DODDS
Europe Wrestling
- By Bob Cohn cohnpbj@t-online.de
Heidelberg, Germany
Department
of Defense Dependent Schools - Europe Wrestling 2003 - 2004 Season
Attention wrestling fans the 2003/2004 DODDS-Europe high school
wrestling season is underway beginning 6 December 2003 and going
through 13-14 February 2004. We are fortunate to have so many
returning wrestlers this year and wrestlers who took the time
this past summer to go back stateside and participate in the different
wrestling camps. The competion will be terrific this season. The
wrestlers are all excited about the upcoming season and the
opportunities to demonstrate their skills. This will be a great
season!
The following are the results from meets held on 6 December 2003:
Brussels, Belgium Heptagonal
Team scoring: Bitburg (Bit), GE 277.5, London Central (LC),
UK 120, Lakenheath (Lake),UK 111, Brussels (Brus), BE 110, Menwith
Hill (MH), UK 65, Alconbury (AL), UK 57, American School of London
(ASL), UK 50.
103 Pounds
1. Scott McQuisten, Bit
2. Daniel Brunal, Bit
3. Eric Overmayer, ASL
4. Logan Snow, Lake
112 Pound
1. Jonathan Scott, LC
2. Joe Mueller, Bit
3. Paul Moseman, Brus
4. Jesse Best, MH
119 Pound
1. Anthony Messina, Bit
2. Craig Campbell, Lake
3. Kevin LaBelle, Brus
4. Lauren Bishop, LC
125 Pound
1. Jon Coker, Bit
2. Jordan Perry, LC
3. Joe Pears, Brus
4. Eric Gardner, LC
130 Pound
1. Brent Logan, ASL
2. David Ruiz, Bit
3. Daniel Blauser, Bit
4. Buck Tanner, LC
135 Pound
1. Devon Gardner, Bit
2. Cole McClain, MH
3. Deighton Jones, AL
4. Sean Whitten, Lake
140 Pound
1. Seth Hansen, LC
2. David Vilanova, Bit
3. Andrew Cusumano, LC
4. Makael Bawhker, ASL
145 Pound
1. Kyle McQuisten, Bit
2. Ben Bond, LC
3. Ryan David, Bit
4. Jason Simpson, Lake
152 Pound
1. Kevin Nicholson, Brus
2. Shawn Renaud, Bit
3. Craig Horman, Lake
4. Mesuit Mehri, ASL
160 Pound
1. Doug Bagnall, AL
2. Lance Hoffman, Bit
3. Travis Howlan, Lake
4. Ivy Fisher, Bit
171 Pound
1. Jordan Watts, Bit
2. Peter Macko, Brus
3. Zack Davis, AL
4. Wyatt Eddy, LC
189 Pound
1. Greg Thompson, Lake
2. Michael Wright, MH
3. Dorian Dryer-Westicott, ASL
4. none
215 Pound
1. Randy Van Ginkel, Bit
2. Mike Gamberton, MH
3. Eric Popp, Brus
4. Alex Lazaridis, ASL
275 Pound
1. Jeremy Wooten, Bit
2. Rick Lane, Lake
3. none
4. none
Baumholder, Germany Pentagonal
Team scoring: Ramstein (Ram), GE 201, Heidelberg (Heid), GE 156,
Shape (SHA), BE 65, Baumholder (Baum), GE 39, AFNORTH (AFN),
NL 28.
103 Pound
1. Kyle McCrimmon, Ram
2. none
112 Pound
1. Tracy Tibbits, Ram
2. Tyler Mleczko, Heid
3. none
119 Pound
1. Brian Fite, Ram
2. Andrew Moon, Heid
3. Michael Walker, Baum
4. none
125 Pound
1. Noah Sheppard, Ram
2. Jonathan Shaw, Baum
3. Tapia Maverick, Ram
4. none
130 Pound
1. Danny Burns, Ram
2. Adam Johnson, Heid
3. Justin Mackey, Ram
4. none
135 Pound
1. Doug Omeara, Shape
2. Nick Whorley, Heid
3. Mark Stephenson, Ram
4. Kevin Underwood, Ram
140 Pound
1. Andrew Hoffman, Heid
2. Matt Koechie, Heid
3. Brandon Rech, Ram
4. Brent Gorman, Ram
145 Pound
1. Zach Sheppard, Ram
2. Mike Kelleher, Shape
3. Jeremy Brady, Heid
4. Andre Aleong, Heid
152 Pound
1. Andrew Zachar, Heid
2. Karl Saucier, Ram
3. Matt Hall, AFN
4. Justin Hendrix, Heid
160 Pound
1. Michael Cacal, Heid
2. Elliot Boltz, Heid
3. Logan Rainforth, Ram
4. none
171 Pound
1. Paul Hurley, Baum
2. Rex Ely, Heid
3. Kelly Kanapaux, Ram
4. Eric Oyan, Ram
189 Pound
1. Alex Ross, AFN
2. Doug Champaigne, Heid
3. Roger Gates, Shape
4. none
215 Pound
1. Eric Gardner, Ram
2. Philip Johnson, Heid
3. none
275 Pound
1. Grant Essad, Shape
2. James Horst, Ram
3. Willie Pierce, Ram
4. none
Wurzburg, Germany Hexagonal
Team scoring: Patch (Pat), GE 174, Wurzburg (Wzbg), GE 164.5,
Ansbach (Ans), GE 127, Hohenfels (Hoh), GE 104, Vilseck (VIL),
GE 38, Bamberg (Bam), GE 29.
