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.