhorst, Marlin, Curtley JEFF WINS 36-31 JV Versus Trinity Winners were: Burt Williams, Jordan Schremp, Zach Keeney, Tyler Fridley, Jacob Everett, Brent Browner, Nick Kyro, Mark Engleking, David Webster Jeff wins 19-43 Outstanding performances at the JV Jennings County Invitational Last night: Justin Gallahar Jalan Morrison Travis Fraze Brad Scroggins Jamal Anderson Daniel Thompson

Jeffersonville 65 Southwestern 9 Jeffersonville 63 Edgewood 11 Jeffersonville 75 Greencastle 6 Jeffersonville 64 Jennings Co 9 Jeffersonville 49 Columbus North 18 Jeffersonville 72 Washington 6 Jeffersonville 66 Scottsburg 9 Jeffersonville 69 FW Concordia 6 Jeffersonville 64 Bishop Chatard 3 Jeffersonville 42 Dnville 15 103 - Shepherd 9-1 (5-4 loss to Schroder) - great job Luke! 112 - Smith 10-0 - tourney champion 119 - Miller 9-1 - (6-4 loss to Molloy from Danville) 125 - Castro 8-2 130 - Simpson 9-1 tourney champion 135 - Weekley10-0 tourney champion 140 - Harbin 9-1 145 - Dryden 6-4 152 - Tatgenhorst 7-3 160 - Marlin 6-4 171 - Browner 10-0 tourney champion - (beat Bill from Chatard 4-3) 189 - Bowen 9-1 215 - Pratt 10-0 tourney champion HWT - Curtley 7-3

MONDAY - JEFFERSONVILLE C @ Evansville Memorial JV Duals Win over Princeton and Evansville Harrison JV Lost to Castle, Mater Dei, and Evansville Memorial 2-3 JV record on the day HWT: Armond Thompson went 3-0, Brandon Gibson 2-0 Jeff Varsity B team at Meade Co. KY duals - Tuesday and Wednesday christian county 45-30 (W) fern creek 45-31 35th in ky (W) mount jouliet(TN) 21-55 (L) (top 15 in TN) De Sales 54-24 (W) oldham county 30-48 (L) ft knox 72-12 (W) meade county 21-55 (24 th in ky) (L) valley 66-16 (W) holy cross 70-12 (W) ohio co 39-27 (15th in KY) (W) central hardin 22-52 (18th in ky) (L) Record 6-4 over 2 days Wednesday @ Ryle #1 Team In KY Jeff C team beats Boone County KY Varsity A team loses 32-38 103 - Shepherd win over #9 in state 112- Smith loss to #2 in state 119 - Miller loss to #2 in state 125- Castro loss to #1 in state 130 - Simpson loss to #2 in state 135 - Weekly win over #13 in state 140 - Harbin loss to #6 145 - Dryden loss to #7 152 - Tatgenhorst win over #2 160 - Marlin loss to #6 171- Bronwer wins by fall 189 - Anderson loss by fall 215- Pratt wins over #12 285 - Curtley wins by fall

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Devils take second at Jeff Classic New Wash's Sampson earns first title in school history By GREG MENGELT Greg.Mengelt@newsandtribune.com JEFFERSONVILLE ? Host Jeffersonville finished second behind seventh-ranked in Saturday?s Jeff Classic, and New Washington?s Josh Sampson became the first Mustang to ever win a championship in at the Classic. The Red Devils finished 52 points behind South and finished ahead of 12th-ranked Carmel for since the Greyhounds have participated in the Classic. ?We?re happy about that,? Jeff coach Danny Struck said. ?I think as a team, as a whole, we wrestled pretty well. We?d like to win (the Jeff Classic), but we invite tough competition to help us prepare for the state final. If we can continue to make (the field) tougher, we will.? Caleb Browner was the lone winner for the Red Devils on Saturday. The 171-pound three-time champion beat Madison?s Dalton Young 19-7. ?I wrestle every match like it?s my last one to help me get better,? said Browner, who improved to 19-0 with four wins on Saturday. ?My goal is to go to state and win it.? The Red Devils had three runners-up, including 285-pound Elijah Curtley. Struck said he wasn?t sure who he was going to use at 285 pounds and was happy that he has settled on the improving sophomore. Curtley upset third seed Taylor Hoke from New Albany, then seventh seed John Slaton of Charlestown to advance to the final. In the final, Curtley was pinned by Jennings County?s James Caum. ?He got beat in the final, but he did a fantastic job,? Struck said. Devon Miller advanced to the final in the 119-pound weight class, where he was beaten for the first time this season by Muncie South?s Isiah Bradley. Miller led 3-1 after two periods, but Bradley scored four late points for the title. ?We were disappointed with the way the calls went,? Struck said. ?But (Miller) handled it like a champion. Some kids wouldn?t have acted with so much class after losing their first match.? Ronaldo Weekly was the third runner-up for Jeff. After upsetting New Albany?s Tim Martin in the semifinals, Weekly fell to the state?s second-ranked 135 pounder ? Bloomington South?s Brannigan Barlow ? in the final, 5-3. ?That was the toughest class here,? Struck said of the 135-pound class. ?I like the way Ronaldo wrestled. He?s doing a pretty good job.? Senior Sean Simpson finished third at 130 pounds and Alonzo Shepherd was third at 103, while Jimmy Pratt finished fourth. Pratt ? Jeff?s 215 pounder ? lost a 6-5 decision to eventual champion Ron Forman of South Dearborn, then lost to Jennings County?s Mark Collett, 1-0 in the third-place match. Jeff?s Curtis Smith was fourth at 112 pounds. Sampson?s history-making day seemingly came with ease as the Mustang senior improved to 17-0 on the season. Sampson pinned his final three competitors, including Charlestown?s Taylor Newcomb in the final. ?I?m very excited,? Sampson said. ?I felt like I wasn?t doing it just for me, but for my team and New Washington High School. I?m just happy with the way things went today.? ?He makes us all believe,? New Wash coach Jeremy Campbell said. ?Josh sets his goals high and then does everything proper to make sure that he reaches his goals. It?s a condition of the individual.? New Washington finished in 13th place with 56 points on Saturday. Lane Massingham finished seventh at 135 pounds, beating Franklin County?s Jake McCoy 3-1 in double overtime in his final match. ?Our No. 1 goal is to prove that we can compete at this level, even as a small school,? Sampson said. ?I feel like we grew as a team today.? Charlestown finished sixth on Saturday and place seven wrestlers in the top seven. Jeff Stottridge (125 pounds) and Taylor Newcomb led the way with second-place finishes. Stottridge earned pins in his first two matches before falling to Carmel?s Ben Sommer in the final, 7-3. Newcomb earned a pin, a major decision and a 5-4 win over New Albany?s Larry Rickman before becoming Sampson?s final victim in 2:51 in the championship bout. Charlestown?s Mark Daugherty finished fourth at 152 pounds, as did 285 pounder John Slaton. ?We wrestled our best of the year today,? Charlestown coach Adam Daugherty said. ?We finished sixth. We would liked to have finished in the top five, but we wrestled about as well as we could have today.? New Albany finished in seventh place Saturday, but the Bulldogs had nine different wrestlers place in the meet. Tim Martin and Larry Rickman were third, while Josh Coomer and Tra Marler were both fourth-place finishers. Martin had a 21-second pin over Batesville?s Evan Puente in his first match and won a 9-1 major decision over Massingham in his quarterfinal match. After falling to Weekly in the semifinal, Martin pinned Southwestern?s Michael Brawner in 3:49 in the third-place match. ?Ultimately, he was seeded third and he finished third,? New Albany coach Eric Burres said. ?His goal coming into today was to win (the 135-pound championship). He fell a little short, but he wrestled to his seed.? Martin said he fell victim to nerves in his 5-2 loss to Weekly. ?Everyone makes mistakes and mine happened today,? Martin said of being overanxious. ?I have to learn from my mistake. He got me, but all it?s going to do is make me better.? Rickman went 3-1 on Saturday. His only loss came in a 5-4 decision to Newcomb. After the loss ? his first defeat of the season ? the senior came back to pin Southwestern?s Elijah Lauderbaugh in 3:40. ?We saw some good things today and some things we need to work on,? Burres said. ?We have a long way to go, but the same time, (the big meets are) right around the corner.?