103 Pound
1. Deshaud Key, Wzbg
2. Alex Kloss, Pat
3. none
112 Pound
1. Stefan Ericksen, Ans
2. Nate Buckley, Pat
3. none
119 Pound
1. Cody Schlarbaum, Wzbg
2. Nick Kirby, Ans
3. none
125 Pound
1. Joe Morrow, Pat
2. Jon Painter, Wzbg
3. none
130 Pound
1. Jesse Painter, Wzbg
2. Chris Vucich, Vil
3. Daniel Herring, Bam
4. Bobby Bohn, Vil
135 Pound
1. Gilbert Orona, Hoh
2. Jacob Johnson, Vil
3. Woscar Castillo, Wzbg
4. Steven Montagna, Pat
140 Pound
1. Josh Anderson, PAt
2. Darius Pirtle, Wzbg
3. Alex Orona, Hoh
4. David Zumbach, ANs
145 Pound
1. Victor Leaks, Ans
2. Matt Apodaca, Hoh
3. John Hergert, Wzbg
4. none
152 Pound
1. David Gleason, Hoh
2. Brian Taylor, Pat
3. Brandon Speight, Ans
4. Michael Mosby, Wzbg
160 Pound
1. Sean Dowty, Pat
2. Rory Lozano, Ans
3. Sanz Foy, Vil
4. John Ritchie, PAt
171 Pound
1. Joe Bouknight, Hoh
2. Robert Fleck, Wzbg
3. Mike Beukens, Pat
4. Jeremy Paulson, Ans
189 Pound
1. Steve Church, Wzbg
2. Jesus Gutierrez, Vil
3. James Curtis, Wzbg
4. Mark Wisdom, Ans
215 Pound
1. Mike Ewing, Ans
2. Byron Meals, Pat
3. Jeff Carraux, Wzbg
4. Justin Schrader, Wzbg
275 Pound
1. Brian Bowles, Pat
2. Sean Boland, Bam
3. Walter Moore, Pat
4. Chase Eschrich, Wzbg
Noteworthy: Gilbert Orona of Hohenfels posted the most falls in
the least amount of time.
Giessen, Germany Pentagonal
Team scoring: Unavailable. Teams participating were Giessen (Gies),
GE, Hanau (Han), GE, Kaiserslautern (Kais), GE, Mannheim (Mann),
GE, and Wiesbaden (Wies), GE.
103 Pound
1. Michael Duran, Kais
2. none
112 Pound
1. Josh Quiocho, Mann
2. Andrew Elizaldez, Mann
3. Chris Williams, Gies
4. none
119 Pound - None
125 Pound
1. Billy Westover, Mann
2. Peter Logan, Han
3. Chris Gervacio, Han
4. none
130 Pound
1. Zane Fuller, Mann
2. Steven Ponte, Wies
3. none
135 Pound
1. Luke Heise, Han
2. Schon Blount, Mann
3. Andrew Ambat, Kais
4. none
140 Pound
1. Brett Andrews, Kais
2. Andrew Atkinson, Wies
3. Philip Rehberg, Wies
4. none
145 Pound
1. Tony Gagnon, Wies
2. Doug Gelodien, Wies
3. Anthony Twitchell, Mann
4. none
152 Pound
1. Matthew Alexander, Wies
2. Eric Henson, unlisted
3. Jerrold Rung, Gies
4. none
160 Pound
1. Aaron Austin, Wies
2. Martin Killinger, Mann
3. Matthew Domko, Gies
4. none
171 Pound
1. Madison Hayes, Kais
2. Kyle Oldrea, Kais
3. K.C. Brown, Gies
4. none
189 Pound
1. Tony Altoff, Kais
2. Ricky Gonzales, Wies
3. Daniel Green, Han
4. none
215 Pound
1. Charles Madden, Kais
2. Terrence Smith, Han
3. Chris Garcia, Wies
4. none
275 Pound
1. Troy Price, Kais
2. Rocky Fisher, Kais
3. Gregg Supris, Wies
4. none
DODDS
- Europe High School European Wrestling Championship Tournament,
14 and 15 February 2003
The finale of the DODDS - Europe high school wrestling season
came this past weekend and meet all expectations. The tournament
was sponsored by the DODDS-Europe Athletic Director Ms. Karen
Seadore, the Director was Floyd Winters, and was hosted by Wiesbaden
American High School and Coach Darryl Schwartz and his staff and
the Wrestling Booster Club.
The top wrestlers from all over Europe gathered at the Stadt Sporthalle
on Elasser Platz in downtown Wiesbaden Germany to compete for
the title of European Champion in their respective weight classes.
The sporthall was packed with families and friends set to watch
high school wrestling at it's best and to pull for their favorite
wrestlers and teams. The coaches and wrestlers were ready and
it was time to wrestle.
On Day One of the tournament all of the top seeds advanced in
their championship brackets posting 23 falls in 24 matches. The
highest seeded wrestlers to lose in Day One competition were several
fourth seeds. It was a good day for those in the tops of their
brackets. The competition was tough but having earned the top
seed postings were up to the challenge. Day Two the competition
was tougher as the wrestlers and their coaches knew it would be.
At the end of the day the top seeds Bryan Apgar (103 - Ramstein),
Joe Morrow (119 - Patch), Devon Gardner (125 - Bitburg), Jay Robbins
(140 - Kaiserslautern), Saevar Weaver (145 - Wuerzburg), Andrew
Isbell (152 - Brussels, BE), Donald Walker (171 - Heidelberg),
Charles Greene (215 - Wuerzburg), and Bo Daniels (275 - Iceland)
claimed their championship titles. Second seed wrestlers Joe Quicho
(112 - Mannheim), Josh Anderson (130 - Patch), James Kellenbence
(135 - Naples, IT), Tyler Arms (160 - Heidelberg), and Richard
Rendon (189 - SHAPE,BE) completed the list of European Champions.
While it would appear that if a wrestler earned a top seed he
would win the championship but appearances can be deceiving as
any of the "champs" will tell you. Joe Quicho (112)
took his match against defending champion Chris Barbe in a decision
where he gained his points in the last period of the match winnng
7 -2. Josh Anderson (130) overcame several obstacles this season
including his return to the mats after suffering a dislocated
elbow back in January. Anderson's opponent in the finals was Joe
Hartfield who was seeded third. The match was 8 - 4 Hartfield
when in the closing seconds of the third period Anderson was able
to get a head and arm hold on him and combine it with a hip-roll
bringing him down and pinning him with only a second left on the
clock. Second seed James Kellenbence (135) took top seed Thomas
Hanson in a 9 - 8 decision. Saevar Weaver (145) was in a action
packed match with second seed Nick Kellenbence when Kellenbence
suffered a neck injury and was forced to default. Andrew Isbell
(152) and Kyle Knudsen had one of the best matches of the tournament
but Isbell was able to post a decision over Knudsen. Tyler Arms
(160) and top seed Ryan Butler also gave a good accounting of
themselves with Arms taking the win with a fall at 4:34 of the
match. Returning European Champion Donald Walker (171) had his
final match against third seeded David Garcia. Garcia started
out like a man possessed but Walker took the match with a fall
at 1:33. Second seed Richard Rendon (189) and the top seed Tony
Althoff gave the tournament a lot of excitement during their match
but Rendon was able to go the distance winning in a 7 - 6 decision.
