High School Nationals Results

Can be seen at
http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/tech/kwca

Brackets are posted!
http://www.nhsca.com/tourney_results/2004_NHSCA_Senior_Championships.html

I didn't see S. Hills name on the bracket, did he go?

135lbs. is a sick bracket - at least 7 guys have over 200 wins and 5 guys have over 180!!!!

140lbs. only has one guy with over 200 wins, although that one guy is Alex Tristis

at 135lbs:
M. Middleton's first match is against
Tim Ebenhoeh Jr 238-4!

and if D. Prater wins his first match he will have the #1 seed Andrae Hernandez 229-5

One 2nd round match looks to feature
Michael Sutton 251-0 v. George Hickman 222-18

The question was asked on another board and never answered. Does anyone know how this tournament is seeded? Some of the seedings do not seem to make sense.

I would guess summer wrestling played a part in seeding the wrestlers, but I don't know for sure

has anyone heard how everyone did first round?

Is there going to be a web site that the results are going to be posted on? Are they going to post them by rounds? What time does the tournament start? Good Luck to Kansas Wrestlers!!

Looks like Schippers has a tough first round opponet based on the seeding.

140 has like four 4X state champs in it, so it's not always about match totals in this tournament.

Does anyone know how the kansas guys did first round though?

Daniel Prater won his first match, hope he can give Hernandez loss no. 6!

Gilliand,Bahe, and Bedore all won their first two matches,

Kreigbam, Brown and Garcia all lost their first matches, (edited - Brown & Garcia won their first match)
Middleton got tech falled in the first period,

Metcalf won his first 10-2 lost his second match,

Fitzgerald won his first two then lost his third,

Steinmetz lost his first match,

2004 NHSCA
119 lbs.
Round 1
Cody Garcia dec. Robert Lewis (LA), 9-5
Karl Brown dec. Tim Brown (MI), 5-2
Tim Thompson (MN) WBF over Garrett Harding, Fall; 2:42
Blayze Bahe dec. Drew Minock (MI), 8-3

Round 2
Justin Jon Staylor (VA) dec. Cody Garcia, 16-6
T. J. Dillashaw (CA) Tech. Fall Karl Brown, 15-0; 5:05
Blayze Bahe WBF Matthew Shoffner (NC), Fall; 3:27

125lbs.
Round 1
Chris Bencivenga (FL) dec. Luke Geske, 9-3
Joey Ortiz Bye

Round 2
Grant Neumann (CA) dec. Joey Ortiz, 11-8

130 lbs.
Round 1
Albert Madsen (OH) dec. Nathan Retta, 14-2
Rafael Chavez (WY)dec. Jacob Kriegbaum, 6-3

135 lbs.
Round 1
Daniel Prater dec. Isaac Luna (NM), 6-0
Tim Ebenhoeh Jr. (MI) Tech. Fall Matthew Middleton, 15-0; 1:16

Round 2
#1 Andrae Hernandez (IN) dec. Daniel Prater, 22-8

140 lbs.
Round 1
Jason Spencer (OH) dec. Caleb Galemore, 13-3
Mathieu Gilliland dec. Logan Lunde (ND), 7-0
Jake Ashpole – Did Not Find on Bracket
Sequoia Hill – Did Not Find on Bracket

Round 2
Mathieu Gilliland dec. Andrew Coles (NJ), 3-0

145 lbs.
Round 1
Nathan Hopstad (MT) WBF Matt Coleman, Fall; 2:30

152 lbs.
Round 1
David Davis (OH) dec. Jake Johnston, 9-2
#2 Seth Garvin (AL) WBF Matthew Schippers, Fall; 5:30
Alvin Metcalf dec. Tim Bowen (TX), 10-2