Meet director will be posting the rest. 103 - Shepherd 3rd 112- Smith 4th 119 - Miller 2nd 125 - Castro 5th 130 - Simpson 3rd (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) 135 - Weekly 2nd 140 - Dryden - DNP 145 - Harbin 7th 152 - Tatgenhorst 6th 160 - Marlin - 5th 171 - Browner - CHAMP (3x) 189 - Anderson - DNP 215 - Pratt - 4th 285 - Curtley - 2nd 1st - Bloomington South 256 2nd - Jeffersonville 204 3rd - Carmel 200 4th - Jennings County and South Dearborn 175 6th Charlestown 121 7th New Albany 112 8th Muncie Southside 106.5 9th Southwestern 96 10th Batesville 80.5 11th Madison 77.5 12th Scottsburg 71 13th New Washington 56 14th Franklin County 52 15th Paoli 44 16th Salem 0

Jeff 67- Corydon 9, winners for Jeff were Xavier Weekly, Burt Williams, Jordan Schremp, Will Hanna, David Fridley, Tyler Fridley, Justin Gallahar, Jacob Everett, Brent Browner, Marc Engleking, Jamal Anderson, Andre Smith, Brandon Gibson, and David Webster.

WRESTLING WEDNESDAY: Jeff Classic quite a challenge Loaded field awaits teams at annual event By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com When he coordinates his team?s schedule every season, Jeffersonville High School wrestling coach Danny Struck attempts to find tournaments where a few opponents are more talented on paper than his own squad. His reasoning for that is to motivate his grapplers to step up to the challenge and perform at a higher level. ?My goal is to find someone to beat our team at every tourney we go to,? Struck said. ?Our kids? goal is to prove me wrong and try to beat whoever I throw at them. The goal is to do this until we go to state as a team.? That definitely holds true for the annual Jeff Classic, which will be held for the 32nd consecutive season on Saturday. This year, the Red Devils welcome seventh-ranked Bloomington South, which has four wrestlers who were IHSAA State Finals qualifiers last season and are currently ranked in the top 10 in their respective weight classes. The field also includes defending Classic champion Carmel, which is currently ranked 12th. The Classic will include eight past state qualifiers, 32 former semistate qualifiers and 16 state-ranked grapplers. ?The Jeff Classic is shaping up to be a very competitive tournament,? Struck said. ?With the addition of Carmel and Bloomington South in the past couple of years, the competition level is definitely on the rise.? The 20th-ranked Red Devils have not won their own tournament since 1991 and finished second last season. They will have two No. 1 seeds who were 2009 semistate qualifiers in Devon Miller in the 119-pound division and Caleb Browner in the 171 class. Browner is vying for his third Classic championship. Alonzo Shepherd (103) and Renaldo Weekly (135) are both No. 2 seeds. Shepherd is the defending regional champion at 103. Despite the 18-year Classic title drought, Struck states breaking that streak has not been discussed a lot inside the Jeff High wrestling room. ?We don?t talk about that much,? Struck said. ?Every day we talk about two things ? their very next match and what will it do to get you to state.? Three area teams ? New Albany, Charlestown and New Washington ? return to the Classic this season. The Bulldogs enter the Classic with eight seeded wrestlers. Three New Albany grapplers are expected to lead the Bulldog fray in Tim Martin (135), Larry Rickman (145) and Taylor Hoke (285). Martin was a state qualifier last year and is currently ranked eighth in the state. Rickman and Hoke both qualified for semistate last season. ?If we walk away with a couple of champions and a couple of place winners, then it will be a successful day for us,? Bulldog head coach Eric Burres said. ?This tournament is very competitive. There are a lot of good teams and individual wrestlers at this tournament. It will be a good weekend of wrestling.? Charlestown?s goal is to finish in the top five, as it came up one spot short of accomplishing that goal last season with a sixth-place finish. Seniors Jeff Stotridge (125), Taylor Newcomb (145) and Mark Daugherty (152) are seeded in the top three in their respective divisions and expected to lead the Pirate charge. Stotridge won the 119 Classic title last season by pinning Martin in the final. Stotridge qualified for state last year, while Newcomb and Daugherty both advanced to semistate. ?I look for my seniors to have a good showing,? said Charlestown head coach Adam Doherty, a former Jeff Classic champion as a Red Devil grappler. ?Each have a top three seed, and all have a shot at winning the tournament. Along with the three seniors, there are several others that I think will surprise people and place much higher than their seeds. There is going to be a lot of good competition Saturday. ?This meet is always kind of a midseason report card. You get to compare where you are with some of the best wrestlers in the state, and see where you need to focus for the end of the season.? New Washington head coach Jeremy Campbell has his sights set on getting at least one wrestler in the medal round (i.e. top eight). The best shot to achieve that feat is last year?s semistate qualifier Josh Sampson at 145. Sampson placed fourth at 152 in last season?s Classic. Campbell also expects Lane Massingham, Brady Meenach and Aaron Dean to have solid performances on Saturday. ?This tournament helps us the most by setting a mark to compare to,? Campbell said. ?Our kids consider themselves underdogs in all situations. We are usually the smallest school competing, and in this (tourney) they find resolve. They understand that nothing is given to them. They must earn the respect and then they must prove that they can compete. ?We will go, we will compete with intensity and we will see how that measures up.? The Jeff Classic has always been used as a meet to prepare teams for their conference and sectional, which both will take place in a month or so. Burres thinks competing in the highly competitive Classic only makes his wrestlers stronger in the future. ?Getting better is what every coach is after and any time you can wrestle against strong competition, it will only make you tougher,? he said. ?Win or lose, it is good to wrestle some of these kids early in the year, so you have time to learn from your mistakes before the state tournament series.? Struck says the Red Devils? overall schedule ? not just the Classic ? gets them ready for the Hoosier Hills Conference meet and the Jeff Sectional. ?We have already wrestled five teams in the top 20, three of them being in the top 10,? Struck said. ?We have a tough conference, and traditionally we have not been at the top of our sectional. But with tourneys like the Jeff Classic and the rest of our schedule, we are fully prepared for conference and sectional.? Along with the addition of Bloomington South, another major change with the Classic is a significantly condensed time schedule. This year, it will be a one-day tournament with weigh-ins beginning at 7:30 a.m. and an approximate ending at 4 p.m. The Classic will take place in both Johnson Arena and the upstairs auxiliary gymnasium, using a combined