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All I know is that James Aston is in the wrestling room now. He got there late because of the bowl game, so it may take some time for his status to shake out. He's one of three 197 pounders on the roster. With JD Bergman redshirting, the matches have been going to Corey Morrison, another freshman. It hasn't been our strongest spot in the line-up, so James may get an opportunity to step up. Have to wait and see. The King may know more.
 
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For NDChief and High Lonesome. Friday night against #1 Minny: a) Blake Maurer upsets #10; and b) James Aston gets his first match of the year, dropping a close one in sudden victory. Note also, Minny did not put Dustin Schlatter out to face Jeff Jaggers.


Ohio State 6, No. 1 Minnesota 30
174 - Blake Maurer (OSU) dec. No. 10 Gabriel Dretsch (UM), 6-4sv
184 - No. 8 Roger Kish (UM) mdec. Alex Picazo (OSU), 16-5
197 - Mitch Kuhlman (UM) dec. James Aston (OSU), 6-4sv
HWT - No. 1 Cole Konrad (UM) dec. No. 11 Kirk Nail (OSU), 3-1
125- Travis Lang (UM) win by forfeit
133 - No. 5 Mack Reiter (UM) dec. Reece Humphrey (OSU), 6-1
141 - No. 16 Manuel Rivera (UM) dec. T.J. Enright (OSU), 4-2sv
149 - No. 8 J Jaggers (OSU) dec. Tyler Safratowich (UM), 8-6
157 - No. 6 C.P. Schlatter (UM) mdec. Steve Sommer (OSU), 11-3
165 - No. 8 Matt Nagel (UM) mdec. Nathaniel Augustson (OSU), 12-4
 
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Purdue 19- OhioSt 15
Location: West Lafayette, IN
2/10/2006
Starting Weight Class: 285
Weight Winning Wreslter Win Type Losing Wrestler Score
125 Arroyo, Anner(OhioSt ) DEC Price, Jeff(Purdue ) 9-8
133 Fleeger, Chris(Purdue ) FRFT (OhioSt )
141 Enright, T.J.(OhioSt ) DEC Cook, Jason(Purdue ) 8-3
149 Withstandley, Douglas(Purdue ) DEC Jaggers, Jeff(OhioSt ) 8-4
157 Sommer, Steve(OhioSt ) DEC Murphy, Jake(Purdue ) 6-3
165 Bedoy, Dan(Purdue ) DEC Augustson, Nathaniel(OhioSt ) 7-3
174 Maurer, Blake(OhioSt ) DEC Corpe, Nick(Purdue ) 3-2
184 Wissel, Benjamin(Purdue ) MD Picazo, Alex(OhioSt ) 19-9
197 Moore, Nathan(Purdue ) DEC Morrison, Corey(OhioSt ) 8-2
285 Nail, Kirk(OhioSt ) DEC Keough, Aaron(Purdue ) 9-4
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At 174 Maurer won against last years Indiana 171 state champ.
 
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Ohio State Wrestling Sends Three to NCAA Championships

Reece Humphrey, Blake Maurer and Kirk Nail travel to Oklahoma City
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Blake Maurer will be one of three Buckeyes competing at to the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State wrestling team will send three Buckeyes in Reece Humphrey, Blake Maurer and Kirk Nail to the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Oklahoma City March 16-18 in the Ford Center. The event will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma All Sports Association.
2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships
When : Thursday, March 16 - Saturday, March 18
Where : Ford Center, Oklahoma City - University of Oklahoma (Host)

