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By Lisette
Kaczka (Contact)
Sunday, April 13, 2008
For the first time in the school's history, a contingency of
South-Doyle High School female wrestlers competed in the Tennessee
Girls' Wrestling Dual Championships in Clarksville. The sanctioned
match was conducted in conjunction with the TSSAA boys' tournament.
Although the Lady Cherokees defeated their Soddy-Daisy and
Science Hill opponents - most within 45 seconds - and won their
respective weight classes, they did not return with the team trophy
because they had only three wrestlers.
Since this is the first year South-Doyle offered girls
wrestling, "the season started out with several girls participating,
but only three stuck with it," according to coach Yvette Jaquish-Krase.
South-Doyle's wrestlers are senior Britney Heatherly (103
pounds), junior Blakely Graves (125) and sophomore Chelsea Love (130).
Heatherly, who also wrestled as a member of the South-Doyle
boys' team, finished 34-7. When you throw in Heatherly's United States
Girls' Wrestling Association matches, her overall record is 41-9 this
school year.
On March 29, Heatherly, Graves and Love competed at the 11th
annual USGWA National Championships in Livonia, Mich. The
double-elimination event was open to female wrestlers of all ages.
Jaquish-Krase reported that women in their 40s even competed this year.
"Women's wrestling is growing all around the country, and
finally starting to build in Tennessee," Jaquish-Krase said. For
example, in 2007, only three girls from Tennessee wrestled in the
national tournament. This year, nine made the trip - six high school
girls, one middle school representative and an elementary wrestler.
Heatherly advanced the farthest among the South-Doyle girls,
finishing 12th at 103, while Graves and Love lost their first-round
matches. Final championship match results for the other Tennessee high
school girls were:
n Emily Gessler, of Tullahoma, pinned a Connecticut wrestler
in one minute and 45 seconds for fifth-place at 128.
n Hendersonville's Emilii Russell took eighth-place at 139.
n Gina Rozar from West Greene finished 10th at 146.
In preparation for the USGWA nationals, the South-Doyle trio
also competed in February at regional USGWA state tournaments in
Kentucky, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
In their respective weight categories, Heatherly claimed
victories at each tournament and Love finished in second place three
times. Graves had fourth-, third- and first-place finishes.
Next year, South-Doyle will host the Tennessee State USWGA
open tournament Feb. 22.
Jaquish-Krase, who teaches astronomy and biology and is an
assistant coach for the South-Doyle boys, said she plans to coach the
female wrestlers again next year. In addition, Jaquish-Krase would like
to organize an East Tennessee Women's Wrestling Club and hopes it will
open the doors for area girls and women of all ages to wrestle.
Interested females should e-mail Jaquish-Krase at jaquishy@k12tn.net.
For complete USGWA tournament results, visit www.usgwa.com. To
discover more about women's freestyle wrestling, which appeared as an
event at the 2004 Olympics in Greece, go to www.thewomensmat.com.
Lisette Kaczka covers recreational sports for the News Sentinel and may
be reached at knsrecreation@yahoo.com.
North Dakota
The Forum
Published Sunday, April 13, 2008
Jamestown College announced
Saturday it will become just the ninth college in the United States to
offer women’s wrestling as a varsity sport next year.
Men’s wrestling coach Cisco Cole will also serve as
coach of the women’s team. Women’s wrestling made
its Olympic debut in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.
The Jimmies have already signed one wrestler to a letter of
intent in Amanda Athon of Arlington, Texas. Athon is a two-time Texas
state champ.
FLORIDA
Jalandhar, April 13:
The 27th national sub-junior wrestling championship got a
fillip here when the wrestling lovers converged on the occasion had an
opportunity to watch special bouts between senior wrestlers from India and
Pakistan here.
These bouts were fought a day ahead of the four-day sub
junior championship as show-matches during the inauguration ceremony.
The wrestling lovers cheered with enthusiasm, as the senior players
demonstrated skill and strength in the ring and won everyone's heart with their
respective matches.
The ongoing championship that concludes on Sunday
evening (April 13) is being participated by male and female wrestlers from 16
States of the country.
On the occasion, Pakistani wrestlers Mohammed
Shahid and Mohammed Javed opined that such competitions served good for both the
countries and, thus, needed to be promoted.
