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Post by Earl on Mar 8, 2008 8:15:41 GMT -5
I'll post results here as I get them. Feel free to post if you get them before I do....
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Post by eagle123 on Mar 9, 2008 20:21:12 GMT -5
not sure about all results but cathell won 149 and got ow.
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Post by eagle123 on Mar 9, 2008 20:46:37 GMT -5
patrick walker of liberty won hwt
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Post by stovepipe on Mar 10, 2008 0:52:52 GMT -5
^^^The following is from the Liberty athletic site. -Stove Pipe
For the second year in a row, Liberty has claimed the team title at the NCAA East Regional Wrestling Championship, winning six weight class titles along the way to a dominating performance, Sunday afternoon, inside the Vines Center.
Liberty finished 41 points ahead of second-place finisher Gardner-Webb, as the Flames posted 108.5 team points to the Bulldogs’ 67.5 points. The top five in the standings remained completely unchanged from last year, when Liberty claimed a 17.5-point victory over Gardner-Webb during the event which was hosted at Duquesne on March 4, 2007.
Also for the second year, head coach Jesse Castro was tabbed the NCAA East Regional Coach of the Year, leading six grapplers to the NCAA National Championship in the first-ever NCAA championship event hosted by Liberty. Delaware State’s Matt Cathell (149 pounds) was named the event’s Most Outstanding Wrestler, posting a major decision victory and a win by fall (4:04) during the title bout.
Liberty’s repeat weight class champions included Christian Smith (133 pounds), Tim Harner (141 pounds), Chad Porter (165 pounds) and Patrick Walker (285 pounds). The foursome will be joined on the road trip to St. Louis, Mo., by the pair of Aaron Kelley (174 pounds) and Chris Daggett (184 pounds), who were also victorious on the day.
Smith’s road to victory at 133 pounds, included a technical fall victory over Nicholas Boghos of Wagner (22-4, 5:00) and a 10-2 major decision over Kevin Chapman of Duquesne in the finals.
Harner claimed three different victims on the day, giving the junior his 30th victory of the year. The 141-pounder first took down Gardner-Webb’s Charles Franz by fall (2:25), followed by decisions over Duquesne’s Jaky Cobbs (10-6) and Millersville’s Mike Greck (4-1).
Porter followed suit with Smith, winning two matches en route to his second regional title at 165 pounds. The junior downed Brendan Couture of Gardner-Webb, 13-5, to reach the finals, where he got a third-period pin (6:24) over Delaware State’s Brandon Gardner.
Kelley started his run to his first championship and ticket the NCAA national event with a technical fall victory over Wagner’s Peter Morano (18-2, 5:55). The second-year grappler followed with a 16-5 major decision over Duquesne’s Scott Blank, while capping off his run with a pin (6:28) over Millersville’s Jeremy Brooks in the title bout.
Daggett started his day by pinning Wagner’s Edward Broderick midway through the second (3:50), followed by consecutive major decisions. The first was an 11-2 victory over Matthias Piasecki of Gardner-Webb, followed by a 16-6 win over No. 2 seed Ryan Sula of Duquesne.
Liberty’s final NCAA qualifier was the event’s most heralded grappler, as Walker entered the tournament ranked No. 16 in the country among heavyweights. The sophomore got into the finals with a first-period pin of Wagner’s John Graeffe (2:51), followed by a 6-0 blanking of Delaware State’s Eric Sewell in the championship round.
With the individual championships on the afternoon, the Flames’ six grapplers have now earned an invitation to the NCAA National Championship. The three-day event, which begins on March 20, will be contested at the Scottrade Center, where Missouri will serve as the official host.
Team Standings: 1. Liberty – 108.5 points 2. Gardner-Webb – 67.5 points 3. Duquesne – 63.5 points 4. Millersville – 62.5 points 5. Delaware State – 44.0 points 6. Wagner – 13.5 points
Individual Champions: 125 – Jonathan Bittinger (Duquesne) 133 – Christian Smith (Liberty) 141 – Tim Harner (Liberty) 149 – Matt Cathell (Delaware State) 157 – Jarrett Hostetter (Millersville) 165 – Chad Porter (Liberty) 174 – Aaron Kelley (Liberty) 184 – Chris Daggett (Liberty) 197 – Dustin Porter (Gardner-Webb) HWT – Patrick Walker (Liberty)
NCAA East Regional Coach of the Year: Jesse Castro (Liberty) NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Wrestler: Matt Cathell (Delaware State) NCAA East Regional Wild Card Winner: Edward McCray (Gardner-Webb)
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Post by willyman57 on Mar 10, 2008 12:15:11 GMT -5
Stove pipe, excuse me for saying so, but my 103 year old Grandmother could win this region title! Everyone of these schools needs to go into the division III class where they belong. And they we could take the qualifiers spots and give them to a much more deserving group of wrestlers. The ten year AA track record of the East region is non existant! ONE AA in Ten years and that came from Slippery Rock that doesn't have wrestling anymore!