Schedule:
Thursday
Session I - 11 a.m. CST
Session II - 6:30 p.m. CST

Friday
Session III - 10 a.m. CST
Session IV - 6 p.m. CST

Saturday
Session V - 10 a.m. CST
Session VI - 6:30 p.m. CST

BROADCAST
Three of the six sessions will be broadcast live on either ESPN or ESPNU. ESPNU will air session three (quarterfinals and consolations rounds) of the championships at 11 a.m. EST March 17. Session four (semifinals) will air at 7 p.m. EST March 17 on either ESPNU or ESPN in syndication. For a complete list of cities for the syndication broadcast, log on to ncaasports.com/broadcast/tv. ESPN will carry the championships round of the final session at 7:30 p.m. EST March 18.
LIVE UPDATES
Live updates of the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be provided on ncaasports.com.
HOW TO GET THERE
Tickets to the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships are being sold in three-day, six-session packages only. All session ticket packages are $100. A $5 handling fee is added to all orders. Tickets can be purchased through all Ticketmaster outlets by calling 405-235-8288 or online at ticketmaster.com. Fans also can mail in official ticket applications to the Oklahoma City Ford center Box office at 1 Myriad Gardens Oklahoma City, OK 73102. For more information on tickets, log on to ncaasports.com. <!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->
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Three Buckeyes will make an appearance at the national championships in Reece Humphrey, Blake Maurer and Kirk Nail. Maurer, a redshirt freshman from Evansville, Ind., will compete at 174 pounds. Nail is making his second-consecutive appearance as a sophomore at heavyweight. Redshirt freshman J Jaggers was the third Buckeye qualifier, but he was forced to withdrawal because of a knee injury. Humphrey, who was named a second alternate, earned a berth to the national championships after injuries sustained by Jaggers and the Big Ten first alternate.
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
Blake Maurer and Kirk Nail advanced to the NCAA championships by finishing in the Top 7 of their respective weight classes at the 2006 Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships. Maurer was seventh at 174 pounds and Nail was sixth at heavyweight. Teammate Reece Humphrey, who was an eighth seed in the 133 weight class and was a second alternate to the national championships, qualified for the national meet after injuries sustained by Jaggers and the Big Ten first alternate.
Maurer won his seventh-place matchup vs. Purdue's Nick Corpe, 7-4. En route to his seventh-place bout, fifth-seed Maurer dropped Indiana's Marc Bennett in 6:08, but suffered a 6-4 loss to No. 4 seed and Penn State's James Yonushonis in the quarterfinals. After receiving a bye in the second wrestleback, Maurer lost to Minnesota's Gabriel Dretsch, 8-6, who was a No. 8 seed.
Nail, who received a No. 6 seed, finished sixth after he was forced to medical forfeit his session three matches at heavyweight. Nail was set to face No. 8 seed Matt Weight of Illinois and Joel Edwards, a No. 4 seed from Penn State. In sessions one and two, Nail took advantage of a first round bye by defeating Northwestern's and No. 3 seed Dustin Fox with the riding time edge in the first tiebreaker. However, Nail was forced to medical forfeit his second match of the day vs. second seed Greg Wagner of Michigan.
As a true freshman, Humphrey advanced to the quarterfinals after pinning Iowa's Daniel Dennis in 6:51 on the first day of competition. However, Humphrey then was downed by No. 1 seed Mack Reiter of Minnesota in 1:30. Dropping down to the consolation brackets, Humphrey scored an 8-5 victory over Michigan State's Jeff Wimberley, before losing to No. 5 seed Jake Strayer of Penn State, 7-3, and Indiana's and No. 6 seed Andrae Hernandez, 8-1, the following day.
2006 ALTERNATES
Reece Humphrey and Steve Sommer were named alternates to the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships at 133 and 157 pounds, respectively, out of the pool of eighth-place finishers. Humphrey will compete at the national meet after injuries to NCAA qualifiers from the Big Ten.
 
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Congratulation to OSU's 285 pounder Kirk Nail for earning All-American honors! He'll be wrestling today for 7th place at the National Tourney.
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Sounds like Blake Maurer got totally screwed in the consolation round. Here's an excerpt describing his match:

-A strange turn of events took place in the consolation round at 174 pounds when Ohio State’s Blake Maurer and Minnesota’s Gabe Drestch were brought back out onto the mat following the conclusion of their second round consolation, after the Gophers protested a wrestleback match that ended with Maurer winning 2-1. Minnesota cited a misinterpretation of the rules on a hold, and the two grapplers were brought back out to re-start the third period, where Drestch held a 1-0 lead. In the restart, Drestch scored a three-point near fall, then another takedown after allowing an escape to win the match with a 6-1 decision.
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What the hell is this? A do-over? He won the match the first time. Then they made them come out and wrestle the 3rd period all over again. I've never heard of such.
 
