2001 Individual Wrestling Finals - All Divisions

The time has come for the end of a long journey to reach the top, we will take courage, strength and endurance, some will fall short, only disappointments and tears will remain, the rest, we, the foreign crown champions, We have always been synonymous with Red Wings hockey and the best players. in the NHL, but for the past three years he has also faced the largest high school

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competition the state has to offer. Here we are, 56 champions will be crowned and you will see it on Fox Sports Net. How are you doing? everyone along with my partner Mark turrella a three time national champion my name is Matt Shepherd welcome to the division one state championship

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competition in division two and Mark, this event started with almost 900 wrestlers representing 315 schools, These kids are about to reach the peak of their high school careers, right?

Matt, it starts long before you get to Joe Louis Arena. There is a district. There is regional competition. Then the best of the best come to Joe Louis Arena. There are many freshmen, sophomores, members of the Junior and Senior classes. looking to realize their lifelong dream of becoming Michigan High School

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state champions. What does it take to reach this level? The blood, sweat, tears, responsibility and sacrifices made not only by the players but also by their families. The question is that there is a lot of sacrifice involved in competing in the sport of wrestling. Michigan high school wrestling is no different, there are a lot of high quality wrestlers, there is a lot of high quality competition and we are looking to make the best happen here, we start. 275 pounds in the heavyweight division, then we immediately went down to the smaller 103 pound class, then to 112 119 125 130 135 140 pounds 145 152 160 171 189 and finished with the 215 pound fighters, many championship matches available.

Strength here on Fox Sportsnet. Let's get right to it first: Big Fellas, 275 pounds, Berkeley's Jack Gittler, hoping to follow up his state title run. At The Discus with his first wrestling crown, he takes on Granville sophomore Ryan Gritter, who makes his first appearance at the state tournament we pick up. action in the second period with Gitler leading 1-0 Ritter shoots a high single leg and switches to a strong double leg finish to score the first takedown of the match and take a 2-1 lead. Ritter starts the third period from the bottom. Gritter position performs a stand-up switch from single leg to two legs and finishes with an inside trip to score a two-point reversal leading 4-3 Gritter fires a single leg high recruit gittler off the mat to score the Final knockdown of the match, so Gritter wins it 6-5 to become the division one 275-pound champion.

Let's take it to division two, heavyweights too, this time Fenton's John Herstein, hoping to head to Wayne State with a title in tow, takes on Heartland's Jim Bunn, who's hoping for the same as he heads to Saginaw Valley State University next year, let's start in the second period with her Stein leaning 2-1 Hurston holds the bun with a powerful bear hug to score a takedown and increase her lead to 4- 1 one returns to the match scoring a escape a point with a solid position with 14 seconds left in the match. 4-3 he goes for broke with a chest-to-chest throw attempt that is countered by Herstein, who scores the end. knockdown match that allows him to double his 6-3 buns and win the division two 275-pound crown, let's go to the division one 103-pound championship on the line with a pair of 50-win sophomores in the year East Kentwood's Randy Vanderveen and Novi's top-ranked Josh Torella Marca, this guy carries on like his old man, he's a shoe in, right?

I don't know if he is the youngest of three, we will see how he does. Sorella begins his first period attack with a low single leg and makes a strong spike to take an early two-point lead with a 3-0 lead in the second period. Chiarella counters Van Der Veen's single leg and scores another two-point takedown, oh my god, in the third period. Shirella hits a low, lightning single and finishes through the back door to score the takedown and increase the lead to 7-1. Okay, that's how you plan it right. Mark absolutely fine. Josh Torello won division one from the 103-pound class to division two again. 103 pound championship. on the line this time is Brian nguin advancing to his first Debra final as a freshman and representing Warren Fitzgerald, he battled his great Tony Junior from Mason.

The big house gets off to a fast start in the first period with a fireman's carry that ends out the back door. to score a two-point takedown Nick Ewan returns with a short standing sit-out combination to score a one-point escape closing the score to two to one the house returns to the offensive with a simple low ankle combination to score another takedown of Great House with a 7-1 lead in the second period. He hits an almost risky Nelson combination to get Neguin on his back and gets a pinfall three minutes and two seconds into the second period, so Tony Great House with the pin wins.

The 103-pound division two championship returns to the division one 112-pound weight class has Walled Lake Western's Ryan Beech with 112 wins looking for his first

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state medal. Nate Garcia failed to make weight after his semifinal, so Beach captures this year's state championship. He didn't lose the title at 112 pounds the way he wanted to win it, but one championship is still a championship two in division two, the 112-pound weight class Mount Pleasant's Phil Schaefer trying to avoid a second consecutive runner-up title against Lowell sophomore Brandon Kinney, who has 100 career wins with a record of 55-0 this season in the second period with the score tied at zero.

Kenny scores the first point of the match with a quick sit-in later in the second period. Kenny hits a double leg takedown and shapes his counterattacks. with an impressive whip to the chin and scores a two-point takedown leading 3-1 in the third period Schaefer catches Kenny with a front whip and scores a two-point takedown Phil Schaefer earns the victory, his first division two championship of his career 112 pounds and is feeling good about his efforts at Joe Lewis Arena. Six champions have been crowned so far. Team championships were crowned earlier in the season, including Lapeer West. When we return, we'll take a look at your show and our coverage of Joe Louis Arena's mhsaa wrestling championship continues on Fox Sportsnet after this high school wrestling championship on Fox Sportsnet is likely sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, which which makes their future more predictable by Little Caesars and Olympia Entertainment for months for some kids for years it has been a lifelong dream for them to reach this level is the Pinnacle of the State High School Wrestling Association and it is takes place at Joe Louis Arena only here on Fox Sportsnet welcome back it is very difficult to repeat as champion in any sport, especially in the sport of wrestling Lapeer West has done it for the second year in a row this is a team that may have the best team overall regardless of division to give them a good workout there is a lot of dedication and all the kids work after practice Some kids stay after practice, go to the rec center and work there and also do a lot of things on their own, so that really helped the team a lot.

I try to convey things like that. I know my teammates could use it or stuff. that I know they are worth it and they don't do it, they are not doing it, winning or losing is not the answer, the problem is doing the best you can because in life you are going to feel it many, many times, but if you do the best you can , you will do it. be successful in the long run and that's a lesson that we try to teach these kids the team sport, the team player and the kind of supporting everyone and not just thinking about yourselves Westlands, not just individual teams as well, don't know. drink, no smoking, no drugs, children.

We know we demand superior academics in the club and they know that's all part of winning a state championship team. Our children know that if they go on the ineligible list, for example, they are not affecting themselves, they are affecting 40. Brothers, the same thing is if they are lazy in practice or are not doing what they are supposed to do. what they have to do in practice, they know that they are not letting each other down, they are leaving 40 Brothers and they could really believe that we are brothers, we are all a family, everyone on our team sticks together and, uh, we just do everything together.

I mean, a lot of kids come to our house after meetings, none of our kids do drugs or anything, so it's a lot better. Lapeer West, one of the most successful programs in the entire state and market, it really starts when they are young, they have a little Raptors program and then it continues through high school, obviously something is working right for Lapeer West, well the system The food they have is excellent. One of its youth programs is one of the best in the state. I think when they get to high school they're really ready to compete, which is why they were able to compete here at Joe Lewis Arena and have so much success doing it.

