Washington will hold its' state championships this weekend.  Orting's Taylor Meeks will go for his third state championship.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/highschools/story/1075227.html?storylink=mirelated

LCW will have a busy week of action.  We will be in Boise, Idaho for the meet between Boise State and Oregon State.  Also, we will attempt to cover the Region 18 junior college finals.  Stay tuned for coverage. Both events should provide for some excellent competition. 

BSU and OSU will wrestle Friday night, where Oregon State will put their 17 match win streak on the line, and try to turn around the early season defeat to BSU. The loss is the only blemish on Oregon State's current 18-1 season. Boise State has been ranked as high as 6th this season and has won the last two Pac 10 titles.

Region 18 is expected to be a closely contested tournament with Clackamas and North Idaho expected to battle it out.  Highline has a very solid team as well and could challenge with a good tournament.

Clackamas Matmen Prepare for Region 18 Championships

 

Oregon City, OR- The Clackamas Community College wrestling team is currently preparing for the Region 18 Championships that will be held this Saturday at Highline Community College in Des Moines, WA.  The Cougars are currently the #5 ranked Junior College team in the country and they head in to the event having finished runner up to North Idaho College in 2009 Championships.  The tournament starts at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with the finals set for around 4 p.m.

 The annual tournament acts as the Western Region qualifier for the NJCAA National Championships and is recognized as one of the toughest regions in the country.   In the final regular season rankings done by the NJCAA Coaches Association, 3 members of Region 18 are ranked in the top 10 in the country with Clackamas, North Idaho and Highline ranked #5, #6, and #7 respectively.  Southwest Oregon and Yakima come in at #19 and #22 in the country.

 "Although we have only 5 teams in our region it is consistently one of the best regions in the country not only because of the current rankings but because of how we finish at the NJCAA National Championships," said Coach Josh Rhoden.  While the current Cougar squad is ranked one spot ahead of rival North Idaho it is the Cardinals who have to be dethroned as they have won 8 straight Region 18 Championships.  "We may be ranked ahead of NIC but that doesn't mean a whole lot to us, they are the team to beat and we know we have to get out there and wrestle our butts off," added Rhoden.

 The Cougar wrestlers welcome any and all to make the trip to Des Moines to root them on as they start the post season and hope to see you at Highline CC on Saturday!

 

 

 

Southwestern Oregon went 3-0 on the weekend, including a rematch with nationally ranked Highline College.

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/01/12/sports/laker_wrestlers_sweep_three_duals_2ec.txt

The competition schedule is busy once again this coming week.  Lots of teams are right back in action, and many are getting heavily  into their conference dual season.  We have a summary of what is going on out west this week in college wrestling, and also for western teams on the road. 


Wednesday, January 13
North Idaho at Yakima Valley CC
North Idaho vs. Highline CC at Yakima, Wash.
Mesa State at Nebraska-Kearney

Thursday, January 14
Adams State at Chadron State
Southern Oregon at San Francisco State
Mesa State at Fort Hays State
North Idaho at SW Oregon CC
Cal Poly at San Francisco State
Cal Poly vs. Southern Oregon at San Francisco, Calif.


Friday, January 15
Adams State at Colorado School of Mines
Boise State vs. North Dakota State at Bozeman, Mont.
North Idaho at Clackamas CC
Northern Colorado at Wyoming
UC Davis at Oregon State
Cal Baptist at Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist vs. CSU-Pueblo at Phoenix, Ariz.
CSU-Pueblo at Grand Canyon


