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.

The Lakers hosted fellow Region 18 school, North Idaho on Thursday night and narrowly lost.  The Lakers were able to win five of the ten matches but went down to defeat, 22-19.

125: Gowing, Thomas (Southwestern Oregon Community )  DEC McCrite, Kyle(North Idaho Collge)  8-7

133: Arand, Ryan (Southwestern Oregon Community )  DEC Reich, Herman(North Idaho Collge)  6-1

141: Stanley, Jacob (Southwestern Oregon Community )  FALL Harris, NIck(North Idaho Collge)  4.40

149: Stevenson, Trent (Southwestern Oregon Community )  MD Jones, Mckray(North Idaho Collge)  10-2

157: Pierotti, Joey (North Idaho Collge)  DEC Chunn, Jesse(Southwestern Oregon Community )  6-2

165: McCoy, Jacob (Southwestern Oregon Community )  DEC Nielsen, Jesse(North Idaho Collge)  8-4

174: Vasquez, Steven (North Idaho Collge)  MD Vazquez, Anibal(Southwestern Oregon Community )  12-2

184: Bell, Celic (North Idaho Collge)  FALL Turner, Hank(Southwestern Oregon Community ) 3.54

197: Jackson, Kameron (North Idaho Collge)  FALL Hester, Tim(Southwestern Oregon Community ) 3.28

285: McCovey, Roger (North Idaho Collge)  DEC Parsons, Matt(Southwestern Oregon Community )  5-1

A busy week out west this coming week, as most everybody is competing.

November 13-Arizona State @ UC Davis

Nov. 13/14-Southern Oregon Open- ( including SOU, Oregon State)

November 14-Cowboy Open ( including Wyoming, Air Force, Northern Colorado)

November 14-Cal Poly @ Cal-State Fullerton

November 14-Stanford at Northwestern Duals  (Purdue, Northwestern, Northern Iowa)  @ Evanston, Illinois

Nov 14-Cal Baptist @ Cal State Fullerton

November 15-Arizona State @ Cal-State Fullerton

North Idaho continued their good start on the 2009 campaign, picking up two wins on the night. They were victorious over Cerritos College and Highline.  Highline fought hard and was able to win 3 of the 10 matches, and fell short in 2 other close matches on the night.  North Idaho picked up bonus points at 174, 184, and Heavyweight. Roger McCovey, the freshman heavyweight out of California continued his excellence start on the young season. Jason Gray of Highline won a close match over Eric Luna in a battle of two talented freshmen. Returning all american Aaron Smith of Highline won by injury default for the Highline squad.

 

North Idaho Collge 26, Highline CC 12

125 Kyle McCrite(NIC) DEC Justin Purves(HCC) 6-5

133 Aaron Smith (HCC) MFor  over Tracy Huffman(NIC) 4:30

141 Nick Harris  (NIC) DEC Sam Ottow(Highline CC) 6-5

149 Jason Gray (HCC) DEC Eric Luna(NIC) 2-1

157 Marshall Giovaninni (HCC) DEC JoeyPierotti(NIC)) 4-3

165 Jesse Nielsen (NIC) DEC Tyler Story(HCC) 8-3

174 Kelvin Gastelum(NIC) FALL Casey Park(HCC) 5:15

184: Celic Bell(NIC) MD Tate Collins(HCC) 13-3

197: Kameron Jackson(NIC) DEC Darren Faber(HCC) 11-7

285: McCovey, Roger (NIC) MD Justin Whitney(HCC) 10-2
 

The NJCAA released their 2009-2010 pre-season national rankings this week.  Several school from the west are ranked highly in the team rankings, as well as many individual wrestlers.  The 4x Champion Iowa Central Tritons begin the year as the 2nd rated team, behind Meremac of St. Louis.  The Meremac program has been  put on notice that they will be terminated as a varsity sport at the conclusion of this season, and holds the #1 spot heading into the season.  The top ranked teams and individuals  are as follows:

TEAMS
1.Meremac CC

2.Iowa Central 

3. North Idaho

5. Clackamas

6. Northwest Wyoming 

7. Highline CC

12. Southwestern Oregon CC

125
4  Justin Purvis Highline 

5. Thomas Gowling, SWOCC

10  Kyle McCrite North Idaho

133 

1 Aaron Smith Highline

5  Saul Guerrero NW Wyoming
 11 2.0 Tracy Huffman North Idaho

141

3 McCade Ford NW Wyoming

 4  Trent Stevenson SW Oregon
 10 Jason Gray Highline
 11 Nick Harris North Idaho
 12  Anthony Weerheim Clackamas

149

 4 Jeremy Bommarito North Idaho

 7  Matt Melendrez Clackamas
 12  Tony Wood NW Wyoming

157 
2  Marshall Giovanni Highline
 5  Briston Brenton NW Wyoming

 10 Brad Sweet Yakima Valley
12 Joey Pierottti North Idaho

165

6 Derek Mestrovich Clackamas

9 Jake McCoy SW Oregon

 11 Adam Thies Yakima Valley
 12  Jesse Nielsen North Idaho

174

1  Caleb Kociemba Clackamas
 4  Stevie Vasquez North Idaho
 10  Nick Petersen NW Wyoming

184 
4Celic Bell North Idaho
5  Brett Sanchez Clackamas 
12 Benji Martin Yakima Valley

197

3 Kamren Jackson North Idaho
 7  Ryland Geiger Clackamas

285

1  Landon Harris NW Wyoming
4  David Lopez Highline 
6  Roger McCovey North Idaho
 7 Jacob Mitchell Clackamas
 10  Nigel Bond Yakima Valley

TEAM

 

 Navy beats Scarlet 24-16