The JLA competition on Fox Sportsnet comes on the heels of this welcome back to Joe Louis Arena. Fox sportsnet's continuing coverage of the mhsaa Wrestling Championships at the division one and division two level, let's get back to that in the division one 119 pound class if it's a couple of athletes who finished fourth last year, the Troy High student body president Nick tops Utica's undefeated Brad Kuzmano. We resume the action Halfway through the first period, Kuzmano gets on the scoreboard first with a strong double leg takedown to score the first. two match points after the best scores and escape to close the gap with one whose model converts another powerful Double Leg Takedown to make the score 4-1 with one minute and 30 seconds left in the second period, the best fights to stay in the match and work from the bottom with a stand-up and score a point Escape your model wins 4-2 to capture the 119-pound crown from division one to division two of the same weight class A pair of Juniors will settle this championship from division two Fenton's lambros catalus who won it all at 112 pounds just a year ago against Lowell's Ian Durath, who lost only once all season.

Mark in the second period with the game tied at zero. Giraffe takes the lead by working body scissors into a guillotine to score a three-pointer. Near fall, Wrath goes up too high with his leg and Catalus reverses it for two points, making the score 3-2 in the third period with Giraffe leading 4-2. Cataly fires off a double leg and switches to a single fight for almost 25 seconds and scores the takedown to tie the match at four-four with 15 seconds left in the third period, Wrath hits a switch to score the match-winning reversal, exciting match Right there, some of those moves sound dangerous too, but dangerous enough for Ian Durant. to capture the 119-pound Division II Championship, thank you, the 125-pound division one class features two seniors, Grand Haven's Kyle Klooster, who finished third a year ago, and faces Holt Jack Scott, who he has never finished better than fifth so far.

Scott gets to work right away. first period with a big double leg takedown to take an early 2-0 lead after klooster makes an escape to cut the lead to one Scott continues his attack on his feet scoring a solid double leg takedown in the second period Scott He scores a one-point breakaway and immediately fires off another double leg takedown to extend his lead to 7-1 at the end of the third period. The group counters Scott's double leg attempt and scores a takedown with a front headlock, a little too late for Kyle to close though Jack Scott wins eight to four and wins the Division One 125-pound crown and moves on to division two, 125-pound Crown Phil Plowman of Lakewood Lake Odessa has improved each year in this tournament and now battles Jason's teammates from Lapeer West at 125 pounds.

Championship teammate Mark shoots with a tenacious single leg and switches to a double leg finish to score a two-point takedown in the first period. Plowman comes back scoring a two-point takedown with a risky high leg step with the match tied in the In the second period, with two teammates, he scores a two-point takedown with an excellent single-leg low attack, leading 4-2 . In the third period, the teammates make an excellent Granby roll to score a two-point reversal, so the teammate is able to pull away at the end. wins 125-pound division two championship 130-pound weight class in division one has Davidson's Chase Metcalf having his perfect seasonfighting regional champion Mike Sherman of Belleville we picked up the match in the second period with Metcalf dominating the match 11-4 Metcalf scores a takedown with an outstanding low single and immediately goes on the attack scoring a near fall with an arm bar over the body and finishes with a strong front headlock in the third period leading 15-4 Metcalf continues his relentless attack on Sherman with a front headlock whip on to score another impressive takedown Metcalf counters Sherman's single leg takedown attempt and scores the final points of the match Big win for him Chase Metcalf, Division One 130-pound champion after 23-8 decision Fowlerville's Bill Devine fights for the 130-pound crown in division two after winning the Championship freestyle, he will have to beat three-time qualifier Bart Rizzo of Plainwell in the first period, trailing 2-1.

Devine hits a big single leg Hive and scores a two point takedown gaining a 3-2 lead as he scores 5-3 in the second period Rizzo catches Divine in a guillotine for a near fall. Divine escapes the punishing move and reverses Rizzo, taking him directly to his back. Devine scores the fall just as planned Fowlerville's Bill Devine pins Bart Rizzo Plainwell to 508 Mark and wins the second division 130-pound championship wellThere's a lot more to come here at Joe Louis Arena. You know there are more than 25 sets of brothers in this wrestling tournament to get top honors. We break down some of them and talk to him as our coverage of Joe Louis Arena on Fox Sportsnet continues.

After this, they have crowned two Stanley Cup champions here over the last four years and today Joe Lewis Arena will be remembered as the greatest wrestling experience for 56 state champions. You know, there are over 20 sets of brothers strapping on their wrestling helmets hoping to be on top of the podium at the end of the day with a state championship title for themselves and their parents. Wrestling is more than just a sport, it's a family affair. Michigan high school wrestling can be described as a family event where coaches or parents and parents become coaches. Family and friends are also there watching from a distance cheering their children on to victory.

A sport like wrestling requires discipline, courage and attitude. It's an individual sport, yes, but it's also a team sport, but in a game where the advantage is crucial to victory, some kids have a little extra help in their corner, a teammate, a brother, we're pretty close we're pretty close I think we do a lot together we spend a lot of time together they have a lot we fight a lot together I mean when we're just at home playing so we just keep hanging around fighting just playing yeah we spend a lot of time together outside of practice too and we hang out together when we're close brothers and, uh, I think that helps too. uh, throughout the year because it is such a hard and long sport in which we know each other very well and it seems that we do not want to fight so much in the season because normally we all lose weight and we are much more tired than in the off-season we practice during the summer and if there's no one to work with me, he'll work with me and fight with me so I can hone my skills a little better, but most of the time he just hands it over to me. trying to keep up with them is pretty much the hardest thing.

I mean, he's so good, he got so good so fast and I think I only placed higher than in one tournament in my high school career, so he's tough, he works hard every day last. I've been the little brother on the team for two years, so it's nice to be the big brother in Boston for a while and tell him to get going when he's slacking off or something. It's fun. Wrestling coaches understand what it takes to win and they understand the sacrifices their athletes make, and as brothers, they know that having someone close to you on your team can make those sacrifices a little easier to handle.

Wrestling can bring a family together a lot, so you know. They sacrifice a lot these kids sacrifice a lot their weekends uh going out with their friends uh food you know what wrestling is, it's a very hard sport and to overcome it it's a long season and to overcome it you have to stay together, you have to be able to listen when things happen. things go wrong, you are not in a good mood, you can go to someone who understands that normal siblings argue, compete and sometimes even fight for fun, sometimes we fly, it's okay and we get along, we do a lot of things together and in Most of it is pretty good.

I practice with it and sometimes I knock it down. I think that motivates him to hurt me some more. My other typical siblings. I mean, there are times when we fight and we don't get along. but I'm going to fight so you won't see it, you'll see it encouraging each other, you know, it's never a fighting thing. Once they're on the mat, they cheer each other on. It will come. It's no surprise that human nature soon takes over in a sport as grueling and challenging as wrestling when one brother watches another fight on the mat, emotions flow quickly, yes I always knew I'd be a wrestler just because it's been tough and hard. uh boy since he's little because he's always the youngest on our block but uh I get more nervous for him than when I'm fighting and uh after his madtima I'm not so nervous for myself anymore so kind of helpful in that factor to see Their game doesn't make me so nervous.

Well, some will be successful, others won't, we know that a successful lineage is here, the Torella family, their two sons talk about how they reached the state championship. games and how much pride you have, well, I'm very proud, obviously, as a father and a coach, that both guys wrestle and they both made it to the Michigan State

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. It's not just about being in the

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, but about what happens with the entire team. family, not just our family, but the other 28 that are part of brothers that are in this tournament, yes, there is no doubt about it, you talk about brothers, you talk about brothers, parents, your grandparents or their grandparents.