"It's a national
championship. Ever since we have come, we received such a warm welcome. We even
enjoyed watching and wrestling in the championship. We have already won one to
two matches. No doubt, there are really good wrestlers in India and it feels
nice on watching them performing so well. But wrestling in Pakistan has
decreased considerably, as compared to India where it is continuing
successfully," said Mohammed Shahid, one Pakistani wrestler.
The matches
won a big applause every now and then during the game, as Mohammed Shahid
(Pakistan) defeated Sandeep (India) and in the next encounter India's Sukhraj
Singh floored Mohammed Javed of Pakistan.
Moreover, new rules were tried
out in this championship. There were three rounds of two minutes, earlier it
used to be two rounds of three minutes each.
"It feels really good to
have Pakistani wrestlers in the competition. We all share same culture, same
language and same origin, so it is a good thing to be done here. We have been
inviting the Pakistani players time to time to be a part of such events.
Moreover, people also enjoy while watching these bouts and they get a message of
simply enjoying the sport above anything else," said Kartar Singh, President of
Indian-style Wrestling Federation.
Contrary to the earlier practice of
wrestling on a digged-ground, the wrestling was held in auditorium in order to
offer an exposure about the feel of modern and international-level wrestling to
sub-junior players from all participating States.
Nonetheless, this
edition of national sub-junior wrestling tourney that concludes on the occasion
of Baisakhi festival will be best remembered for strengthening brotherhood
between sports lovers in India and Pakistan.
USA
Gary
Abbott USA Wrestling
04/13/2008
AKRON, OHIO
– Wrestling has always been a family sport. It has become more than just a tight
brotherhood since the development of women’s wrestling in recent years. It is
now also truly a sisterhood.
The Fulp-Allen sisters from California, Sara
and Katherine, won Women’s University National titles alongside each other at
the Univ. of Akron on Sunday.
With their parents Lee and Joan cheering
them on, the Fulp-Allens not only earned a spot at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
Trials, but they will also be teammates on the 2008 U.S. University World
Championships Team which will compete in Greece later this summer. Both compete
for the New York AC.
Sara defended her University Nationals title at 48
kg/105.5 lbs. with a 7-1, 6-0 technical fall over 2007 Junior World medalist
Alyssa Lampe of the USOEC at 48 kg/105.5 pounds. She was named Outstanding
Wrestler for the tournament.
“I felt I wrestled good in building to
bigger things,” said Sara Fulp-Allen. “I didn’t want to peak too early with the
U.S. Nationals and Olympic Trials coming up. This year is unfolding, with every
match a learning experience.”
Katherine won her first University
Nationals title with a 1-0, 1-0 victory over Erica Torres of the OCU Stars at 51
kg/112.25 pounds.
“This is special,” said Katherine Fulp-Allen. “Sara and
I talked about this last year, but I finished third. I was close. That was one
of the biggest things for me, not just to win, but to do it with my sister. I am
really excited. I am young but I am right on track to get where I need to go to
reach my goals.”
Both athletes have been coached by their father, Lee
Allen, who was an Olympian in wrestling and the head coach for the women’s team
at Menlo College. Sara competed for her father at Menlo, graduating last year
and now training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Katherine is attending Menlo College, and wrestling on the women’s team coached
by her dad.
The entire family is excited that Sara and Katherine will be
competing on the U.S. team that will wrestle in University World Championships
in Thessolonica, Greece in July.
“It is a dream come true,” said father
Lee. “We have always speculated if they both might make a USA team together. It
is finally happening. It is so rewarding with their hard work and dedication.
Their sisterhood is paying off.”
“This is exciting,” said Sara
Fulp-Allen. “Katherine and I will go on a trip overseas together. It will be her
first World Championships. It will be nice to share and guide her
along.”
Both will also be on the mats side-by-side at the U.S. Olympic
Team Trials, hoping to follow in their father’s footsteps in making a U.S.
Olympic Team.
“It is their dream,” said Lee Allen. “It is my dream too.
They have to own that dream to make it happen. They are taking it one hurdle
after another.”