Round 2
Michael Poeta (IL) dec. Alvin Metcalf, 13-5

160 lbs.
Pigtrail
Conor Fitzgerald dec. Richard Davis (FL), 5-3

Round 1
Conor Fitzgerald dec. Cale Cornerman (SD), 8-7

Round 2
Mike Galante (NJ) WBF Conor Fitzgerald, Fall; 2:48

171 lbs.
Round 1
Robert Orleski (NY) dec. Michael Steinmetz, 3-0
Eric Chine (OH) dec. Brett Keck, 14-7

189 lbs.
Round 1
Jason Butler dec. Drew Gwynn (WY), 8-2
Heath VanDeventer (IN) dec. Bobby Dennis, 5-2

Round 2
Dallas Mitchell (SD) dec.Jason Butler, 3-2

215 lbs.
Round 1
Adam Knipp dec. Matt Ory (GA), 12-9

Round 2
#3 Brandon Halsey (CA) Tech. Fall Adam Knipp, 17-2; 3:27

275 lbs.
Round 1
Tony Lewis BYE
Garrett Jones dec. Chris Barnett (GA), 7-5
Jordan Bedore WBF Dan Jacoby (NJ), Fall; 1:45

Round 2
Tony Lewis WBF Timothy Ferreira (CT), Fall; 4:00
Bryon Phillips (AZ) WBF Garrett Jones, Fall;0:30
Jordan Bedore dec. Keith Mitchell Simmons (FL), 7-3

Looks like the nw kids are doing ok. no surprise to some of us.

Hey Mike

You have no idea how tuff this tourney is. You might want to save your geographic praise until its over. No disrespect to those you are praising but only the top few are seeded so anything can happen in the back door. (ie: Cody Garcia matched up against Stayler in the second round!)

i think he has an idea of how tough the tournament is and the geographic praise is deserved

Lewis is at heavyweight. Der.

Anybody know anything about the kid that beat Garcia? Lets avoid the obvious (ie. he is very, very good!)

Does anyone know if the Jordan Leen from Tennessee @ 130lbs. is Mark Leen's son? Leen used to coach at Garden City Juco and was the Chattanooga coach for a while.

To dwelsh:

The Staylor who defeated Garcia is from Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, and is the younger brother of Christian Staylor, currently wrestling for Arizona State University, and an NCAA qualifier.

The Staylor's are regular participants and high place winners in the summer national freestyle tournaments.

04-03-2004
Third Round
119 lbs.
Billy Exline (CA) WBF Blayze Bahe, Fall; 3:57

140 lbs.
#3 Tyler Sherfey dec. Mathieu Gilliland, 10-5

IF Garcia and Harding win their next matches they will face ach other and then the winner of that will have Bahe waiting for them. That scenario will eliminate two Kansans anyway it folds out!

04-03-2004
Third Round
275 lbs.
Bryan Robinson (DE) dec. Tony Lewis, 3-1; O.T.
Jordan Bedore dec. Koel Davia (OH), 2-1; T.B.

04-03-2004
Consolation Wrestle Backs First Round
119 lbs.
Garrett Harding dec. Shawn Cordell(TN), 4-2

125lbs.
Luke Geske, WBF Paul Klein (WA), Fall; 4:29

130 lbs.
Jerod Spoon (OK) dec. Nathan Retta, 5-2
Jacob Kriegbaum dec. Joe Whitaker (NY), 5-1

135 lbs.
Matthew Middleton WBF Drew Lester (VA), Fall; 2:16

140 lbs.
Caleb Galemore Maj. dec. John Pilgrim (FL), 14-3

145 lbs.
Josh McGregor (DE) WBF Matt Coleman, Fall; 4:51

152 lbs.
Mitch Collins (WI) dec.Jake Johnston, 5-3
Matthew Schippers dec. Addison Negley (NE), 11-5

171 lbs.
Michael Steinmetz - Bye
Kyle Griffin (CA) WBF Brett Keck, Fall; 2:14

189 lbs.
Bobby Dennis dec. Josh Cooper (TN), 10-2

Anbody know the background of the guy that beat Kriegbaum?