I must say that there is a this is really a family affair. There's no doubt it's a family affair, there are a lot of people here in this crowd, everyone is related to someone who is wrestling, it's probably one of the unique things about wrestling, a very close-knit family, almost a fraternal organization, a great amount of Pride is felt here inside the Joe Louis Arena stay more wrestling is coming to you you don't want to leave we have it from Joe Louis Arena on Fox Sportsnet in a moment welcome back to downtown Detroit we continue our coverage of the Championship Wrestling from mhsaa here at Fox Sports Net we are in division one the 135 pound class Davison's Joe Whitman tries to follow up his two state cross country titles with one in wrestling Romeo's Dan Ziedzik is the man trying to deny it and claim it his first state crown, we resumed action in the first period with Sezick leading two to one.

Whitman lands a solid high crotch takedown to take a 3-2 lead and elects to start the second period on the feet, trailing by one point. High shot attempt by Whitman and he catches Whitman with a super tight draw although Cesic pins Whitman two minutes and 12 seconds into the second period big win for Dan Seizik of Romeo capturing the division one 135 pound championship Bubba Gingrich of Lowell goes for the 135-pound title in In the second division, he faces senior Aaron Beach of Jackson Northwest, who lost just once in 48 tries this year. Mark Beach gets off to a quick start with a big fireman's takedown to score the first two points of the match.

Peach increases their lead in the second period with a tenacious half-nelson that takes Gingrich to his back for a two-point near fall in the third period he fires a double leg and scores another two-point takedown to take a commanding eight-point lead. one, so Aaron Beach of Jackson Northwest wins. -3 in last season's two 135-pound division championships Russell for 140-pound Division One crown Joe zolney is defending Holt champion Justin Sinclair of Grand Rapids Forest Hill Central moves up a class after winning the 135-pound class just a year ago midway through the first period, Zolney scores a two-point takedown with a solid high crotch shot.

Sinclair was trailing 6-0 in the third period and is unable to start any offense with 41 seconds left in the game. Sinclair receives his final warning for stopping Zolney and wins the match by disqualification, a tough way to end two great seasons for two great athletes, but Hope's Joe Zolney wins the 140-pound division one championship, his second consecutive title, all hope the fourth time will be the charm in his quest for a championship in the level two 140-pound division is undefeated in 57 matches this year will face Eaton Rapids Junior Matt Catalan, a finalist a year ago after a first period without goals O'Boyle scores the first point of the game in the second period with a solid breakaway Escape with 30 seconds left in the third period Catalan stands up and launches O'Boyle with an incredible magic as he scores a two-point reverse for take the lead in the match and that was enough to give him the 2-1 decision Eaton Rapids' Matt Catalan wins Division II 140-pound foreign championship, foreign record holder Leaf Olson, runner-up in 2000, aims for division one 145-pound crown, but faces Novi's Ryan Chiarella, who hopes to crown After a perfect season with his second consecutive championship, it became Novi's first consecutive championship and, following in his brother's footsteps junior, who already won a crown today, Mark Leif Olson and Ryan Torell are two great kids who have competed against each other several times.

Already this year, Olson goes on the attack with a low single-leg takedown. Cherella counters the takedown attempt with a single leg and shoots with a solid single leg and hits a flip finish that switches to a double leg scoring the first two points of the match in the second period. Terrell extends his lead to three by scoring a strong stand-up Escape Shilla goes on the attack with an excellent crotch shot extending his lead over Olsen to five in the third period. Shirella counters Olson's crotch attempt with a strong spin bike cross face combination to score the final takedown of the match as Ryan Cherella's dominant performance Mark you're obviously very proud to become Novi's first back-to-back champion of his season. undefeated in her outstanding performance in the finals.

I'm so proud that you should be Division One. champion in the 145-pound weight class, Ryan Torella, in the same weight class, division two, this time facing top-ranked James Kish of Lapeer West, title holder in 140 pounds last year and faces Fenton's Mike pickover. Kish goes straight to the attack in the first. period with a double leg takedown leading four to one in the first period. Kish works a tenacious armbar. Wing combination on the pick over to score a three-point near fall. Kish increases his lead in the second period by scoring a single-leg takedown for a powerful shot finish for two points and is able to finish Mike Pickover without any problems.

He wins it 14-1 to capture another championship this time in the 145-pound class in division two. Alright, when we look closer again. one of the best wrestling programs in the entire state Temperance Bedford won another division one state championship. We'll find out more about them in a moment. For some of these Grapplers, it's their first trip to the Joe Louis Arena for a competitive match. Fighters need four. win here to win a weight class title and welcome back a lot of people come here inside the Joe Lewis Arena, the crowd surrounds them and suddenly they feel a little intimidated the school, probably the most comfortable, Temperance's room, our goals in terms of what the team achieves This is always the same building.

I almost started this program 30 years ago, 35 years ago, 36 years ago and they took it to a level where every year we want to be state champions and every year we're in the hunt for the state championship last. The year before they beat us in the semi-finals, the year before we won, the year before we were runners-up and the year before we were in the semi-finals, so we were there the whole time, we always put that at the forefront and these kids last year. We went undefeated other than a loss in the state tournament, we won all of their tournaments, we lost in the semi-finals and it was disappointing, we felt like we didn't achieve what we needed to, so we set our goals high and all the kids hope to achieve them.

They happen, we come together as a family, we can all feel how everyone is doing, we know if someone is fighting better and if someone is not fighting better, then we can encourage them as much as we can and bring them back so they can fight the best they each can. of these kids care about each other each one cares about the program we will get into a situation Chad Diddy, our 19 pound fighter, could have fought individually but preferred to just fight as a team. He washurt and possibly could have done it individually too, but he said I can do better for the team if we don't support each other at all times and make sure no one gets depressed because one person gets depressed.

We will drag other people down and by lifting them up we will act as a team and make sure we come out victorious. We got up at 6:45 or 6:30 this morning and ran this morning to prepare for this one of ours. The kids are willing to sacrifice and pay the price. They understand that we're always talking about if you do the right thing, if you pay it forward, something good will come of it. We have four captains and the four of us unite. and we talk about if there is someone who is depressed and we have to bring it up, we talk about that if someone is in their situations in the rest of the room, like if someone is not getting along, things like that, we have to make sure that we are all working together. friendly, so we don't have any fights and everyone works as hard as they can.

We have talented kids, talented like Justin, we have average kids, we have some kids that have very little talent, we have kids. with a tremendous recruitment of good, smart kids, we have some tough kids that we have to discipline and do some things, so we were such a big program that we will have probably about 55 boys in the program plus another 25 girls, so we're going to have a mix of everything uh the mules have been kicking for a long time in 11 state championships how do they keep doing it year after year? Well it's really surprising but Bill ring nearby was the head coach there for many many years, Denny Brighton came in just a few years ago and has continued the tradition.

He guarantees no one makes fun of his school nickname, not when you have a wrestling program like Temperance Bedford. Okay, when we get back to wrestling. continued Joe Louis Arena on Fox Sports Net. Stay, welcome back to downtown Detroit. Better known as hockeytown around the world, but today it's the city's wrestling champions being crowned left and right here at Joe Louis Arena and you're only watching it here on Fox Sports Ned, we're taking you to division one, the 152-pound championship on the zamoir line. Flint's Pittman Carmen Ainsworth seeks her second straight 152-pound title and third straight overall.

