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Match Results 2009/10
Best of the West
November 13/14
After coming off the previous weekend, the flu bug spread the
Thunderbirds, along with a few injuries. Therefore, Highline mainly
sent their second string guys. Freshman standout Jason Gray led
all-comers by placing a strong 3rd. Meanwhile, Spencer
Kalebac placed 4th, and Theo McClean placed 6th.
Highline will head towards sunny weather next weekend as they will
compete in the Cal-Fullerston Open.
Mike Clock Open
After two duals in Idaho on Friday night, and 1 day of driving to Forest
Grove, Oregon; The Thunderbirds took to the mats again on Sunday.
Highline came away with two
champions in 133 lb. Aaron Smith ranked #3 in the country, and
149 lb. Jason Gray. In addition, Highline was second as a team. Aaron
received a forfeit from Prescott Garner, and defeated 3 opponents to
earn his first title at 133lbs. Meanwhile, Jason Gray knocked off
Oregon State D-1 wrestler, and 2 x California State Champion Scott
Sakaguchi.
Marshall Giovaninni
ranked #2 in the country, fell in the finals to Tommy Hooper of SOCC who
is a returning All-American in the NAIA division. Marshall was sick
this weekend but gave a gutsy performance.
Returning All-American Justin Purves suffered an early loss but
battled back to place third, and pinned a Junior National Champion.
Justin is currently ranked #4 nationally by Intermat.
At 184, Tate Collins finished 4th with a solid
performance. Meanwhile, Tyler Story placed 5th, as
well as HWT. Viktor Oganski. Darren Faber was forced to
injury default in the semi-finals due to a knee injury.
From Scott Norton
Nov. 15, 2009
Highline Defeats Cerritoes Community College 27-16
Highline began the year with an extremely challenging weekend. They
defeated Cerritoes C.C. 27-16; it was anything but an easy match.
Justin Purves got the ball rolling at 125 by defeating Andy Yu by a
point. Sam Ottow received a forfeit at 141. Then Jason Gray
ran out and pinned Jesse Ponce at 149. Marshall Giovaninni got
his first victory of the year by beating Bronson Gerl. Tyler Story
than added another decision at 165. Casey Park then went out and
pinned Andy Jay at 174. That would be all the victories Highline would
come up with, but it was enough to hold out for the win.
From Scott Norton
Nov. 15, 2009
North Idaho over Highline
26-12
The following article is from
Left Coast Wrestling
November
7, 2009
North Idaho
continued their good start on the 2009 campaign, picking up two wins
on the night. They were victorious over Cerritos College and
Highline. Highline fought hard and was able to win 3 of the 10
matches, and fell short in 2 other close matches on the night.
North Idaho picked up bonus points at 174, 184, and Heavyweight.
Roger McCovey, the freshman heavyweight out of California continued
his excellent start on the young season. Jason Gray of Highline won
a close match over Eric Luna in a battle of two talented freshmen.
Returning All American Aaron Smith of Highline won by injury default
for the Highline squad.
North Idaho Collge 26, Highline
CC 12
125 Kyle McCrite (NIC) DEC Justin Purves (HCC) 6-5
133 Aaron Smith (HCC) MFor over Tracy Huffman (NIC) 4:30
141 Nick Harris (NIC) DEC Sam Ottow (Highline CC) 6-5
149 Jason Gray (HCC) DEC Eric Luna(NIC) 2-1
157 Marshall Giovaninni (HCC) DEC JoeyPierotti(NIC)) 4-3
165 Jesse Nielsen (NIC) DEC Tyler Story( HCC) 8-3
174 Kelvin Gastelum (NIC) FALL Casey Park (HCC) 5:15
184: Celic Bell( NIC) MD Tate Collins(HCC) 13-3
197: Kameron Jackson (NIC) DEC Darren Faber (HCC) 11-7
285: McCovey, Roger (NIC) MD Justin Whitney (HCC) 10-2
Article URL:
http://www.leftcoastwrestling.com/article/post/show/id/54-North-Idaho-over-Highline-26-12
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