Nov. 5, 2006

Newman wrestlers open season at Labette Takedown Tournament

The Newman wrestling team sent 11 wrestlers to compete in the preseason Labette Takedown Tournament this past weekend. Coach Mark Stovall rated the young team�s performance with a �C-�.

�I was pleased with where our conditioning is at this point, but we lost too many close matches by not taking control of the match when we had the opportunity, said Stovall. �We are going to step up the intensity of our training this week in order to get ready for the tournament at Central Iowa in Ft. Dodge, IA. The Central Iowa tournament will give us a more accurate evaluation on our wrestlers because it is a traditional formatted tournament. The Labette tournament was a takedown tournament which did not include any mat wrestling.�

Newman Individual Results
136 Isaac Wall (3-2) 4th place
136 Kyle Oyler (4-2) 5/6th place
144 Clay Goodloe (5-1) 3rd place
144 Aeron Hill (2-2)
144 Cody Duffendack (3-2)
152 Rowdy Palmer (2-2)
152 Alex Gersch (0-2)
160 Jake Johnston (3-2) 5/6th place
160 Isaac Cervantes (1-2)
168 Andrew Nash (0-2)
177 Nate Alvarez (1-2)


Richard D. Salyer