She faces Southgate Anderson's Tommy Garza, the school record holder for most tackles. Pittman goes on the offensive in the first period with a double leg into a bear hug and finishes. with a solid body lift to score the first takedown of the match, Garza was trailing 4-3 in the second period and fights back. Pittman's body shot blocked to score a takedown and take the lead 5-4 with the score tied at five, Garza is again able to fight back. Pittman's body block shot attempt and he takes the lead again 7-5 Pitman, who was trailing in the third period, unleashes a powerful double leg into a side drop finish that scores a two-point takedown and a huge comeback from three points for zemois Pittman, who wins the 152-pound division one championship for the second consecutive year overseas, a pair of seniors established themselves in the 152-pound division two-way class Mason's Jeff Stevens, who finished second last year to three-time regional champion James Christie, who established Battle Creek Lakeview. record for wins in a season in the first period Christy finishes a nice single-leg takedown to score two points and immediately goes to work on top catching Stevens with a navy blue walk near the wrist twist achieves a three-point miracle points trailing 7-0 in the second period Stevens gets on the scoreboard using a Nelson quarter for a third period reversal.

Stevens starts in last position scoring a one-point escape with a Granby roll closing the gap to 7-3 too late, though Battle's James Christie. Creek Lakeview wins 8-5 to capture the 152-pound crown in division two in division one the 160-pound record on the line is Brandon of Hudsonville, an all-state football player, against the leader of all Livonia Stevenson times in wins emad karbush Carbush wasted no time in the first period, immediately scoring the first two-point takedown of the match with a powerful leg kick with a body lift finish. Carbush performs a near-jerk crotch lift combination to score a two-point near fall, extending his lead to four in the second period leading nine to two, Harbush counters Shook's headlock takedown attempt and nearly He gets a car close to the hole.

Bush continues his offensive blitz in the third period with a powerful double leg shot that scores another takedown and Carbush would roll from there winning it. 13-4 in division one 160-pound championship, pair of regional champions face off for bragging rights in division two 160-pound class Matawan's Luke French and Chelsea's George Fairley fight off attempt takedown from French and comes back with a big high kick. to score the first two points of the match in the second period, Fairley goes on the attack with a wicked crossface scoring a three-point near fall to extend their lead to 5-0 and continues his relentless offensive attack on top scoring two- near fall spot with a powerful crossbody combination, yeah, pretty impressive on this one.

Mark, wins 9-1 to capture the division two 160-pound championship. McCartney attempts to improve on his second-place finish in 2000 with a 171-pound division. a title over Catholic Central's Ryan Rogowski, who helped the Shamrocks win a football championship in the fall, as you saw here on Fox Sportsnet, we picked up the action in the second period with McCartney leading 1-0. McCartney shoots a single leg and switches to a double leg finish to score the takedown and extend his lead to 3-0 late in the second period Rogowski explodes from the bottom with a strong save to score a one-point escape with the score tied at three at the end of the third period McCartney scores a close takedown with a stunning front headbutt combination to take the lead 5-3 and that's how it would end right there Mark McCartney defeats Rogowski 5-3 for 171 lbs division one, bragging rights to undefeated All-American Roger Kish of Lapeer West is aiming for his second straight state crown, this time in the Division II 171-pound class opposed by Andy Boynton of East Grand Rapids.

Kish wasted no time scoring a two-point takedown and a three-point near fall that started a second into the game. first period with a great fireman's carry later in the first period leading nine to three his shit is a powerful cross leg to score another two point takedown in the second period Kish hits a huge double leg takedown lifting Boynton off the mat and taking it right to his back with a right half combination from Nelson, Kish pointing with pins at two minutes and 45 seconds of the second period, Roger just proves why everyone thinks he's an All-American Idol.

Enter West Roger Kish, the division two 171-pound champion, okay, more. Wrestling is coming to you, we still have four more champions to crown at the division one and division two level. We'll continue our coverage from Joe Louis Arena right after this welcome back inside Joe Louis Arena, where Stanley Cup champions have been crowned then and now. We are Karate Wrestling champions here on Fox Sports Net, back to action in division one, 189 pound class Clint Salisbury attempts to follow up a tag team title with Temperance Bedford with a singles crown over undefeated Bobby Everett of Saline after a goalless draw. first period Salisbury breaks the deadlock in the second period scoring a point with a stand-up Escape yesterday Everett takes the lead with a strong takedown to the crotch, it is very correct Glory of the movement newly adjusted motorcycle final making the score three to two without points scored in the third period, that means Clint Salisbury stops Bobby Everett and wins the 189-pound Division One Championship three to two, a pair of Juniors will settle the 189-pound division two score John Dickerson of Eaton Rapids and Joe Uricich, who last year finished fourth with Battle Creek Harper Creek picked up the match in the second period with Dickerson leading three to one Euroich double-leg attempts and Vickers finding a quick breakthrough to score another two-point takedown.

Dickerson stays on the attack in the second period with a nice single leg takedown to score another two points increasing his lead to 7-2 in the third period. Euroich makes a valiant comeback attempt by scoring a two-point takedown with an excellent side throw closing the lead to 7-5 but his comeback fails. short John Dickerson able to outlast Joe Uricic for the 189-pound Division II Championship the last nine to seven the final division one wrestling match in the 215-pound weight class in the pits Granville's Eric Vanderhorst is Battling with American freestyler Spencer Nadalski of Holland West Ottawa we resumed action in the third period with the score tied at zero.

Horse Vander gets a warning for stalling and Nadalski gets a point to take the lead, ER's foreign horse gets loose and ties the scorer 1-1 with 15 seconds left. In the third period, both fighters are warned for stalling and Nadalski receives a point to take a 2-1 lead. Wow, he wins based on two warnings and is awarded two points, so he wins the 215-pound Championship. Have you ever seen anything like this? that before it happens, but it doesn't happen often. Boy, I'm telling you it's a tough way to win it and a tougher way to lose it, but Holland West Ottawa's Spencer Nadalski, his 215-pound Division One champion final match in Division Two Willie Breyer. from Oxford fights for a perfect campaign and the 215-pound championship.

He faces Brad Perry of Muskegon Mona Shores. We began the action in the second period with Breyer leading 1-0. Breyer hits a freight train double leg and scores a two-point takedown. In the third period, Breyer hits an impressive crossface switch to a half Nelson and pins Perry, so it's an impressive way to end the season for Oxford's Willie Brier winning via pin at the 519 Mark as he captures the foreign crown of 215 pounds division two. Take a look at all the crown bearers now after this at the Joe Lewis Arena and mhsaa Championship Wrestling in division one in the 275 pound class Ryan Gritter of Granville one at 6-5 over Jack Gittler of Berkeley's Josh Torella of Novi picked up a three-pound crown Wall Lake Western's Ryan Beach is its 112-pound champion Brad Kuzmano of Utica is the crown bearer at 119 pounds Holt's Jack Scott won the 125-pound division while at 130 pounds Davison's Chase Metcalf won that Romeo's Dan Cedzik is their champion at 135 pounds Holt's Joe Zolme is the same at 140 pounds Ryan chiarella is another champion from Novi and the first in that school's history to win back-to-back titles he did so in 145-pound class zenwar Pittman is a three-time champion for the second year in a row won it in the 100-pound class by 52 Ahmad Karbush of Livonia Stevenson captured the championship with the 160-pound weight class while at 171-pound Matt McCartney both honors of the Roseville championship Clint Salisbury of Temperance Bedford won the 189 pound class and Spencer Nadalski won the 215 pound weight division division 2 champions John Hurstein in the heavyweight division got things going here at the stadium Joe Lewis in the 275-pound weight class Mason's Tony Greathouse captured 103-pound honors while Mount Pleasant's Phil Schaefer did the same in the 112-pound division at 119 pounds the state's top man in division two is Ian Durath Lapeer West's Jason Fellows is the same at 125 pounds Fowlerville's Bill Devine captured the 130 pound crown and at 135 pounds it's Jackson Northwest's Aaron Beach Matt Catalan of Eaton Rapids defeated Lowell's caliber Boyle in a very close 2-1 match and wins the Division II 140-pound Championship James Kish of Lapeer West was an impressive winner in the 145-pound weight class James Christie of Battle Creek Lakeview is your champion at 152 pounds in division two George Fairley of Chelsea is the same at the 160-pound level Roger Kish capped off a perfect Lapeer West season by winning at the 171-pound level John Dickerson of Eaton Rapids was an impressive winner in the 189-pound class with Willie Breyer of Oxford defeating Brad Perry of Muskegon Mona Shores to win the Division II 215-pound Championship.