The champions and runners-up in the four Olympic weight
classes (48 kg, 55 kg, 63 kg. 72 kg), along with the champions at the three
other World Championships weight classes (51 kg, 59 kg, 67 kg) earned a spot in
the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling in Las Vegas, Nev., June
13-15.
Sara Fulp-Allen was one of three 2007 University Nationals
champions to repeat with a title this year. Also returning to the championship
podium were Alaina Berube of the New York AC at 63 kg/138.75 pounds and Elena
Pirozkhov of the Gator WC at 67 kg/147.5 pounds.
Berube won her fifth
career University Nationals title with the fastest match in the finals, pinning
Samantha Fee of Missouri Valley College in 34 seconds.
“It has been a
month since I have been on the mat,” said Berube. “It is a good warmup for the
U.S. Nationals. I got a good competition in. I felt that I have had a couple of
good weeks of training in. I am looking forward to the Olympic Trials. I have
changed my training location (to River Falls, Wis.) It is a big step for me. I
am doing what I am supposed to do to get ready for the Trials.”
Pirozkhov
scored a come-from-behind win over Jacyln Cataline of Cataline’s Wildcats in the
finals, 0-2, 1-0, 6-0. Cataline dominated the first period, scoring the only
takedowns. Pirozkhov won the second period, which was scoreless. Pirozkhov won
the flip and scored a takedown from the clinch. In the deciding third period,
Pirozkhov took command, scoring a number of times to get a technical fall for
the period.
“I learned not to over-think in my matches about winning and
losing. That first period proved that. I just need to go out and wrestle. I was
way too tight in the first period,” said Pirozkhov.
Capturing the title
at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. was former University World champion Stephany Lee of the
Sunkist Kids, who defeated two-time Junior World champion Ali Bernard of the New
Ulm Rolling Thunder, 3-0, 3-0.
Other individual champions were Cherae
Pascua of the New York AC at 55 kg/121 lbs., Deanna Rix of the New York AC at 59
kg / 130 lbs. and Carrie Clark of the OCU Stars at 77 kg/169.5
pounds.
Pascua, a member of the 2007 Junior World Team, defeated Chelynne
Pringle of the Minnesota Storm, 1-0, 3-3.
Rix, who now trains in River
Falls, Wis. along with Berube with coach Kevin Black, defeated returning
University Nationals champion Othella Lucas of the Univ. of the Cumberlands,
3-0, 1-1, 1-0. Rix qualified for the last two Junior World Teams.
Clark
won a three-athlete round robin to capture the title, including a 2-0, 1-0 win
over Teri Mikloff of the Univ. of the Cumberlands. The 77 kg weight class is not
a qualifying division for either the University World Team or the U.S. Olympic
Team Trials.
WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Akron, Ohio,
April 13
48 kg / 105.5 lbs
1st Place - Sara Fulp-Allen of NYAC
2nd
Place - Alyssa Lampe of USOEC
3rd Place - Sadie Kaneda of USOEC
4th Place
- Amontha Hordagoda of Gator WC
5th Place - Lene Wood of OCU STARS
6th
Place - Stephanie Waters of OCU STARS
1st - Sara Fulp-Allen (NYAC) tech.
fall Alyssa Lampe (USOEC), 7-1, 6-0
3rd - Sadie Kaneda (USOEC) dec. Amontha
Hordagoda (Gator WC), 6-1, 3-1
5th - Lene Wood (OCU Stars) dec. Stephanie
Waters (OCU Stars), 0-1, 1-1, 1-0
51 kg / 112 lbs.
1st Place -
Katherine Fulp-Allen of NYAC
2nd Place - Erica Torres of OCU STARS
3rd
Place - Kapua Torres of Univ. of the Cumberlands
4th Place - Shannon Reeves
of Univ. of the Cumberlands
5th Place - Kelli Rasmussen of Buc Irish
6th
Place - Tanya Miyasaki of Missouri Valley College
1st - Katherine
Fulp-Allen (NYAC) dec. Erica Torres (OCU Stars), 1-0,1-0
3rd - Kapua Torres
(Univ. of the Cumberlands) dec. Shannon Reeves (Univ. of the Cumberlands), 1-2,
2-1, 1-0
5th - Kelli Rasmussen (Buc Irish) dec. Tanya Miyasaki (Missouri
Valley College), 2-1, 1-0
55 kg/121 lbs.