JORDAN LEEN IS THE SON OF MARK LEEN.
MARK IS STILL IN CHATTANOGA JORDAN WAS A 5 TIME STATE CHAMP

I read on themat.com boards a while back he has verbally committed to stanford

Quarterfinals
275 lbs.
Tony Johnson (OH) dec. Jordan Bedore, 9-7; O.T.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association
2/21/2004
CHATTANOOGA, TN - Results from the final day of the Division II State Wrestling Tournament held at McKenzie Arena.

BEST WRESTLER
135 lb. Champion
Jordan Leen, Baylor

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Division II
135 - *Jordan Leen (Bay) m.d. Frank Mondelli (Ryan) 14-4.

*Jordan Leen (Bay) and Ryan Scott (Mc) become the fourth and fifth wrestlers in state tournament history to win four individual state championships.

Jordan Leen has advanced to the Semi-final Round at the NHSCA Senior Nationals!

Jordan Bedore lost in the 275 pound championship quarterfinals by an overtime decision. His cross bracketing drops him into the same consolation quarterfinal as Tony Lewis would be, if Lewis were to win his next two. Bedore and Lewis would then wrestle to determine who earns All-American honors.

The Jordan Leen kid is Mark Leens son. Mark was the UTC head coach until he was "RESIGNED". I think money coming up short was an issue. But Jordan is a very good wrestler.

As of 8:00, it appears that KS still has six wrestlers alive, though Bahe v. Garcia and possible Lewis v. Bedore will shave that number. Most recent losses (not shown on KS Team Link) are: Steinmetz lost by dec. 6-4
Dennis lost by decision 8-6
Knipp LBF

Team score still has us at #17 tied with ..... oh my ..... oklahoma .....

Consolation Wrestle Backs Second Round
119 lbs.
Karl Brown dec. Ian Barker (SC), 8-7
Garrett Harding dec. Jeff Hedges (MT), 5-2
Cody Garcia dec. Nathan Behrendsen (IA), 6-3

125 lbs.
Kalen Wilson (UT) dec. Luke Geske, 3-2
Joey Ortiz dec. Jeff Clare (MI), 10-3

130 lbs.
Jacob Kriegbaum dec. Jon Glavin (CA), 5-2

135 lbs.
Nate Chambers (WI) dec. Matthew Middleton, 7-1
Daniel Prater dec. Tyler Swearingen (IL), 4-2

140 lbs.
Darren Elkins (IN) dec. Caleb Galemore, 11-10

152 lbs.
Sean McAleney (FL) WBF Matthew Schippers, Fall; 1:49
Jake Knoop (OH) dec. Alvin Metcalf, 3-2

160 lbs.
Dustin Noack (CA) dec. Conor Fitzgerald 9-8

171 lbs.
Neil Franciotti (NY) dec. Michael Steinmetz, 6-4

189 lbs.
Jason Butler dec. Brendon Flynn (ND), 3-1
Sean Connole (PA) dec. Bobby Dennis, 8-6

215 lbs.
Adam Knipp WBF Brian Bachna (OH), Fall; 4:21

275 lbs.
Ernie Shaw (CA) WBF Garrett Jones, Fall; 0:35

Consolation Wrestle Backs Third Round
119 lbs.
Joseph Carillo (NM) dec. Karl Brown,12-6
Cody Garcia WBF Garrett Harding, Fall; 3:33

125 lbs.
Jacob Bartley (OH) WBF Joey Ortiz, Fall; 4:01

130 lbs.
Paul Lyon (MI) dec. Jacob Kriegbaum, 6-4

135 lbs.
Daniel Prater dec. Nate Chambers (WI), 6-4

189 lbs.
Chris Gifford (NV) Maj. dec Jason Butler, 19-7

215 lbs.
Zeb Davis (NJ) WBF Adam Knipp, Fall; 4:08

275 lbs.
Tony Lewis dec. Wade Sauer (CA), 7-3

Consolation Wrestle Backs Fourth Round
119 lbs.
Cody Garcia dec. Blayze Bahe, 9-4