Let stop pretending these schools belong in D1 wrestling!
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JB
NCAA Qualifier
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Post by JB on Mar 10, 2008 13:24:40 GMT -5
Willyman,
Let's then stop pretending you're a wrestling fan while we're at it. So you're saying these programs don't "deserve" to have teams because they're half-funded and the kids compete because they still feel like wrestling?
The only school that could "re-classify" would be Millersville, a Division II school in every other sport. So the legacy of a great coach like Shorty Hitchcock should just be tossed away because you "think" your 103-old grandmother could win this?
Christian Smith is a multipe Fargo All-American and former ACC champ. Three time HS state champion. Tim Harner qualified while wrestling at Rider. Matt Cathell is a Beast and Ironman Placer Patrick Walker is a former marine who came back to college after four years in ... so after defending our country, he must choose a school that is in a good qualifier?
A little note about Division III ... you can't wrestle down if your entire athletics program is Division I.
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Post by willyman57 on Mar 10, 2008 14:07:15 GMT -5
JB, NONE of those schools belong in D!...... NONE!!!!!!!!!!! And I didn't suggest the drop wrestling! You Can NOT defend the East regions record and you can NOT begin to justify giving them ONE Qualifier to the D1 NCAA meet, when many many ore qualified wrestlers are staying home elsewhere!
The D1 NCAA's is a premier Championship of college wresting and it is time we treated it as such! If the Schools like the ones in the East region are not or will not step up to compete, then send them elsewhere! They DO NOT BELONG IN D1 AND NEITHER DOES GRANNY!
Reading comprehension is a really nice skill set!
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Post by eagle123 on Mar 10, 2008 15:49:47 GMT -5
willy, ive always giving you the benefit of the doubt but on this you are wrong. its 11 bids, not 77 or 47. its 11. theirs other conference that havent place at ncaas either, check your stats since your so persistance on this case. their are some good individuals in this conference even if none of them place at ncaas. thay are all competitors and love the sport and most of them are not fully funded by their schools so if you dont like it write to someone who cares cause you are in this one by yourself. one of these kids is related to me and he is going to ncaas and personally i am very proud of him, so your little grip is personal to me.
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JB
NCAA Qualifier
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Post by JB on Mar 10, 2008 16:58:14 GMT -5
Ah, Willyman talking to me about comprehension?
Comprehend this ... you're asking to justify one Qualifier?
285 pound rankings #16: Patrick Walker, So. Liberty 27-7 ... lost to Matt Fields 4-3 at Midlands. Beat Cleveland State's Rashard Goff 10-4 Beat Southern Conference Champion Josh Wine 13-0 Beat Purdue's Chris Kasten 11-0. Pinned Army's Nathan Thoboben 1:11.
I think I've more than justified at least one qualifier.
So you're basically saying that they don't belong in Division I. So the entire athletics department should drop to Division II or Division III because their wrestling programs aren't "up to snuff."
As usual, your points in trying to rip programs apart are flawed. Their performance is absolutely sub-standard at the NCAAs, but you're saying those kids don't deserve a chance to start with.
How about Derek Sola pushing Zack Esposito to the brink in 2003. How about Daniel Elliott beating Gregor Gillespie and ending up the #10 seed at NCAAs.
How about Matt Cathell of Delaware State beating Boston U.s Mike Roberts -- the same guy that beat Schlatter AND Caldwell.
Checkmate.
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Post by willyman57 on Mar 10, 2008 17:16:02 GMT -5
willy, ive always giving you the benefit of the doubt but on this you are wrong. its 11 bids, not 77 or 47. its 11. theirs other conference that havent place at ncaas either, check your stats since your so persistance on this case. their are some good individuals in this conference even if none of them place at ncaas. thay are all competitors and love the sport and most of them are not fully funded by their schools so if you dont like it write to someone who cares cause you are in this one by yourself. one of these kids is related to me and he is going to ncaas and personally i am very proud of him, so your little grip is personal to me. I have it is black and white, look at the numbers! You have said "77 or 47" not I! I have them listed as 11 in my chart on this site. And further more I have said nothing about the NCAA rules pertaining to DI vs DII or DII Wrestling when they compete as D! schools in anything else! My observation is they can't be competitive in D1! and I have the ten year evidence to prove it. if they are as successful at other sports in D! as they are in wrestling, it sure as heck makes you wonder why they are D1 at all. NOT one school is D1 competitive! I think you better quit kidding yourself! 1. Liberty Flames 2. Gardner-Webb Bulldogs 3. Duquesne Dukes 4. Millersville Mauraders 5. Delaware State Hornets 6. Wagner Seahawks
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