eight mats. The reason for this year?s shortened slate is a scheduling conflict with the Jeff boys? basketball team, which will host games on Friday and Saturday nights at Johnson Arena. In the past, the Jeff Classic has either been a two-day tournament or a one-day affair where it lasted from the early morning to the late evening. The two-day scenario happened when either a boys? or girls? basketball game was scheduled for Saturday evening. When the Classic took place in one day, usually a basketball game was scheduled for Johnson Arena on Friday evening, but no hoops home game on Saturday. ?This is a huge challenge ? one that coaches from the area have expressed concern with,? Struck said. ?But it is what it is. And just like we tell our wrestlers, we will do ourselves ? ?we will find a way to win.? We will get out in time for the basketball game. We are doing a good job with each other in making it work for this year.? WEEKLY RUNDOWN WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK (Floyd County) Aaron Witt and Ben Moberly, Floyd Central Witt and Moberly each posted a 5-0 record at the formidable Calumet Duals last weekend in northern Indiana. One of Witt?s victories in the 130-pound division came against the No. 12 wrestler in the state. Moberly, who competed at 145, and Witt were the lone two Highlanders to go undefeated in the duals. WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK (Clark County) David Enteman and Mark Daugherty, Charlestown Enteman, a sophomore, and Daugherty, a senior, each went undefeated at last Saturday?s Mid-Southern Conference Duals at Bill Dunn Sports Arena. Both of their unblemished records helped the Pirates win their sixth consecutive conference duals championship. CHARLESTOWN PIRATES WIN DUALS AGAIN: Charlestown defeated all four of its Mid-Southern Conference foes last Saturday at Bill Dunn Sports Arena to win its sixth consecutive MSC Duals title. The Pirates defeated Salem, Pekin Eastern, Corydon and Scottsburg by a combined score of 257-61. Charlestown extended its conference dual-match winning streak to 40. However, the Pirates could not beat the only nonconference squad in the tournament. They lost to New Albany, 43-27. Two Charlestown grapplers went undefeated at the duals in sophomore David Enteman and senior Mark Daugherty. MSC DUALS SCORES: Charlestown 72, Salem 3; Charlestown 72, Eastern 6; Charlestown 66, Corydon 16; Charlestown 47, Scottsburg 36; New Albany 43, Charlestown 27. C-TOWN BEATS SOUTHWESTERN: Last Wednesday, the Pirates picked up a road win at Southwestern, 42-40. Junior Ethan Bowen supplied the biggest victory for Charlestown, winning in convincing fashion in the 171-pound match. UPCOMING MEETS: at Eastern, tonight, 6; Jeff Classic, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. FLOYD CENTRAL HIGHLANDERS STRUGGLE AT CALUMET DUALS: Floyd Central traveled to northern Indiana and posted a 1-4 record in the Calumet Duals. The Highlanders? lone triumph was against Lowell with losses coming against Lawrence North, Southmont, Lafayette Jeff and the host Warriors. Two Highlanders recorded perfect 5-0 marks in Aaron Witt at 130 and Ben Moberly at 145. ?The results do not show it, but we actually wrestled better this past weekend than the weekend before (in the Hoosier Hills Conference Duals),? Floyd head coach Brandon Sisson said. CALUMET DUALS SCORES: Lawrence North 54, Floyd Central 21; Floyd Central 49, Lowell 30; Southmont 40, Floyd Central 30; Lafayette Jeff 49, Floyd Central 21; Calumet 43, Floyd Central 25. OTHER NOTABLES FROM CALUMET: Shane Sneed, 4-1 at 160; Caleb Happel, 3-2 at 103; Tom Denny, 3-2 at 135; Drew Denny, 3-2 at 140. NEXT MEETS: at Providence, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Floyd Central Invitational, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. JEFFERSONVILLE DEVILS GO 2-3 AT JASPER: No. 20 Jeff suffered three losses to ranked teams in the Jasper Invitational last Saturday. The setbacks came against No. 2 Evansville Mater Dei, No. 3 Castle and No. 7 Bloomington South, which will compete in the Jeff Classic this coming Saturday. The Red Devils? two victories were against the host Wildcats and Forest Park. Jeff wrestlers who went 5-0 were Alonzo Shepherd at 103, Devon Miller at 119 and Caleb Browner at 171. Both Miller and Browner have 15-0 records on the season, while Shepherd is 14-1. Teammate Curtis Smith was 4-1 at 112 and his lone loss came to the second-ranked wrestler in the state. The Red Devils are currently 9-3. JASPER INVITE SCORES: Bloomington South 40, Jeff 20; Jeff 46, Jasper 18; Evansville Mater Dei 38, Jeff 16; Jeff 57, Forest Park 6; Castle 35, Jeff 25. OTHER NOTABLES FROM JASPER: Kevin Castro, 1-4 at 125; Sean Simpson, 3-2 at 130; Renaldo Weekly, 3-2 at 135; Tre Harbin, 1-4 at 140; Damon Dryden, 1-4 at 145; Darien Tatgenhorst, 2-3 at 152; Brandon Marlin, 1-4 at 160; Nelson Bowen, 0-4 at 189; Marc Engleking, 0-1 at 189; Jimmy Pratt, 1-3 at 215; Elijah Curtley, 2-1 at 285; Brandon Gibson, 0-2 at 285. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Corydon, tonight, 7; Jeff Classic, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. NEW ALBANY DOGS PERFECT AT MSC DUALS: Even though Charlestown took home the Mid-Southern Conference Duals crown, New Albany posted a perfect 5-0 record at the meet in C-town. The Bulldogs scored at least 43 points in their five dual victories, which were against the host Pirates, Scottsburg, Salem, Eastern and Corydon. Seven New Albany wrestlers went 5-0, which were Josh Coomer, Keenan Ward, Austin Jamison, Tim Martin, Larry Rickman, Cody Leasor and Taylor Hoke. MSC DUALS SCORES: New Albany 60, Scottsburg 24; New Albany 72, Salem 12; New Albany 78, Eastern 6; New Albany 43, Charlestown 27; New Albany 66, Corydon 18. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Crawford County, tonight, 6; Jeff Classic, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. PROVIDENCE PIONEERS NINTH AT MEMORIAL: Seniors Joey Labretto and Jacob Golembeski led Providence to a ninth-place finish at the Evansville Memorial Tournament last Saturday. Both Labretto (189) and Golembeski (160) finished third in their respective divisions. Golembeski collected three victories. OTHER NOTABLES FROM MEMORIAL: Brendan Gregory, two wins at 119; Alec Hendershot, one win at 130; Adam McDermott, one win at 135; Jared Griffith, two wins at 135; Jordan Kaelin, two wins at 145; Garrett Baumgaurdner, one win at 152; Labretto, two wins at 189. PIONEERS OUST CORYDON: Last Wednesday, Providence downed host Corydon in dual-meet action, 45-21. Winning by pins for the Pioneers were Kaelin (145), Griffith (140), Baumgaurdner (152), Golembeski (160) and Labretto (215). McDermott won his 135 match by an 11-4 decision, and Providence sophomores Dalton Schell and Zach Hellinger each prevailed by forfeit. PIN TIMES AT CORYDON: Kaelin, 3:18; Griffith, 1:47; Baumgaurdner, 1:12; Golembeski, 2:46; Labretto, :16. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Floyd Central, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Louisville Moore Horsepower Invitational, Saturday, 8 a.m.

