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Pratt slips past Panthers for a 1 point win
Conference action got underway on
Thursday, when the Neosho wrestling team made the trek out to Pratt
Community College for a 7pm dual. Following a random draw for starting
weight classes, the action would begin at the 174 pound weight class.
Little Rock, Arkansas sophomore Aaron Butler was tied up late in the
match with Alex Feldkamp when the two wrestlers got into a scramble for
position with time winding down, as the clock went backwards and time
elapsed, Butler found himself behind Feldkamp with 2 seconds on the
clock to score the 6-4 decision and propel Neosho to an early lead.
Ralph Manous would follow suit with a win for Neosho by racking up
several combinations of 2 point maneuvers, but when time was over he
couldn’t seal the crucial bonus points for the Panthers and only won by
a 7 point decision. The momentum would shift and Pratt would claim the
next two weight classes with Trey Vicknair bumping up from 184 to lose a
narrow 3-2 match to national qualifier Tyler Downs of Pratt. John
Arnold gave up weight and went up against Austin Hamm and lost in the
process, however Arnold was able to hit a late escape to only lose by 7
as well and narrowly avoiding bonus points from a potential major
decision. At 125 Derek Steeley a freshman from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
would go to the mat and would find himself in a rare hole trailing 6-2
after the first period to Jesse Barber who put Steeley on his back with
nearly 30 seconds or more on the clock with the Gumby-like Steeley
finding a way to avoid a major setback. Steeley chose down in the 2nd
and was being ridden tough again by Barber. Then Barber went for the
turn and Steeley went with him, however this time as he was going to his
back, Steeley high arched his body and picked Barber’s head and
simultaneously the referee slapped the mat for the defensive pin giving
Neosho a 12-6 lead. Stephen Kendrick of Skiatook, Ok would come up next
at 133 and after battling for 2 periods found him-self all knotted up
with Kevin Callahan of Pratt. It was then late in the 3rd
when the conditioning of Kendrick would come into play by scoring an
escape, followed by a 4 point move from feet to back to put away his
opponent. The see-saw battle would continue when Neosho would drop a
crucial 11-2 major decision as well as a 10-8 decision at 141 and 149
respectively; however the Panthers still lead 15-13. Josh Isam would
give a cushion for the team to work with by picking up a 7-4 decision at
157, meaning only a pinfall would allow Pratt to win the dual outright
in the final match contested. Neosho sent out true freshman Derrick
Ageday from Hollis, NY to take on Pratt’s lone All American from a
year ago Travis Budke. Ageday looked poised and confident, bouncing
with enthusiasm around the circle and holding his own for a while, but
then inexperience caught up with him, when the Pratt sophomore Budke hit
his chin-whip to send Ageday to his back and shortly there after claim
the pin and 6 points for the Pratt Beaver wrestling team. Although
Neosho never trailed in the dual all night, at the end it was a one
point setback for the Panther’s who now are 1-1 on the season and 0-1 in
conference. Neosho is next at Baker Open on Sunday before hosting
Labette here at 7pm on Thursday.
Neosho 18 Pratt 19
125 Steeley Neo. Won by fall over Baber Pratt
133 Kendrick Neo. Dec. Callahan Pratt 8-3
141 Willis Pratt Dec. Wolfe Neo.11-2
149 Wright Pratt Dec. Ringgold 10-8
157 Isam Neo. Dec. Wise Pratt 7-4
165 Budke Pratt Won by fall over Ageday Neo.
174 Butler Neo. dec. Feldkamp Pratt 6-4
184 Manous Neo. Dec. Griffin 13-6
197 Downs Pratt Dec. Trey Vicknair Neo. 3-2
285 Hamm Pratt Dec. Arnold Neo 12-5
Panthers open season 35-9 victory over WSU Club
The Panther wrestling team of Neosho hosted the
Wichita State Shocker club team in a dual on Sunday afternoon. The
varsity squads from both teams took to the mat with the action starting
off at the 125 pound weight class. Derek Steeley a freshman out of
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma was able to rack up 3 takedowns in the 1st
period before disposing of Evan Amaro at the 3:40 mark by fall. WSU
was open at 133, so the action went on to 141 where Josh Wolfe of Neosho
went into the 3rd period up 8-4 on Columbus native Nick
Thomas, before rattling off 7 points late in the match and adding riding
time to win 15-4. At 149 sophomore captain Justin Ringgold of Wichita,
KS trailed 2-1 after the first period, but could only make it to a 2-2
score before giving up 2 more takedowns and suffering the first defeat
of the day to the Shockers 8-3. Josh Isam a freshman from Sapulpa
would get things going again for the Panthers who were up 16-3 in the
team standings by picking up a 7-4 victory, before Hollis, NY freshman
Derrick Ageday went on a rampage with 12 points alone coming off of
takedowns in a 18-7 major decision. At 174 Aaron Butler of Little
Rock, AR would take on 3 time Club National Qualifier Nate Alvarez of
the Shockers. After a scoreless first period, Alvarez took a quick
reversal to go up 2-0, however, Butler earned an escape and a takedown
to go up 3-2 before adding on more escape and winning 4-2 . At 184
Ralph Manous a freshman from Okmulgee, OK showed that he had very
little rust from being away from the sport for a year, by recording a
35 second fall of the Shocker’s Jake Fox. The dual would end with back
to back matches by Inola, OK natives Kris Powell and Jon Arnold.