Top seed Charles Greene (215) made quick work of third seed Andrew
Ross with a fall in :49 but Ross made a valient effort in his
opening moves, he just could not overcome Greene's strength and
skill. It was much the same for Bo Daniels (275) when he took
on unseeded Sean Boland. Boland's initial moves caught Daniels
by surprise but Daniels hung tough and scored a fall in 1:36.
No, there were no "gimmies" at the European Championships.
The competition was tough.
Injuries are always a possibility in our sport, the referees are
ever watchful for potentially dangerous moves and the coaches
train to minimize the risk. Three wrestlers suffered match stopping
injuries. Top seed Cameron Clawson (130), second seed Nick Kellenbence
(145), and second seed Jordan Watts (171). All three have or are
recovering. Clawson, a senior at Heidelberg, suffered the most
severe injury with a dislocated elbow forcing a injury default
and causing him to end up in 6th place. The irony of his injury
was that he was competing against the 130 pound champion Josh
Anderson in January when Anderson suffered an identical injury
and was handed his only loss of the season. Second seed (145)
Kellenbence, also a senior, from Naples, IT suffered a neck injury
and defaulted his match giving him his only loss of the season.
Watts, second seed at 171, was rendered unconcious when he was
brought to the mat by Garcia giving Garcia the win. The competition
was tough!
It must be noted that Joe Morrow (119), Donald Walker (171), and
Bo Daniels (275) are the only three returning European Champions
who went through the 2002/2003 campaign with undefeated seasons
and for Walker and Daniels it was there second year they were
able to accomplish this amazing feat. Unfortunately DODDS-Europe
is losing all three wrestlers next year. Morrow will be returning
to the States (VA), Walker will be heading off to college and
has his sights set on wrestling at the college level (Arizona
or Penn State), and Daniels will be reporting for active duty
in the Army upon graduating this June.
If the level of competition demonstrated at this year's European
Championship Tournament is any indication of what we will see
in the 2003/2004 season it will give every wrestling fan something
to look forward. Remember "Pin to Win."
The final results for the 2003 DODDS-Europe European Championship
Wrestling Tournament follows:
103 Pound
1. Bryan Apgar (Ramstein, GE)
2. Nick Dowdy (AFNORTH, NL)
3. Andrew Elizaldez (Mannheim)
4. Daniel Brunal (Bitburg, GE)
5. Jonathan Scott (London Central, UK)
6. Steven Cote (Brussels, BE)
112 Pound
1. Josh Quicho (Mannheim, GE)
2. Chris Barbe (Ramstein, GE)
3. John Coker (Bitburg, GE)
4. Tracy Tibbits (Ramstein, GE)
5. Anthony Messina (Bitburg, GE)
6. Geovanni Irwin (Kaiserlautern, GE)
119 POund
1. Joe Morrow (Patch, GE)
2. Noah Sheppard (Ramstein, GE)
3. Danny Burns (Ramstein, GE)
4. Jonathan Painter (Wuerzburg, GE)
5. Chris Vucich (PAtch, GE)
6. Juan Rivera (Wiesbaden, GE)
125 Pound
1. Devon Gardner (Bitburg, GE)
2, Andrew Zachar (Heidelberg, GE)
3. Michael Monaco (Naples, IT)
4. Deighton Jones (Alconbury, UK)
5. Matthew Grahek (Ramstein, GE)
6. Jesse Painter (Wuerzburg, GE)
130 Pound
1. Josh Anderson (Patch, GE)
2. Joe Hartfield (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Cole McClain (Menwith Hill, UK)
4. Andrew Hoffman (Heidelberg, GE)
5. Danny Rivera (Wiesbaden, GE)
6. Cameron Clawson (Heidelberg, GE)
135 Pound
1. James Kellenbence (Naples, IT)
2. Thomas Hanson (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Travis Boltz (Heidelberg, GE)
4. Tony Gagnon (Wiesbaden, GE)
5. Arthur Bond (London Central, UK)
6. Kevin Nicholson (Brussels,BE)
140 Pound
1. Jay Robbins (Kaiserslautern, GE)
2. Matthew Alexander (Wiesbaden, GE)
3. Bryan Isbell (Brussels, BE)
4. Ruben Soto (Heidelberg, GE)
5. Chris Morgan (Bamberg, GE)
6. Anthony Haris (Wuerzburg, GE)
145 Pound
1. Saevar Weaver (Wuerzburg, GE)
2. Nick Kellenbence (Naples, IT)
3. Michael Cacal (Heidelberg, GE)
4. Max Obermayer (American School of London, UK)
5. Dan Rhodes (Ramstein, GE)
6. Mike Kelleher (SHAPE, BE)
152 Pound
1. Andrew Isbell (Brussels, BE)
2. Kyle Knudsen (Heidelberg, GE)
3. Ethan Bertschinger (Kaiserslautern, GE)
4. Zacchary Sheppard (Ramstein, GE)
5. Elliott Boltz (Heidelberg, GE)
6. Aaron Austin (Wiesbaden, GE)
160 Pound
1. Tyler Arms (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Ryan Butler (AFNORTH, NL)
3. Sean Dowty (Patch, GE)
4. Andrew Wempe (Wuerzburg, GE)
5. Edmond Woods (Wiesbaden, GE)
6. Doug Champaigne (Heidelberg, GE)
171 Pound
1. Donald Walker (Heidelberg, GE)
2. David Garcia (Vilseck, GE)
3. Owen Renz (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. Joe Bouknight (Hohenfels, GE)
5. Jesse Murphy (SHAPE, BE)
6. Jordan Watts (Bitburg, GE)
189 Pound
1. Richard Rendon (SHAPE, BE)
2. Tony Althoff (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Chris Hamilton (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. Tyler Robertson (Heidelberg, GE)
5. Steven Church (Wuerzburg, GE)
6. Steve Bugenske (Ramstein, GE)
215 Pound
1. Charles Greene (Wuerzburg, GE)
2. Andrew Ross (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Mike Ewing (Ansbach, GE)
4. Shaun Mallon (Kaiserslautern, GE)
5. Eric Gardner (Ramstein, GE)
6. Mike Gamberton (Menwith Hill, UK)
275 Pound
1. Bo Daniels (Iceland)
2. Sean Boland (Bamberg, GE)
3. Charles Madden (Kaiserslautern, GE)
4. Randy Van Ginkel (Bitburg, GE)
5. Tim Moore (Wuerzburg, GE)
6. Josh Teeples (Naples, IT)
Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament: James Kellenbence, Naples,
Italy
Most Falls in the Least Amount of Time: Charles Greene, Wuerzburg,
GE who posted four falls in 3:51.
