May 30, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 12

Louisiana - Caleb Levee’ of Mandeville HS (blue & white) man handled Mark Rome of Archbishop Rummel HS to win his 2nd straight state championship, 11-4. Levee’ was only able to wrestle 6 matches this year due to a broken arm early in the season. Twelve weeks later he was able to get back on the mats to claim the 130 pound title.

Photo by Ross Levee’

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May 15, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 11

NCAA Division I Championships - Oklahoma State’s Johny Hendricks celebrates his individual crown at 165 pounds with coach John Smith. Hendricks defeated Mark Perry of Iowa, 5-2 and the Cowboys ran away with the team title with 153 total points.

Photo by G. Wyatt Schultz.

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April 15, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 10

Army's Luke Calvert lifts Montclair State's John Vogel during their 184 pound match on January 14, 2005, at West Point, NY. Calvert won the match.

Photo by Jon Malinowski.

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March 15, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 9

Derek Moore (UC-Davis) tries to gain control against Scott Jorgensen (Boise State). Jorgensen claimed top honors in the 125 pound match at the Reno Tournament of Champions. Photo by Paul Swisher, Jr.

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March 1, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 8

Steve Mocco (Oklahoma State University) using his patent foot sweep shows Ryan Allin (Wisconsin) why he is ranked #1 in the nation. Mocco won the semi-final match of the Reno Tournament of Champions, 4-2.

Photo by Paul Swisher, Jr.

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February 15, Issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 7

South Dakota - Mike Lappegard, Watertown High, lifts Frank Reiter, Washington High, in an attempt to score a takedown during the 112 pound semi-final match at the 30th Annual Floyd Farrand Wrestling Tournament held in Sioux Falls, SD. Lappegard went on to win by fall.

Photo by Mike Smith.

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January 15th issue 2005 - Volume 40 Number 6

197 pounder, Jon Trenge (Lehigh) defeated Zach Garren (NC State) by a fall in 6:01 during a dual meet. Lehigh came out on top winning the dual 29-3.

Photo by Robert Preston.

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December 15th issue 2004 - Volume 40 Number 5

South Carolina - Chris Humphries of Riverside rides legs on Gerald Turner of Summerville but gets whistled for being potentially dangerous. Turner would win this All-Star match 5-4 in an epic battle of two multi-state champs. Photo by Mark Buford.

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November 15th issue 2004 - Volume 40 Number 4

Athens, Greece - Sara McMann won a silver medal at 138.75 pounds, dropping a heart-breaking 3-2 decision to two-time World champion Kaori Icho of Japan in the gold-medal finals. Photo by Andre Reddington - Amateur Wrestling News.

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October 15th issue 2004 - Volume 40 Number 3

Athens, Greece - Cael Sanderson defined perfection in college, going 159-0 and winning four NCAA titles at Iowa State, then winning a World silver medal in 2003 in freestyle wrestling. Featured on the cover is Sanderson defeating 1999 World Champion and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Yoel Romero of Cuba, 3-2, in his semifinal bout. Photo by Andre Reddington - Amateur Wrestling News

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October 1st issue 2004 - Volume 40 Number 2

Fargo, North Dakota - 105 pounder Dan Bishop (NY) spent only 2:55 during the championship match of the 2004 Greco Junior Nationals defeating opponent Ian Moser by technical fall 14-2.

Photo by Wyatt Shultz.

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September 15th issue 2004 - Volume 40 Number 1

NHSCA Senior Nationals - Georgia standout Kyle Maynard elevates Tennessee’s Dario Rudas during the NHSCA Senior Nationals at 103 pounds. See feature story on page 6.

Photo by Tim Tushla.

Feature story side note:
Kyle Maynard was honored as an ESPY Award Winner - “2004 Best Athlete With a Disability”. During Kyle’s senior year, he went 35-16 and was one match away from making All-American status at the National High School Wrestling Championships. See feature story on page 6.

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