JEFFERSONVILLE UPDATES FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND VARSITY RESULTS Jeff 20 Bloomington South 40 Jeff 16 Mater Dei 38 Jeff 46 Jasper 16 Jeff 63 forest Park 12 Jeff 25 Castle 25 2-5 on the day 9-3 on the season Varsity Records: 103: Alonzo Shepherd 5-0 overall record 14-1 112: Curtis smith 4-1 currently 13-2 119: Devon Miller 5-0 ? still undefeated with a record of 15-0 125: Kevin Castro 1-4 130: Sean Simpson 3-2 135: Renaldo Weekly 3-2 ? currently 13-3 140: Tre Harbin 1-4 145: Damon Dryden 1-4 152: Darien Tatgenhorst 2-3 160: Brandon marln 1-4 171: Caleb Brwner 5-0 (still 15-0 189: Nelson Bowen 0-4 189: Marc Engleking 0-1 215: Jimmy Pratt 1-3 285: Elijah Curtley 2-1 285: Brandon Gibson 0-2 JV records at Jasper 103: Xavier Weekly 0-2 125: Marcus Vazquez 5-0 130: will hanna 2-2, Francisco Silva 0-5 140: Jalen Morrison 1-3 145: Shelby Griffin 3-0 152: Jacob Everett 1-3 160: Brent Browner 0-1, Travis Fraze 0-1, Brandon Lee 0-1, 171: Marc Engleking 2-0, Cody Chelf 0-2 189: Jamal Anderson 4-0 215: Elijah Curtley 1-0 285: Brandon Gibson 2-0, Andre Smith 2-2 9th and 10th grade results from Tourney at Beech Grove Burt Williams 0-2, did not place Oscar. DeLeon 0-2, did not place Jordan Schrempf 1-1, 2nd Toogie Babalaatar 1-1, 2nd David Fridley, 2-1, 3rd Tyler Fridley, 2-1, 2nd Justin Gallahar, 1-2, 4th Daniel Thompson 0-2, did not place Cody Myers 2-0, 1st Nick Kyro, 1-1, 2nd Brandon Brown 2-0, 1st David Webster, 2-1, 3rd Mac Burns 1-1, 2nd

