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Boomer wrestlers take on Bulldogs
Johnny
McMahan 11/29/07
Woodward opens its high school and middle school dual wrestling season
tonight against the Altus Bulldogs at Boomer Fieldhouse.
While this is
technically the season opener, several wrestlers have taken part in some open
tournaments and state title hopeful Zach White is coming off a second place
finish in the Oklahoma Open. He beat a highly regarded wrestler from Tulsa Union
in the semifinals then lost to Dallas Bailey of Catoosa, a top 10 national
wrestler, 3-1 in the championship round.
Woodward has a new coach this
year.
Bobby Cook will be the third head coach in the program’s history,
taking over from Greg Johnson.
Cook said the Boomers will have some holes
in their dual lineup until after Christmas, but will be a strong tournament team
all season.
“I’ve got about five guys who can place in any tournament we
go to,” Cook said.
Zach White was a state runnerup last year and is the
Boomers’ headliner. “He’s most definitely one of the top 15 guys in the country
at his weight, we’ve got high expectations for him in the state tournament this
year,” said Cook.
Matt White compiled a 10-4 record in tournaments at
Yukon and Midwest City while wrestling up from his normal weight.
“Matt
has wrestled tough competition and hasn’t lost to anyone less than a state
placer,” Cook said.
Another wrestler who has stepped up early is Michael
Hale at 125 pounds.
“From the first day until today he has improved more
than anyone in the wrestling room,” Cook said. “We expect big things from him
later on down the road.”
The Boomers don’t have OCU women’s signee Joey
Miller available right now due to a shoulder injury from the
summer.
“She’s working out and drilling, but she can’t wrestle until she
gets cleared from the doctor,” Cook said.
The Boomers lineup for
tonight’s high school dual looks like this:
103 - Josh Rosborough; 112 -
Jonathan Rosborough; 119 - Tommy Bucher; 125 - Michael Hale; 130 - Matt White;
135 - Kelby Shifflett; 140-160 - vacant; 171 - Zach White; 189 - vacant; 215 -
Derek Branson; 275 - Kevin Tapia.
The middle school dual will start at
approximately 5:15 p.m., Cook said, and the high school dual will
follow.
There is one change in the middle school schedule as far as this
weekend’s Kingfisher Tournament is concerned. Kingfisher moved the start of its
tournament to tonight because the Yellowjackets are playing Saturday in the
Class 3A football championship game. Since Woodward already has a match tonight,
the Boomers will wrestle only on the second day of the tournament on
Friday.
Here is the rest of Woodward’s schedule:
Dec. 6 -
Weatherford (HS and MS), 5 p.m.
Dec. 7-8 - Perry Tournament
Dec.
11 - @ Geary/Hinton (HS and MS)
Dec. 14-15 - Kingfisher
Tournament
Dec. 15 - McLoud Tournament (MS)
Dec. 20 - @ Clinton,
(HS and MS), 5 p.m.
Jan. 4-5 - Cushing Tournament (HS)
Jan. 8 -
Enid (HS and MS), 5 p.m.
Jan. 12 - @ Liberal, Kan. (MS)
Jan. 17 -
District Duals vs. El Reno, Guthrie, John Marshall (MS and HS)
Jan. 18-19
- Chickasha Tournament (MS)
Jan. 19 - Newkirk Dual Tournament
(HS)
Jan. 22 - @ Kingfisher/Watonga, 4 p.m. (MS and HS)
Jan. 25-26
- Chickasha Tournament (HS)
Feb. 1-2 - Junior High All State, Oklahoma
City
Feb. 8-9 - Dual State
Feb. 15-16 - Regional
Tournament
Feb. 22-23 - State Tournament
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Results
Will add Results as soon as season starts Results Updated 7/16/07
Pictures
7/5/07
Will add pictures as soon as season startsPictures Updated
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