We have seen 28 championship crowns combined in division one and division two. It's been an exciting Mark I tournament. I think people got their money's worth, don't you agree? No doubt Matt, not only did they get their money's worth, but they were also allowed to watch 28 young men realize their dream of becoming individual Michigan high school state wrestling champions. We hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you markTorella my name is Matt Shepherd have a great rest of the year and keep fighting for the Michigan high school state championship. The time has come for the end of a long journey to reach the top.

We will need courage, strength and endurance, some will fall short and be left only with disappointment and tears, the rest will be crown champions. The overseas has always been synonymous with Red Wings hockey and the best players to have played at the National Hockey League level, but in the last three years. He has also spelled the best high school wrestlers the state has to offer. It's here that 56 champions will be crowned and it's here on Fox Sportsnet where you'll see it hello everyone alongside three-time national champion Mark Torella my name. It's Matt Shepherd, this is division three and four, high school state championships.

Nearly 900 wrestlers began in search of a championship crown representing nearly 315 schools. A lot of hard work to get to this one. Mark, a tremendous amount of hard work. Matt. They start in district, then regional competition, finally ending here at Joe Louis Arena, all seeking the same common goal: to be an individual Michigan high school state wrestling champion, and a lot of sacrifices must be made if want. to get to this level talk about what it takes to get here there is no doubt Matt, it takes a lot of sacrifice to be successful in wrestling the discipline with your weight the discipline with weight training the discipline you must have in general to be a competitor, these young men at Joe Louis Arena are spying with the same goal: to be the Michigan state individual wrestling champion requires a lot of support at home and at school, how can we break down these

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now that we start with? the big ones with 275 pounds, then we go to the small ones with 103 pounds, then to 112 119 125 130 135 140 pounds 145 152 160 171 189 and we end up with 215 pounds, so let's start fighting, let's start with the three heavyweight division ​​275 pounds, all right, a pair of record holders at their respective schools battle for supremacy in the 275-pound weight class in division three Grand Rapids West Catholic's Dan Cliff Lewis, runner-up a year ago to Bill Ferris, also a two-time All-Stater. in football in period Delton Kellogg High School leading 1-0 Ferris counters Whis' head temperature and scores in the final seconds of the period to take a 3-0 lead Ferris would go on and double Cliff Lewis 4-2 For the 275-pound Division III Championship, an undefeated heavyweight seeks his first state medal in the Division 4, 275-pound weight class.

Montebella's Greg Perkins is aiming for his 51st victory and the biggest of his career. He will face Dundee's bowling record holder and Jared Barnes Perkins will get off to a fast start in the first period scoring a two-point takedown with a big high crotch shot Barnes fighting off Perkins' attempt to score a near fall returns to score a reversal and tie the game 2-2 rail 5-2 in In the second period, Barnes makes an excellent Granby throw to score a two-point reversal leading 12-6 in the third period. Perkins counterattacks. Barnes tries to throw and catches him on his back.

Perkins pins Barnes and 5-26 of the third period. Barnes lost too soon to come back and Greg Perkins was able to capitalize and wins the Division Four 275-pound foreign weight championship. you're back in division three at 103 pounds, it's Grant High's Dwayne Bowkamp against Cairo's Joe Fulton, it's a conference, district and regional champion, could he be a state champion after scoring a takedown early in the first period? Fulton catches Bowkamp in a cross face. He cradles and scores a three-point near fall to take a 5-0 lead later in the first period. Ball Camp gets up and finishes with a high spin to score a two-point reversal in the second period.

Fulton finishes off Peterson. role to score a two-point reversal arc. Camp comes back and rolls Fulton up for a two-point reversal arc. Leading 7-4, Bolton goes to work in the third period and scores a close two-point foul with a great Far Side cradle to The answer to the question is a definitive yes. Joe Fulton may be state champion and by beating Grant's Dwayne Beauchamp 12-7 to win the 103-pound weight class in division one, a pair of wrestlers with just two losses on the season established their With an eye on the 103-pound fourth division crown, Napoleon's Jason Chase and New Lothrop's Brad Gardner, we picked up the action in the first period with Gardner scoring a high-crotch single-leg takedown with an overturned finish to score the first two points of the the match ties the match 3-3 in the second period scoring a two-point reversal with a solid turnaround with the match tied three-three in overtime Chase hits a tremendous high jump shot that takes Gardner to his back Chase gets the pin in six minutes 38 seconds into overtime, second consecutive pin to decide a division four champion, this time it's Jason Chase in the 103-pound weight class, senior Ryan Miller set the Avid School record for wins Elsie and is now fighting for her first championship at the 112-pound Division III weight level. he faces sophomore Jason Bull, who won the title for Reed City in the 103-pound class just a year ago.

Miller gets on the scoreboard first with a quick, low Single Leg Takedown to score two points in the first period. The bull returns with a powerful change to score a two-point reversal and tie the match 2-2 regulation time ended with a score locked 2-2 we would resume the match in overtime shoot a deep double leg takedown and score two points to win the match How about that? It's a 7-5 overtime win for Jason Bull to capture the division three 112-pound championship. A New Lothrop freshman is going for the 112-pound division four title. Tim Ebenhoe in 55-1 battles.

Defending state champion Matt Leiby Abenhoe takes the title. he leads at the end of the first period with a hard-fought Double Leg Takedown. Leiby works from the bottom position in the second period. Leiby gets up and catches Edinho with a whip to the chin to score a two-point reversal and tie the game. at two, Livy spins Evanhoe around with a vicious guillotine and scores a three-point takedown. Midway through the second period, Lobby unleashes a big Far Side cradle and scores a three-point year ball to extend their lead to 9-2 and Leiby would extend it. to win even more and win the division four 112-pound crown, Matt Libby, although Fulton Middleton won 12-2, six champion crowns and much more to come when we return to Joe Louis Arena to take a look at some of the most successful wrestlers in Michigan history.

Simmons Brothers, that and more after this mhsaa High School Wrestling Championship on Fox Sports NATA is likely sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, making its future more predictable by Little Caesars and Olympia Entertainment. Welcome back to Joe Louis Arena if you can try to imagine throwing a perfect pitch. playing every time, maybe throwing a perfect 300 game every time seems impossible, it also seems impossible to go undefeated in your entire wrestling career, but that's exactly what Nick and Andy Simmons are after. Nick Simmons burst onto the Michigan wrestling scene in 1998. Capping off a perfect 50-0 freshman season by winning the individual state championship in division three at 103 pounds, he was joined the following year by his brother Andy, who repeated the feat in his first season.