- DODDS
- Europe Wrestling Results for 1 February 2003
This week's competition
shows how serious our wrestlers are. Several activities took
some of the focus off wrestling this week, first was the annual
Model United Nations held in the Netherlands and the second took
place in Italy where the Italian police arrested twenty-eight
suspected terrorist and caused the Command (military) to raise
the force protection level there. In the first instance most
of the wrestlers chose to wrestle instead of attending the Model
UN and in the second, teams from Aviano and Sigonella Italy were
not able to travel to Naples for the Mediterranean Regional Championship
Tournament. In the isolated cases of wrestlers attending the
Model UN they will have to workout their continued participation
in the DODDS wrestling program with their coaches and as for
those caught by the raised force protection, the DODDS - Europe
Athletic Director, Ms. Karen Snyder, along with the seperate
school Athletic Directors and wrestling coaches are working on
a plan, based on individual records within the Region, to allow
the top wrestlers from Aviano and Sigonella to participate in
the upcoming DODDS European Championship Tournament. The aim
is to have the best wrestlers, with the best records participating
in the Europeans.
The Mediterranean Regional Championship Tournament was won for
the second year by defending champions Naples followed by Vicenza,
American Overseas School of Rome, Ankara, and Incirlik. Naples
was undefeated in Regional competition this season. 140 pound,
Freshman wrestler, JoJo Fears from Naples was voted the "Outstanding
Wrestler of the Year" for the Mediterranean Region. The
"Most Falls" was earned by Derek Nehis, 130 pound,
from the American School of Rome with five (5).
In the central region competition continued with the final regular
season tournaments at AFNORTH in the Netherlands, Vilseck and
Ramstein Germany. Each meet pitted several teams from the same
divisions allowing the wrestlers one last opportunity to study
their opponents before the upcoming Division tournaments. At
Ramstein three of the Division I teams participated and the results
were surprising. There were several upsets, number one seeds
went down, undefeated wrestlers were beaten. It was indeed a
surprise, the atmosphere was electrified, the spectators were
on their feet, the competition was as hard as it comes, each
wrestler there knew that this was a showdown. It has been reported
that this same attitude was at AFNORTH and Vilseck too giving
this weeks meets the highest marks thus far this season. It is
all a prelude for the Divisionals and Europeans.
Of special note was a Exhibition Match between middle schoolers
Chris Turner of Heidelberg and Scott McQuiston of Ramstein. Scott
is undefeated this year and Chris' only losses have come from
Scott. Their match was 5 to 5 at the end of the third period
and in over-time Scott was able to takedown Chris and thereby
winning the match and maintaining his unbeaten records. These
two young wrestlers put on a great and exciting match. I know
that we will be seeing a lot of them in the future and we wish
them well.
The following are the results for February 1st, 2003:
Mediterranean Regional Championships, Naples Italy
Team Scoring - Naples, IT 173; Vicenza, IT 108; American Overseas
School of Rome (AOSR), IT 54; Ankara, TU 49;
and Incirlik, TU 10.
103 Pound
1. Tyler Fitzgerald (Vicenza)
2. Genenis Santos (Naples)
3. Moira Simes (Ankara)
112 Pound
1. Daniel Freeman (AOSR)
2. none
119 Pound
1. Tim Turner (Vicenza)
2. Richard Salgado (Incirlik)
3. Alan Van Riet (Naples)
4. Nuradeen Bello (Ankara)
125 Pound
1. Michael Monaco (Naples)
2. Ryan Dealwis (Ankara)
3. Anthony Naiman (Vicenza)
130 Pound
1. Derek Nehis (AOSR)
2. Gary King (Vicenza)
3. Logan Crow (Naples)
4. Joe Cerezo (Naples)
135 Pound
1. James Kellenbence (Naples)
2. Nate Tenorio (Naples)
3. Tim Tezza (Naples)
140 Pound
1. JoJo Fears (Naples)
2. Miller Tisson (Naples)
3. Domenic Mitchell (Vicenza)
4. Alibek Kydyraliev (Ankara)
145 Pound
1. Nick Kellenbence (Naples)
2. Chris Giorgi (Naples)
3. Noah Going (Naples)
152 Pound
1. Michael Aque (Naples)
2. Mike Van der Bloemen (Naples)
3. D'juan McCoy (Naples)
4. Okan Kittleson (Ankara)
160 Pound
1. Richard Edwards (Naples)
2. Eric Lain (Vicenza)
3. James Hauenstein (Naples)
4. Andrea Marino (Ankara)
171 Pound
1. Jeff Bickel (Naples)
2. Howard Stugard (AOSR)
3. Jason Hauenastein (Naples)
4. Mark Steinbuchel (Ankara)
5. Andrew McConnell (Vicenza)
189 Pound
1. Todd Thom (Naples)
2. Araz Alaskarov (Ankara)
3. Michael Stuckart (Naples)
215 Pound
1. Jeff Hoey (Vicenza)
2. Marco Sperti (AOSR)
3. Eric Hart (Ankara)
275 Pound
1. Josh Teeples (Naples)
2. None
AFNORTH, Netherlands Hexagonal
Team Scoring - None (Adverse weather required some teams to depart
prior to completion of tournament). Teams
participating, AFNORTH, NL; American School in London (ASL),
UK; Baumholder, GE; Brussels, BE;
SHAPE, BE; and Wiesbaden, GE.