I don't like posting on here. I don't feel it is my place, and I don't feel I "fit in" here. However, I just want you to know that "JEFF ALL THE WAY" is not from Jeff. I know who it is, and I have contacted them. Please keep all comments positive toward kids. If you have questions as to the field of teams please contact me at: dstruck@gcs.k12.in.us or 812-786-2308 or room C207 at Jeff high if you would like to do so in person. Any negative comment from jeff person does recieve a message from me asking them to stop, but I do not know who they all are. JEFF ALL THE WAY is not from Jeff. good luck to the great teams and coaches, and kids we have participating this weekend. I will do my best to post the results.

WRESTLING WEDNESDAY: Charlestown will attempt to win MSC duals again Bulldogs will size up sectional foes at duals By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com When area high school grapplers and their fans think about Mid-Southern Conference wrestling, the Charlestown Pirates have immediately come to mind. The Pirates have won the MSC Duals the past five seasons and the conference meet the past four years. This Saturday, Charlestown will try to continue its stranglehold on one conference title, as it will host the MSC Duals at Bill Dunn Sports Arena. The meet will start at 10 a.m. First-year Pirates head coach Adam Doherty says winning a sixth duals crown in a row will depend on how his inexperienced wrestlers perform. He also expects solid performances by veterans Taylor Newcomb at 145 pounds and Mark Daugherty at 152 along with Ethan Bowen at 171. ?Our chance of winning this year will depend heavily on our young wrestlers,? Doherty said. ?We are starting four freshmen and four sophomores. We will be anchored by some strong upperclassmen. Scottsburg is always a tough team and will probably be the biggest challenge.? Along with Scottsburg and fellow MSC rivals Corydon, Salem and Pekin Eastern competing in the meet, New Albany will participate like it has the past few years. Even though the Bulldogs are not in the MSC, they use the duals as a chance to face future sectional opponents. New Albany wrestles in the Jeffersonville Sectional, which also includes Charlestown, Corydon, Salem and Eastern. ?Every time you wrestle a sectional team, you want to win because you may not see them again until sectionals,? said New Albany head coach Eric Burres, whose team posted a 4-1 record at last year?s duals. ?I think we have as good of a chance as anyone else, but there will be some duals that will be very close. There are always some good matches.? Burres is looking for productive days from three of his seniors on Saturday. They are Tim Martin at 135, Larry Rickman at 145 and Taylor Hoke at heavyweight. Both the Pirates and Bulldogs have had a few meets this season. After posting a 63-6 victory over Providence in its season opener on Nov. 24, Charlestown went 4-3 in this past weekend?s Evansville Reitz Invitational. The Pirates posted wins over Terre Haute North, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central and Paducah (Ky.) Tilghman. ?We have a very young, hard-nosed team,? said Doherty, was a two-time state champion at Jeffersonville. ?I am seeing improvement every day they leave the room. Their work ethic is where it needs to be. Now, we just need the experience.? The Bulldogs have already had three meets this year. They began the campaign competing in the Bloomington North five-way meet on Nov. 28, followed by a home dual meet against Tell City last Tuesday and the Hoosier Hills Conference Duals last weekend. Like Doherty, Burres has seen his wrestlers already make strides this season. ?So far, we have gotten better every weekend, which is what you want to see as a coach,? Burres said. ?We have a lot of young kids wrestling varsity, so it is a learning experience for them every week. We still have a lot of kinks to work out, but our kids are working hard and getting better.? WEEKLY WRAP WRESTLER OF THE WEEK (FLOYD COUNTY) Cory Neel, Christian Academy of Indiana Neel posted a 7-0 record in his weight division at last weekend?s Scottsburg Invitational, including a win in overtime. Neel?s performance helped CAI finish fourth, its best tournament placing ever in the program?s three-year history. WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK (CLARK COUNTY) Devon Miller and Caleb Browner, Jeffersonville Miller and Browner were two of six Red Devils to post 7-0 records in last weekend?s Hoosier Hills Conference Duals. They helped Jeff win the meet and finish undefeated in the duals for the first time ever. Miller (119 pounds) and Browner (171) both currently have season records of 10-0. WRESTLING RUNDOWN RESULTS COMPILED BY KEVIN HARRIS CHARLESTOWN EVANSVILLE REITZ INVITATIONAL: team record ? 4-3; individual results ? Jeff Stotridge, 6-1 at 125; Jacob Hall, 6-1 at 160; Ethan Bowen, 6-1 at 171; John Slate, 5-2 at heavyweight; Justin Wolf, 5-2 at 119; notes: The Pirates? victories were against Terre Haute North, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central and Paducah (Ky.) Tilghman. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA SCOTTSBURG INVITATIONAL: team finish ? fourth; individual results ? Cory Neel, 7-0; Caleb Delbridge, 6-1; Ethan Banet, 6-1; Levi Speth, 4-3; Luke Coward, 4-3; Nate Dunn, 4-3; notes: The Warriors? fourth-place finish was their best tournament finish ever in the three-year history of the program. One of Neel?s wins came in overtime. CAI?s Evan Embry and Anthony Lindsey also posted victories. FLOYD CENTRAL HOOSIER HILLS CONFERENCE DUALS: team record ? 4-3; dual-meet scores ? Floyd Central 40, Madison 34; Floyd Central 37, Columbus East 33; Floyd Central 60, Bedford North Lawrence 15; Floyd Central 51, Seymour 27; Jeffersonville 50, Floyd Central 17; New Albany 36, Floyd Central 34; Jennings County 45, Floyd Central 33; individual results ? Aaron Witt, 7-0; Ben Moberly, 7-0; Caleb Happel, 6-1; Drew Denny, 6-1; Shane Sneed, 5-2. JEFFERSONVILLE HOOSIER HILLS CONFERENCE DUALS: team finish ? first, 7-0 record; dual-meet scores ? Jeff 50, Floyd Central 17; Jeff 66, Madison 6; Jeff 78, Seymour 3; Jeff 57, New Albany 12; Jeff 70, Bedford North Lawrence 6; Jeff 40, Jennings County 19; Jeff 60, Columbus East 9; individual results ? Alonzo Shepherd, 7-0 at 103 pounds; Curtis Smith, 7-0 at 112; Devon Miller, 7-0 at 119; Kevin Castro, 5-2 at 125; Sean Simpson, 6-1 at 130; Renaldo Weekly, 7-0 at 135; Tre Harbin, 4-3 at 140; Damon Dryden, 3-4 at 145; Darien Tatgenhorst, 7-0 at 152; Brandon Marlin, 6-1 at 160; Caleb Browner, 7-0 at 171; Nelson Bowen, 6-1 at 189; Jimmy Pratt, 6-1 at 215; Elijah Curtley, 3-2 at 285; Brandon Bach, 0-2 at 285; notes: It was the first time in program history that the Red Devils went undefeated in the duals. Miller and Browner are both 10-0 on the season. DIXIE DUALS: team finish ? fourth with 2-3 record; dual-meet scores ? Jeff 60, Valley 22; Jeff 65, Fort Knox 9; Fern Creek 41, Jeff 34; Pleasure Ridge Park 43, Jeff 29; Bourbon County 48, Jeff 28; individual results ? Xavier Weekley, 2-3 at 103; Burt Williams, 1-4 at 112; Jordan Schremp, 2-3 at 119; Marcus Vazquez, 4-1 at 125; Will Hanna, 2-3 at 130; Trent Lowe, 2-3 at 135; Zach Keeney, 1-4 at 140; Jalen Morrison, 2-3 at 145; Jacob Everitt, 2-3 at 152; Brent Browner, 3-2 at 160; Mark Engleking, 5-0 at 171; Brandon Brown, 3-0 at 189; Jamal Anderson, 3-0 at 189; David Webster, 1-2 at 215; Mackenzie Burns, 3-2 at 285; notes: The Devils? varsity B team competed in this meet. Engleking and Brown each captured titles. NEW WASHINGTON SCOTTSBURG INVITATIONAL: team finish ? third; individual results: Lane Massingham won the 135-pound title, and Josh Sampson was the 145 champion; Pat Kerhwald, 6-1 at 215; notes: The Mustangs collected the third-place finish despite fielding only eight wrestlers. Head coach Jeremy Campbell praised Sampson and Massingham?s leadership and lauded Kerhwald for persevering despite battling minor injuries. ?We tell our kids that in order to succeed as a team, we must hold ourselves accountable individually to believe, to work and to perform. It takes every single person doing what is right to achieve that team success,? Campbell said. New Washington now has a 7-6 dual-meet record, its best mark in a decade. Weekend results from New Albany and Providence were not reported at press time.