135 lbs.
Nathan Spencer (OH) dec. Daniel Prater, 6-2

140 lbs.
Mathieu Gilliland dec. Kenny Halloran (TX), 10-4

275 lbs.
Leon Harrington (FL) dec. Tony Lewis, def; 0:35

Consolation Wrestle Backs Fifth Round
119 lbs.
Jose Escobedo (IN) dec. Cody Garcia, 9-6

140 lbs.
Mathieu Gilliland Maj. dec. Chris Humphries (SC), 10-0

As best as I can determine, Kansas has two still alive on the back side, Mathieu Gilliland and Jordan Bedore. Both are one match away from the consolation medal round. If each wins their first match tomorrow, they are guaranteed no worse than eighth (8th) place and All-American status.

Does anybody have a rundown of the Bahe v. Garcia match...how the scoring went...that would be awesome to know, sucks that Kansas guys end up eliminating each other though.

Consolation Wrestle Backs Sixth Round
140 lbs.
Mathieu Gilliland dec. Christopher Stout (NJ), 3-2

275 lbs.
Jordan Bedore dec. Leon Harrington (FL), 3-2

Consolation Quarterfinals
140 lbs.
David Jauregui (CA) dec. Mathieu Gilliland, 7-4

275 lbs.
Jordan Bedore WBF Ian McMurray (OK), Fall; 1:11

Gilliland has attained All-American status and will be wrestling for seventh (7th) place.

Jordan Bedore has advanced to the Consolation Semifinals where he will face Kyle Massey (MN).

Big congratulations to the two Kansas All-Americans:

Mathieu Gilliland - 8th @ 140
Jordan Bedore - 5th @ 275

Great job, guys! Looks like western Kansas gets the in-state bragging rights this year!

Okay, Bedore getting pinned in 2 minutes is a little scary. Congrats to him and Gilliland for being the only two placers from Kansas.

Yeah but Bedore lost in OT to the later crowned National Champ so that should tell you something about his ability!

Ya, But who the f* pinned him...daaaaang!

Consolation Semifinals
275 lbs.
Kyle Massey (MN) WBF Jordan Bedore, Fall; 2:15

Massey entered the tournament with a 203-35 high school record. Massey placed third at the tournament.

Kansas Wrestlers Individual Records at NHSCA Senior Nationals - 2004
119 lbs.
Blayze Bahe 2-2
Karl Brown 2-2
Garrett Harding 2-2
Cody Garcia 4-2

125 lbs.
Luke Geske 1-2
Joey Ortiz 1-2

130 lbs.
Jacob Kriegbaum 2-2
Nathan Retta 0-2

135 lbs.
Matt Middleton 1-2
Daniel Prater 3-2

140 lbs.
Caleb Galemore 1-2
*Mathieu Gilliland 5-3

145 lbs.
Matt Coleman 0-2

152 lbs.
Jake Johnston 0-2
Alvin Metcalf 1-2
Matthew Schippers 1-2

160 lbs.
Conor Fitzgerald 2-2

171 lbs.
Brett Keck 0-2
Michael Steinmetz 0-2

189 lbs.
Jason Butler 2-2
Bobby Dennis 1-2

215 lbs.
Adam Knipp 2-2

275 lbs.
*Jordan Bedore 6-2
Garrett Jones 1-2
Tony Lewis 2-2

*Mathieu Gilliland All-American at 140 lbs, placing Eighth
*Jordan Bedore All-American at 275 lbs., placing Fifth

