Junior High and J-O Wrestling Summary (04/17/14)
The Junior High and Junior Olympic Wrestling season came to a close recently. Clarion Junior High and Junior Olympic Coach, Lee Weber shared this summary:
We had 3 goals coming into our JH wrestling season: go undefeated as a team, improve our team place at district, and send at least one wrestler to states. Well, we went 9-1 (our one lost was by the score of 46-42), we took 2nd at district improving one position from last year, and we sent Dakota Stormer to states.
This was unexpected since we lost over half our 9th grade starters to varsity. Then we lost Colton Rapp to an injury for the regular season really compounded our chances of not reaching our goals. His teammates, D. Fleming and J. Kriebel, picked up the slack and came through in many matches this year. We had a great 1-2 punch with our light weights, Riley Slagle (13-8) and Login Dehner (20-4). Riley is strong and quick and Login has tons of wrestling experience and can beat anyone.
Our light middle weights are as good as any in the region. They include Frankie Weber (14-5), Ryley McMaster (15-10), Greg Duncan (12-10), Clayton Adams (5-2), Sterling Conner (11-9) and Colton Rapp (10-3). These guys will be exciting to watch the next 4 years. They are improving every year!
Our middle weights are not too shabby either! Dakota Stormer (19-6 state qualifier), Kevin Bradley (15-5), Seth Nellis (9-7), and Karlin Hiles (11-13). Both Seth and Karlin sacrifice during the season to go up to 185 lbs. And at the end of our line up, 2 new comers that dominated their competition were Carter Shipley (7-6) and Tyler Finefrock (16-3).
Again, we will lose ten 9th graders to varsity but we have many solid wrestlers to build around for next year. Finally, just want to thank all the wrestlers for their hard work and also for sticking together to make our team one of the best around!
Clarion JH Wrestling Individual Records and Team Results:
75 Riley Slagle (7th, 13-8)
75 Login Dehner (7th, 20-4)
90 Aiden McGill (7th, 1-4)
100 Frankie Weber (8th, 14-5)
105 Ryley McMaster (8th, 15-10);
110 Greg Duncan (8th, 12-10)
115 Clayton Adams (8th, 5-2)
122 Sterling Conner (8th, 11-9
130 Dominic Fleming (9th, 5-3)
138 Josh Kriebel (9th, 19-6)
138 Colton Rapp (8th, 10-3)
145 Dakota Stormer (9th, 19-5)
145 Mike LeFay (9th, 2-0)
155 Mike McCloskey (9th, 2-4)
155 Kevin Bradley (9th, 15-5)
165 Seth Nellis (8th, 9-7)
165 Karlin Hiles (9th, 11-13)
165 John McSwain (8th, 2-1)
185 Cole Boyer (9th, 1-2)
210 Carter Shipley (9th, 7-6)
250 Tyler Finefrock (9th, 16-3)
Season Record 9-1
Clarion JH Tournament – 4th Place Team
Clarion 49 Kane 39
Port Allegany JH Tournament – 5th place Team
Clarion 61 Kittanning 21
Clarion 42 Punxsutawney 46
Clarion 58 Brockway 25
Clarion 78 Keystone 0
Clarion 64 RBV 30
RBV Tournament – 1st place Team
Clarion 51 Curwensville 45
Clarion 72 Sheffield 9
Clarion 69 Cranberry 10
Clarion 72 Johnsonburg 11
Brockway AA Districts – 2nd Place Team*
Junior Olympics
Junior Olympics Districts at St. Marys – Dakota Stormer – 2nd place and state qualifier
States at Hempfield HS – Dakota Stormer – 2-2 record for top 12 finish.
Elementary Junior Olympic wrestlers.
Ben Smith and Owen Reinsel both qualified for states and went 2-2 to finish in the top 12 in the state.