Jeff Results on day 2 of HHC duals Jeff 78 - Seymour 3 Jeff 57 - New Albany 12 Jeff 70 - Bedord NL 6 Jeff 40 - Jennings 19 Jeff 60 - Columbus East 9 Records at duals for Jeffersonville: 103 - Shepherd 7-0 112 - Smith 7-0 119 - Miller 7-0 125 - Castro 5-2 130 - Simpson 6-1 135 - Weekley 7-0 140 - Harbin 4-3 145 - Dryden 3-4 152 - Tatgenhorst 7-0 160 - Marlin 6-1 171 - Browner 7-0 189 - Bowen 6-1 215 - Pratt 6-1 285 - Curtley 3-2 - Bach 0-2 AT THE "DIXIE DUALS" KENTUCKY - 12 team tourney Jeff vs. Valley - 60-22 Jeff vs. For Knox 65-9 Jeff vs. Fern Creek 34-41 (loss) Jeff vs. PRP 29-43 (loss) Jeff vs. Bourbon County 28-48 (loss) 2-3 (4th place out of 12 teams) 103 - Weekley 2-3 112 - Williams 1-4 119 - J. Schremp 2-3 125 M. Vazquez 4-1 130 - W. Hanna 2-3 135 - T. Lowe 2-3 140 - Z. Keeney 1-4 145 - J. Morrison 2-3 152 - J. Everett 2-3 160 - B. Browner 3-2 171 - M. Engleking 5-0 (TOOURNEY CHAMP) 189 - B. Brown 3-0 (tourney champ) - J. Anderson 3-0 215 - D. Webster 1-2 285 - M. Burns 3-2

WRESTLING WEDNESDAY: Mustangs have individual success at Boonville Sampson wins 145-pound title By GREG MENGELT Greg.Mengelt@newsandtribune.com 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.?