Powell down to 197 this year after being 285 last year struggled to get
any offense going early and was trailing 7-1 after the first period to
Kenny Brown who spent the last few years wrestling with the Marines.
Powell continued to struggle and Brown was on the verge of a tech fall
when Powell’s shoulders went flat and WSU recorded the victory by
pin. Finally at heavyweight Jon Arnold made things a lot more
exciting then it should have. With under a minute to go in the match
Arnold gave up a takedown to trail 4-3, but with time close to the end
Arnold escaped, turned and pounced at his opponent and nabbed a 2 pt
takedown to seal a 6-4 victory. Neosho would defeat Wichita State
35-9 in varsity action and then go on to compete in 9 exhibition
matches with freshmen Alfonso Osuna and Trey Vicknair picking up
victories at 141 and 197, as well as sophomore Powell who won by fall
at 4:32 bumping back up to his old heavyweight class. Neosho is next on
the road at Pratt on Thursday before heading to the Baker Open on
Sunday.
NEOSHO 35 WICHITA STATE 9
|
Wt. Class |
NEOSHO |
|
Wichita State |
Neosho Result |
Win Type |
Score |
Opp. Score |
Time* |
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125
|
Derek Steeley |
|
Evan Amaro
|
W |
Fall |
|
|
3:40 |
|
133 |
Alfonso Osuna |
|
Open |
W |
Forfeit |
|
|
|
|
141 |
Josh Wolfe |
|
Nick Thomas |
W |
Md |
15 |
4 |
|
|
149 |
Justin Ringgold |
|
Andrew Rexroad |
L |
Dec |
3 |
8 |
|
|
157 |
Josh Isam |
|
Kyle Cline |
W |
Dec |
7 |
4 |
|
|
165 |
Derrick Ageday |
|
Jeremy Maxwell |
W |
Md |
18 |
7 |
|
|
174 |
Aaron Butler |
|
Nate Alvarez |
W |
Dec |
4 |
2 |
|
|
184 |
Ralph Manous |
|
Jake Fox |
W |
Fall |
|
|
:35 |
|
197 |
Kris Powel |
|
Kenny Brown |
L |
Fall |
|
|
5:00 |
|
285 |
Jon Arnold |
|
Chris Westfahl |
W |
Dec |
6 |
4 |
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2008 Olympic Gold Medalist -HENRY CEJUDO
Henry Cejudo Wrestling Camp (June 14-18, 2010)
Neosho County
Community College Campus
Chanute, KS
More
information call (620) 431-2820 ext 210 or email
wpetterson@neosho.edu


USA WRESTLING
BRONZE CERTIFICATION CLINIC TO BE HELD AT NEOSHO
USA Wrestling Bronze Coaches Clinic, November 15th,
2009 at 2 pm. At the Stultz Hall Lecture Room on the campus of Neosho
County CC in Chanute, KS.
Head clinician will be Wayne Petterson, the head coach at
Neosho CCC. The clinic will a classroom session and a technique
session.
Cost is $60.00 and the clinic will last about 6 hours.
Prospective coaches must have a USAW Coaches Membership card which
requires a background check. If you would like to attend
the technique clinic only, that will cost $20.
To pre-register or ask questions, e-mail Coach Petterson
at
WPetterson@neosho.edu
or Randy Hinderliter at
rhinderliter@usawks.com.
ATTENTION:
Panther Wrestling Pheasant Hunt
December 12th and 13th
Call Wayne Petterson for more information:
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