Central Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma City 3

OCU scores three pins in ranking matches

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City University managed only one match win a 31-3 loss to traditional wrestling power Central Oklahoma on Tuesday at Abe Lemons Arena.
The Stars, ranked 14th in the NAIA, went to 1-1 in duals, while Central Oklahoma, sixth-ranked in NCAA Division II, evened its record at 1-1.

Turner, a junior from Norman, Okla., made his move in the second period. Turner, ranked third among NAIA 157-pounders, picked up an escape and a takedown before turning Bernstein to his back towards the end of the period. Turner earned a three-point near fall and got a riding-time point for the 7-2 victory.

At 285, Dustin Finn recorded an 8-3 decision over the Stars' Corey Johnson. Finn entered the match as the top-ranked 285-pounder in NCAA Division II, while Johnson is rated No. 2 in the NAIA at 285.

At 133, Cameron Ream of OCU trailed 4-3 entering the final period. Trison Graham closed out a 10-4 win with two third-period takedowns.

In the dual's opening match, OCU's Will Shelton and Austin Standage were tied at 1-1 going into the third period. Standage recorded a takedown with 1:33 remaining and added riding time to secure a 4-1 win at 149.

Mark Meyer of the Stars managed only a first-period escape against Derrick Adkins at 165. Meyer is ranked 12th at 165 in the NAIA.

The Stars meet Neosho County (Kan.) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena. Harrah and McLoud will square off prior to the dual at 6:30 p.m. Thursday also at Abe Lemons Arena.

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 31
OKLAHOMA CITY 3
149: Austin Standage, UCO, dec. Will Shelton, 4-1
157: Nik Turner, OCU, dec. Eden Bernstein, 7-2
165: Derrick Adkins, UCO, dec. Mark Meyer, 7-1
174: Cody Rowell, UCO, dec. Andrew Pontikes, 11-4
184: Kenny Meredith, UCO, pinned Marvin Lewis, 2:11
197: Jarrett Edison, UCO, maj. dec. Jake Mabry, 13-4
285: Dustin Finn, UCO, dec. Corey Johnson, 8-3

125: Casy Rowell, UCO, dec. Kidd Gomez, 7-1
133: Trison Graham, UCO, dec. Cameron Ream, 10-4
141: Scott Berens, UCO, dec. John Lynch, 7-2
Oklahoma City University's Ream Takes Runner-up Honors in Oklahoma City University Open

OKLAHOMA CITY - Cameron Ream of Oklahoma City University advanced to the 133-pound final of the Oklahoma City University Open on Sunday at Abe Lemons Arena.

Ream, a freshman from Wentzville, Mo., lost to Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma State by fall in 36 seconds. Nik Turner, a junior from Norman, Okla., took fourth place at 157.

En route to the championship match, Ream knocked off Trison Graham 12-9 in the semifinals. Ream also pinned Apollo Harris of St. Louis-Meramec in the quarterfinals.

"Cameron Ream had another great performance," OCU coach Archie Randall said. "He beat Trison Graham, who he will face on Nov. 17, in the semis. He wrestled Jordan Oliver, OSU's No. 1 kid. He now has experience against one of the top kids in the nation."

In the 157-pound third-place bout, Turner dropped an 18-1 technical fall to Oklahoma's Matt Lester. Turner advanced to the third-place match by edging Bobby Williams of Oklahoma 1-0.

Turner beat Tylar Michaelis of Bacone 17-2 in a technical fall and Joe Snedden of Central Oklahoma 4-1.

"With the pool of athletes at the tournament, we had a phenomenal effort from our team," Randall said. "They wrestled hard. We are steadily improving, and that's most important."

At 174, Andrew Pontikes of the Stars fell short of the third-place match, losing to Patrick Finn of Central Oklahoma 5-4. Pontikes, a sophomore from Elgin, Okla., picked up a fall in 2:27 over James Robbins.

At 149, Central Oklahoma's Austin Standage knocked OCU's Will Shelton off 4-2 to advance to the third-place match. Shelton, a junior from Sperry, Okla., pinned Christian Schuler of Bacone in 28 seconds.

At 285, Corey Johnson of OCU was beaten by Chas Maloch of McKendree (Ill.) 5-3 a match shy of the third-place match. Johnson, a senior from Oologah, Okla., was pinned by Oklahoma State's Jared Rosholt in 1:08.

The Stars compete next in the Central Missouri Open at 10 a.m. Saturday in Warrensburg, Mo.

