AWC Road Trips to Georgia for Greco Tournament (4/26/08)
> Eleven AWC Wrestlers traveled to Etowah HS to wrestle this past Saturday. Seven of the wrestlers competed in their first Greco match. The team was lead by Steven West, Robert Dyar, Eric Lee and Brandon Brindley, all who have medaled in previous Greco tournaments at a national or regional level. AWC had eight medalist: one champion, four wrestlers finished 2nd, three wrestlers finish 3rd. Coach Gaddy had the following comments "This was a good experience for our first time Greco competitors. Our performance proved we are as good as anyone in the southeast." Coach Gaddy has compiled a highlight video from the tournament and it can be see at http://youtube.com/watch?v=pI3JD1ToyHg. On our journey to Southeastern Regionals (see attachment), your next chance to compete will be at Alabaster, Sunday, May 4th at 1pm. Competitors from Tennessee and Georgia plan to attend the Alabaster tournament. Coach Gaddy has made this tournament mandatory, unless you have previous plans. Check alabamawrestling.net for the complete spring USA Wrestling schedule. All AWC Competitors Reily Pike - DNP Speed Pitts - 3rd Hunter Lee - 2nd Tyler Criss - DNP Andrew Korn - 2nd Nick Hall - 2nd Brandon Brindley - 2nd Eric Lee - 4th Trey Belvin - 3rd Robert Dyar - 3rd Steven West - 1st. Read more...
AWC Wins State Title
AWC had 15 state champs with several place winners.  We won the overall title and placed 3rd overall in Midget.  Congratulations to all who participated, it was truely a pleasure to watch.  Here are the complete results. Bantam 40 - Sullivan Tipton-1st Midget 50 - Redding Tipton-3rd Midget 55 - Bowman Hill-4th Midget 60 - Riley Pike-DNP Midget 60 - Braxton Worthington-1st (Outstanding Wrestler in Midget) Midget 65 - Barrett Blakely-DNP Midget 70 - Brent Hansen-1st Midget 80 - Parker Davis-1st Novice 65 - Hayden Hill-DNP Novice 80 - Taylor Goodwin-DNP Novice 85 - Hunter Lee-1st (Outstanding Wrestler in Novice) Novice 90 - Kevin Mcclure-3rd Novice 100 - Patrick Davis-2nd Novice 120 - William Mckinney-1st Middle School 70 - Seth Doyle-1st Middle School 84 - Alex Whitehead-2nd Middle School 84 - Connor Whatley-4th Middle School 91 - Matthew Moates-2nd Middle School 91 - Tommy Bostany-1st Middle School 98 - Jordan Simpson-1st Middle School 98 - Andrew Korn-3rd Middle School 98 - Sam Bridell-DNP Middle School 105 - Brandon Brindley-1st Middle School 105 - Joshua Brown-3rd Middle School 105 - Cherokee Henderson-DNP Middle School 112 - Nick Hall-1st Middle School 112 - Sam Avery-3rd Middle School 120 - Raymond Dolcelli-4th Middle School 128 - James Witt-2nd Middle School 128 - Evan Fortson-3rd Middle School 128 - Jamie Gaylor-DNP Middle School 136 - Daniel Kines-2nd Middle School 144 - Justin Woodall-1st Middle School 152 - Zac Malone-1st  Middle School 160 - Ben Lowery-1st Middle School 160 - Blake Daniel-3rd Middle School 175 - Kameron Ricks-1st            Read more...	Brent Hansen undefeated 3X state champ
Middle School is back at the Alabaster Youth Wrestling Tournament
This past weekend, 2-2-08, at the Alabaster Youth wrestling tournament, Sullivan Tipton started us off in the Bantam Division winning 4 matches to claim 4th place.  Sullivan scored 67 individual points with 2 techs. and 2 majors, in just four matches! Our Midget Division brought home 4 awards in total.  Redding Tipton won his first match 20-2, "You don't get much better than that!"-Coach Bob, before falling in the finals to place 2nd while Bowman Hill claimed a 4th place in the 55lbs. division.  Braxton Worthington, bumping up to 65lbs., had 4 straight wins with 2 of them falls to grab the title.  Brent Hansen displayed awesome technical skill with two falls and a major, 12-1, in the finals to bring home the title. In the Novice Division Hayden Hill took a silver winning 4 of 5 matches.  Hayden defeated Dominic Latona 10-3 in the first round and later defeated Zack Bartlett 12-6 for the challenge match of 2nd place.  Parker Davis, bumping up to the Novice Division at 80lbs., won 3 matches to place third while Taylor Goodwin placed 4th at 85lbs. with 3 falls.  Kevin McClure brought home his second title of the year with 3 of his 4 wins by fall.  Patrick Davis won three matches in a row before falling to Coby Mize to place 2nd. It was great to see our Middle Schoolers in action this weekend now that there regular season is over.  