JEFF LOADED TO DEFEND SECTIONAL by Kenzie Winstatt of the Louisville Courier Journal http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091203/SPORTS06/912030399/1034/Jeff+loaded+to+defend+sectional Jeffersonville will try to stay atop the Southern Indiana wrestling scene this season, and once-powerful Floyd Central is trying to reload. The Red Devils return several key wrestlers from last year's sectional title team ? just the school's fourth sectional title ever ? and sectional runner-up Floyd Central must replace 12 seniors. Jeffersonville is led by junior Caleb Browner, a defending sectional and regional champion who wrestles at 171. Browner already owns a 10-2 win over Garrett Goldman of Bloomington North in the Capital City Classic at Beech Grove. In the recent Capital City Classic, Jeff finished second to No.3 Perry Meridian. Some of the Red Devils' top individuals include Alonzo Shepherd (103 pounds), Curtis Smith (112), Devon Miller (119) and Ronaldo Weekly (125). Jeff coach Danny Struck said he hopes for another big year. ?We hope so,? he said. ?We think we're better, but some of our competition is better, too.? The numbers at Jeff have made Struck optimistic. The Red Devils have more than 60 kids in the wrestling program, and they will field two varsity squads this year. ?We've built two varsity schedules,? Struck said. ?I don't know anyone else who does that.? Struck said he has two varsity teams to give more kids an opportunity to participate in the sport. ?You could be behind Caleb Browner and be a really good senior,? he said. Struck also mentioned the Red Devils' international flare. They have wrestlers from six countries: the United States, Venezuela, Spain, Mexico, South Korea and Mongolia. At Floyd Central ? where the Highlanders have won 24 sectional titles ? second-year coach Brandon Sisson must replace 12 seniors. However, the Highlanders aren't without optimism, returning three wrestlers who qualified for the semistate: Logan Kelly (103), Aaron Witt (130) and Ben Moberly (145). The Highlanders are young. Of Floyd Central's 36 wrestlers, 18 are freshmen. ?We have a lot of kids who are untested,? Sisson said. ?We'll probably have to take some lumps early on.? At New Albany ? where, like Floyd Central, there's a solid freshman group ? the Bulldogs are led by senior Tim Martin, a state qualifier a year ago at 140. He's joined by heavyweight Taylor Hoke, a semistate qualifier, and regional qualifier Larry Rickman (145). The Providence wrestling squad is led by senior Jacob Golembeski, a 160-pounder who advanced to the semistate last year. Charlestown returns sectional champions Jeff Stotridge (119), Taylor Newcomb (145) and Mark Daugherty (152), who advanced to the semistate last year.

JeffB win over North Oldham (ranked #13 in KY) JeffB win over St. X (ranked 20 in KY) JeffB loss 39-40 to Wayne Co (ranked #5 in KY) 103 - Weekly 3-0 125 - Vazquez 3-0 119 - Schremp 3-0 171 - Marlin 3-0 Last Tuesday in wrestling, the Jeffersonville Varsity B team traveled to North Oldham Ky for dual meets. They defeated the #20 ranked St. X 42-34, the #13 ranked North Oldham 52-25, and lost to #5 ranked Wayne County 39-40. Going undefeated on the night were Xavier Weekley, Jordan Schremp, Michael Vazquez, and Brandon Marlin. David Fridley of Jeffersonville defeated the #8 wrestler in the state Aaronn Dodd from Wayne County. Michael Vazquez beat the #15 ranked wrestler in the state of KY, Ryan Barnett of St. X.

CCC 1st PM 275 2nd JEFF 199.5 3rd WC 185.5 4th BG 140 5th FC 129 6th CN 120 7th BN 111.5 8th Sey 51 103 - Sheperd RUNNER UP 112 - Smith RUNNER UP 119 - Miller CHAMP 125 - Castro 6th 130 - Simpson 4th 135 - Weekley 3rd 140 - Harbin 4th 145 - Dodge 5th 152 - Tatgenhorst 3rd 160 - Obrien 4th 171 - Browner CHAMP 189 - Bowen 4th 215 - Pratt CHAMP 285 - Moore 5th