1st Place - Cherae Pascua of
NYAC
2nd Place - Chelynne Pringle of Minnesota Storm
3rd Place - Amy
Borgnini of USOEC
4th Place - Whitney Conder of USOEC
5th Place - Sandy Do
of Univ. of the Cumberlands
6th Place - Jessica Medina of Univ. of the
Cumberlands
1st - Cherae Pascua (NYAC) over Chelynne Pringle (Minnesota
Storm), 1-0, 3-3
3rd - Amy Borgnini (USOEC) dec. Whitney Conder (USOEC), 1-1,
4-1, 1-0
5th - Sandy Do (Univ. of the Cumberlands) forfeit Jessica Medina
(Univ. of the Cumberlands0
59 kg / 130 lbs.
1st Place - Deanna Rix of
NYAC
2nd Place - Othella Lucas of Univ. of the Cumberlands
3rd Place -
Nicole Darrow of USOEC
4th Place - Breisja Macera of Univ. of the
Cumberlands
5th Place - Amber Miracle of USOEC
6th Place - Dany Hedin of
USOEC
1st - Deanna Rix (NYAC) over Othella Lucas (Univ. of the Cumberlands),
3-0, 1-1, 1-0
3rd - Nicole Darrow (USOEC) dec. Breisja Macera (Univ. of the
Cumberlands), 1-1, 2-1
5th - Amber Miracle (USOEC) dec. Dany Hedin (USOEC),
2-2, 3-1
63 kg /138.5 lbs.
1st Place - Alaina Berube of NYAC
2nd
Place - Samantha Fee of Missouri Valley College
3rd Place - Lauren Knight of
Univ. of the Cumberlands
4th Place - Jennifer Germany of Missouri Valley
College
5th Place - Paige Rife of Univ. of the Cumberlands
6th Place -
Karen Howe of Missouri Valley College
1st - Alaina Berube (NYAC) pin Samantha
Fee (Missouri Valley College), 0:34
3rd - Lauren Knight (Univ. of the
Cumberlands) pin Jennifer Germany (Missouri Valley College) Fall 0:39
5th -
Paige Rife (Univ. of the Cumberlands) dec. Karen Howe (Missouri Valley College),
8-1, 5-2
67 kg / 147.5 lbs.
1st Place - Elena Pirozhkov of Gator
WC
2nd Place - Jaclyn Cataline of Cataline`s Wildcats
3rd Place - Stefenie
Shaw of NYAC
4th Place - Brandy Rosenbrock of Michigan Wrestling Club
5th
Place - Sara Hilliard of OCU Stars
6th Place - Megan Agajanian of Univ. of
the Cumberlands
1st - Elena Pirozhkova (Gator WC) dec. Jaclyn Cataline
(Cataline`s Wildcats), 0-2, 1-0, 6-0
3rd - Stefenie Shaw (NYAC) dec. Brandy
Rosenbrock (Michigan Wrestling Club), 1-0, 1-0
5th - Sara Hilliard (OCU
Stars) dec Megan Agajanian (Univ. of the Cumberlands), 1:02
72 kg / 158.5
lbs.
1st Place - Stephanie Lee of Sunkist Kids
2nd Place - Ali Bernard of
New Ulm Rolling Thuncer
3rd Place - Sherolynn Eppinger of Univ. of the
Cumberlands
4th Place - Ku`u Johnson of USOEC
1st - Stephanie Lee
(Sunkist Kids) dec. Ali Bernard (New Ulm Rolling Thuncer), 3-0, 3-0
77 kg
/ 169.5 lbs.
1st Place - Carrie Clark of OCU Stars
2nd Place - Teri
Milkoff of Univ. of the Cumberlands
3rd Place - Venus Barron of Missouri
Valley College
Round Robin Matches
Carrie Clark (OCU Stars) dec.Teri
Milkoff (Univ. of the Cumberlands), 2-0, 1-0
Carrie Clark (OCU Stars) pin
Venus Barron (Missouri Valley College), 1-0, 1:49
Teri Milkoff (Univ. of the
Cumberlands) dec. Venus Barron (Missouri Valley College), 0-2, 4-1,
3-1