Oklahoma City University Open
At Oklahoma City
Abe Lemons Arena
Championship Finals
125: Chris Notte, Oklahoma State-unattached, maj. dec. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma-unattached, 15-3
133: Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State-unattached, pinned Cameron Ream, Oklahoma City, 0:36
141: Jamal Parks, Oklahoma State-unattached, dec. Kendric Maple, Oklahoma-unattached, 5-2
149: Albert White, Oklahoma State-unattached, dec. Jake Peck, Oklahoma State-unattached, 5-2
157: Neil Erisman, Oklahoma State-unattached, dec. Kyle Detmer, Oklahoma-unattached, 6-5
165: Alex Meade, Oklahoma State-unattached, dec. Tyler Caldwell, Oklahoma-unattached, 5-2
174: Mike Benefiel, Oklahoma State-unattached, dec. Chris McNeil, Oklahoma State-unattached, 3-2
184: Clayton Foster, Oklahoma State-unattached, pinned Erich Schmidke, Oklahoma-unattached, 3:59
197: Alan Gelogaev, Oklahoma State-unattached, pinned Jarrett Edison, Central Oklahoma, 1:40
285: Nathan Fernandez, Oklahoma, dec. Jared Rosholt, Oklahoma State-unattached, 9-7
Oklahoma City University Knocks off Bacone 31-6

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City University won all but one match on the way to a 31-6 victory over Bacone on Friday at Abe Lemons Arena.
The Stars picked up the win in their first dual of the season.

Corey Johnson, a senior 285-pounder from Oologah, Okla., finished off the win for OCU by netting a 10-9 victory over Jeremy Colbert. Colbert tied the match 9-9 with an escape, but Johnson secured the win based on riding time.

The Stars' Andrew Pontikes, a sophomore from Elgin, Okla., took a 5-3 decision from Travis Rogers at 184. Pontikes picked up a takedown in the third period to take a 4-3 lead, then added a riding-time point.

Cameron Ream, a freshman from Wentzville, Mo., held a 16-8 lead on Charles Chatman heading into the final period of the 133-pound bout. Ream won despite giving up three takedowns in the third. Ream scored on two escapes and riding time in the last period.

Tied at 3-3 entering the last period, Jeremy Garner, a junior from Oklahoma City, secured a 10-4 win over Jewel Jackson using a reversal, takedown and three-point near fall in the third.

Will Shelton, a junior from Sperry, Okla., beat Ryan Smith by fall in 3:48 for OCU's only pin of the dual.

OCU hosts the Oklahoma City Open at 9 a.m. Sunday at Abe Lemons Arena.

OKLAHOMA CITY 31
BACONE 6
125: Kidd Gomez, OCU, maj. dec. Jared Steinbach, 15-7
133: Cameron Ream, OCU, dec. Charles Chatman, 18-15
141: Jeremy Garner, OCU, dec. Jewel Jackson, 10-4
149: Will Shelton, OCU, pinned Ryan Smith, 3:48
157: Nik Turner, OCU, dec. Calib Rought, 9-3
165: Cole Nelson, OCU, dec. Mark Burkhart, 9-4
174: Cornelius Sutton, BC, pinned John Daugherty, 6:20
184: Andrew Pontikes, OCU, dec. Travis Rogers, 5-3
197: Jake Mabry, OCU, dec. Nate Lemings, 9-5
285: Corey Johnson, OCU, dec. Jeremy Colbert, 10-9

OCU stays unbeaten after two women's wrestling wins

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City University earned a couple of victories 29-12 over Missouri Baptist and 40-3 over Missouri Valley on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena.
The Stars went to 9-0-1.

Against Missouri Baptist, Na'Tasha Umemoto gave OCU a 15-0 advantage in the dual with a fall over Caitlyn Chase in 1:06 at 51 kilograms. The Stars led 18-1 after Michaela Hutchison won 2-0, 2-3, 3-0 over Amy Whitbeck at 55.
Brittany Roberts picked up a pin for OCU over Courtney Kinimaka 17 seconds into the second period.

At 95, Brittany Delgado finished off the win for OCU with a fall over Desiree Memea.
Against Missouri Valley, the Stars scored five pins en route to the victory. Stephanie Waters sparked OCU with a fall in 55 seconds over Keeya Skyes at 44.
Umemoto added a second-period fall over Brittany Bertolani, and Sheila McCabe ended her match against Samantha Richardson 38 seconds into the third period with a pin.
Roberts pinned Zinna Anyanwuh in the second period, and Brittany Delgado ended her match in 28 seconds by fall.

OCU will have rematches against Missouri Baptist and Missouri Valley on Nov. 13 in St. Louis and St. Charles, Mo., respectively.