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4/14/06

OHIO STATE | WRESTLING

Rowlands would give up Olympics to coach Buckeyes

Friday, April 14, 2006

Jeremy McLaughlin
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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The most decorated wrestler in Ohio State history might become its new coach, but the opportunity Tommy Rowlands craves comes with a sacrifice.
Rowlands, the Buckeyes’ only four-time wrestling All-American, said he will interview next week to become the next Ohio State wrestling coach. Russ Hellickson is retiring after 20 seasons.
If Rowlands is hired, the 24-year-old said he would have no hesitation in casting aside his dream of winning a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, a goal he has been training toward the past two years.
"It wouldn’t be fair to the university or to the guys on the team or the guys I’m recruiting (to continue to wrestle)," he said. "It obviously would be a tough decision, but I would be bound to our program and (coaching) is something I want to do.
"I’m at a point in my life where I can compromise one dream for the other."
Rowlands is believed to be one of a handful of candidates who will interview for the job next week. Ohio State associate athletics director Heather Lyke said a new coach should be hired before the end of the month.
Other possible successors include Hofstra coach Tom Ryan, Central Michigan coach Tom Borrelli and Illinois assistant coach Jim Heffernan. Ryan and Borrelli were approached by Ohio State and given permission by their schools to apply, school officials said. Ryan said he has an interview with OSU on Tuesday.
Former Iowa coach Jim Zalesky also could be in the mix but is also a candidate at Oregon State. Terry Brands, a coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, also might be interviewed. Cornell coach Rob Koll said he pulled his name from consideration last week.
Rowlands has the least experience of the group. He served as a volunteer assistant for a season and is currently the program’s director of the operations. He is two years removed from winning the NCAA heavyweight championship but doesn’t believe his youth would be a detriment.
"I would consider (my age) a positive," he said.
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7/28/06

'Gentle giant' bids OSU farewell



Anthony Puleio

Issue date: 7/27/06 Section: Sports


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A coach.

A friend.

A mentor.

A father.

A warrior.

A legend.

These are just some of the superlatives that have been used to describe Ohio State wrestling coach Russ Hellickson. For 20 years, he coached the wrestling team at OSU and on July 31, his retirement from OSU will become official.

Hellickson's accomplishments during his career are unparalleled. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1970, he went on to wrestle in national and international competitions. His most storied achievement as an athlete is the silver medal he won at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He was a two-time U.S. Olympic Team member, won 12 national Freestyle championships, one Greco-Roman championship and was the first wrestler to win three gold medals in the Pan-American Games.

In 1986, associate athletic director Bill Myles hired him as the wrestling coach at OSU. During his tenure, he would go on to produce seven NCAA National Champions and 32 All-Americans compiling a 251-135-6 record along the way. He was the Big Ten Coach of the Year twice and the 2002 National Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year. The Buckeyes also finished in the top-five of the Big Ten conference nine times under his guidance.

Myles said Hellickson was hired as the best candidate among a pool of seven.

"He had a love of wrestling that you could just see ... he's very organized and articulate and he just was able to sell himself and wrestling," Myles said.

Among his team members and colleagues, Myles said Hellickson is known as a man of principle and at times sacrificed his record and the team's standing for the betterment of his wrestlers.

"He always had the kid in mind first - always cared about the athlete," said Mitch Clark, a 1998 NCAA champion under Hellickson and a former assistant coach. "He put that above winning, above the perception of what people thought of him. That's the way he treated everybody, not just his athletes."

Two-time NCAA heavyweight champion, four-time All-American and current OSU assistant coach Tommy Rowlands grew up in Columbus and came to OSU based on Hellickson's penchant for developing wrestlers in the upper weight classes. While he would go on to hold virtually every record in OSU wrestling history, Rowlands said he is more grateful for the experience he had with Hellickson.
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8/3/06

Buckeyes wrestling staff to barnstorm the state

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a novel approach to introducing himself and his assistants, new Ohio State wrestling coach Tom Ryan is hitting the road to share his outlook on the program's future.
Ryan and his staff will visit six high schools in 16 days, starting Aug. 30 in suburban Toledo and finishing up Sept. 14 not far from campus.
The Buckeyes will go to Oregon Clay (Aug. 30), Cincinnati Moeller (Aug. 31), Beavercreek (Sept. 6), Lakewood St. Edward (Sept. 7), Wadsworth (Sept. 13) and Hilliard Davidson (Sept. 14).
"Our program has set out a plan for success and the support from the Ohio wrestling community is a part of that plan," said Ryan, who replaced 20-year coach Russ Hellickson in April. "We want everyone in the state to have the chance to hear what we have planned for the future of Ohio State wrestling."