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING PREVIEW: Even better Defending champ Jeff believes it can be better BY GREG MENGELT sports@newsandtribune.com Several wrestlers return for a Jeffersonville team that won its fourth sectional championship in school history last season. The Red Devils, who beat Southridge in the first round of the regional then fell to Castle in the regional title match, should be especially strong at the lighter divisions. Alonzo Shepherd was a sectional and regional champion and went 38-9 as a freshman at 103 pounds last season. Junior Ronaldo Weekly was a semistate qualifier as a sophomore at 125 pounds. At 112 pounds, Curtis Smith captured a sectional crown as a junior last season. Jeff?s 119-pounder, Devon Miller, was a sectional and regional runner-up as a junior. Weekly will likely wrestle at 135 pounds this season. Jeff?s most successful returning wrestler is Caleb Browner. Last year as a junior at 171 pounds, Browner went 39-6 and placed sixth at the individual semistate. ?We have the same goals that we have every year and that?s to be state champs,? Jeff coach Danny Struck said. Smith, Weekly, Browner, Miller and Coty Hendricks were all-Hoosier Hills Conference champions a year ago. ?We?re pretty excited about the number of kids we have returning,? Struck said of practices that have involved as many as 70 wrestlers. ?It gives us a lot of experience and a lot of depth.? The Red Devils should be sectional and regional contenders again in 2009-10. But they will have to find a way to replace Brett Walker, Alex Bailey, Darnell Graham, Tyler Tatgenhorst and Jon Clark, all of whom wrestled in the regional last year. Clark and Walker were regional champions. ?You never can replace kids, because every kid is an individual,? Struck said. ?The kids filling in for them are very good. They will be juniors and seniors filling in for them. Half of our lineup is different, but we shouldn?t look much different.? In the hunt FC expects to contend for the HHC and sectional titles Even with the loss of 12 seniors, Floyd Central wrestling coach Brandon Sisson said he expects the Highlanders to reach goals of winning their sixth straight Hoosier Hills Conference championship and winning the sectional, in which they finished second to Jeffersonville a season ago. ?I feel like we?re always in the hunt for both of those,? Sisson said. ?Our team goals are pretty much the same every year. We always want to win the sectional, the regional and the Hoosier Hills Conference.? Sisson has good reasons for his optimism. Of Floyd?s record nine semistate qualifiers last season, three return this season ? Ben Moberly, Aaron Witt and Logan Kelly. Moberly won the Jeffersonville Regional last year and went 37-10 at 145 pounds. Witt (125) and Kelly (103) were third at the regional and both had more than 25 wins. ?I think we have three or four kids that can qualify for state this year,? Sisson said. The Highlanders had no state qualifiers last year for the first time in 27 years. The Highlanders also return 112-pound sophomore Zach Thomas, who finished third in the sectional, sophomore 119-pounder Nolan Vanhook, who was fourth in the sectional, and senior Reed Emerson, who was fifth in the sectional. ?We have a lot of guys who got some varsity experience last year,? said Sisson, the Highlanders? second-year head coach. ?We?ll have to see how these young guys fit into the lineup, but I have pretty good expectations.? NEW ALBANY New Albany doesn?t figure to compete for the Hoosier Hills Conference and sectional crowns, but the Bulldogs do have several sectional and state finals contenders. Senior Tim Martin, who is ranked sixth in the state at 140 pounds, leads the Bulldogs. Martin qualified for the state meet as a junior, going 38-7 last season. During the summer, Martin won the USA Wrestling state championship at 135 pounds and competed at the national finals in Fargo, N.D. ?I think he?s grown from that experience,? New Albany coach Eric Burress said. ?I think placing at the state tournament is a realistic goal for him.? Two other seniors should also be competitive. Heavyweight Taylor Hoke was a semistate qualifier last season, and Larry Rickman was a regional qualifier. Burress said he expects both to take another step this year. ?That?s our goal, to have each wrestler go a notch higher than they did last year, always moving in the right direction,? Burress said. New Albany should also get some help from its younger wrestlers. Freshmen Keenan Ward and Brennan Banet were each successful in middle school. ?They?re going to learn a lot,? Burress said of all of his young wrestlers. ?It?s going to be fun to see how much they grow from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.? CHARLESTOWN The four-time defending Mid-Southern Conference champions have a new leader in Adam Doherty. Doherty, the 1998 and 1999 state champion at Jeffersonville, takes over for longtime head coach Tom Kendrick, who led one of the strongest programs in Southern Indiana the past several years. Doherty has plenty to work with, including Jeff Stotridge, who finished 40-3 last season ? with a loss to the state champion and two losses to the state?s third-place finisher ? and finished ninth in the state in the 119-pound division last season. He will likely wrestle at 125 pounds as a senior. Taylor Newcomb, who will wrestle at 145 points, was a sectional champion last season and a semistate qualifier, as was Mark Daugherty, who will wrestle at 152. ?I hate to put a target on them, but I can see all three of them wrestling at Conseco (Fieldhouse in the individual state meet),? said Doherty, who was an assistant under Kendrick for the past four years. ?I have high expectations for those guys.? Although the rest of the Pirate squad is young, Doherty said he expects his team to be competitive with Scottsburg and Corydon Central for the MSC title again. ?I hope for another conference win,? Doherty said. ?Scottsburg is much older than us, so we?ll have to beat a more mature team. But we?ve set that as one of our major goals this year.? NEW WASHINGTON With only eight wrestlers in the entire program, New Washington is focused on individual success. That success begins with Josh Sampson. Sampson went 44-3 and was the regional champion last season and returns for his senior year with high expectations in the 152-pound weight class. Sampson is joined by two other wrestlers that third-year coach Jeremy Campbell said were ?looking pretty good.? Campbell said he ?expects good things? from 135-pounder Lane Massingham, who finished fifth at the Jeffersonville Sectional last season. ?He definitely has some wrestling ability,? Campbell said of the junior. The Mustangs also have a newcomer who is showing promise in freshman Brady Mennach, a 119-pound wrestler. ?We?re working on individual placement,? Campbell said. ?That?s our goal as far as being competitive. That?s the team mindset.? PROVIDENCE Semistate qualifier Jacob Golembeski returns as a senior for what is otherwise a very young team. Golembeski went 26-8 at 160 pounds as a junior and assistant coach Patrick Fleming said he expects more out of the multisport star in 2009-10. ?I think he has a lot of potential,? said Fleming, who will take over for Phil Cook as the head coach at Providence at the end of this season. ?I think he?ll have a really productive year.? Otherwise, the Pioneers are unproven, but Fleming likes his young wrestlers, especially the talented sophomore class. ?They?re fairly inexperienced, but I think with their raw talent they could prove to be really good wrestlers in the next couple of years,? he said. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA In just its second season, Christian Academy went 7-6 as a team and placed five wrestlers in the top six at the Jeffersonville Sectional in 2008-09. This year, CAI coach Mike Brown believes the Warriors can have their first four regional wrestlers. Brown said he believes that Corey Neel, Caleb Delbridge, Levi Speth and Ethan Banet ? all juniors who have wrestled in all three of the program?s seasons ? can at least finish in the top four and get out of the sectional. ?I think all four have an equal chance,? Brown said. ?We?ve progressively gotten a little better. We?re hoping that this year is the first we take one or two kids (to the regional).? Brown, who was an assistant coach at Jeffersonville, and CAI assistant David Neel, who came from Floyd Central, have every intention of turning the Christian Academy program into a championship program. ?As a team, we?re improving both individual-wise and team-wise,? Brown said. ?When we came (to CAI), both Coach Neel and I were coming from serious programs and we had no other plan for this program than to be a serious program.? With 14 wrestlers, the Warriors will still not fill out a complete team in 2009-10. But they have been able to add two or three wrestlers in each of their first three years. ?We?re still not an experience level that we?re going to compete with Jeff and Floyd and New Albany, but we?ve been successful against schools our size,? Brown said. ?We?re building up toward (being successful in) the tournament series.?