OKLAHOMA CITY 29
MISSOURI BAPTIST 12
44: Stephanie Waters, OCU, by forfeit (OCU leads 5-0)
48: Nicole Woody, OCU, by forfeit (OCU leads 10-0)
51: Na'Tasha Umemoto, OCU, pinned Caitlyn Chase, 1:06 (OCU leads 15-0)
55: Michaela Hutchison, OCU, dec. Amy Whitbeck, 2-0, 2-3, 3-0 (OCU leads 18-1)
59: Helen Marcoulis, MBU, dec. Ashley Hudson, 3-0, 2-0 (OCU leads 18-4)
63: Schuyler Brown, MBU, pinned Sheila McCabe, 1:40 (OCU leads 18-9)
67: Brittany Roberts, OCU, pinned Courtney Kinimaka, 5-0, 0:17 (OCU leads 23-9)
72: Vonnie Carlson, MBU, dec. Melissa Simmons, 5-1, 5-0 (OCU leads 24-12)
82: Double forfeit
95: Brittany Delgado, OCU, pinned Desiree Memea, 1:44 (OCU wins 29-12)

OKLAHOMA CITY 40
MISSOURI VALLEY 3
44: Stephanie Waters, OCU, pinned Keeya Skyes, 0:55 (OCU leads 5-0)
48: Nicole Woody, OCU, dec. Britney Heatherly, 5-0, 6-0 (OCU leads 8-0)
51: Na'Tasha Umemoto, OCU, pinned Brittany Bertolani, 7-0, 1:25 (OCU leads 13-0)
55: Michaela Hutchison, OCU, dec. Summer Sistad, 7-0, 3-0 (OCU leads 16-0)
59: Randi Beltz, MVC, dec. Ashley Hudson, 6-2, 2-3, 2-2 (OCU leads 17-3)
63: Sheila McCabe, OCU, pinned Samantha Richardson, 1-1, 2-0, 0:38 (OCU leads 22-3)
67: Brittany Roberts, OCU, pinned Zinna Anyanwuh, 2-0, 1:07 (OCU leads 27-3)
72: Melissa Simmons, OCU, dec. Jordan Hagerman, 3-0, 6-0 (OCU leads 30-3)
82: Brittany Delgado, OCU, pinned Morgan Touhey, 0:28 (OCU leads 35-3)
95: Karon Scott, OCU, by forfeit (OCU wins 40-3)
Oklahoma City University signs Busboom, Koenen to women’s wrestling team

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has added Taylor Busboom of Spring, Texas and Chelsea Koenen of Killeen, Texas to its women’s wrestling program.
Busboom and Koenen were each four-time state qualifiers. Busboom captured the girls folkstyle national championship at 109 pounds in March at OCU.

The Stars won the WCWA national championship and their second consecutive NWCA National Duals championship last season.

Busboom won four district championships for Spring Klein High School (Texas). Busboom placed third at 110 pounds as a senior and fifth as a junior. She went 96-4 her final two years of high school.

“She’s pretty tenacious,” OCU coach Archie Randall said of Busboom. “She wrestles really hard. She is an outstanding student and proved herself an outstanding wrestler because she won the folkstyle national championship.”

Busboom said of OCU, “It’s everything I’m looking for.”

Koenen won four district titles for Killeen Shoemaker High School (Texas). She advanced to the state tournament and the regional final all four years of her high-school career.
Koenen competed at 120 pounds as a senior.

“She really wants to develop and mature as a wrestler,” Randall said. “She believes OCU is the best place for her. She wanted a school like ours where she could develop as a wrestler and achieve her academic goals. She is pretty tough.”

OCU hosts the Junior National Duals on June 24-28. The event annually features the nation’s top youth wrestlers.

Oklahoma City University names Delk assistant wrestling coach

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has hired Mikel Delk as an assistant wrestling coach.

Delk brings experience coaching on the college, high school and youth levels. Delk earned all-American honors and won state championships as a wrestler.

“He will be a great addition to our staff,” OCU coach Archie Randall said. “He has extensive experience as a competitor. He is young and full of energy and wants to establish himself as a college coach.”

The past two seasons Delk coached at Catoosa High School (Okla.) as an assistant. He also guided the Catoosa Freestyle Club.

Prior to that, Delk was a student assistant with Fort Hays State (Kan.). He also coached with the Kansas USA Schoolboy National Team and Kansas USA Kids Wrestling.

Delk became a two-time NCAA Division II all-American and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champion with Fort Hays State. Delk also won two NJCAA West Region titles and became an all-American competing for Labette (Kan.).