103 Pound
1. Nick Dowdy (AFNORTH)
2. Steve Cole (Brussels)
3. Mike Kincaid (Brussels)
112 Pound
1. Michael Walker (Baumholder)
2. Kevin Labelle (Brussels)
3. None
119 Pound
1. Joe Pears (Brussels)
2. None
125 Pound
1. Brent Logan (ASL)
2. Dustin Hintermeister (AFNORTH)
3. Casey Sheffield (Wiesbaden)
4. Steven Jewell (Wiesbaden)
130 Pound
1. Danny Rivera (Wiesbaden)
2. Andrew Atkinson (Wiesbaden)
3. Michael Bingham (Brussels)
4. John Hartman (AFNORTH)
135 Pound
1. Tony Gagnon (Wiesbaden)
2. Kevin Nicholson (Brussels)
3. Allen Sims (Baumholder)
4. Peter David (Wiesbaden)
140 Pound
1. Bryan Isbell (Brussels)
2. Ben Torgersen (ASL)
3. Matt Alexander (Wiesbaden)
4. J.D. Devine (SHAPE)
145 Pound
1. Michael Kellerher (SHAPE)
2. Max Obermayer (ASL)
3. Jack Piontkowsky (Wiesbaden)
152 Pound
1. Aaron Austin (Wiesbaden)
2. Matt Hall (AFNORTH)
3. Patrick Hash (SHAPE)
160 Pound
1. Ryan Butler (AFNORTH)
2. Richard Gonzalez (Wiesbaden)
3. Edmond Woods (Wiesbaden)
4. Paul Hurley (Baumholder)
171 Pound
1. Jesse Murphy (SHAPE)
2. Carlos Lettieri (ASL)
3. Peter Macko (Brussels)
4. Darish Mirichandi (ASL)
189 Pound
1. Richard Readon (SHAPE)
2. Anthony Petty (Wiesbaden)
3. Alex Ross (AFNORTH)
215 Pound
1. Pat Fry (Brussels)
2. Alex Lazardis (ASL)
3. Travis McKeever (Brussels)
4. Ryan Ray (Wiesbaden)
275 Pound
1. Grant Essad (SHAPE)
2. Steven Robertson (Baumholder)
3. Anirudh Menon (ASL)
Vilseck Germany Heptagonal (all teams from Germany)
Team Scoring - Wuerzburg 160, Patch 121, Mannheim 99, Hohenfels
67, Hanau 57, Vilseck 54, and Giessen 21.
103 Pound
1. Andrew Elizaldez (Mannheim)
2. Liz Berry (Wuerzburg)
3. None
112 Pound
1. Jon Melton (Mannheim)
2. None
119 Pound
1. Joe Morrow (Patch)
2. Josh Quiocho (Mannheim)
3. Chris Vucich (Patch)
125 Pound
1. Justin Ryan (Patch)
2. Jesse Painter (Wuerzburg)
3. Mike Mena (Vilseck)
130 Pound
1. Mike Adams (Mannheim)
2. Thomas McKevitt (Hohenfels)
3. Sanz Foy (Vilseck)
135 Pound
1. A. Arce (Hanau)
2. Jack Clegg (Mannheim)
3. Paul Massone (Vilseck)
140 Pound
1. Anthony Harris (Wuerzburg)
2. Curtis Bew (Vilseck)
3. Anthony Twitchell (Mannheim)
145 Pound
1. Saevar Weaver (Wuerzburg)
2. Gerry Ortiz (Hanau)
3. Tim Hill (Giessen)
152 Pound
1. Mike Beuckins (Patch)
2. Patrick Wolfe (Hanau)
3. Jesus Gutierrez (Vilseck)
160 Pound
1. Owen Renz (Wuerzburg)
2. Sean Dowty (Patch)
3. Payton Turner (Hohenfels)
171 Pound
1. Joe Bouknight (Hohenfels)
2. Robert Fleck (Wuerzburg)
3. Dan Hansen (Patch)
189 Pound
1. Chris Hamilton (Wuerzburg)
2. Hutch Turner (Hohenfels)
3. Steven Church (Wuerzburg)
215 Pound
1. Charles Greene (Wuerzburg)
2. Brian Bowles (Patch)
3. Terrance Smith (Hanau)
275 Pound
1. Tim Moore (Wuerzburg)
2. Danny Corrow (Patch)
3. Quinton Hooks (Wuerzburg)
Ramstein Germany Hexagonal (The Royal Rumble) (all teams from
Germany)
Team Scoring - Ramstein 224.5, Heidelberg 207, Kaiserslautern
190, Bitburg 163, Ansbach 91, and Bamberg 24.