Saturday, January 16
Cal Baptist vs. Great Falls at Prescott, Ariz.
Cal Baptist vs. Simon Fraser at Prescott, Ariz.
Cal Baptist vs. Southern Oregon at Prescott, Ariz.
CSU-Pueblo at Embry-Riddle
Eastern Michigan vs. Stanford at East Lansing, Mich.
Great Falls at Embry-Riddle
Nebraska-Kearney vs. New Mexico Highlands at Grand Prairie, Texas
New Mexico Highlands vs. Newman at Grand Prairie, Texas
Utah Valley vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Harvard vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Harvard vs. Utah Valley at Grand Prairie, Texas
Air Force vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Air Force vs. Northwestern at Grand Prairie, Texas
Brown vs. Air Force at Grand Prairie, Texas
Brown vs. Utah Valley at Grand Prairie, Texas
Western State at Grand Canyon
Clackamas Open- Oregon City, Oregon
Menlo at Embry-Riddle
Stanford at Michigan State

Sunday, January 17
Cal State-Bakersfield at Oregon State
Stanford at Central Michigan
Wyoming at Nebraska

Full Tri State brackets, curtousy of Idaho Wrestling News. Lots more Tri State matches and interviews coming, please be patient.  Very slow wireless service in gym, should be up tonight.


http://idahowrestlingnews.com/results/tournaments/0910/tristate/TriState_Rd1.asp

 103 Andrew vs. Solar, Hopkins vs. Peterson

112 Heinzer vs. Kirkendall, Maynes vs. Miller

119 Adams vs. Meza, Templeman vs. Rodrigo

125 Calderon vs. Ost, Perales vs. N Brown

130 Beard vs Pereti, Gannon vs Giberson

135 Mowry vs Mann, George vs Rodriquez

140 Schmidt vs Riehle, McLeod vs Lamb

145 Bacon vs Silva, Metz vs Frisbey

152 Richardson vs Zumwalt, Villani vs King

160 Mason vs Allen-Schmidt, Anderson vs Rogers

171 Pickard vs beckstrom, Millard vs. Rutledge

189 Meeks vs. Steed, Bayer vs. Johnson

215 Knutsen vs Chamberlain, Orgill vs Trotter

285 Burton vs Taylor, Laden vs White

Fifty teams from four states will invade the small gym of North Idaho College on Friday and Saturday, for the annual Tri State Invitational.  The action promises to be heavy from the first whistle, as several squads battle for trophies.  A few thousand people crowded into a small gym provides for a great environment. Individually, there are several stacked weights that should provide for some great matches and drama.  

Teams that look to be in contention are University of Spokane, Lake Stevens, Hermiston, Orting, and Flathead HS out of Kalispell, Montana.  Don't overlook Deer Park either. Lake Stevens, Hermiston,University, Moses Lake, Deer Park and Orting appear to have the most seeded wrestlers in the early seeds, but we will have to see if they hold.  Efrain Aguilar is the preliminarily the top seed at 125, but he was beaten last night in a dual meet.  Aguilar has to contend with Nathan Brown of North Central this weekend.

The 135 weight class looks to be pretty good, as several quality wrestlers will battle it out.  Braden Mowry of Coeur D Alene gets the top seed here.  Others to watch include Josh Lauderdale, Casey george of Lewiston, Steven Walkley of Lake Stevens and Garrett Mann of Orting.

Another quality weight class is 152. Idaho state champion Brandon Richardson, Tyler King of Mountain View, Josh Villani of Lake Stevens, Idaho state champ Colby Kloetzer of Caldwell, and Washington state runner-up Ryan Zumwalt of University make this weight interesting.

Two state champs only get the 5th and 6th seeds at 119 lbs.  Joey Delgado of Hermiston earns the 5th seed. He was an Oregon state champion last year as a freshman. Drew Templeman, goes in as the 6th seed. He was also a state champ as a freshman. Blake Adams of Deer Park is the top seed. 

Two Washington state champs earn the top seeds at 160 lbs.  Jacob Mason of University and sophomore Jordan Rogers of Mead gain the top seeds. At 189 pounds, top seeded Taylor Meeks looks to stay on track against a tough field.  Dustin Johnson, Tri State runner-up a year ago gets the two seed.  Two time Washington State Champ Nick Bayer comes in at number 3 seed, with Mitch Steed of Emerald Ridge and Cadet all american Curtis Berger of Hermiston getting the 4th and 5th seeds.