In high school, Delk became a two-time Class 3A state champion with Skiatook (Okla.).

The Stars begin the 2009-10 season with the Black-Blue Ranking Matches on Oct. 22, then open the regular season with the Lindenwood Open on Oct. 30. OCU’s first home duals will be against Bacone and Missouri Baptist on Nov. 7.

OCU hosts the NAIA Championships on March 3-6, 2010 at Abe Lemons Arena.

Oklahoma City University adds 10 wrestling recruits

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University signed state champions Ryan Garrett of Claremore, Okla., and Cole Nelson of Lakeside, Ariz., and state finalists Jacob Keah-tigh of Fort Defiance, Ariz., and Josh Van Holland of Shawnee, Kan., among nine recruits to its wrestling team.

Other OCU wrestling signees were Adam Goodchild of Dallas, Mikey and Shawn Keating of Ponca City, Okla., Cameron Ream of Wentzville, Mo., Robert Turrentine of Tulsa, Okla., and Ryan Umbarger of Sand Springs, Okla.

Garrett went 36-4 with the Class 5A 171-pound state title as a senior and 122-20 in his high-school career. Garrett helped Claremore to the Class 5A state championship as a senior and twice made honorable-mention Tulsa World all-metro.

“We have an open weight at 174 for us,” OCU coach Archie Randall said. “Hopefully he will be in the mix to start.”

Nelson went 60-0 with the 160-pound Class 3A Arizona state championship as a senior for Lakeside Blue Ridge. Nelson captured the 145-pound state title, going 35-5 as a junior. Nelson, who was 147-36 in his career, was named honorable-mention all-state and earned all-region and all-conference honors twice each.

Randall said, “He is a pinner. He pinned everybody at the state tournament two years in a row. A six-point swing is huge in a college dual. He will give us an opportunity to redshirt either him or Nik Turner at 157.”

Keah-tigh went 44-7 with 33 falls as a senior for Fort Defiance Window Rock (Ariz.) and finished as Class 3A runner-up at 160 pounds in the Arizona state tournament. Keah-tigh posted a career record of 130-50 with 77 pins. He was named a Navajo Times all-area outstanding wrestler.

“He is a very solid, talented kid,” Randall said. “His only losses were to Cole Nelson. The room will get a little tougher.”

Van Holland finished as Class 5A runner-up at 171 pounds for Shawnee Mill Valley (Kan.) in the Kansas state tournament. Van Holland went 39-7 as a senior and 80-45 in his career.
“He is a talented kid,” Randall said. “He is extremely tough and athletic. He is a quality athlete and will bid for that 174-pound spot.”

Goodchild led his team in takedowns as a senior and posted a 28-21 record as a junior for Dallas Jesuit Preparatory.

“OCU is a faith-based university that made me feel welcome from the first time I visited the campus,” Goodchild said. “It felt like this was where I needed to be.”

Mikey Keating spent last season redshirting at Dana (Neb.). Keating was a two-time state placer at Ponca City, recording a third-place finish as a senior at 189 and finishing third at 152 as a sophomore.

“He is projected at 184 and has talked to me about being at 174, which would make that weight really tough,” Randall said. “He beat two all-Americans last year.”

Shawn Keating lost in the 160-pound consolation finals of the Class 5A state tournament as a senior for Ponca City. Keating also won the regional championship and made first-team all-Centennial Conference.

“He’s a pretty solid wrestler who wrestled up a weight most of the year,” Randall said. “Ponca City traditionally has a great program. They typically produce hard-nosed kids.”

Ream won four Gateway Athletic Conference championships and placed in the state tournament three times. Ream made honorable-mention St. Louis Post Dispatch all-metro after placing third at 130 pounds in the state tournament and going 49-7 with 39 pins as a senior. Ream went 165-29 with 100 falls in his career.

“He was recruited heavily, and we’re fortunate to have him,” Randall said. “He has an incredible record. He should have won state a couple of times. He is a pinner and an outstanding student.”
Turrentine won the district title at 112 pounds as a senior for Bishop Kelley High School (Okla.). He also placed third at regionals and fourth in the Class 5A state tournament.
“He will add to our depth at 125,” Randall said. “He never had an opportunity to wrestle Kidd Gomez, and he is looking forward to that chance.”

Umbarger was a three-time state qualifier and a two-time state placer for Charles Page High School (Okla.). Umbarger qualified for the 6A state tournament at 171 pounds as a senior.
“He is an excellent athlete from a traditionally good program,” Randall said. “He wrestled with a hurt knee all year. He could vie for the spot at 165 pounds.”