Tommy Bostany dominated all his opponents with a fall, a major and a tech. to win first place in the  91lb. division.  Matthew Moates won his first two before falling short to Jacod Ferris to place second in the 98lb. division.  Raymond Dolcelli with two falls took second place in the 128lb. division.  At 136lbs., Daniel Kines showed dominance with two falls and a tech. to place first.  Kameron Ricks and Blake Daniel, both competing at combined weight class of 160 and 175lbs. placed first and third, respectively.  Kameron won three matches with one fall and one major decision.  Now for the complete results: Bantam Division Sullivan Tipton-4th at 45lbs. Midget Division Redding Tipton-2nd at 50lbs. Bowman Hill-4th at 55lbs. Braxton Worthington-1st at 65lbs. Brent Hansen-1st at 70lbs. Novice Division Hayden Hill-2nd at 65lbs. Parker Davis-3rd at 80lbs. Taylor Goodwin-4th at 85lbs. Kevin McClure-1st at 90lbs. Patrick Davis-2nd at 100lbs. Middle School Division Tommy Bostany-1st at 91lbs. Matthew Moates-2nd at 98lbs. Raymond Dolcelli-2nd at 128lbs. Daniel Kines-1st at 136lbs. Kameron Ricks-1st at combined 160 and 175lbs. Blake Daniel-3rd at combined 160 and 175lbs.           Read more...
Outstanding Performance at The Hoover Challenge
1-26-08 - AWC claimed 7-first places, 4-second places and 1-third place, as well as bringing home 2 outstanding wrestler awards at The Hoover Challenge this past weekend. The Outstanding Wrestlers were Redding Tipton in the 50lbs. Midget Division and Hunter Lee in the 95lbs. Novice Division.  Sullivan Tipton got us off to a good start taking second place in the 45lbs. Bantam division. Sullivan posted a 4-1 record with one fall. Bowman (nightmare) Hill picked up his first tournament gold this weekend with three falls. Brent Hansen used an array of technique to pick up the championship in the Midget 70lb. class. Parker Davis showed great intensity winning the 80lb. class. Maybe the most outstanding feature Saturday was that all five of the Midget wrestlers went undefeated. Every AWC competitor in the Midget Division won first place. The five tournament champions posted a combined record of 18-0, with Redding Tipton's win over Sam Latona earning him Outstanding Wrestler honors. Once again Braxton Worthington placed first in both Midget and Novice with a total of 8 wins and 0 loses between the two age groups. Patrick Davis fought through some of the toughest wrestlers he has ever faced in one tournament, picking up two falls before falling to Coby Mize in the 100lb. final. Kevin Mclure fell to tournment Champion Kade Kitchens in the semi finals but battled back to tech his last opponent 17-0 to take the bronze. Taylor Goodwin had a great run for a first year wrestler as he took home a silver medal in the advanced bracket. The same could be said about Hayden Hill's preformance losing in the finals of a loaded bracket in the 65lb. weight class. And to finish the day off Hunter Lee completely mauled his opponents, scoring an amazing 61 points in 4 brutal matches and picking up Outstanding Wrestler honors for his efforts. Bantam Division Sullivan Tipton-2nd at 45lbs. Midget Division Redding Tipton-1st at 50lbs.(OW) Bowman Hill-1st at 55lbs. beginner Braxton Worthington-1st at 60lbs. Brent Hansen-1st at 70lbs. Parker Davis-1st at 80lbs. Novice Division Braxton Worthington-1st at 60lbs. Hayden Hill-2nd at 65lbs. Taylor Goodwin-2nd at 85lbs. Kevin McClure-3rd at 90lbs. Hunter Lee-1st at 95lbs.(OW) Patrick Davis-2nd at 100lbs.   Read more...	Midget Division Champions
AWC Brings Home Awards at 2008 Dixie Nationals
2008 Dixie Nationals, Atlanta, Georgia AWC wrestler show a fine finish at this years annual Dixie Nationals. Here are some results: Austin Flechter-2nd place 6 & under 50lbs. and 3rd place rookie division. Baye Defranco-3rd place 8 & under 60lbs. rookie division. Braxton Worthington-4th place 10 & under 60lbs. Hunter Lee-1st place 12 & under rookie division. Andrew Korn-4th place 12 & under 95lbs. Brandon Brindley-1st place 14 & under 105lbs. Adam Benjaminson-1st place High School 171lbs. Keep up the good work guys! Read more...	Hunter Lee demonstrating some body scissors at Dixie Nationals.
Steve West v Jake Henson
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Andrew Korn Keeps On Rollin'
Adnrew Korn in action in the Homewood Duals and the Vestavia Hills Kick-off Classic.       Read more...