Jim Morgan (Baylor) has been selected as the 2010 National Head Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Morgan, who retired this year after almost 50 years of coaching, had an overall record of 549-84-1 at Baylor. Congratulations to Coach Morgan on an amazing honor!
Also being honored by the NWCA was Cameron Croy of Brentwood. Croy, who captured his 3rd state title in 2010, was selected as the Region 3 wrestler of the year.
“Former Iowa wrestler Brent Metcalf scored a second-round technical fall to beat Bubba Jenkins 2-0, 6-0 in the 66-kilogram freestyle match at the Beat the Streets Gala on Thursday aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City. Metcalf, a two-time national champ, met former Penn State star Jenkins four times in college. Metcalf won all four matches.”
Caldwell was supposed to face Metcalf tomorrow in a much anticipated rematch, but reinjured his shoulder during training. Kyle Dake, Cornell’s 141 True Freshman NCAA champion at last years tournament, has stepped in to replace him. Cornell’s Dake was impressive at the tournament, but can he handle going up a weight-class to face Iowa’s Metcalf? We will find out tomorrow night!
Well, this is actually the 3rd rematch, but hey, who is counting. This one should be good. They will be wrestling freestyle, which makes it even more exciting. Caldwell is coming back from shoulder surgery, that put him out for the 2009-2010 season. Hopefully he is fully healed. If not, I doubt this will be much of a match.
Metcalf vs Caldwell will be the main event of a seven match line-up, including names like Palmer, Herbert, Askren, and many more. Oh yeah, and Royce Alger will be providing entertainment. That will be interesting.
Beat the Streets Wrestling
Battle on the Intrepid
New York City
May 13th, 2010
6:30pm
2010 NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships Training Camp
A 3 week intensive training camp is being held in preparation for the upcoming NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, VA.
This tournament is a showcase for college recruiting… Every college wrestling coach in the country has been invited to attend this event. Past events have served as tremendous showcases of recruiting for the college coach. Last year, over 230 colleges and university wrestling coaches attended the event. The list of schools included the top 25 Division I wrestling programs in the country. There have been thousands of scholarships over the past 20 years awarded to individuals because of their performance at these events.
This tournament is open to all Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior wrestlers.
** state champion is the first criteria to be considered for the top 50 … this coincides with next month’s 50th high school state tournament.
1. BILL HARLOW … St. Andrew’s … ‘62 state champ at 171 … also won Mid South and national prep titles in ‘62 … OW in all three tournaments … defeated ‘61 national prep OW in ‘62 finals … 5x Mid South champ … 80-1 career record … At Oklahoma State was 1966 NCAA champ … 3x All-American (2-2-1) … 3x NCAA finalist … 2x Big 8 champ … career record: 54-5-2 … 3x National AAU champ … 1x OW … World Silver medal … Tblisi Bronze medal … high school coach at Sapulpa High School in Oklahoma … member of the Oklahoma chapter of the national wrestling hall of fame.
2. JORDAN LEEN … Baylor … 4x state champ ; 2001-04 … ‘04 OW … 214 career wins … national high school champ … 4x McCallie Invite champ … At Cornell, 2008 NCAA champion … 3x All-American (8-1-3) … 2x EIWA champ … 2008 EIWA Wrestler of the Year … career record, 118-29.
3. PHILIP SIMPSON … MBA … 4x state champ (1998-01) … 2x OW … 176 career wins … national high school runner-up … 4x champ, McCallie Invite … At West Point, 3x All-American; 2003-04-05 … 2005 NCAA runner-up … West Point’s only 3x All-American … 3x EIWA champ … 134 career wins … currently in the U.S. Army
4. MATT KELLER … Bradley Central … 4x state champ (1999-02) … ‘99 OW … 3rd at high school senior nationals … NCAA All-American at Nebraska and UTC … 2x SoCon champ … currently in training for national freestyle tournaments … lives in Cleveland.
5. RANDY BATTEN … Hixson … 2x state champ; 1973-74 … ‘74 OW … placed 3rd in 1972 … high school record: 107-2 … won final 87 matches … medaled in three national AAU tournaments … reached final four twice and placed second in the third … At UTC, 3x NCAA D-II national champ (’75-’77) … ‘75 OW … ‘75 SoCon champ … lives in Birmingham.
6. DAVID VANCE … McCallie … 3x state champ; 1988-91 … ‘90 OW … four-time state finalist (2-1-1-1) … 3x McCallie Invite champ … 135-2 record … 103 wins in a row … wrestled one year at Oklahoma … lives in Chattanooga.
7. MARKESE NELSON … Kirby … 2x state champ; 1994-95 … lost one match his last three years … 3x champ at McCallie (OW) and Father Ryan tourneys … 4th at high school senior nationals … Cadet All-American at Fargo … 2x JUCO All-American at Fresno City College … wrestled at Fresno State … UniversityNationals All-American … Armed Forces national champ.
8. ADRIAN NORFLEET … Whites Creek … 3x state champ; 1986-88 … lives in Texas
9. SCOTT WELLS … Brentwood Academy … 2x state champ; 1998-99 … ‘98 OW … 4x cadet national champion at Fargo; 2x in Greco/Roman and 2x in Freestyle … undefeated two seasons in Tenn.
10. CHARLES McTORRY … Overton … Tenn. record for wins (216) … 2x state champ; 1994, 1996 … 2x OW … 3x finalist (1-2-1) … high school national champion … wrestled at Nebraska … head coach at Ensworth.
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Kolat.com has a live wrestling clinic every week that you can watch for free. The clinic this week covered “putting the switch, change over, hip heist, and stand-up together from the bottom” and was great.
