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Top 25 Ohio High School Nicknames

October 22, 2009

Hey everyone! This is my column that’s running in the Akron Beacon Journal Friday, but it’s posted on Ohio.com now, as you can see. Thanks to everyone who submitted votes for their favorite high school nicknames. If there are other crazy nicknames from out of state, post them so we can all get some laughs. [...]

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Wadsworth & Aurora wrestlers win national titles

July 30, 2009

Wadsworth High School sophomore-to-be Kagan Squire and Aurora High School senior-to-be Ty Mitch each won a national championship at the at the USA Cadet and Junior Freestyle & Greco-Roman Championships in Fargo, N.D. this past weekend.
Squire went undefeated in all 10 matches winning the Cadet National crown at 119 pounds. He earned All-American honors for [...]

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Firestone graduate earns MAC Wrestler of Year award

March 10, 2009

Jermail Porter, a 2004 Firestone High School graduate, recently earned the Mid-American Conference Wrestler of the Year award after the Kent State University fifth-year senior won the 285-pound MAC title in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Porter earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships with the win. This will be his third appearance at the tournament.
KSU finished second [...]

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Perry wrestlers headed to Big Ten schools

March 10, 2009

Perry seniors Sam White and Nick Heflin will continue their academic and wrestling careers at Big Ten colleges, Panthers coach Brent McBurney said.
White and Heflin each won a state title this past Saturday and helped Perry finish second as a team in the Division I team standings.
White, a University of Illinois recruit, finished the season [...]

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Final Live From Columbus – State Wrestling Tournament

March 8, 2009

Here is a final update from the 72nd annual State Wrestling Tournament at Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University.
Here is a list of area wrestlers that placed first or second at state Saturday. They are broken down by place, weight class, name, academic class, school, division and final season record.
First Place
- [...]

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Live from Columbus – State Wrestling Tournament

March 7, 2009

Here is an update from the 72nd annual State Wrestling Tournament at Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University.
Here is a list of area wrestlers broken down by place, weight class, name, academic class, school and division that placed between third and eighth place Saturday.
(Through 285 pounds)
Third Place
- 112 Kagan Squire, Fr., [...]

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Live from Columbus – State Wrestling Tournament

March 7, 2009

Here is an update from the 72nd annual State Wrestling Tournament at Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University.
Here is a list of area wrestlers by weight class that won their championship preliminary match Thursday and then won their championship quarterfinal and championship semifinal matches Friday. These wrestlers will compete Saturday night [...]

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Live from Columbus – State Wrestling Tournament

March 6, 2009

Here is an update from the 72nd annual State Wrestling Tournament at Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University.
Here is a list of area wrestlers by weight class that won their championship preliminary match Thursday and their championship quarterfinal match Friday. These wrestlers will compete Friday night and the winners will advance [...]

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Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament a Success

January 18, 2009

DIES NOTES: The Dies family, Firestone principal Larry Petry and everyone else involved with producing the 22nd annual Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament should be commended for running such an outstanding tournament this past weekend.
With 43 teams competing and hundreds of wrestlers, tournament officials did an outstanding job of keeping things in [...]

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Southeast graduate returns from injury

January 7, 2009

Ashland wrestler Jacob Bartley, a Southeast High School graduate, had a long-awaited return to the wrestling mats last weekend.
The 133- pound senior had missed more than a year due to knee surgery. Check out a story here about his return to the mat.

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Tell your inspirational stories

April 8, 2008

When it comes to track, it’s always about who ran the fastest, jumped the highest or threw the shot or the discus the farthest. But sometimes there are stories, GREAT, INSPRATIONAL STORIES, that don’t have to do with who won.
For instance, I remember watching the local news in the fall, I think it was, and [...]

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Four area wrestlers win state titles

March 3, 2008

The 71st annual state wrestling tournament concluded with four area wrestlers winning a state title on Saturday night at the Value City Arena within the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of the Ohio State University.
Please check out the print Akron Beacon Journal or the ohio.com website on the Internet for coverage about the state [...]

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Perry wins 10th consecutive Federal wrestling title

February 1, 2008

The Perry wrestling team won its 10th consecutive Federal League wrestling championship by defeating rival Lake 43-21 on Thursday night at Perry.
The Panthers (8-1, 6-0) won 10 matches and the Blue Streaks (14-1, 5-1) won four matches.
Junior Joe Lyons (103 pounds), senior Dan Genetin (130) and junior Andrew Phillips (171) each won by pin to [...]

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Walsh Jesuit wrestling rolls in West Virginia

January 27, 2008

The Walsh Jesuit wrestling team defeated Wheeling Park (W. Va.) 41-33 in the championship finals to finish first Saturday in the West Virginia Duals.
The Warriors went 9-0 in the dual tournament held at Parkersburg High School in West Virginia.
Five Walsh wrestlers compiled individual records of 9-0 during the tournament: freshman Johnni DiJulius (112 pounds, 35-4), [...]

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Strategy behind wrestling lineups

January 25, 2008

Second place in the Suburban League regular-season standings was at stake Thursday when Highland and Barberton faced off in a dual meet.
Junior Tyler Houska, who normally wrestles in the 215-pound weight class moved up to heavyweight to face Barberton junior Lance Coher in the meet’s final match. Houska entered the match with a 24-4 record, [...]

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Kenmore good on paper, mat

January 20, 2008

The Kenmore wrestling team finished second with 188 points at the 21st annual Bill Dies Memorial Tournament Saturday at Firestone High School. The Highland Hornets edged the Cardinals for first place in the final team standings with 190 points.
Cardinals sophomores Garland McCormick (130) and Cody Lamberg (189) won individual titles.
McCormick, a 2007 state qualifier, [...]

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Squire’s streak snapped

January 16, 2008

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire still has a chance to become a four-time state champion, but his hopes of achieving that feat with an undefeated record have been shattered.
Perry junior Seth Horner gave Squire his first career high school loss last Saturday. After losing to Squire in early December in a title match at the Walsh [...]

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Wadsworth wrestling young, dominant

December 23, 2007

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire captured the title in the 130-pound weight class Saturday to help the Grizzlies win the 48th annual North Canton Holiday Wrestling Invitational.
The Grizzlies finished first in the team standings with 186.5 points. Lake (160.5) placed second and University School (155) took third.
A week before, Wadsworth defeated their most dangerous league foes [...]

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Lake’s Jared Lijoi picks Cleveland State for wrestling

December 9, 2007

Lake senior Jared Lijoi has committed to continue his wrestling and academic career at Cleveland State University.
Lijoi is entering his fourth season as a key wrestler under Blue Streaks coach Mike Mattingly. Lijoi placd fifth at 145 pounds in the 2007 Division I state tournament in Cloumbus.
Lijoi compiled a 40-7 record last season. [...]

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Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire wins Ironman

December 8, 2007

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire defeated Perry junior Seth Horner by an 8-4 decision to win the title in the 130-pound weight class at the 14th annual Walsh Jesuit Ironman.
Squire, who is a defending Division I state champion, is the first wrestler in Wadsworth history to win an Ironman title and the first area wrestler to [...]

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