103 Pound
1. Bryan Apgar (Ramstein)
2. Daniel Brunal (Bitburg)
3. Joseph Mueller (Bitburg)
4. Matt Wilson (Bitburg)
112 Pound
1. Jon Coker (Bitburg)
2. Chris Barbe (Ramstein)
3. Tracy Tibbitts (Ramstein)
4. Parker Crandall (Heidelberg)
119 Pound
1. Danny Burns (Ramstein)
2. Noah Sheppard (Ramstein)
3. Kyle Quisten (Bitburg)
4. Andreas Bounamia (Heidelberg)
125 Pound
1. Devon Gardner (Bitburg)
2. Andrew Zachar (Heidelberg)
3. Matt Grahek (Ramstein)
4. David Vilanova (Bitburg)
5. David Ruiz (Bitburg)
130 Pound
1. Joe Hartfield (Kaiserslautern)
2. Cameron Clawson (Heidelberg)
3. Nick Whorley (Heidelberg)
4. Jimmy May (Heidelberg)
135 Pound
1. Thomas Hanson (Kaiserslautern)
2. Travis Boltz (Heidelberg)
3. Karl Saucier (Ramstein)
4. Christian Grimm (Ansbach)
140 Pound
1. Ruben Soto (Heidelberg)
2. Steve Gutschow (Bitburg)
3. Chris Morgan (Bamberg)
4. Rory Lozano (Ansbach)
145 Pound
1. Michael Cacal (Heidelberg)
2. Jay Robins (Kaiserslautern)
3. Dan Rhodes (Ramstein)
4. Brett Andrews (Kaiserslautern)
152 Pound
1. Kyle Knudsen (Heidelberg)
2. Ethan Bertschinger (Kaiserslautern)
3. Zach Sheppard (Ramstein)
4. Elliott Boltz (Heidelberg)
160 Pound
1. Greg Purusse (Kaiserslautern)
2. James Fite (Ramstein)
3. Doug Champaigne (Heidelberg)
4. Adam Golden (Ansbach)
171 Pound
1. Donald Walker (Heidelberg)
2. David Herold (Ansbach)
3. Madison Hayes (Kaiserslautern)
4. Kelly Kanapaux (Ramstein)
189 Pound
1. Tony Althoff (Kaiserslautern)
2. Steve Bugenske (Ramstein)
3. Justin Cole (Bitburg)
4. Ryan Smith (Ramstein)
5. Justin Wisdom (Ansbach)
215 Pound
1. Mike Ewing (Ansbach)
2. Eric Gardner (Ramstein)
3. Jeremy Wooten (Bitburg)
4. Shuan Mallon (Kaiserslautern)
5. Alex Cruz (Ramstein)
275 Pound
1. Charles Madden (Kaiserslautern)
2. Randy Van Ginkel (Bitburg)
3. Ben Ramerez (Ramstein)
4. Sean Boland (Bamberg)
5. Troy Price (Kaiserslautern)
- DODDS
- Europe Divisional Championship Tournamnet Results
The Department of Defense Dependent Schools - Europe held their
Division I, II, and III Championship Tournaments 7 and 8 February
2003. It was easy to see and feel the excitement at the tournament.
There was a edge to each match. Every wrestler gave their best
efforts. This was for the Championship and qualification for
the "big dance", the European Tournament and the opportunity
to become a European Champion.
The divisional tournaments are the last meets for team standings
and for the teams to win the Divisional Championship. The 2003
DODDS-Europe Division Champions are Division I - Heidelberg American
High School, Heidelberg, Germany, Division II - Bitburg American
High School, Bitburg, Germany, and Division III - Brussels American
High School, Brussels, Belgium. The results for the Mediterranean
Regional Championships held on 31 January - 1 February 2003 in
Naples, Italy were posted last week and Naples American High
School, Naples, Italy claimed that title. Our congratulations
to each team and coaches John Mackey/Chris Lowery (Heidelberg),
Jeff Watts (Bitburg) and Joe Fiedler (Brussels).
Competition at each tournament was intense. In Division I the
margin of victory for Heidelberg was 225 team points to 214.5
for runner-up Kaiserslautern. In Division II Bitburg dominated
with 215.5 team points over Patch who earned 136 points. Of special
interest here was the participation of Patch's 130 pound wrestler
Josh Anderson who returned to the mat this week after suffering
a dislocated elbow with ruptured tendons on 18 January. Anderson
showed he was ready though by winning his weight class by falls
over each of his opponents and earning him the second seed at
the upcoming Europeans. It was also through Anderson's efforts
that Patch was able to come out of the tournament as runner-up
over a very competitive SHAPE, Belgium team who scored 128 team
points. Division III's champions Brussels scored 197.5 points
over runner-up London Central with 140.
Missing from this years' tournament will be defending European
and Division III champion Greg Reilly from Giessen who is suffering
from a elbow injury and Iceland's Jonathan Watson who was seeded
first at the Division III but was unable to compete due to illness
and was forced to forfeit his matches at the Division III Championships.
The issue of qualification for the Europeans in the Mediterranean
Region caused by the raised Force Protection Levels there has
been resolved. The top wrestlers from Aviano and Sigonella, Italy
who were forced to miss the Mediterranean Regionals will be allowed
to participate at the European Championships according to the
DODDS-Europe Athletic Director Ms. Karen Snyder.
The European Championship Tournament is the toughest tournament
in Europe with only the best high school wrestlers participating.
This tournament is equivalent to the state championships in the
US and many of the wrestlers here have attended wrestling camps
and participated in various state tournaments. The competition
will be tough. Wrestlers to watch at the Europeans include 103
Nick Dowty (AFNORTH) and Bryan Apgar (Ramstein), 112 Josh Quiocho
(Mannheim) and Chris Barbe (Ramstein), 119 Joe Morrow (Patch),
Joe Pears (Brussels)and Kyle McQuiston (Bitburg), 125 Andrew
Zachar (Heidelberg) and Devon Gardner (Bitburg), 130 Cameron
Clawson (Heidelberg) andf Josh Anderson (Patch), 135 James Kellenbence
(Naples), Ariel Arce (Hanau), Travis Boltz (Heidelberg), and
Thomas Hanson (Kaiserslautern), 140 Ben Torgensen (American School
of London) and Bryan Isbell (Brussels), 145 Saever Weaver (Wuerzburg),
Nick Kellenbence (Naples), and Jerry Ortiz (Hanau), 152 Kyle
Knudsen (Heidelberg) and Andrew Isbell (Brussels), 160 Ryan Butler
(AFNORTH), Tyler Arms (Heidelberg), and Payton Turner (Hohenfels),
171 Donald Walker (Heidelberg - undefeated in past two seasons)
and Jordan Watts (Bitburg), 189 Tony Althoff (Kaiserslautern),
Hutch Turner (Hohenfels), and Richard Rendon (SHAPE), 215 Charles
Greene (Wuerzburg) and Mike Ewing (Ansbach), and at 275 Bo Daniels
(Iceland), Charles Madden (Kaiserslautern), and Ryan Van Ginkel
(Bitburg).