Together they won a state team championship in 1999 in Williamston on top of their respective individual championships in 2000. Nick won his third state title and Andy won his second. The Simmons brothers reach the

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finals when they have never lost, it is an achievement they are very proud of. Oh, it's a pretty good relationship. I mean, we have a little bit of competition between us, but I don't know, we don't really like it, we don't really compare wrestling much to each other, we just don't care, we have a rivalry, but we just don't talk. about it all the time, I mean, we support each other, I mean, of course, but I know we just don't think about it much, it's not a surprise to people who know the Simmons family, his father Scott was a two-time winner of Michigan.

The wrestling champion was undefeated in his senior season, they have been the coaches since we were very little and he is always there every night, he never misses me, so I received a lot of support from him and my mother because she puts up with us, the kids. They believed they were born. fight and the national records they have accumulated together proved them right 373 consecutive victories for the brothers and 102 pins for the brothers in one season are just some of the marks that have marked Nick Simmons' plans for a future at the State University of Michigan leaving little brother.

Andy, the burden of keeping the undefeated streak alive, we don't take anyone lightly, we take it like it's our last game, but everyone loses, I mean, you can't handle being beaten forever, I mean, I lost when I was little. , everyone, do you have to start somewhere? Nick Simmons and Andy Simmons perhaps the most prolific wrestling tandem in the entire history of high school wrestling in the state of Michigan. It's hard to beat these kids. They're tough, aren't they? They certainly are. Nick and Andy are two of the best fighters. only in the state of Michigan, but in the United States, Nick ranked first nationally.

Andy took third place in the top two and we are proud to have them here at Michigan and I think they will continue into their college years as well. We continue from Joe Louis Arena with more wrestling when we return to Fox Sportsnet right after this welcome to downtown Detroit at Joe Louis Arena, where wrestling takes center stage and takes center stage in our ongoing coverage on Fox Sports Net. You don't know anyone. has ever wrestled in his high school career and has remained undefeated in all four years. Williamston's Nick Simmons goes down in history as his fourth consecutive title against Capac's undefeated Ryan Bullock in the division three, 119-pound weight class.

Simmons scores a quick takedown in the first period with a front headlock and spins back to score two points, the foreigner leads 8-0 in the second period. Simmons performs a powerful half Nelson into an extremely tight headlock to score the pinfall two minutes and 56 seconds into the second period, an impressive way to conclude an impressive one. career of Nick Simmons, who will now do his wrestling at Michigan State University Tim Tanner, a senior from Springport, hopes to finish his high school wrestling career with a division four 119-pound championship next of the semifinal that Eric Claus could not reach the weight that Tanner received. loss and received this year's state title, giving Springport its first championship of the

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campaign at the 119 level in division four.

Well, we talked about Ryan Miller earlier in our broadcast, another Ryan Ryan fros of Tri-County Howard City is aiming for 125. Three pound division crown, he faces Chris Smith of Wyoming Rogers, who finished second at 112 pounds in 2000. We start the action in the second period with Frost leading three to two Smith fires a big double leg takedown and drives frozen on his back with a half Nelson to score two points almost falling frozen scores a two point takedown with a low shot single leg in the third period to take a 7-5 lead frozen ties the match in the final five seconds of the third period on an Excellent double leg takedown with a bear hug finish to force the match into overtime.

Pro scores the takedown in overtime with a solid double leg shot to win the match. The second time a division three champion has needed overtime to lift the crown this time. the form of the 125 pound weight class is Ryan Frozen of Howard City Tri-County two wrestlers with 50 three wins Seasons are in the 125 pound weight class in division four Junior Max Wilkins of Whittemore Prescott against the student Marlette freshman Curtis Roddy after a scoreless first period we resume action in the second Wilkins stands up and scores the first points of the game with a one-point escape in the third period Rada uses a fourth forward Nelson and finishes with a headlock to score two points Three-point takedown and near fall to take a 5-1 lead.

Wilkins works his way from behind and scores a two-point reversal to close the gap to 5-3, but it wasn't enough. Curtis Roddy, just a freshman starts the high level of him. His school career on a high note, he wins the division four 125-pound championship defeating Max Wilkins 5-3. Tri-County's Dan Thompson hopes to claim another championship after taking 112lb honors last year and opts for division three at 130lb.against avid Elsie Thompson's Bobby Dodson gets off to a great start in the first period with a fireman's carry to take a 2-0 lead. We continued the match in the third period with Thompson leading 6-1.

Dodds finds Thompson's right leg and scores. a two-point reversal Thompson comes back with a stand-up and drag to score a two-point reversal to extend his lead to 10-4 and that's how it would end Howard City Tri-County's Dan Thompson wins the 130-pound crown Division III, the 130-pound crown in division four, pits Hudson Jr. Nick Camp against Martin senior Travis Brenner, who is seeking his 215th career victory. Halfway through the first period, he is unable to counter the runner's takedown attempt and scores the first two points of the game in the In the second period, Camp makes a great high shot to the crotch and scores his second takedown of the game, extending his lead to four.

Brenner comes forward with a power switch to score a two-point reversal and cut Camps, making it 4-2. The running back makes a great power half. Nelson and body scissors combination resulting in a fall three minutes 41 seconds into the second period, third pin so far in division four, this time it's Martin's Travis Brenner with the honors of capturing the weight class 130 pounds and stay there. More wrestling to come as Fox Sportsnet continues our coverage of the mhsaa Championship Wrestling from Joe Lewis Arena. We will be back and welcome again. Thanks for staying with us here at Fox Sportsnet.

More champions will be crowned at Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Moving up to the Division 3 135-pound weight class, he faces a two-time champion and two-time runner-up Andy Simmons of Williamston aims to remain perfect in his three-year career. Fight against Richmond's Ken Thomas one in the second period. Simmons goes on the attack scores a two-point takedown with a headlock goes behind Simmons scores another takedown with a pass and catches Thomas on his back for a two-point near fall trailing 17-5 at the end of the third period Thomas scores a Takedown of two points on a Gator Roll to make the score 17-7, so Andy Simmons wins his third consecutive championship and then points as he begins the 2002 season at the record pace of his brother in Williamston Andy Simmons, his division three champion of 135 pounds in the 135.

Adam Cunningham, four-cushion class of the pound division, tries to win his second title in three years, while in Whittemore Prescott today faces Quincy Jr. Robert Casto Cunningham scores the first points of the match in the first period with a quick run for two points. takedown Casto returns and scores a one-point escape with a stand-up late in the first period with the match tied 2-2 in the second period Cunningham takes a two-point lead by scoring a quick takedown midway through the third period Cunningham scores on a close single leg takedown and extends his lead to 7-2 and would go up a couple more points and win 9-3 to capture 135lb Otters in division four.

Hi Mark, another perfect season is on the way. line in level three of the 140-pound division Ryan Tripp and his 60-0 record for Goodrich versus Shepherd trip's Luke Maugenberg stays solid on a single-leg throw and scores a two-point takedown to start the match with magenberg leading 2-1 in the second period, Tripp hits a backhand from a standing position to take a 3-2 lead. Tripp makes an impressive Far Side crib in the third period and scores a three-point near fall to take a 6-2 lead. Wow, perfect trip! 61-0 on the year after defeating Shepard's Luke Maggenberg 6-3 to win the Division III 140-pound championship.