2004 NHSCA Senior Championships Team Score as of 4/4/04 21:28

1. 173.5 OH
2. 136.0 CA
3. 118.5 MI
4. 113.0 PA
5. 112.5 NJ
6. 104.0 IL
7. 103.5 MN
8. 102.5 IN
9. 99.5 NY
10. 94.0 UT
11. 83.0 NC
12. 76.5 FL
13. 70.5 TN
14. 68.5 WI
15. 66.5 MO
16. 59.5 MD
16. 59.5 TX
18. 58.0 KS

NHSCA CROWNS 2004 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, ALL-AMERICANS TO CLOSE OUT RECORD SETTING 15TH ANNUAL SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Ty Linder

Cleveland, Oh – For the third time since coming to Cleveland, wrestling fans from across the nation packed the Convention Center’s Public Hall to witness 14 highly entertaining national championship on the final evening of the NHSCA Seniors National Wrestling Championship.

Following the impressive pageantry and choreography of the opening ceremonies, and Don Disantis’ stirring rendition of the national anthem, the final 28 competitors took to the red, white and blue mat to give the Cleveland crowd one more round of thrills.

The action commenced at 103 pounds, as California’s Matt Bautista used a bevy of pinning combinations to turn a precarious 4-2 lead into a convincing 9-2 decision. Perhaps the most mind-boggling of Bautista’s feat was that he entered the Championships as California’s sole wild card entry. Under NHSCA rules, each state may select one wrestler to compete at the Nationals, even though he might not have won an individual title in his home state.
Two of the Wolverine state’s finest squared off in the final at 112, as Michigan’s Paul Donahoe and Matthew Steintrager met in a title bout that was marred by blood time. When the dust had settled, it was Donahoe winning 9-5 – his second win over Steintrager this year.

Ohio fans were given the chance to make some noise in the championship bout at 119, as local hero Ricky Deubel, just the second Ohioan to win a state title as a freshman and senior, knocked off a four-time champion from North Carolina, Dusty McKinney.

“I’ve never thought of this. I honestly didn’t think I was going to make it into the finals. There’s a lot of tough competition, and I don’t wrestle in a lot of nationwide tournaments,” said Deubel, still gasping for air from his tightly contested 8-6 triumph. Deubel coaches some of the Chagrin Falls Kenston youth wrestlers, and learned some thing during the weekend to bring back to his trainees. “Never give up, and keep pressuring,” he said. The advice makes sense, as Deubel’s relentless attack and speed won’t soon by forgotten by his opponents.

The outstanding wrestling then continued at 125 pounds. A late escape tied Pennsylvania’s Charles Griffin with Minnesota’s Tyler Safratovich at 7-7. As precious seconds ticked away, Griffin got in deep on a single, tripped Safratovich to the mat – and although Safratovich nearly countered the move in the least few seconds, Griffin’s late score clinched a 9-7 victory – and the national title.

At 130 there was a bit of a surprise as third-seeded Jordan Leen of Tennessee shut out the top-seeded Joe Gomez of Illinois 3-0. After an uneventful first period, Leen made the first inroad against the #1-ranked Gomez – an escape that he carried into the final period as the sole match point. Leen then grabbed a takedown midway through the third frame to build the lead to 3-0, the final score.

Still riding high following his stunning pin in Saturday night’s semi-finals, Ohio’s Jeff Jaggers never gave fellow Buckeye Steve Blunk a chance, constantly shooting and cradling the overwhelmed Blunk to the tune of a 13-0 lead heading into the final stanza at 135 pounds. A reversal was the final scoring in the match, as Jaggers blazed by Blunk by technical fall 15-0. Jaggers, who will jump on I-71 this fall to wrestle for the Ohio State Buckeyes, also seized the Jeff Reese Outstanding Wrestler award by a unanimous vote.

