Kent State Wrestling Research Paper

Junior Guard Jonathan Norfleet has taken the basketball scene by storm this past season. Maybe he was being taken for granted before but after this season everyone should know his name. Norfleet led Salem all the way to the semifinals in this year’s playoffs. Norfleet has put everyone on notice after he stepped up in many big games this season. Most notable battles were against conference foes in Green Run and Maury where we saw Norfleet is capable of playing with the best talent around. Norfleet has received most of his recognition from the AAU side.

who won the state championship twice – at 160 lbs as a junior and at 152 lbs as a senior.

Heading into the 2017 season, the offensive line might be the biggest question mark for the Wolverines. Starters Ben Braden, Kyle Kalis, and Erik Magnuson graduated and all are moving on to play professionally. With Grant Newsome’s health uncertain right now, sophomore Ben Bredeson and senior Mason Cole will lead an otherwise inexperienced group this fall.

“He’s a great kid who works hard and has a great attitude,” said Calaveras head coach Rob Leetham. “He understands his role as an underclassman and leads our team in points.”

It was very interesting to see which less decorated players would emerge from the group and stand out . Backup running back Darius Graves, a redshirt sophomore from Dudley looked very good. He has a shiftiness to his game, his quickness, and ability to catch the ball out of the backfield will making him a Darren Sproles -like weapon. Put Graves speed in the backfield with Marquell “Baby Ricky Williams Cartwright’s downhill running style, the Aggies’ backfield will be a weapon of mass

“Morant is a high-level point guard,” Mountaineers' head coach Bob Huggins said. “He’s really good in transition, and probably as good at driving and finishing around the rim as anyone we’ve played.”

“As a leader. He’s settled down some, he’s not as erratic at the plate, he’s not over swinging. He’s turning into a nice mature hitter, and it’s starting to show. All the credit goes to him, it’s his work ethic, it’s his demeanor, it’s the fact that he sticks with it. He deserves everything that happens.”

The redshirt senior missed the first game of the season due to a one-game suspension but after his return he made the most of his final year at West Virginia University and helped his team in the process.

Junior Travion Kirkendoll was named All-Conference for the third straight year, appearing on the Second Team. Sophomore Treylan Matthews grabbed Honorable Mention accolades for the second time.

For the final home conference games this weekend, Centenary will celebrate the careers of seniors Grant Debevec, Scott Dwyer, Aaron Quintanilla, and Michael Schimpf. The class is quite accomplished in the Centenary history books with a 93-57 overall record and a 45-21 mark in SCAC play coming into the weekend, a regular season SCAC Championship in 2015, and national rankings in

Cole Holbrook and Devin Reich stated the reason for their success was just knowing each other which made them play with confidence. Really stressing the fact that playing together last year was so important in building their chemistry. When asked how close the two of them are Devin said “practically brothers.” I asked Cole and Devin what they plan to improve on from now until the state competition they responded with “practicing a lot” and “practicing with other state competitors. When asked about their plan for state Cole responded with “our goal is to make the opponents cry.” The Talon and myself congratulate Ty, Cole, and Devin on their success and wish them the best of luck as they prepare for state in the

Kaitlynn Wiltraut, co-captain of the women’s lacrosse team, watched Fitzsimmons work to learn the new position throughout the course of the season. Wiltraut had this to say about her teammate. “Emily is willing to put forth a lot of effort. She’s working hard, and she’s getting a lot better,” said Wiltraut.

All four other starters were able to make two starts each for various reasons. Not to mention, Tomlin didn’t get his first start until April 16th. This man has stepped up his game while the Indians had to endure Carlos Carrasco’s injury and Cody Anderson’s struggles.

“Why were you not at practice Matthews?¨ ¨I don’t know what’s with you and this mindset that you have nothing left to learn, but you need to work on your technique every once in awhile. Well at least do not ignore me.” Tyler tied his shoes and strapped them. He tried to loosen up in the small time accessible to him since as usual being the lowest weight class on his team at 132 pounds. But this was not a bother to him as it was for most kids at this level, in fact, he loved it, not only was he the opening act, but he also got to set the tone for the rest of the matches for the day. They announced his weight class shortly after the forfeits his team had to give up due to their lack of players. Tyler lined up, shook hands and it was begun.

Matt’s freshman campaign yielded multiple accolades highlighted by an All-Inter-Ac Second-Team selection and a spot on the Independents/Inter-Ac Carpenter Cup Classic roster. Personal accomplishments also manifested into team achievements as Gorman aided Penn Charter in winning the Inter-Ac league championship.