Fulton's Jeremy Windsor Middleton hopes to put a finishing touch on a perfect year and finished second at 145 pounds last year in division four, now going for the 140-pound division four Championship against Allendale's Jared Underhill this season after receive a one-point lead in the first period for an illegal move. Windsor scores a two-point takedown with a very hard single-leg shot, extending her lead in the match to 3-0 Underhill executes a solid stand-up and scores a one-point escape in the third period Windsor scores a reversal of two points over Underhill in a short fireman's jersey and he can pull away 6-1 and win the 140-pound division four championship in the 145-pound weight class in Division III Casey Halberger hopes to give Williamston its third state champion in the Joe Lewis Arena.

He'll have to beat Tri-County's Andy Frosh, though to do it again he puts in the work. score first with a single cross leg for a two point takedown foreigner the match tied 2-2 freeze hits a quick two point reversal and hollenberger comes back with a short fireman carry to score a two point reversal and tie the match four to four in the second period frosh reverses hollenberger with a high spin to take the lead 6-4 lenberger counters frosh's Far Side cradle reverses it for two points and catches it with a big half Nelson to score three points near the fall , tells you what Mark, what started out as a very close match ended in a 15-6 Casey Holuberger escape to win the division three 145-pound crown, hey Mark, another perfect season is underway. the line in the four week class of the 145 pound division Alan Picard, if you remember, won the 140 pound crown a year ago with Allendale, this year he will go for back-to-back championships, only this time one step up he will face Jack .

Clinton's Hackensack jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead in the first period. Picard returns to the attack and scores a two-point takedown with an excellent duck and immediately goes for a pin with a quick reverse scoring his second two-point near fall in the first period in the second period leading 10-4, Picard hits the hackashack with a lightning fast low single leg and scores a two point takedown with a commanding 12-5 lead in the third period Picard scores yet another takedown with a nice single leg shot, Picard scores his final takedown of the match with a armpit twist to extend his lead to 17-5 and Picard finishes it off that way 17-5 to capture all four elements of the 145-pound division, well we've crowned 18.

Champions so far and when we return we'll introduce you to a young man who fell short of that goal in his first two attempts here in the JLA, but will get another chance this year. The Josh Hildebrand story when we return to Fox Sportsnet. After this welcome back to Joe Louis Arena, it's tough to get to this level, there's no doubt about it, but it's even tougher if you reach the Pinnacle and then come up a little short. Josh Hildebrand knows he can be ranked better than anyone. No. 1 in the state coming into the state championship game, but he has a couple things to work on the last two years.

He ended up as a bridesmaid. I mean, you can hear him at every tournament and my coaches are there at every practice and every game. Mat there are so many things that people can do for you that what they do is done in practice when they push you that is done in practice so yeah that's almost everyone else's role is to push you in practice , but when you're on the mat it's all you Josh Hildebrand one of 11 Division Four wrestlers undefeated heading into the state championships one of 33 overall What surprises me most Martorella are the priorities these kids have to get to this level well, there is no doubt Matt, there is one thing that is really An important factor here is a lot, you have to be lucky to stay healthy and these kids that have been able to stay healthy and follow their training plan are the ones that are doing the best and they are still undefeated when we return to Josh Hildebrand.

The final game of the year against Andy Salembine for the state championship is featured on Fox Sports Net. After this, there are more champions to be crowned here at Joe Louis Arena, so let's get back to that. Portland's John Fox Sports and Jonah Lyon won. 152-pound weight class in division three in 2000. Attempts to win back-to-back titles against first-time qualifier Aaron Boone of Otsego Boone hits a super headlock and scores a two-point takedown and a two-point near fall. he escapes the headlock to score a two-point reversal making the score four to two in the first period and that's enough to give him the Crown Mark.

He wins it 5-3 to capture division three. 152 pound bragging rights. Hello, Greg from Charles. goitisek has the only unblemished record in the 152-pound weight class in division four and is trying to keep it that way against Ithaca sophomore CJ Waldron. Goitis said he takes the lead in the first period with a strong double-leg shot that scored a two-point takedown of Waldron. combines a sit-out with a stand-up and scores a point Escape very well leading 4-1 in the third period Gardessec scores a change to a stand-up for a point Escape Works with an excellent pass from his feet to score a takedown of two points and extend their lead to 7-1 and that's how it would end Saint Charles' Greg Goitisik wins 152-pound Crown game in division four as Sophomore and Senior battle for top honors in division three of 160-pound weight class in just his second year as Mahalak holds Carroll's School's single-season record for wins with 59.

He faces Armada's RJ Boudreau, who finished third last year. We start the action in the first period. Mihalik scores a two-point takedown with a powerful double-leg takedown leading 3-0 in the second period mihalik hits another big double-leg takedown and scores two more points mihalik finishes a hard-fought single-leg takedown late in the second period to extend their lead to 7-2 Boudreau Works stood up in the third period to score a one-point escape, but that was all he could muster. Mihalik wins Division III 160-pound crown and another undefeated wrestler aims for state title in 160-pound division four-cushion class Josh Hildebrand of Martin 55-0 and runner-up the past two seasons will face Dundee standout Andy Saleby Salembine scores the takedown in the first period, but a cross-arm block and adds a two-point near fall from which Hillebrand escapes and scores a one-point escape to make the match score. four to one.

Hellebrand was injured in the flurry of moves and was unable to complete the match. That's an unfortunate way to end the season for Josh Hildebrandt. Andy Salebon was crowned champion of the fourth division of 160 pounds and 171 pounds. The division three class pits Dan Case War, runner-up for Durand last year, against Clinton's Andrew Klisch with the match tied 0-0 in the second period. Case Moore scores a two-point putback on a quick standup turnaround. Casemore fires off a solid single leg and fights off Klich's wizard counterattack to score a two-point takedown, extending his lead over Klich to 4-0 in the third period.

Klisch closes the gap with a strong save, achieving a one-point escape to make the score. 4-2 and that's how it would end Dan Casemore able to hold off a late flurry from Andrew Klish and win the division three 171 pound championship. Last year's 171-pound division four champion is back for a possible another medal in 2001. Hesperia's Keith Mucky brings his 43-0 record into the title fight against Athens Jr. Justin Neal Mucky jumps to a quick 2-0 lead with an overwhelming single leg takedown. Neil returns to the match by pressing a switch which resulted in a one point escape.

In the third period, Mucky executes a great inside turn and scores a two-point reversal to increase his lead to 4-1, yes, and that reversal allowed him to capture the crown 4-1 over Justin Neal and claim top honors in the division four. 171 pound weight class, thank you, we feel great about bringing you several champions so far here at Joe Louis Arena, but you'll be even more inspired when you hear Scott Zuskill's story coming to you next on Fox Sportsnet. Welcome. Back to Joe Louis Arena, friends when you cover Sports, you look for the silver lining, you look for inspiration, you don't need to look any further than the next piece, his name is Scott Zesko, he makes it to the state championship with just one loss. and a guy you can't help but feel sorry for.

We began documenting Scott Susco's incredible journey in 1999 when, as a sophomore, he surprised and delighted those in attendance at Joe Louis Arena with a fourth-place finish in the state finals. He has a mentality and Scott has all those things and he also has physical talent. You know that he is an athlete and with his character and his determination that is what makes him succeed. A lot of people always compliment me and say, "Yeah, you're amazing." I'm glad you're doing this and it makes me feel good. Scott responded to his first trip to the Joe with two exceptional encores last year.

