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.
Qualifiers so far:
Div I AAA
Region 1: Science Hill, Dobyns-Bennett
Region 2: Knox West, Hardin Valley Academy
Region 3: Maryville, Seymour
Region 4: Bradley, Cleveland
Region 5: Mt. Juliet, Cookeville
Region 6: Will know Monday
Region 7: Clarksville, Hendersonville
Region 8: Will know Monday
Div I A-AA
Region 1: Sullivan East
Region 2: Pigeon Forge
Region 3: Greenback
Region 4: Chattanooga Central
Region 5: Hixson
Region 6: Will know this Friday
Region 7: Montgomery Central
Region 8: East Literature Magnet
Div II
Father Ryan
Montgomery Bell Academy
Brentwood Academy
McCallie
Baylor
Christian Brothers
St. Benedict?
Memphis University School?
Div II Invitational
Pope John Paul II
Franklin Road Academy
Donelson Christian Academy
Ensworth
Battle Ground Academy
St. Andrews Sewanee
St. Georges
Fayette Academy
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.