The sessions are open to wrestlers, coaches and fans.
Ohio State opens its season on Nov. 12 at the Michigan State Open.
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8/18/06

One-time wrestler finds a new outlet
Former Buckeye DiSabato embarking on new career as an ultimate fighter

Friday, August 18, 2006

Josh Moss
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The scene inside the Steelwood Training Facility in July was a calm prelude to what was about to happen. Adam DiSabato, a three-time All-American wrestler at Ohio State in the early 1990s, stood on the wrestling mat tossing a football with then-6-year-old Morgan Coleman. She smiled as she heaved a pass.
The temperature inside Steelwood blazed at 87 degrees, and DiSabato had sweated through his white muscle shirt even before his training partner and longtime friend Mark Coleman, a former NCAA wrestling champion at OSU, stomped onto the mat.
"I don’t have to warm up to go with you," Coleman, 41, boasted to DiSabato, 36. "I’m good to go right now."
Then Coleman lunged.
"Watch out, Morgan," Coleman warned his daughter.
With that, the two men grappled. Coleman’s massive frame smothered DiSabato, and with little effort Coleman hurled DiSabato onto the mat.
That is how DiSabato, who is 5 feet 7 and weighs approximately 165 pounds, trains for professional extreme fighting, also called ultimate fighting or mixed martial arts.
It is also how DiSabato deals with stress.
"It takes a different kind of guy to become an ultimate fighter," DiSabato’s brother, Dominic, said.
Coleman, the first heavyweight title-holder in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is helping to train him.
The UFC crashed onto the scene in the early 1990s and has evolved from "no-holds-barred" fights. The organization now divides fighters into weight classes and has banned moves such as head butting, downward elbow strikes and stomping a grounded opponent.
"Wrestling is just a street fight with rules. (Extreme fighting) is just a street fight with fewer rules," Adam DiSabato said.
DiSabato is 2-0 as an extreme fighter and plans to fight again in September. He is not in an organization right now and is keeping his options open. Pride, the Japan-based mixed martial arts league in which Coleman fights, is a possibility.
"Within the next two years my goal is to be fighting for a world title," DiSabato said. "I want to do this to prove to me and everybody else that wrestling is one of the best platforms of fighting out there."
That makes sense because DiSabato, the second youngest of six brothers, has loved wrestling since childhood.
The brothers won a combined 11 state championships at Ready High School, then all went on to wrestle in college. OSU will induct DiSabato into its Hall of Fame on Sept. 15.
After DiSabato graduated from college, he continued to wrestle competitively while coaching at Illinois and Ohio University. He also has helped coach Dominic’s team at Hilliard Davidson High School.
"(Adam) is one of those guys that when he walks into the room, the kids are going to notice. They’re going to step it up a notch," Dominic said. "He’s intense. The kids say, ‘Man, he’s crazy.’ "
DiSabato took a break from wrestling in 1996 to get a sales job to support son Santino and daughter Abigal, but his desire to compete never vanished, and "the itch" eventually became too powerful. DiSabato started wrestling again and just missed making the 2000 Olympic team.
During that same time, his life became chaotic. His father died, his employer filed for bankruptcy and he separated from his wife.
"It was a rough time in my life. I was depressed. I drank a lot," DiSabato said. "A divorce is never good. It was crushing because of my kids. I missed my kids."
He stopped training and worked odd jobs to scrape together cash. That lasted about a year, but DiSabato eventually realized he needed something to fill the void.
"I needed to start training again just to feel better about myself," DiSabato said. "(Wrestling) had always been an outlet for me to get away from the stress of everyday life."
He also has stopped drinking. Sparring with Coleman is his new outlet.
"The dude is a fierce competitor," Coleman said. "Everybody is trying to make it to the top, and this is one of those guys."
After DiSabato and Coleman finished their grappling and submission exercises, DiSabato pummeled pads that Coleman wore over his hands. With each punch, DiSabato forced air between his clenched teeth. Jab. Tsst! Jab. Jab. Tsst! Tsst! Droplets of perspiration fell from DiSabato’s soggy hair and splashed to the black mat as he threw punch after punch.
"Come on, we’re almost done," Coleman said. "Last round. Finish him off! "
DiSabato slugged one of Coleman’s pads with an uppercut before unloading a series of rights and lefts that echoed throughout Steelwood. Then he collapsed to the mat, sucking in air. He had no worries.
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