He returned to the United States and placed fifth this season. He completed his high school career with a personal best of 54. -2 record while he ranks third now if these achievements are not enoughimpressive, consider that Scott Susco has accomplished these feats despite having only one leg at the tender age of 12, this energetic young man began experiencing severe pain in his left leg, he was actually in a basket, the basketball banquet my sister and I got in the car that night and I felt pain I couldn't stand it was like a charlie horse but it doesn't go away and our local compactor took an x-ray and he didn't like what he was seeing and sent me to another doctor and he wasn't very sure and we want a second opinion on what it was and that's when he sent us to the Dr. all here in Detroit, the diagnosis was all his, a type of bone. cancer that is highly fatal, suddenly the teenager faced a very adult decision.

The doctor caught me at work and told me that he wanted to take the leg off and that was bad enough and he told me they could amputate my leg or he could replace it. every bone in my leg, but it would increase the chances of the cancer spreading. Did you understand the magnitude at that age? Yeah, I got it, I knew what cancer was and then I basically couldn't believe it was me and I was just like, which one can? I play sports and he said amputate it so that was my decision at first, it was a little frustrating but then it just kind of happened.

I just have to get used to it now. Go forward. Scott's passion for sports, particularly wrestling, drove him to persevere. I had changed my form a bit, at first I dropped, struggling with my knee instead of standing up, but it was basically the same form, just my posture was different initially, as they had already attracted most of the attention to return to the state. The finals stopped another tough competitor. I think a lot of the novelty of his leg is starting to wear off. You know, most of the coaches that have seen it now and he's been here, so the state has seen it and they've accepted it. now also, as a wrestler, you know, he looks like everyone else in our area, do you know that he is just a wrestler and that he is very good and this four-time captain of the team has become an inspiration to everyone.

A coach talked to me. the kids lost their leg and he says boy, I wish my son was here watching, you know, because what a great inspiration and he's, yeah, you know, you know he's just Scott, but to a lot of other people that you know that have . come talk to me you know he was an inspiration I mean he's doing things that you know no one would expect him to do every time someone comes up to me he always does he makes me feel good and he lets me know that I'm making other people happy people. and I hope he helps like someone else with an amputee or who doesn't even have fatigue, just disability.

Hopefully it will give them a little foreign boost. Scott Cesco is how nice it has been for you to see a guy like this fighting in your sport. over the last three years, Scott Cesco can be really involved, he's just a good wrestler and he gets those wins and he's certainly shown that here today, yeah, he's a great role model for a lot of the young kids as well when we come back more. Models take to the map more wrestling on Fox Sports Net in a second place, third place is Scott Cesco from the foreign site of Standish Sterling of the mhsaa Championship Wrestling here on Fox Sportsnet, we have moved to the weight class of Division III 189-pounder drops first-time qualifier Kyle Ahrens of Imlay City and Bart Bennett, who holds Birch Run School's wins and takedowns record Bennett scores first takedown of the match in the first period with a big high throw in the crotch 4-0 in the second period.

Aaron scores a one-point escape when Bennett gets too high with his leg attack. Bennett uses his brutal front lock to score another takedown, extending his lead to 6-1 in the third period. Bennett increases his lead by countering Aaron's high shot to the crotch to score another. takedown of Bennett, a very impressive victory in capturing the division three 189-pound championship, yes, in the division four 189-pound weight class, we have a pair of first-time finalists, Mark Dundee's Brandon Johnson and Morenci's Todd Tripp, son of former Michigan wrestler Gary Johnson, scores the first takedown of the match with a crushing bear hug late in the first period leading 5-0 in the second period Johnson scores another takedown with a big headlock ahead behind 7-1 in the third period Trip scores two takedown points when he counters John 6's attempt to step over, but sick John follows well in his father's footsteps and beats Morenci's Todd Tripp 8-4 capture bragging rights in the 189-pound division four in the Division III 215-pound class Steve Bednarick, a runner-up two years ago seeks to become Roscommon's first individual crown bearer.

He will face Tony Gregorzik of Grand Rapids West Catholic after gaining a quick 5-0 lead in the first period. Regors catches Benaric on his back with a perfectly timed high step. passes to score a two-point near fall Bednar hits Gregorzik with a side elevator spin to score an Escape point part of the second period, but Narik scores a two-point reversal with a foot shift combination in the third period Gregorzak explodes from the bottom with a single-leg high step, scored a two-point reversal and using a strong half, Nelson scored a three-point near fall, so Gregorzik had two points in this match where he scored five points in a row, started 5-0 and then, while up 7-3, went on a five-nothing run at the end to win 12-3 and capture 215-pound division three honors, oh in the division four-way class 215-pounder Dustin Brock of Springport, who won last year's battles championship.

Leasburg Augusta's Mike Walden, backing a perfect 52-0 record, has something to give here. Mark achieves that undefeated record in the final of the In the final seconds of the first period, Brock scores a two-point takedown in honor of Waldron's side fall with him trailing 3-0 in the third period. Waldron stands up and scores a point. Escape Rock spins behind Waldrons and scores two. -takedown point to extend your lead to 6-1 and Dustin Brock is your division four 215-pound champion with a 6-1 decision, so let's break down our division three and division four champions for you on division three, the 275-pound crown bearer.

Delton Kellogg's Bill Ferris at 119 pounds Ryan frosch of Howard City Tri-County is taking top honors in the 125-pound weight class at 130 pounds is Dan Thompson of Howard City Tri-County Andy Simmons at 135 pounds wins representing Williamston in the 140-pound weight Ryan Tripp of Goodrich is his jacket Williamston's third state champion is Casey Holuberger in the 145-pound class Aaron Boone won Otsego's 152-pound class at 160 pounds the crown will be worn by Wynn Mihalik of Cairo Dan Casemore earns close but decisive victory for Durán to capture the 171-pound crown at 189 pounds is Birch Run's Bart Bennett and Tony Gregorzek capture Grand Rapids West Catholic's 215-pound crown in division four Greg Perkins in the category 275-pounder wins championship representing Blanchard Montebello Napoleon's Jason Chase wins at 103 pounds Matt Leiby does the same at 112 pounds representing Fulton's Tim Tanner Middleton Springport captures top honors at 119 pounds Curtis Roddy did the same at the 125 pound weight class Travis Brenner of Martin is the 130 pound champion at 135 pounds is Adam Cunningham of winamore Prescott Jeremy Windsor is the champion at 140 pounds of Fulton Middleton Allendale Travis chop is the champion at 145 pounds the 152 pound crown Bearer is Greg Goitisik of St Charles Andy Salebein takes home the 160-pound medal from Dundee Keith Mucky of Hesperia took the win in the 171-pound weight class Brandon Janicek of Dundee did the same at 189 pounds and the champion of 215 pounds in division four is springboard Dustin Brock.

There are now 56 champions crowned in 2001 at the division one, two, three and four levels here at the Michigan High School Wrestling State Championships. Mark, I think everyone really enjoyed this championship, we saw a lot of fantastic events, a lot of fantastic athletes, but the most important thing was a great show for everyone, no doubt, 56 new champions, 56 dreams realized. I hope you enjoyed it. I certainly did the best wrestling. we can get to Michigan State, it happened here at Joe Louis Arena. I really enjoyed working with him. Mark, we appreciate your time. We appreciate the efforts of everyone who helped organize this great event here at Joe Louis Arena.

We hope you enjoyed it. As much as we enjoyed bringing it from Mark Torella, my name is Matt Shepherd, keep following the wrestling, thank you foreigner, foreigner, foreigner.