The following are the results for the Division I, II, and III
DODDS - Europe Championship Tournaments:
Division I Championships (hosted by Lakenheath American High
School, Lakenheath,United Kingdom)
103 Pound
1. Bryan Apgar (Ramstein, GE)
2. Jamie Jung (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Jake Bell (Lakenheath, UK)
4. Liz Berry (Wuerzburg, GE)
112 Pound
1. Chris Barbe (Ramstein, GE)
2. Tracy Tibbits (Ramstein, GE)
3. Brian Fite (Ramstein, GE)
4. Parker Crandell (Heidelberg, GE)
119 Pound
1. Noah Sheppard (Ramstein, GE)
2. Danny Burns (Ramstein, GE)
3. Jonathan Painter (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. Andreas Bounamia (Heidelberg, GE)
125 Pound
1. Andrew Zachar (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Mathew Grahek (Ramstein, GE)
3. Jesse Painter (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. Casey Sheffield (Wiesbaden, GE)
130 Pound
1. Cameron Clawson (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Joe Hartfield (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Danny Rivera (Wiesbaden, GE)
4. Andrew Hoffman (Heidelberg, GE)
135 Pound
1. Thomas Hanson (Kaiserslautern, GE)
2. Travis Boltz (Heidelberg, GE)
3. Tony Gagnon (Wiesbaden, GE)
4. Karl Saucier (Ramstein, GE)
140 Pound
1. Jay Robbins (Kaiserslautern, GE)
2. Matthew Alexander (Wiesbaden, GE)
3. Ruben Soto (Heidelberg, GE)
4. Anthony Harris (Wuerzburg, GE)
145 Pound
1. Saever Weaver (Wuerzburg, GE)
2. Michael Cacal (Heidelberg, GE)
3. Dan Rhodes (Ramstein, GE)
4. Brett Andrews (Kaiserslautern, GE)
152 Pound
1. Kyle Knudsen (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Ethan Bertschinger (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Elliott Boltz (Heidelberg, GE)
4. Aaron Austin (Wiesbaden, GE)
160 Pound
1. Tyler Arms (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Gregg Perusse (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Richard Gonzales (Wiesbaden, GE)
4. James Fite (Ramstein, GE)
171 Pound
1. Donald Walker (Heidelberg, GE)
2. Owen Renz (Wuerzburg,GE)
3. Robert Fleck (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. George Larimore (Heidelberg, GE)
189 Pound
1. Tony Althoff (Kaiserslautern, GE)
2. Chris Hamilton (Wuerzburg, GE)
3. Tyler Robertson (Heidelberg, GE)
4. Steven Church (Wuerzburg, GE)
215 Pound
1. Charles Greene (Wuerzburg, GE)
2. Andrew Ross (Kaiserslautern, GE)
3. Eric Gardner (Ramstein, GE)
4. Shaun Mallon (Kaiserslautern, GE)
275 Pound
1. Charles Madden (Kaiserslautern, GE)
2. Ben Ramirez (Ramstein, GE)
3. Tim Moore (Wuerzburg, GE)
4. Quinton Hook (Wuerzburg, GE)
Division II Championships (hosted by Mannheim American High
School, Mannheim, Germany)
103 Pound
1. Nick Dowty (AFNORTH, NL)
2. Daniel Brunal (Bitburg, GE)
3. Andrew Elizaldez (Mannheim, GE)
4. Joseph Mueller (Bitburg, GE)
5. Michael Kincaid (AFNORTH, NL)
6. Matt Wilson (Bitburg, GE)
112 Pound
1. Josh Quiocho (Mannheim, GE)
2. John Coker (Bitburg, GE)
3. Anthony Messina (Bitburg, E)
4. Josh Melton (Mannheim, GE)
119 Pound
1. Joe Morrow (Patch, GE)
2. Kyle McQuiston (Bitburg, GE)
3. Chris Vucich (Patch, GE)
4. Chris Gervacio (Hanau, GE)
5. Steve Bagwell (Bitburg, GE)
6. Justin Carnahan (Bitburg, GE)
125 Pound
1. * Devon Gardner (Bitburg, GE)
2. Brent Logan (American School of London, UK)
3. Justin Ryan (Patch, GE)
4. Mike Mina (Vilseck, GE)
5. Dustin Hintermeister (AFNORTH, NL)
6. David Ruiz (Bitburg, GE)
130 Pound
1. Josh Anderson (Patch, GE)
2. Doug O'Meara (SHAPE, BE)
3. David Vilanova (Bitburg, GE)
4. Dyron Strong (Bitburg, GE)
5. Mike Adams (Mannheim, GE)
6. Sanz Foy (Vilseck, GE)
135 Pound
1. Ariel Arce (Hanau, GE)
2. Steve Gutschow (Bitburg, GE)
3. Paul Mussone (Vilseck, GE)
4. Cole Tawney (Bitburg, GE)
5. Nick Cunningham (Mannheim, GE)
140 Pound
1. Ben Torgersen (American School of London, UK)
2. Curtis Bew (Vilseck, GE)
3. J.D. Devine (SHAPE, BE)
4. Anthony Twitchell (Mannheim, GE)
5. Jonas Jensen (Bitburg, GE)
6. Michael Trevino (Hanau, GE)
145 Pound
1. Jerry Ortiz (Hanau, GE)
2. Mike Kelleher (SHAPE, BE)
3. Max Obermayer (American School of London, UK)
4. Lance Hoffman (Bitburg, GE)
5. Trish Garcia (Hanau, GE)
152 Pound
1. Patrick Hash (SHAPE, BE)
2. Mike Beukens (Patch, GE)
3. Patrick Wolfe (Hanau, GE)
4. Jesus Gutierrez (Vilseck, GE)
5. Massud Mehri (American School of London, UK)
6. Matt Griffin (Bitburg, GE)
160 Pound
1. Ryan Butler (AFNORTH, NL)
2. Sean Dowty (Patch, GE)
3. Ryan Warner (Bitburg, GE)
4. Ivy Fischer (Bitburg, GE)
5. Dorian Dyer-Westercot (American School of London, UK)
171 Pound
1. Jordan Watts (Bitburg, GE)
2. David Garcia (Vilseck, GE)
3. Jesse Murphy (SHAPE, BE)
4. Curtis Warner (Hanau, GE)
5. Dan Hansen (Patch, GE)
189 Pound
1. Richard Rendon (SHAPE, BE)
2. Alex Ross (AFNORTH, NL)
