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School board to recognize athletes
By Penny Rathbun
(Created: Monday, April 02, 2007)
The Frisco ISD school board has set aside time to recognize the achievements of the district's student athletes at Monday's regular meeting.
Wakeland High School girls, Centennial and Frisco High School boys and girls will be recognized for their participation in the sport of wrestling. Wakeland boys and Centennial girls and boys and Frisco girls and boys will be recognized for swimming and diving. Frisco girls will also be recognized for basketball.
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Kelvas attains all-american status in wrestling
By TONY PINCIARO
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: April 3, 2007)
Jess Kelvas has been a Kentucky and New York state wrestling champion all within the last month. Now, the Putnam Valley senior can be referred to as an all-american.
Kelvas finished fifth at 130 pounds Sunday at the 10th annual USGWA National Championships in Livonia, Mich.
"It's pretty cool," Kelvas said. "This is still blowing my mind that I actually did this and it happened so quickly."
Putnam Valley coach Will Carano pointed out that the competitors last weekend averaged four-five years' experience and were wrestling in at least their second national championships. This was Kelvas' first nationals.
"This speaks volumes of what Jess accomplished this weekend," Carano said. "To equate this it would be a boy first-year wrestler placing top-three in the state when the state championship was combined."
Kelvas opened the tournament with a victory, then was pinned by eventual three-time champion Tatiana Padilla (California) in the quarterfinals.
Kelvas returned Sunday and handled Calie Cutler (Michigan) 10-5, and Melissa Soderblom (Iowa) 4-3 to reach the consolation semifinals. Brienna Delgado (South Carolina) decisioned Kelvas 4-3 and was the only Kelvas opponent to record a takedown against her. Kelvas rebounded to decision Brittany Dell (Ohio), 8-2.
"I wasn't too worried about anything," Kelvas said about coming back Sunday. "That first win got me really excited because I was able to come out and dominate."
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2007 Oregon and Washington State Championships
This past Saturday at the USGWA Oregon Girls Wrestling State Meet, Bethany Palacios placed 2nd at 111 lb Middle School Division, Lacy Haig placed 2nd at the 111 lb High School Division. Marlea Roache, Assistant Coach for the team, won the 138 lb Open Division. She is the oldest woman to earn a USGWA state championship in the the states history.
On Sunday ath the USGWA Washington Girls Wrestling State Meet, Malia Unrath placed 3rd at the 154 lb Division, Lacy Haig placed 3rd at the111 lb High School Division, Bethany Palacios placed 2nd at 111 lb Middle School Division. Once again, Marlea Roache won the 138 lb Open Division and is now a two state champion earning her All-American Honors.
McMinnvillie Girls Wrestling had 4 qualify for the National Women'sWrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan at the end of this month. Marlea Roache, Bethany Palacios, Malia Unrath and Lacy Haig have all earned the right to compete at the USGWA Nationals.
Also competing this weekend were Jessica Haig at 122 lb and Dionne Staple at 135 lbs. Congratulations to everyone who competed! Pictures
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More Girls Take Part in High School Wrestling video
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By Bill Paterson - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 6:31 am PDT Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Cougar sixth nationally -- Del Campo's Angela Vyborny lost 9-0 to Paloma Basulto of Arroyo Grande High in the Over 165-pound class fifth-place match in the 10th annual United States Girls' Wrestling Association National Championships this past weekend in Livonia, Mich.
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Vallejo's Miller settles for second after 4 overtimes
By DAN NIED/Times-Herald sports writer
Article Launched: 04/02/2007 09:00:24 AM PDT
Vallejo's Angie Miller tries to escape during her final match Sunday. (Courtesy Photo/Rob Allor) |
Vallejo's Angie Miller tries to escape during her final match Sunday. (Courtesy Photo/Rob Allor) LIVONIA, MICH. - Rewards don't come for close losses.
If they did, Vallejo High wrestler Angie Miller would be a national champion today.
But instead, Miller is the runner-up, foiled by an 8-4 quadruple overtime loss at 138 pounds to Veronica Carlson of Illinois in the title match of the United States Girls Wrestling Association National Championships near Detroit on Sunday.
After Miller and Carlson fought to a 4-4 tie at the end of three periods, the marathon match was on. First came a fruitless 1-minute overtime. Then came two more scoreless 30-second rounds. Finally, in the fourth extra period, each wrestler had a chance.
Miller tried to throw Carlson down and pick up two takedown points. But a slight falter opened the door for a Carlson escape and subsequent takedown of Miller, clinching the national championship with 10 seconds left.
"I didn't put her down on her face like I was supposed to," Miller said of the ill-fated takedown attempt. "I ended up letting her stand up, turn and get away."
It was a bitter ending for a near-perfect run for Miller. After pinning her first two opponents Saturday, Miller opened Sunday with a 3-2 semifinal win over top-seeded Brittany Woodall of West Virginia, who was ranked
second in the nation at 130 pounds. Miller was ranked fifth at 144 pounds.
After pulling off the win, Miller seemed destined for the national title. But the muscular Carlson stood in the way.
"The other girl posed a lot of problems for Angie," said Vallejo coach Mike Minahen. "Maybe she took Angie off her match a little bit."
The championship match went back and forth as neither wrestler established dominance. After Carlson took an early 1-0 lead with an escape, Miller grabbed a 2-1 edge with a takedown. Then an illegal headbutt from Miller tied the score. Another escape gave Carlson a 3-2 lead, but Miller tied it up late in the third period to send the match to overtime.
The finish might not have been what she was hoping for, but the tournament as a whole proved Miller to be a much improved wrestler from the start of the season.
"It's pretty tough," said Miller, a junior. "It hurts a lot. But I've been working hard all year and it really showed. I'll come back next year with a vengeance."
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More placers
Vallejo High's Jennifer Fernandez took fourth place at 100 pounds. Fernandez went 4-2 on the weekend and 3-1 Sunday.
Meanwhile, Hogan graduate Jessica Ortiz finished second in the Collegiate Folkstyle division, beating Hogan freshman Alice Hoover in the semifinals. Hoover finished fourth.
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By The Porterville Recorder Staff 4/2/07
LIVONIA, Mich. - Fourth place wasn't good enough this time for Granite Hills' Erica Torres at the 10th annual United State Girls Wrestling Association National Championships.
Torres, a senior, was looking for the ultimate prize. It took a lot of effort but when it was all said and done, Torres had what she came to Michigan for: A national title.
Torrres beat Oceanside's Christina Hernandez 7-3 to capture the 126-pound national crown on Sunday.
“She did real well,” Grizzlies coach Marty said. “It was exciting.”
The GHHS senior went 4-0 over the two-day tournament.
The semifinals was Torres' hardest match. Torres won 8-6 over Minnesota's Ashley Johnson.
In the quarterfinals, she won via technical fall 15-0 over Colorado's Emily Barber and in her first match, Torres pinned North Carolina's Ariel Freeman in 1 minute, 45 seconds.
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'Cats capture Pleasanton tourney
Article Launched: 04/01/2007 08:35:43 AM PDT
The Springstowne Wildcats girls wrestling won the Harvest Park Championship in Pleasanton for the second year in a row recently.
The Wildcats scored 101 points in the 13-team event.
Samantha Mercado, Kiana Masinas, Camille Bordon, Alyssa Wong and Dayzanay Libran each won their weight classes for Springstowne. Mercado was also awarded the tournanament MVP after recording three pins.
Springstowne's boys team also had four gold medalists: Chris Dollete, Zerick Silas, Michael Haman and Lorenzo Angara.
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