A pair of unbeatens took center stage at 140 pounds, with top-seeded Alexander Tsirtsis of Indiana – also undefeated for his career entering the final - yielding an early takedown to third-seeded Tyler Sherfey of Washington. Leading 4-2 midway through the third, Tsirtsis gave up a point to Sherfey on a stalling penalty, and as the wrestlers headed out of bounds, the clock stopped with just four seconds remaining. As the whistle sounded, Sherfey chased Tsirtsis again to near the line and executed a perfect underhook to a knee pick and turned the score around, handing Tsirtsis his first career loss. The future Iowa Hawkeye finished his prep career with 237 wins and the lone final loss.

“I’ve always been told when you get down to it, and the pressure’s on, you always resort to your best moves, but I did kind of made some stuff up as I went,” Sherfey admitted with a smile. “There’s a bunch of guys here that don’t have any losses, but this is one of the toughest tournaments in the nation, so some guys have to expect to lose one.”

The evening’s first overtime bout ensued at 145 pounds as Craig Henning of Wisconsin and Matt Collum of Illinois battled to a 2-2 deadlock at the close of regulation. Then, 35 seconds into the extra session, Collum used a well-executed roll to win the match 4-2 over the top-seeded Henning.

Two opponents who were mirror images of one another then wrestled to a 5-5 standstill into the final seconds of their title bout at 152 pounds. Texan Will Rowe and Illinois’ Michael Poeta both sported undefeated season records, and were each two-time state champions. The overtime bout reflected this, as the two wrestlers both seemed tentative to try anything that might backfire. As the second overtime commenced, Rowe selected the bottom position and remained there through the first 20 seconds of the tiebreaker. Poeta’s tough final 10 second ride gave his home state a second straight national championship with the tiebreaker win.

At 160 pounds, Ohio’s Steve Luke avenged an earlier loss to Pennsylvania’s Jarred King with an escape just seconds into the double overtime tiebreaker. King had defeated Luke two weeks ago at Pittsburgh’s Dapper Dan Classic 3-1.

The rash of overtimes continued at 171 pounds as Pennsylvania’s Kurt Brenner and Montana’s Tyrel Todd reached the tiebreaker tied at 4-4. Brenner chose the bottom position, but was not able to escape from Todd’s grip as time expired. Todd’s win culminated an impressive run through the tournament as a number seven seed.

Wrestling continued at 189 pounds between Doug Umbehauer of New Jersey and Chris Hahn of Ohio. Hahn carried a 4-2 advantage into the third period, and watched it grow to 6-4 in the first minute of the third. Hahn eventually won 7-5.

Ohio’s Joe Dennis, who wrestles for Ohio Division II power St. Paris Graham took a 2-1 lead over West Virginia’s Lou Thomas into the third period. It became 5-1 after an escape and takedown by Dennis as the two combatants flew out of bounds. Dennis then traded takedowns for escapes throughout the final stanza to major decision Thomas 15-5.

Two Ohio titans then clashed in the heavyweight bout, as Kirk Nail battled Tony Johnson to a scoreless stalemate after the first period. Johnson then outscored Nail 3-2 to claim the evening’s final national championship.

The record six individual national champions fueled Ohio’s run to its third straight national championship and eighth overall. Ohio has won the event in each of its first three years at Public Hall. Second-place California continued its streak placing in the top four every year of the tourney, while Michigan enjoyed its best finish ever in third place, as Pennsylvania and New Jersey rounded out the top five.

Congratulations to all the Kansas guys that went - it was an awesome experience. The talent level was amazing, and Kansas represented itself well. What a great bunch of young men, and supporters. Chuck and Cherie did an great job of putting this trip together and deserve a big thanks from all of us from Kansas.Good luck to all of you in the future!!!!

Massey entered the #1 seed...but Chewie, unless the times are different at nationals: that means Bedore got pinned :15 seconds into the 2nd period!

i'm just guessing that it was 1:15 seconds into the 2nd, since consolation rounds are usually 1-2-2

vikes:

Thank you!

Sweazy gets defensive when I correct his statements. In case Sweazy wants to argue the matter I will suggest he research Rule 6-1-2 in the 2003-2004 NFHS Wrestling Rules Book.