3. Justin Cole (Bitburg, GE)
4. Brian Wright (Bitburg, GE)
215 Pound
1. Jeremy Wooten (Bitburg, GE)
2. Brian Bowles (Patch, GE)
3. Terrence Smith (Hanau, GE)
4. Alex Lazardis (American School of London, UK)
275 Pound
1. Ryan Van Ginkel (Bitburg, GE)
2. Grant Essad (SHAPE, BE)
3. Danny Corrow (Patch, GE)
4. None
* Voted Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament
Division III Championships (hosted by Brussels American High
School, Brussels, Belgium)
103 Pound
1. Jonathan Scott (London Central, UK)
2. Steven Cote (Brussels, BE)
3. Chris Adams (Menwith Hill, UK)
112 Pound
1. Michael Walker (Baumholder, GE)
2. Kevin Labelle (Brussels, BE)
3. Sara Herold (Ansbach, GE)
4. Jonathan Watson (Iceland)
119 Pound
1. Joe Pears (Brussels, BE)
2. Jordan Perry (London Central, UK)
3. Michael Ohms (Hohenfels, GE)
4. Nick Nadeau (Alconbury, UK)
125 Pound
1. Deighton Jones (Alconbury, UK)
2. Ian Lange (Menwith Hill, UK)
3. Gilbert Orona (Hohenfels, GE)
4. Curtis Metheny (Brussels, BE)
130 Pound
1. * Cole McClain (Menwith Hill, UK)
2. Ben Bond (London Central, UK)
3. Mike Bingham (Brussels, BE)
4. Richard Wingart (London Central, UK)
135 Pound
1. Kevin Nicholson (Brussels, BE)
2. Arthur Bond (London Central, UK)
3. Christian Grimm (Ansbach, GE)
4. Greg Best (Menwith Hill, UK)
140 Pound
1. Bryan Isbell (Brussels, BE)
2. Chris Morgan (Bamberg, GE)
3. Jesse Tate (London Central, UK)
4. Rory Lozano (Ansbach, GE)
145 Pound
1. Zach Myers (Brussels, BE)
2. Tim Hill (Giessen, GE)
3. Carlos Sanchez (Ansbach,GE)
4. Kyle Barnes (Menwith Hill, UK)
152 Pound
1. Andrew Isbell (Brussels, BE)
2. DeWayne Gardner (Menwith Hill, UK)
3. Conrad Hilsheimer (London Central, UK)
4. Justin Lloyd (London Central, UK)
160 Pound
1. ** Payton Turner (Hohenfels, GE)
2. Lupe Flores (London Central, UK)
3. Matt Domko (Giessen, GE)
4. Adam Golden (Ansbach, GE)
171 Pound
1. David Herold (Ansbach, GE)
2. Joe Bouknight (Hohenfels, GE)
3. Brian Schmidt (Giessen, GE)
4. Brandon Ritter (London Central, UK)
189 Pound
1. Hutch Turner (Hohenfels, GE)
2. Rob Hryniewiecki (London Central, UK)
3. Eric Popp (Brussels, BE)
4. Justin Wisdom (Ansbach, GE)
215 Pound
1. Mike Ewing (Ansbach, GE)
2. Patrick Fry (Brussels, BE)
3. Mike Gambertson (Menwith Hill, UK)
4. Jon Andrew Anderson (Iceland)
275 Pound
1. Bo Daniels (Iceland)
2. Sean Boland (Bamberg, GE)
3. Mike Merrill (London Central, UK)
4. Steve Robertson (Baumholder, GE)
* Voted Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament
** Most Falls in least time
- DODDS
- Europe Late Update for 25 January 2003
The following results are for the Bitburg, Germany Heptagonal
held on 25 January 2003. This late submission is for all of you
diehard wrestling fans who keep records. It was reported that
the tournament provided some great competition but was a bit
one sided with Division I Ramstein taking the lead in team scoring
but host Bitburg (Div II) showed a strong second, with the remaining
Div II and III teams equalized.
Bitburg, Germany Heptagonal
Team Scoring - Ramstein, GE 248.5; Bitburg, GE 208; Brussels,
BE 118; SHAPE, BE 109; Mannheim, GE 63,
AFNORTH, NL 58.5; and Baumholder, GE 46.
103 Pound
1. Bryan Apgar (Ramstein)
2. Daniel Brunal (Bitburg)
3. Nick Dowdy (AFNORTH)
4. Andrew Elizaldez (Mannheim)
112 Pound
1. Chris Barbe (Ramstein)
2. Jon Coker (Bitburg)
3. Josh Quiocho (Mannheim)
4. Tracy Tibbits (Ramstein)
119 Pound
1. Noah Sheppard (Ramstein)
2. Kyle McQuisten (Bitburg)
3. Joe Pears (Brussels)
4. Justin Carnahan (Bitburg)
125 Pound
1. Danny Burns (Ramstein)
2. David Vilanova (Bitburg)
3. Matt Parker (Brussels)
4. Kurtis Matheny (Brussels)
130 Pound
1. Devon Gardner (Bitburg)
2. Matt Grahek (Ramstein)
3. Brandon Rech (Ramstein)
4. Doug O'Meara (SHAPE)
135 Pound
1. Karl Saucier (Ramstein)
2. Kevin Nicholson (Brussels)
3. Jack Clegg (Mannheim)
4. Steve Gutschow (Bitburg)
140 Pound
1. Bryan Isbell (Brussels)
2. J.D. Devine (SHAPE)
3. Jose Figueroa (Ramstein)
4. Jonas Jensen (Bitburg)
145 Pound
1. Mike Kelleher (SHAPE)
2. Dan Rhodes (Ramstein)
3. Rick Pope (Mannheim)
4. Lance Hoffman (Mannheim)
152 Pound
1. Andrew Isbell (Brussels)
2. Zachary Sheppard (Ramstein)
3. Timothy Narofsky (Ramstein)
4. Patrick Hash (SHAPE)
160 Pound
1. Ryan Butler (AFNORTH)
2. James Fite (Ramstein)
3. Ryan Warner (Bitburg)
4. Matthew Slaymaker (Ramstein)
171 Pound
1. Jordan Watts (Bitburg)
2. Jesse Murphy (SHAPE)
3. Peter Macko (Brussels)
4. none
189 Pound
1. Richard Rendon (SHAPE)
2. Steve Bugenski (Ramstein)
3. Emmett Wilson (Baumholder)
4. Alex Ross (AFNORTH)
215 Pound
1. Eric Gardner (Ramstein)
2. Jeremy Wooten (Bitburg)
3. Patrick Fry (Brussels)
4. none
275 Pound
1. Randy Van Ginkel (Bitburg)
2. Ben Ramerez (Ramstein)
3. Steven Robertson (Baumholder)
4. none